Test was successful. Only the tip of the corner was in the water and there was little to NO interference with the surf wave. The brackets being a little in the water is unavoidable and any turbulance from that seems to be going straight into the prop wash.

Bottom line is that the new platform did NOT interfere with the surf wave and we felt like we had an increase in push and maybe even a little more pocket. I forgot my waterproof cam, so I couldn't post any vid looking at the boat from the surfer's point of view. But we got as good of pics as we could from the back of the boat.

As soon as Desi gets them uploaded, we'll share them here.

At rest in semi rough water: