Sorry if this is redundant, i could not find it anywhere. <BR> <BR>Any one surf at night with under water LEDs that light up the wake? We have surfed it at night, but with above the water lights (flashlights mostly) <BR> <BR>just wondering, would love pics!!

A good set of tower lights work best!

Necklace glowsticks. <BR> <BR>Would like to have underwater LEDs this year but it's low on the mods list. <BR> <BR>Pics would be cool

i have seen pics of boats running and some videos, but none of a person actually surfing on a lit wave... <BR> <BR>any out there?

It's a criminal code offence in Canada for the boat driver. Like drunk driving or armed robbery. <BR>I don't think there is any problem for the rider though, so if you could convince your mother-in-law... Naw, probably not worth it.

DJ James Z has a sick set up If he see's this thread maybe he can give you the details I've seen some of his shot's he has it dialed in

i would like to offer led lights with an optic sensor with solar panel as an option on boards but dont think it would sell. So how many states allow night wakesurfing or watersports???

Illegal in Ohio

I think its probably illegal in every state to be riding after dark. I know its illegal in TX. Doesn't really stop anyone, but its very much frowned upon

is it legal in California in the delta?

Any watersports after dark in Cali is illegal per law and as i was told by the watercops <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/uhoh.gif" border=0>

illegal in oregon to but we do it anyway i just installed three bullet led's on the transome. to cold to see how good they work

illegal in AZ and UT, but it happens because it is AWESOME...

we do it all the time

going to call you on that Chris , you must be on lanier, my bro lived in sugarhill down from the new school. <BR>Chris check your PM <BR> <BR>(Message edited by brewkettle on January 10, 2010)

Yes on Lanier on the south end. call me on what? i dont have any pm's......

USCG law for inland waterways is 5 mph after sunset. So I guess if you can surf at that speed, it might be legal?

think your off on the law our river has barge traffic at night and they travel way faster than 5mph law is any thing inland and up stream of a 5mph zone is a 5mph zone.law states you can not have riders in tow after dusk but only illegal if you get caught

No, if it’s illegal its illegal, regardless of whether or not you get caught.

<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/uhoh.gif" border=0> hhmmmmm

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Pretty sure your not suppose to cruz over 10 Mph at night?!?!? Not sure tho, but these lights above are dope, need about 10 more to light up an X-80 wake.

looks great! anyone ridden wave that was lit like that?

A good GPS system makes it much more manageable.

I'll get you some good video soon. <BR>We just got the 2010 Super Air Nautique with tower lights and underwater led lights. <BR>Can't wait to surf it at night. <BR>We have surfed at night quite often with glow sticks on our boards, wrists and ankles, but not yet with the underwater led lights.

I have KC daylighters pointed forward and LED for lights pointed back. Works like a champ. We surf at light a lot. Only thing is the bugs can be nasty!

Cant wait to see pictutres! <BR> <BR>we had thought of using glow sticks, but never did.

My KCs really light up the night and it's very easy to see surfers. We don't use glow sticks.

The law pertaining to pleasure craft does not apply to commercial vessels on harbors/rivers due mostly to the fact that pilots are required for navigation at night (day in some areas as well). <BR> <BR>Got busted for tower lights on the last boat twice (Pedro &amp; Hogan) so didn't bother to put 'em on the new one. And as any watersport is illegal after dusk here the transom lights are useless as well. Look at all the money i've saved! <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/uhoh.gif" border=0>

I have Led's that light up the wave and the wash on the other side. We definietly use led sticks on the rider and the board to see them at night. We've tried to capture it on film but it doesnt turn out.

I have some sick pictures of wakesurfing at night I will post some tomorrow .

Against the law here in NC and SC, but we did it any way, just had to at least once <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/proud.gif" border=0> <BR> <BR>For underwater LEDs, check out the Shadow-Caster LEDs <a href="http://www.shadow-caster.com/" target="_blank">http://www.shadow-caster.com/</a> Or for a little easier on the budget, look at the Sea Blaze series from Lumitec <a href="http://lumiteclighting.com/products.html" target="_blank">http://lumiteclighting.com/products.html</a>

<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/87668/772141.jpg" alt="Upload"> this was in the summer with the light set up,11 a night.the leds I have five of the under the swim deck you can ride the wake no problem.

Nice pic! <BR> <BR>I am going to look into the under water LED's for sure!

You just have to run more batteries in the boat and ,depending on how you weigh your boat you need to have the lights shine with the angle of your wake.

surfing at night with underwater LED's
 

Hands down the best most affordable options are from Lifeform LED. Check out their site for gallery pics

and go to the facebook page for tons of customer pics https://www.facebook.com/LifeformLED

Under water LED lights definately light up the wake for surfing at night... I only have two but I would like a couple more for sure... I would also recommend a couple LED flood lights on the tower and you will be good to go! Make sure you have some angle adjustment on the tower floods like mentioned above.

I have gone twice on buddy's boat w underwater LEDs and badly hooked. Super great rides and the wave looks very different w light shining thru-way cool. It was so dark pics not workable to capture wave glow.

Yeah, there's no way there's a 5mph speed limit at night. I've blasted past a sheriff on the Willamette at 20 to 25mph at midnight after the 4th of July fireworks. No worries!

Also, you're right that OR law says that you have to stop at sunset. WA law however says that you can ski/wakeboard/etc until a hour AFTER sunset! Yeah!!!!

