What's the best wake you've ever ridden?

Chattwake

I have ridden behind various newer boats - 05 vlx, 03 gravity games supra 22v, 04 mastercraft x30, and they all put out a significantly different wake. Last month I bought a 01 X-Star, and I load it with around 2700lbs of ballast on the weekends. Out of all of the boats I've ridden behind, I love the X-Star's wake the best. I think that the malibu's is not steep enough, and, on the other hand, the wake behind the nautiques that I've ridden behind get too hard when you load them real heavy. The closest I've found to the X-Star is the gg supra, however, it would wash over before it got to the same size as the X's. Now I know everybody likes a different wake for a different reason, and I'm not saying that the X-Star (now the X2's) wake is the best for everybody, but I am simply saying that I think that it is the best for me because I like a big, peaky, wake that hold's its shape when the boat is loaded to the max. I'm just curious as to other people's opinion as to their favorite wake and why. Personally, I can throw tantrums so much bigger off of my wake instead of behind my bud's vlx because I always leave too early behind his boat.

Anyway, I'm just curious as to whether there is a best "all around wake" that everybody loves.

Tyler~Moore · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 11:50 am Post subject:

I love super air wakes. You hardly have to edge to get booted. It can get a little too vertical sometimes...But man you edge in from abour 7 feet and get get booted. so when you really get on the gas...its over man!

irish_rider · Soul Rider Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 257 City: Dublin

1. VLX
2. Super Air 210
£. Nautique 226

Jon · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1176

2005 Supra 21V. Stock ballast (1100 lbs) and 6 people in the boat.

Bronco991 · Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 18 City: Lake Anna

2005 Tige 22i no ballast, TAPS set to 7...Beat that...If I add ballast it would not even be a competition

kyle · Guest

this bad boy, if anyone is man enough to come down to tampa and take a set, the offer is open, haha, but seriously, its open

wakeboarder07 · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject:

2004 Malibu wakessetter VLX was probably the nicest wake i've ever ridden behind. From there an '03 or '04 x-star and '05 Air Nautique.

nickdakoolkat · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:

Out of the wakes I have experienced the best is my 04 Moomba XLV with 2000 pounds of ballast but besides this boat the only other boats i have experienced are my old bayliner (no weight) , my friends bayliner fishing boat, and a 95 Mastercraft ski boat (i think it was a mari star I forget) so I really don't have much to base this off of but I do know I LOVE my Moomba (especially for the price)

FRG · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

1) The boat that is pulling me

2) 210

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:20 pm Post subject:

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject:

Bronco991, i could name a few imo
1. Vlx
2. x star, and x 2
3 . super air 210 team

Bambamski · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:27 pm Post subject:

hmmm wakes that I like the best, which are not necessarily "THE BEST"

1) X-2 perfect amount of pop and landing area.
2) X-star, the wake was the biggest I've ever ridden behind
3) Tie between my old X-10 and the new Supra 21v. Both of the wakes were very similar.
4) Tige 24V, I didn't ride behind it when it was weighted but it was pretty nice with just he TAPS
5) SAN too steep and I don't like the trough right in front of the wake.
6) VLX Too much of a landing in the flats kind of wake, I like a bit more pop.

Those are the wakes I have the most experience behind on.

All of them are great, but given the choice it would be X-2 first down to the VLX

Chattwake · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject:

I guess the VLX gets the best ratings so far. The thing I do like about that wake better than the x-star's is that, since it is so long of a ramp, you have a bigger target to land on when you're shooting for the down side of the wake.

kmagnuss · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

04 VLX (same as 05 V-ride)

Erik · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject:

Super Sport Nautique/Super Air gets the nod from me.

2nd is a heavily weighted Ski nautique 2001

3rd is the Mastercraft Prostar 205

Jay Dutton · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

I'd have to give the nod to the Supra 21V w/stock ballast as my favoritre right now, nice ramp w/o great pop at the top.

I also like the SAN w/stock ballast but I sometimes ride behind one w/like 3000 lbs of ballast in it and it absolutely kills my knees.

Tige 21V is pretty sweet too correctly weighted too.

