Cruise Series
Designed from river DNA for flatwater fun. The Hoss and Straight Up bring real rocker, real outlines, and real river-informed capability to boards built for lakes, coastlines, and casual river floats. Lightweight woven drop-stitch makes them noticeably lighter in your hands without sacrificing durability. Immediately fun. Never limiting.
Complete Kit Included · Progressive Rocker · Ocean + River + Flatwater · 5-Year Warranty · From $999
Everything You Need. Nothing You Don't.
Built for Every Condition You Will Actually Encounter.
The Hoss is Hala's widest, most stable board: the natural starting point for first-time paddlers, yoga on the water, fishing from a confident platform, or carrying kids and dogs across a calm bay. The Straight Up is narrower and faster, built for ocean swells, intermediate rivers, and distance paddling with equal ease. Most boards marketed as all-around are designed for flat, calm water. These two are built for the real world: flatwater mornings, open-ocean afternoons, and Class III rivers in between. Both ship as a complete kit: LeverLock adjustable paddle, dual-action pump, center fin, repair kit, and Backcountry Rolling Backpack. Everything you need to paddle tomorrow.
Hoss or Straight Up?
Find Your Cruise Series Board
The only Hala boards that come with a paddle
Your Cruise Board Arrives Ready to Paddle
Every Cruise Series board ships as a complete kit: the board, a paddle, a pump, a fin, and a travel bag, all in one box. The Cruise Series is the only Hala lineup that includes a paddle, so you are set to paddle the day it arrives. A couple of safety items, below, are worth adding before your first trip.
The Board
Your Cruise Series inflatable, built with lightweight woven drop-stitch and progressive rocker for lakes, coast, and rivers.
3-Piece LeverLock Paddle
Adjustable length, lightweight alloy, breaks down for travel. Included on the Cruise Series and nowhere else in the lineup.
Dual-Action Pump
Inflates on both the push and pull stroke. Gets your board to full pressure in under 10 minutes.
Center Fin
Snap-in center fin for tracking and glide on flatwater and open ocean.
Backcountry Rolling Backpack
Your entire setup fits in one bag with wheels. Take it on a plane. Carry it on a trail. No rack required.
Sold separately · Worth adding before you paddle
Round Out Your Setup
Your kit covers the gear that gets you moving. For safety, we recommend two more items before your first trip. Neither is included with any board.
A Leash
The single most important safety item for any paddler. It keeps your board attached to you if you fall. Without one, your board can drift faster than you can swim, especially in wind, current, or open water.
Flatwater & ocean: coiled ankle leash
Attaches at your ankle; the coiled cord stays out of the water and out of the way while you paddle.
Rivers & moving water: quick-release waist leash
Never use an ankle leash on rivers. A quick-release waist leash can be detached instantly if you need to separate from your board around a rapid or strainer.
Shop leashesA Life Jacket (PFD)
A properly fitted personal flotation device is essential safety gear, and in many areas the law requires you to carry one on board. Choose a low-profile PFD made for paddling so it stays comfortable and out of your way.
Check your local rules
Requirements vary by state and by water type. When in doubt, wear it, a PFD only works when it is on.
Fit matters more than size
It should be snug enough that it will not ride up over your head when you are in the water.
More Maneuverable Than You Think. By Design.
Every Hala board is built around a deliberate rocker strategy. The Cruise Series is no exception. Progressive Rocker is not a compromise between performance and versatility. It is its own strategic shape.
Progressive Rocker
Progressive Rocker puts significant curve at the nose and tail, concentrated close to the tips, with a long flat section through the middle. That flat center gives you efficient hull speed and tracking on flatwater, open ocean, and distance runs. But the high tip and tail rocker is what makes these boards genuinely fun to paddle: it lets you lift the nose over swells and chop, and gives you the tail lift to pivot, spin, and play. These boards are more maneuverable than they look. The flat middle handles efficiency. The tips handle everything else.
True All-Water Capability
Flatwater mornings, open-ocean afternoons, and Class III rivers in between. These boards earn the all-water label because they were tested on all of it. If your idea of versatility means paddling only one water type at a time, any board can do that. If you actually want to paddle everything, the Cruise Series is built for exactly that.
Inflatable Advantage
Your entire Cruise Series setup fits into the included Backcountry Rolling Backpack. Take it on a plane. Store it in a closet. Walk it to the beach. No roof rack, no trailer, no seasonal storage bill. Inflatable boards have come a long way. These perform at a level that will surprise you.
Is this you?
Who Paddles the Cruise Series
The First-Time Buyer
You want everything you need in one box so you can just paddle. The Cruise Series delivers exactly that. No second trip to the gear shop required.
The Multi-Water Paddler
You paddle lakes, bays, coasts, and rivers. You want one board for all of it and don't want to compromise on any of them.
The Yoga + Fitness Paddler
You want a stable platform for on-water yoga or fitness training. The Hoss gives you a wide, confidence-inspiring deck. The Straight Up gives you a workout.
The Traveler
You want to paddle on vacation without renting. The Backcountry Rolling Backpack packs your whole setup into one wheeled bag you can check on a plane. Your board goes where you go.
Looking for more technical river performance or expedition capability? See the full whitewater lineup or the Adventure Series.
5-Year Warranty. Complete Kit. A Team That Paddles.
Why Hala?
Hala Gear has been building inflatable boards since 2011. Every Cruise Series board ships with glued-and-welded construction, a 5-year warranty, and the complete kit detailed above — including the paddle, so you can get started the day it arrives. Most paddlers will still want to add a leash and a PFD for safety. If you have questions about which board fits your water and your goals, our team is easy to reach and actually paddles what we sell.
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