I haven't had a chance to LED up my new boat, but this is what I had on my Supra:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...0/GOPR1199.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...826_214616.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l...826_214518.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K...825_204156.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...0/image-3.jpeg

six homemade underwater LED's. each light has 30 of the SMD 5050 chips.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Z...521_221136.jpg

Video where you can see the lights under the platform as well as my Ronix LED vest.. Also, when nightsurfing, the LED vest is awesome. when the rider goes down, they DISAPPEAR and it's pretty stressful for the driver to find them otherwise.
http://youtu.be/PpVsYygFdrc?list=UUu...uss8sv6B8xganQ

My last run. The gopro does a great job of adjusting to the low light. Rest assured it's dark out.
http://youtu.be/gjcJ3Ja4N14?list=UUu...uss8sv6B8xganQ

ive always wanted to do it but never have

Well, over the winter, I hope to do lots of LED work on my boat. So next season come visit the PNW and we'll go out!

The best part of that night surf session me and Trayson did was that when the sun was setting, we were in the Oregon side. The sheriff was there and we figured we'd just go until they said otherwise. They hung around for about 10 minutes or so enjoying the set and then took off. It was pretty dark then too. Continued for about another hour and surfed all the way back to Washington and half way to the dock. It got kind of sketchy though when we were like oh, those lights are coming towards us. Oh crap, that's a barge, maybe if we can't see a huge barge we should stop.

What's the info on the LED jacket? looks way cool

http://www.ronixwake.com/default_men...-/ONELEDImpact

Comes in blue and green. I think they had a red one at one time as well. They come in Comp vest and in USCG. The blue one he is wearing is a USCG one.

http://www.evo.com/outlet/wakeboard-...=EB-64179-1003

Be careful using blue lights. My brother almost got a ticket for having blue lights on his party barge. The law enforcement officer told him that only law enforcement officers are allowed to have blue lights. He let us go with a warning.

Wow.. that's a new one on me. I know you can't have blue lights on a car.. but underwater LEDs?

We looked into the blue lights already before doing the install on the Supra.
Basically if it's solid, you're fine. It's when they are flashing when they are considered to be imitating a law enforcement officer.

Technically the underwater LED lights are illegal while the boat is underway but I've yet to know anyone being stopped for them but night watersports behind the boat I've know people to get tickets.

My brother's lights were LED strands on a party barge. They were not below the water line lights and we were in no way trying to imitate flashing lights. Every lake is different so that is why I am suggesting to be cautious.

Heres an idea of what it looks like behind a pair of Rigid Industries Dually Marine lights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObTUkWj6sk#t=14

Yep, every LEO is going to be different. I've ran mine right in front of sherrif and coast guard and been fine.

However, when I do them in the Moomba, I'm looking to go RGBW so I have any color of light I want.

No, the blue one I have is a comp vest.

Shasta lake, We use glow stick around our necks and Lifeform LED light work awesome!! http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps43c5547a.jpg

I always have a pack of glowstick bracelet deals in my boat bag just for this reason.

Full moon surfing!

For those that really want to light up their wake. We just started our Black Friday sale.
30% OFF all LED's when you use the promo code "BLACKFRIDAY30"

http://lifeformled.com/products/

We love you guys, this community is awesome.

We do as much night surfing as possible. Its an amazing feeling to be out there behind the boat at night. The only thing you see is the boat and the wave. Epic.

Night Surfing Pics
 

Here's a bunch of night surfing pics from this past season. We LOVE surfing at night...especially at http://www.thewatersportsfarm.com/ where there is no law against it.

...and here is a video Creatingrockstars put together of Night Surfing centered event http://www.westriders.org put together at The Watersports Farm in August...http://vimeo.com/106149829

Rub it in Dan why don't you :p....Gonna have to come and harass you and Lysle this winter!

As mentioned above the Lifeform LED's are awesome! Crazy bright, well built, and outstanding customer service. I have recently partnered with them as a rider I'm able to offer a discount to others via their website www.lifeformled.com. Use code DFTR2015 before you check out and save some cash for night surfing! Nothing better then boating at night lit up having a great time.

I put lifeforms on my Malibu lsv and loved them. Super bright in AND out of the water.

We do a lot of midnight surfing,usually stay out til 2 or 3 am, its when the men go out and actually get a few hours to our selves but we've all decided the less lights the better. I have underwater LED's and thats about all we have on (own a 2014Tige RZ2 and they came from the manufacturer) we may be a bit different a) we're on a small private lake with no other boats b) We've tried every set up as my tower has lights but c) they attrack way too many bugs d) extra light is not really needed. Our only ask is if you fall you hold up the board so our running lights reflect of the board and we can see the fallen rider a bit better but thats very rare as there is usually 4 or 6 of us on the boat to help spot the rider and the board if it shots off.
Any one else like almost no lights or is it just us?

We usually run only underwater lights and rear tower lights at night. We don't run the forward facing lights and I have to cover the touch screen too or it decreases my night vision.

Dan, that video rocks! Looks as though your crew is havng a good time.

I get what you're saying about the bugs, they seem to just be attracted to them, especially certain colors like blue. I mean bug lights are blue and are made to attract them, kind of makes sense. It doesn't help that my buddy is obsessed with blue leds everywhere, we are like a giant bug beacon at night :banghead: I'm not complaining, because we still get night surfing in, normally right after dusk. One thing we do though is put some lights on the rider. We always stock glow sticks/bracelets/necklaces to go on the rider/vest. He even has a blue LED vest as shown above.

I'm not a fan of the big lights shining everywhere, if you're behind the boat, you're blinded. Any forward facing ones don't do that good of a job anyway. It can get kind of scary though, considering we're in the Columbia, a major shipping channel. A few times we have had a little shock, of "Oh, S*** that's a barge right in front of us!, better call it a night" So sometimes I wish we had an effective front lighting system at least. I know it's not really legal, but then again, is any of it ;)

So my team rider in France said that night surfing is legal as long as the boat has proper lights.
This concept is not new but will be offered on the Lakewakes Hooligan wakesurf board, naked versions for 659.00 base price