Wakeland Surf Tabs

[MJHKnox]

Picked up my boat last night with my new upgrade – Wakeland Surf Tabs.

My boat is a 2007 Supra SSV 22’.
I installed SC Surf Platform last year.
I upgraded the ballast bags and pumps years ago.

Last summer I thought about:
1) Building Ghetto Gates
2) Buying or Building the Ronix Wake Shaper
3) Going with Trim Tabs (the more expensive route)

Looked at several solutions for Surf Tabs – WakeMAKERS (where I purchased my ballast upgrade) and Wakeland. I was not going to build tabs. Since I live Knoxville, I went with Wakeland. They are located by the SC plant. Plus, I visited the shop and spoke with the owner. He also has a 22' SSV

Added a spacer on the swim platform mount.
I placed the controller on the right-side of the dash. By the wake plate guage.
Pretty straight forward system.

I hope to get my boat ready for Sunday and bring the GoPro. Been too busy over the last 2-3 weeks and I’m feeling guilty.

I had a nice surf wake before, so it will be interesting to see what I have now. I'm glad I can just load up the back two (2) ballast bags and off I go. No more loading all the people to one side. I really hope it makes the wake longer. I will be adjusting the positions and the location of weight. I also added a bow bag years ago.

Looking forward to the testing and adjusting.

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Mark

[ChillinOj]

Looks great, and definitely looking forward to your review! What was their shop like?

[twisterad3]

I'm jealous... Looking forward to the review.

[trayson]

So why did you go with the Autoflow 1.0 tabs over the Autoflow 2.0 tabs? And can you tell us (or PM me) the price of the Wakeland system?

[MJHKnox]

Looks great, and definitely looking forward to your review! What was their shop like?

it was a small machine shop right down the street from the SC and Boatmate plants. Those two are next to one another. There is also a wake tower shop right there. I think it's XTP - Extreme Tower Products. Monster Tower is probably a 15 min drive from there.

Nothing that fancy, but it was really clean. People building parts and people filling orders. Had some offices up front and the machine shop in the back. Machines to cut parts out of aluminum. I'm pretty sure the system controller is designed here and built overseas. Probably everything else is built right there.

I think they do a bunch of smaller things. For example, when I was there on Thursday night, the owner was showing me pics of the trophies they just finished for the Supra (PWT) Pro Wakeboard Tour. Really cool looking with all the detail. Cut from aluminum.

[MJHKnox]

So why did you go with the Autoflow 1.0 tabs over the Autoflow 2.0 tabs? And can you tell us (or PM me) the price of the Wakeland system?

I did not have a choice for my hull. That is what was tested and worked.

I had some discussions with them about the size/shape of the tab. I was told the moral of the story is bigger is not always better.

The actuators are a newer model that give a greater degree of angle in the water. I'm not sure what the first models used.

Also, my year hull was one of the harder ones to get dialed in for design that worked best.

[gogger]

Looks good. Can't wait to see how your wake looks.

[Mischief IV]

MJH, that looks awesome! Will await your review with anticipation.
Such a classy boat and excellent choice in upgrades.
I know how much this cost and it will be well worth it, I'm sure.
Thanks for posting and sharing.

[sivs1]

Same system that was just installed on my 2013 SA. Have only had it out and played around with it a little bit.

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[NorCalPR]

Whats it look like deployed?

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[ICEMANFiZ]

Very nice! Can't wait to see the results.


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[MJHKnox]

After having some ballast pump issues to fix and some bad weekends, I got a few pics last night.

I did not have time to play around with the settings - speed and weight distribution.
There was 2 of us on the boat. 750s in the back - pass100%/drivers75%. No weight in the center or up front.

I could tell the pocket got a lot longer.
I have to find some pics of the height w/o the tabs and compare.
It was getting washed out on the top, but I know I can fine-tune that.
More weight will add to the height.
I did not play around with the goofy-side that much. Not many on that side. It was forming a nice curl.

I felt like a dumb azz to start. When I first turned it on, I had the wrong button pushed for surfing the regular (passenger side ) setup.
For the first few minutes I looked at the wake and was saying "what the h#%& is that, this cannot be . . . "

For the first time out, I cannot complain b/c I know I have work to do to dial it in.
I hope to ride it tonight with more people on the boat.

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[MJHKnox]

Got a late start, but cannot complain when nobody is out on the lake but just a few fishermen.
That work thing gets in the way.

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[ChillinOj]

After having some ballast pump issues to fix and some bad weekends, I got a few pics last night.

I did not have time to play around with the settings - speed and weight distribution.
There was 2 of us on the boat. 750s in the back - pass100%/drivers75%. No weight in the center or up front.

I could tell the pocket got a lot longer.
I have to find some pics of the height w/o the tabs and compare.
It was getting washed out on the top, but I know I can fine-tune that.
More weight will add to the height.
I did not play around with the goofy-side that much. Not many on that side. It was forming a nice curl.

I felt like a dumb azz to start. When I first turned it on, I had the wrong button pushed for surfing the regular (passenger side ) setup.
For the first few minutes I looked at the wake and was saying "what the h#%& is that, this cannot be . . . "

For the first time out, I cannot complain b/c I know I have work to do to dial it in.
I hope to ride it tonight with more people on the boat.

Any further update with the system? Still happy you went with Wakeland? I'm considering making the upgrade this year and curious on how it went.