Kayak Cradle

Designed to carry a variety of hull shapes as well as SUPs.
Each bracket has an independent pivoting saddle with an angle-setting lever.
The flexible cushioned pads protect the hull. Large contact surface area for extra stability when transporting your kayaks.
Includes 2 x Tie Down Straps with protective buckle bumpers.
Installation hardware supplied. Accommodates kayaks and SUPs up to 900mm/35.4'' wide and 40kg/88.2 lbs.

Consists of:

2 x Front Cradle Rests2 x Rear Cradle Rests2 x Straps
Installation Hardware
Fitting Instructions
Product Dimensions:
200mm (7.9'') L x 100mm (3.9'') W x 200mm (7.9'') H
Weight:3.1kg (6.8lbs)
Load Rating: 40kg (88.2lbs)

Travel. Dream. Design. Build. Test. Evolve. Repeat.

Legend has it that Front Runner was conceived between a 1988 Land Cruiser 70 and a 1992 Mercedes G-Wagen in Botswana, around a campfire, near a majestic Baobab, amongst elephant tracks, by a handful of friends from South Africa with backgrounds in engineering, design, manufacturing and off-road racing. After suffering through numerous equipment failures on their expeditions around the world, they decided to take their shared passion for vehicle based adventure travel and dream up new, smart gear and build it stronger than… well, as they put it, “stronger than the elephants at the watering hole 1 klick over.”

And just like that, before the moon gave way to the sun, we were born.

With the gruelling African bush as a testing ground, we at Front Runner focused on a tough love approach to developing products. With both feet facing the future and little sentimentally for mediocre ideas of the past – common approaches to off-road vehicle product design were quickly jettisoned in favor of innovation, new materials, and superior manufacturing practices.

Today our products have a well deserved reputation (if we don’t say so ourselves) for quality, intelligent design, and durability. Our manufacturing facility just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa features in house laser cutting, bending and powder coating. Our CAD designed products by a team of engineers and built by skilled craftsman in our ISO-9001 : 2015 Certified factory.

Our roof racks, water tanks, tents, awnings, drawer systems and camping accessories are enjoyed, used and abused around the world by casual campers, the U.N., overlanders, NGOs, outdoor enthusiasts and extreme athletes.