ballast vs no ballast

BamBam · Criminal Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72 City: Glenpool

I started skating in June behind a Nautique and I always ride with wakeboarders who have the ballast full so thats how I ride. It seems that everytime I ride in a comp. or with someone new, they are always saying wakeskaters don't like big wakes so they empty the ballast and put no weight in the boat.
Now I might just be a retarded skater, but I like the bigger wakes. Its easier to do lip tricks and do wake tricks. I was just wondering if I really am retarded or is it just a misconception that most people get. So what do you guys like, the ballast full or not.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

preference.

kmagnuss · Posted: Jul 30, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

I like it empty just because it saves a ton of gas, and I'm always falling.

Foxy111 · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 25 City: Regina

I like it with ballast so I can catch more air of the wake

one-eyed sailor551 · Newbie Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 33 City: da pac

i dont ride with ballast. the wake is big but i like it smaller for lip tricks. i usually ride behind my friends jetski anyway

Nick Ward · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 130 City: Quebec, Canada

I started with no ballast at all but since my friends put 1200 lbs of fatsack in the boat, it the same as stock ballast...

Kento911 · Addict Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 958 City: Devore

I usually end up riding full ballast, b/c we fill the tanks whil ewere waiting to pick people up at the dock, but actually I prefer a jetski wake

deepcove · Soul Rider Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 296 City: Vancouver

Full ballast...it's nice to get booted when going w2w and it's also nice to have a decent size wake for re-entry stuff.

On the other hand if you are just into shuvs and surface stuff......

Beaver · Posted: Sep 19, 2005 6:45 am Post subject:

I usually ride with ballast just because its already full.

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

yeah i ride with it full because its already full from everyone wakeboarding, i dont think it makes that big of a difference either way.

Vampyre · Addict Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 622 City: Ooltewah, TN

Except on the gas bill! I will usually start out riding wakeskate, no ballast, then my wife wakeboards, then I will fill up the ballast sacs, and wakeboard. Usually at the end of the day, I will drain the sacs, and then wakeskate again.. Mostly cuz I suck at it, and keep falling, and it makes no differnce to me yet, except litpslides are cleaner with a peakier wake on my boat.

seandarby · Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 11

i ride w/ the balast empty just b/c the wake is big enuf wen its empty

Foxy111 · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 25 City: Regina

I ride no balast, but most of the time i ride behind a sea doo