Gates VS Tabs

[MJHKnox]

You have lots of options depending on what you want to spend:

Suck Gates have many different styles, shapes, and sizes. Even the double suck-gates - some put double in the back and I have seen others with 1 in the back and 1 in the front.

Ronix was making a Eight.3 wedge that you attach to the side of the boat.

I have seen homemade gates that attach to the swim platform - like a BU Gate.

If you are talking about spending bigger money, you can go to tabs. Someone build homemade ones, I think the cost was between $500-1000.

The surf tabs systems are nice, GSA ,Infinity, or WakeLand - some are complete systems with controllers and auto GPS functionality to auto-retract after a specific speed, but they are costly.

As for gates vs tabs, depends on who you ask. Both work. On the new boats, you get the height/length by adjusting the center plate. The new designs of the tabs help shape the top lip of the wave and make them cleaner. Also a function of how the water rolls of the bottom of the boat - deeper-v VS shallower-v.

The suck-gate is the cheapest and easiest. That works well on you hull.