First Boat! wtb 30k Budget

We rode a couple of wakesetters, for years.. they were pretty sweet wakeboard boats, but don’t think you’ll get much, if any surf wave out of them. If you’re really looking to surf, I wouldn’t even bother testing it.

I’d say fit and finish are pretty comparable to each other..

Originally Posted by Zackdogg

We rode a couple of wakesetters, for years.. they were pretty sweet wakeboard boats, but don’t think you’ll get much, if any surf wave out of them. If you’re really looking to surf, I wouldn’t even bother testing it.

I’d say fit and finish are pretty comparable to each other..

All it takes is a bit of money to upgrade and old Wakesetters get a new lease on life as surf boats. This was filmed on an older VLX:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVJmuGzteI

We have systems on all kinds of older 'Bu's and it works great. Ballast must also be addressed.

Originally Posted by Shakarocks

All it takes is a bit of money to upgrade and old Wakesetters get a new lease on life as surf boats. This was filmed on an older VLX:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVJmuGzteI



We have systems on all kinds of older 'Bu's and it works great. Ballast must also be addressed.

I probably shouldn’t have said “I doubt you’ll get a surf wave”. You could slam it with ballast, and put a surf system on it, and get some kind of a wave. If I wanted a wake boat, I’d still ride behind a wakesetter, they’re great for wakeboarding. What I should have said was “I personally wouldn’t put the effort and money into a wakesetter to try and get a surf wave”. You’ll end up dumping $8-$10k into a boat you just bought, for a mediocre wave, and probably break your new boat, or not be able to get on plane, because it wasn’t designed for a bunch of excess weight. I’m sure it’s doable, and I’m sure guys have done it, hell, there’s probably out there riding an insane wave behind a wakesetter, somewhere, but some stuff is just diminishing returns.