I'm pretty content riding behind any VD or DD w/ballast, even my old Dixie Skier when she's all sacked out.

Unless you are really throwing down, I think giant wakes are unnecessary. I've had people throw giant hoochies, batwings, S Bends and Whirleys behind my boat no problem. I'm never going to learn those tricks so I'm happy w/what I got. I believe a lot of people think they need 3000 lbs of ballast to progress and use it as a crutch instead of proper technique, there are expections though. I love watching the old school vids of peeps absolutely goin off on old ski boats w/no tower/high pole and no ballast.

Entrust Clothing · Soul Rider Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 279 City: Portland

i have never really ridden behind anything spectacular, i rode behind a first year xstar when they first came out but i don't really remember it, that was so long ago, then i spent 2 year riding behond an outboard Sad

then i finally got my own boat. i have a 2005 moomba outback and with 700lbs of ballast and a few people on board i have no problem getting enough air to land out in the flats riding at 70 feet and 19-21mph, they wake isn't the biggest but it's got a good shape and a nice pop. so i can't wait to see what it does when i get more sacs and i'm running 1500lbs+ of ballast Smile

intotheflats · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

Supra launch V drive is my favorite. I have ridden behind super air's, wakesetters, Tige 21v, X-stars and calairs and I would take a supra over any of them, hands down.

Stephan · Guest

1) 2005 VLX w/ Full Tanks + Wedge + 7-8 People = Nice big ramp & a perfect(not too steep) lip

2) 1998 Mastercraft 205 w/ 1900 pounds of water + 7 full grown dudes = Big, thick & just solid as hell

3) 2004 SAN TE w/ Full ballast + 600 pounds of lead + 5 people = a little steep but so effortless straight airs of 6 easy!!

4) 2004 Tige 22i w/ taps at 6 + 1300 pounds of water + 4 people = very abrupt but a ton of fun

I've also enjoyed the older VLX's, new X-2's and a Calabria ProV (this past weekend). But those are my tops. The new VLX is just awesome I love it more than I love my family which is sad...but also true. Enjoy.

WakeSyco · Soul Rider Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 338 City: avondale

Stephan, Are you going to Castic this sunday for there contest?

south · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

2003/04 Tige 20V wieghted heavily. Not sure what Taps setting
05 Wakesetter with stock ballast, 8 peeps.
03SAN.

AOliver · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

SAN 210 no doubt! But I am a little biased...

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

oh yah, and the 1999 prostar 205v, same wake as the x-2 bassically

Bowen · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

1. '03/'04 VLX
2. Air Nautique SV211 (sacked to the max)
3.Tige' 20v
4. MC 205v/Xstar/X2/X1
5. '96 Ski Nautique 176 fully sacked out
5. (tied) '89 Malibu Skier Sacked out
5. (tied again) '94 Sport Nautique...kinda sacked out (Wakebrad's)
8. Supra SSV
9. 2000 Cobalt 220 w/ tower, and trim slightly up, fat people in the front.
10. 2004 Cobalt 226 w/ tower, and trim slightly up, fat people in the front.
11.Calabria ProV
12. '77 Sea Ray 185 w/ trim slightly up, no tower and stretchy ski rope
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Dead Last by many a mile: MB B52

Those are the boats I've ridden behind...well not all of them, but thats all I recall off the top of my head.

minnesotawake · Criminal Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 68 City: Long Lake

05 vride (04 an older vlx)
old school century inboard huge wake but did get washy
old x-star or 205

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

04' and older VLX
Sanger V-210

Hockeyplayer · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject:

K-dub, I agree on the Sanger. I was behind one this weekend for a few sets and I was really impressed.

hanssapo · Soul Rider Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 450 City: Mexico

I rode the other day behind a friend's super air nautique 210 2005, he's got his boat full loaded with I think 1500 of ballast, I don't exactly. Well he had told me his wake was so huge that sometimes it was not so easy to super charge at it due to the monster size of the wake, and of course I didn't believe him at first, but when I rode behind it, I understood him perfectly!!!! wow, sometimes I was scared of charging hard at the wake cause the wake was so enormous!!!!!!!!!! but definitiveley best wake I've ridden!!!