Surf is the new playboating and the Eclipse is your cheat code.

A hybrid between a cruiser and a high-performance short boat, it planes fast, carves harder and with low rear rails can be surfed finless or with single, twin, or thruster fins. Built tough from rotomoulded plastic, it takes the hits while staying easy to set up and comfortable to paddle. At home on a tide race, river wave, or in the ocean surf, the Eclipse blurs the line between surf and river — the perfect playboat for every quiver. Born from Palm’s surf heritage and Hobson’s cutting-edge design, this collaboration brings together two names known for quality and innovation.

Your new playground — tide, river, and ocean

Features

• Hybrid surf–river design: fast, carve-friendly, playful
• Ideal crossover surf kayak for rivers, tide races, and ocean
• Low rear rails – surf finless or with 1, 2, or 3 fins
• Durable rotomoulded plastic construction
• Outfitting adjusts easily at the water’s edge
• Jam-cleat backrest, adjustable seat and thigh braces
• Keeper adjustable footrests for a secure fit

For years, the “extra” boat in a paddler’s quiver has meant a choice between playboats that feel blunt and static, or hyper-specialist designs with little relevance beyond competition. Neither delivers what most paddlers truly want when they’re not in their creek or river runner. The Eclipse RM is that missing link: fast, carve-friendly, and tough enough for whitewater, it opens up a new dimension of paddling on river waves, tide races, and open-ocean surf.

Surf is the new playboating — and the Eclipse brings speed, flow, and surf performance within reach for everyday paddlers, from first-time intermediates to seasoned river surfers.

Behind it are two names with the pedigree to make it real. Hobson is the defining name in modern surf craft, shaping designs that dominate podiums. Palm began in surf, launching the world’s first plastic surf ski, the Wave Rider, before becoming a global leader in whitewater and touring, setting the benchmark for tough, high-performance rotomoulded kayaks. Together, Palm × Hobson fuse surf precision with rotomoulded durability to create a kayak that doesn’t just bridge genres — it redefines them.

As paddlers have already said:

• “Durability of a creek boat, performance of a surf boat!”
• “It looks and rides like the Eclipse you know, but now tough enough for anything.”

MATERIALS: High density polyethylene

SEATING: Adjustable Action seat

SEAT FITTING:

• Palm Lite seat pad
• Palm Lite hip pads

BACKREST: Palm Lite backrest

THIGHBRACE:

• Adjustable thighbrace
• thighbrace mounted backrest cleats

FOOTBRACE: Adjustable keeper footbrace

GRAB HANDLES: 2 anodised aluminium security bars with webbing

OTHER FEATURES:

• Minicell foam pillar buoyancy
• outfitting kit
• gear loops
• 3 fins and fittings

Colourways: Dawn patrol, Dusk, Groundswell