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Planning a family trip to visit some friends on Hilton Head. Would love to get out for a couple sets on any cables if there is anything reasonably close.
System 2.0 or full
I can’t find much so far….
Anyone know?
Do you guys who ride cable ever pee in the lake after you fall or on the platform before you ride? I was watching the competition in the Philippines the other day and was wondering that. And I'm too afraid to ask people I know irl lol
Here's my idea, tell my why it's terrible...
I don't see any commercially made device that you can tow with a boat that is shaped in a way to produce a decent wave when towed at slow speeds. ..I'm thinking like a semi-submersible foam covered mini spine ramp sort of thing you could part fill with water to change the wave shape and pull along. Not huge, but enough to wedge up a wave and maybe incorporating an inflatable deck section ...people could sit on it and jump into the wave or drop back into it from a boat... Is there something like that available?
I've only really ridden cable but have moved somewhere rural and want to buy a boat.
My son is very young though and I'm a bit nervous of the prop.
Anyone able to advise on if something like the below would be viable?
https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/boat/2006-williams-jet-tenders-325-9665084/
Gday fellas,
I've been riding behind the boat for the past decade and have been riding on a 2011 Liquid Force PS3 for probably the past 5 years of that once I outgrew my kid board of the same brand. This off-season, I'm thinking about buying a membership to the cable park in my state. It would be $300 for 4 months in Winter, but renting a board for 2 hours once a week for those 4 months would come out to over $400. I'm thinking about biting the bullet halfway through my membership if I'm very keen on cable and buying a cable board.
My main question is what boards should I look at if I've been on the above board for most of my wakeboarding career? I'm also wondering if I can use my boat board until I buy the cable board if I keep clear of obstacles. Can I use my cable board behind the boat? Whats that like?
Thank you!
Hey fellas, looking at some advice on how I can get better at my HS backroll. I think I'm backing off my edge as I approach the wake, but not too sure. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks!
Hey guys..my husband and i are looking at a brand new surf boat for the upcoming summer. we are on old hickory lake. i want something that handles rough water that the kids feel safe in, can be something we go to dinner in, but also surf with our friends and tie up! we are first time buyers but like nice things. we want something luxurious but also something that is user friendly.
Hi guys! I'm looking for reviews on the durability of the ronix kinetik family and ronix utopia. I'm looking for my second board and the first board for my girlfriend and I've been told they are not so good. I've been using a slingshot copycats which actually is a really tough board. Obviously I'm not looking for the toughness Slingshot provides but I don't want my board to rip apart in couple of months. My riding is a little bit careless, so if I can make it last at least a year I'm happy with it. My girlfriend is a complete beginner but she is a really careful and methodic person so I know she won't destroy any board.
Do any of you have ridden any of those on the past? Any opinions?
Hey all, I've only ever ridden cable before, but now I have the opportunity to ride behind a boat so it's time for another board.
Should I get a boat board the same size as my cable board or should it be different?
Are the features between a 2025 and 2023 that significant? It's crazy to me the difference is $300k to $180k depending on the boat within a span of 2 years.
How much of an upgrade is the Predator Tower, etc?
I recently lucked into a Fireball Whiskey branded wakeboard for super cheap. It looks great, but feels super flexible, to the point that I'm worried it might snap if I tried to put bindings on it and use it.
They put out a series a little while ago, and the ad that I found for it said you can use it both at a cable park and behind a boat. Has anyone here ever used one?
I'm sure it's not a great board, but it's still be fun to use if I can, rather than just have it for decoration.
So my brother offered to give me his 2018 Supra SL450. I had a lot experience with this particular boat. He is upgrading, and would rather sell it to me for really cheap. It works great. The boat and trailer weight is 6,450 lbs. The weight plus gas and gear won't be an issue for my towing capacity, but I only have Dodge Durango with two wheel drive.
Assuming the ramps are in good condition, and not too slippery, would it be manageable using 2 wheel drive for launching and retrieving?
Any tips and recommendations? Thanks!
So I've got a Supreme I've set up for wakesurfing and as many know you need a min depth for the wake to form properly. We're on a river and it's only deep enough in certain areas.
The boat has a simple depth finder but it's tiny and located in a difficult to see spot. I'm sure there are some baller lowrance fish finders that'll do a bunch of stuff i don't need but can anyone recommend a depth finder that has a simple, bright display that I can mount under the wind screen, like it just has to show a single number - depth. Bonus if it does gps mapping of the river we use to show the deep areas.
I bought a new wakeboard. It is a bit wider than I started, or used to so i am a bit concerned it is the stance, not the boots.
The boots tongue is angled to my skin, rather than sitting upright against my skin. Is there a way to fit this as I can not make it tighter near the ankle. I am wearing Hyperlite Viva Bindings size 4-8.
I am finally in the position to buy my own boat. I am looking for a used boat and my budget is somewhere in the 40-70k range. I wakeboarded a bunch when I was younger and now want to get my kids into it. I've come to terms that surfing is much cooler nowadays, but I'd like a boat that throws a good wake too (landed a tantrum last summer at 38 yrs old and now I want to keep going). How many hours would be too many hours on a used boat? Thanks!
What is a good wind speed to wake board on?
Been wakeboarding for about a year or so using a cheap board I got on marketplace, it has since broken and im looking to find a new board however I have no experience, what board should I be looking for to do tricks like front flips, backflips, and 180s? I’m 5’6 140 pounds
Trying to decide on the next upgrade for the g21, the only real condition is that it can be towed on a tandom trailer so no m240 and no g25s. Another thing is no surf gates so no wakesetter, the only other boat I might consider would be an Xstar, theirs no real comparisons from what I’ve found yet so help would be much appreciated.