WaterRower Performance Hybrid | Oak

The Hybrid model introduces a metal frame alongside the wooden rails, giving it a lighter and more architectural presence. It feels more contemporary than the Original while still keeping the warmth that comes from natural wood — which means it doesn't ask you to choose between performance space and living space.

The rowing experience remains unchanged. The water flywheel responds directly to your effort, so resistance builds naturally the harder you pull. It's a simple system — and that simplicity is exactly why it outlasts the machines that try to do more.

For homes that lean modern in their interior style, the Hybrid tends to disappear into the room in the best possible way.

• Dimensions (in use) approx. 215 × 56 × 53 cm
• Weight ≈ 28 kg
* Seat height 26 cm
• Maximum user weight 130 kg
• Resistance system: Water flywheel
• Frame: solid oak with aluminium monorail
• Monitor options: LCD performance monitor
• Power supply: battery powered monitor
• Connectivity: Bluetooth connection for training apps and performance tracking.

WaterRower was designed in the mid-1980s by Yale graduate and U.S. National Team rower John Duke, who founded WATERROWER Inc. in 1988 in Rhode Island, in the northeastern United States.

Inspired by the natural movement of rowing on water, Duke developed a rowing machine that used a water flywheel to recreate the smooth, self-regulated resistance of a real boat.

More than three decades later, WaterRower continues to manufacture its machines in Rhode Island, where the company remains headquartered in the small coastal town of Warren.