Some wake surf videos...thoughts?

[Okie Boarder]

Here's a few from this last weekend...probably the best wave we've had so far.

[ScottnAz]

Looking good OKe, you've got some room to venture back a bit in the pocket
What board are you ridin'?

[Okie Boarder]

It's an older Liquid Force Venture IIRC. Yeah, that was the best wave we've gotten so far. Hopefully we can duplicate it this year and get lots of riding time in.

[89suprawake]

nice what boat are you using ? i have a 89 mariha wanted to surf behind it didnt know if it was big enough wake i have two 400 lbs sacks.

[kvand347]

Okie,

Please let us know what you are riding behind, position of ballast including #'s, and speed. Thanks man! I want to learn as much as I can before I try it this summer.

[Okie Boarder]

89 Sunsport...the weight is set up as follows.

400# bag under rear bench seat, ~half full.
400# bag in ski locker, ~half full.
2 350# bags in rear surf side...one next to the motor and all the way back towards the rear seat and one on top of it going onto the rear seat.

We play around with front weight and I think I might have had a few hundred pounds front and center that day. We had 4 adults, 3 kids on the boat.

We run around 10-12 mph...always sketchy on exact speed since no PP, but we typically try to watch speed and rpm's as well as wave shape.

[Chad Mueller]

Okie,

Please let us know what you are riding behind, position of ballast including #'s, and speed. Thanks man! I want to learn as much as I can before I try it this summer.

Kevin,
Another key to your surf setup is making sure you're in deep enough water. In anything less than about 7' to 8' your wave is going to get mushy and washed out from reflecting off the bottom.

Chad