wakeboarding behind a pontoon?

Waking up the World · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 164 City: Olathe

Has anyone ever wakeboarded behind a tritoon(3 pontoons) pontoon boat, does it put out any good wake?

Waking up the World · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 164 City: Olathe

thought it sounded kinda newbiesh so it went here! woohoo

Justin 25 · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 797

No pontoon will put out a good wake that you can really progress on, of course i've never wakeboarded behind a pontoon. That's based on what i've heard and seeing pontoon wakes. But if you want to try wakeboarding then i'd suggest go for it.

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

it'd be ok for gettin up n getting into the sport. but for going w2w or catching air, thinking about it pontoon boats don't really have a wake. they don't displace much water so there really isn't anything to hit or ramp off.

mneal · Outlaw Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 120 City: St. Petersburg

Me and wife took our boat. (20 Bowrider with tower and ballast) across the state to a fresh water river for long weekend. We took boards and out boat broke (starter) so we rented a pontoon. I rode a wakeskate behind it for a bit. Way under powered and no wake but still better than not riding at all. The wake was way flat but like someone said you could learn on it or decent for playing on a wakeskate. The lack of torque will make it harder to learn how to get it though if you have never ridden at all.

SeaLyon · Posted: Feb 03, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

We ride behind our pontoon when we don't get to go out on a real boat Laughing

It's got plenty of pull, and not bad to learn your toe-side and basics on but there is no wake. Like mneal said ..the lack of torque.

On the other hand Chad Tidwell has won the nationals in wakeboarding and wakeskating, and he 1st learned behind a bass boat.

nickl011 · Posted: Feb 03, 2007 7:39 am Post subject:

mneal, ^^^^^^what he said, but really its kinda fun, when you do slolom style riding, but you might sink first

Waking up the World · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 164 City: Olathe

haha i forgot to mention that it has a 115 outboard its not a dinghy of a boat. It can but out some good power from when ive seen one at the lake. Im gonna ride my relatives this summer so this is why im intersted

wakeboardwillis · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 275 City: Clare

It wont make a great wake, but it you take your fins off you can have a fun time getting your slaysh on.

OuachitaWaker · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 577 City: Hot Springs

we like to ride behind my parents pontoon to practice ollie tricks and to wakeskate, as far as a wake goes... no

Eat my wake · Newbie Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 12

Good luck it's pretty much impossible and you don't have as big of a wake as you could get for best results.

kind · Outlaw Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 118

i ride behind a tritoon with a 350hp engine.. as others have said the wake is no wear near the size of a wakeboard wake but none the less it's fun as hell and you can get SOME air..

this was from last year.. behind my pontoon.. keep in mind this was my first year.. and i still suck.. i cant edge good and im very timid.. cant you tell i wear a helmet!
heh

NguyenNSX · Guest

nice helment....never know when your brains will explode..

kind · Outlaw Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 118

mnwake45 · Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 5 City: D-Town

Yea, I don't think most pontoons will give you any kind of wake for boarding.
But I know that the first guy who landed a wake to wake Kickflip on a wakeskate usually skated behind a pontoon...so maybe look into gettin one of those haha

metallicarocks28 · Newbie Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 21

We own a 135hp pontoon. Yea you can get up but theres pretty much no wake to go off of. Its fine for practicing surface tricks or switch riding but you can't get much air. Thats why its good to make friends with the people that do have boats. Very Happy

Seth818 · Criminal Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 69 City: Enid

its cool... after i ruptured my eardrum earlier i thought about wearing a helmet... just never could spend the money on it though...

SkiersRule03 · Newbie Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2 City: Allentown

Its not the end of the world to ride behing a pontoon. Our marina has a 24 premier 235 escapade with a 200 horse evinrude and a 22 foot manitou with a 225 HO evenrude. The wake isn't great but not many boats can take 11 to 15 ppl out wakeboarding at once.