Thanks for clearing things up.I figured float tubes and kick boats were interchangable terms. I was confused because with a kickboat you have oars. I was assuming that your only source of locomotion was with the oars. I guess you can go either way. When your busy fishing and you need your hands free-it's foot powered. When your not fishing you can put on some speed by using the oars. All the stores advertised them as pontoon boats.