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At some point, the wakesurfing community needs to show a little restraint. I get that we all want to have the best wake we can get at all times but how much wake do you really need to go out and have fun? It's gotten a bit out of control and I don't see anybody taking any personal responsibility out there. Now, if you are on a section of lake where no one, and I mean NO ONE else is or you're on your own private lake sure, max it out. How often is that the case though? Most of us boat on public waterways. That means our wakes effect the general public. With the entire industry jumping on the wakesurfing bandwagon, everybody has nice surf wake now. The surf wake soup created every weekend on every lake is becoming unfun. People are just throwing them wherever and never thinking twice about where they go afterwards. And for all these big beautiful wakes being created, I never see anybody who can surf worth a **** anyways. A better wake doesn't make you a better surfer. Quite the opposite in fact. Show me someone who can rip a smaller wake and I'll show you a better surfer. So, how much is too much? How much ballast is too much? How much wake do you really need? 3'? 4'? Where does it end? Probably like everything else. It'll get abused until the law has to step in. Even the wakeboarders are complaining. Hell, I'm a wakesurfer and I'm complaining. Perhaps we could generate some dialog for the mess we are creating and at least recognize that we're changing the very complexion of boating?
Flame on...
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