The Clippers are both their Duraflex layup with an added layer of 6oz S glass on the outside for extra abrasion resistance. The scraping will be the most common concern, but there are rock gardens on certain streams where impacts will also be an issue. The video below is a stream pretty close to me at a normal water level, and you can see some of the areas that might be a problem if you pick a bad line (if the level were lower) at around 30-50 seconds in. At higher flows gelcoat would be fine. Scraping on gelcoat doesn’t bother me too much aside from the looks but TSE gelcoat can spall off in harder impacts especially at the stems.
