Wake surfing methods

holiday13 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 325 City: Flemington

Well, I just picked up my first ski boat yesterday and got a wake surf board as well, now I have never really seen anyone do this so I am blind, I know to weight the boat to the side you ride and to go about 9mph, but are there any other secrets to this, like how tight a constant turn to make with the boat. I did manage to get one ride of actual surfing withouth the rope that lasted about a wopping 10 seconds but would really like to do more. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

does your boat have ballast? i would just drive strait. i dont turn at all.

Nathan Newman · Addict Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 711 City: Baylor

yeah, you're gonna think about putting a lot of weight on the front foot, this way you are pushing the nose down and sliding down the wave. That is how you move forward on the wave, you put more weight on the backfoot to come back a little bit. Experiment with it for awhile until you get the hang of it. Once you get that, work on carving up and down the face. Oh, and it is generally easy to surf frontside, (toes facing the wave). Have fun!
Oh, and out of curiosity, what kind of boat do you have?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

You do turn on a slight angle. Not too much. Just enough to clean up the wake on your surfing side.

holiday13 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 325 City: Flemington

I just got a 24' Tige', I had the ballast still set for wakeboarding so the weight was balanced, I did however get all the passengers on the one side to help, we did have the boat turned slightly as well, just could not seem to stay in the wake enough to keep going without the rope. Probably just need practice! Thanks guys

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

yea i have an x-star and we fill the center ballast and the ballast on the side we surf and then put all the people on that side also. we dont drive at an angle we drive strait but i guess that depends on the boat.

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

holiday13, NICE BOAT!!! where is Flemington again? lol....

about 12 mph with a pretty short rope ( personal prefrence on where u want it ),,,

boarder52002, u kinda have to turn on lakes dont u??? Rolling Eyes

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

we prettty much go strait. we have tried turning before and it didnt do much to the wave so we just go strait. we jus do whatever works

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

u have to turn our lake cause its pretty small....im gonna demo a wakesurfboard soon....hope i figure it out.

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

yea it takes some practice but is a lot of fun once you get it