After boating this summer on several of the water ways in my area it has come to my conclusion that the wake board boats are nothing but a bunch of past yuppy pwc owners that are now screwing up our water ways in another way. They take up most of the river going slow and creating huge wakes that you have slow down to go over unless your in a 40' footer. They again show there intelligence by surfing behind the wake of the boat sniffing all that carbon dixiode and while doing this create an even bigger wake. They play loud ass jive music on there radios thinking we all want to hear that $hit, and last but not least....Little or no respect that they are screwing the water up for us true skiers. Go out on a big basin and do your crap. You don't need smooth water to do what you do so what does it matter if it's alittle rough?. Not to mention you can play that $hit a$$ music as loud as you want. Or better yet play that crap in your yuppie BMW or Mercedes SUV on 22's on the way to the ramp or on your way home.
Well, while I do have a Wakeboard I do agree with you mostly. Pisses me off when its nice smooth water and they are wakesurfing. You dont need f'n smooth water to wakesurf. Same for the idiot tubers that tube up little arms on Shasta, isnt the point of tubing to go over waves?
Then again, I had at the beginning of this yr a 28' V hull boat think he was a PWC jumping my wake back and forth. We were quite impressed. LOL
Water Plows..........
Well, while I do have a Wakeboard I do agree with you mostly. Pisses me off when its nice smooth water and they are wakesurfing. You dont need f'n smooth water to wakesurf. Same for the idiot tubers that tube up little arms on Shasta, isnt the point of tubing to go over waves?
Then again, I had at the beginning of this yr a 28' V hull boat think he was a PWC jumping my wake back and forth. We were quite impressed. LOL
I just spent most of this past week at Shasta. That's gotta be the wakeboard boat/houseboat capital of the world. My Sis and her husband (from Medford, OR) brought down their Tige wakeboat. Very nice. Love the Perfect pass speed control. Best tow I've ever had for skiing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing. Shasta's incredible, even with the water level down. It's my new favorite lake, but nobody should ever go there....
As for complaints about the boats, we were respectful of others who were there first, and being a former low freeboard boat owner, always were courteous to others that can't handle the wakes. But, like any boat owners, there are those dipshiats that think it's their world and we're just living in it. We got cut off a number of times, by a variety of boats. We usually looked for our own spots away from everyone else.
I currently own a 24' Laveycraft. After spending the week in a wakeboard boat, they are in fact way better suited to families that like water sports, beyond just sitting in the boat and going fast, then parking on the beach all day. I may have to get one.
As for wake surfing, I suppose if you tuck in tight and don't move much, you may have C0 issues, but we don't and didn't. It's fun, you should try it. The kids loved it, but we prefer wakeboarding. Btw, I ski, wakeboard and tube behind our Lavey (obviously, we don't wake surf behind the i/o). It's just not set up for all of that as well as a wake or tournament boat.
Bottomline, imo, no comparison to PWC riders...
Times are changing and get used to it....surfing, wakeskating, wakeboarding are all only going to get more popular by the younger generation that like to use their boats to do more then just kick back on them...
Now common sense needs to be used across all boaters....if your wake is screwing up other boats, then you are liable...too bad folks don't understand these rules and adhere to them or use common sense on when they should be creating these wakes...ie: not near folks floating or on crowded water ways..
Couple folks were wakesurfing with not many boats out yesterday and it looked like the families were having a really good time.....I will take a surfer at 9 miles an hour then a zig zagging tuber, a jet skier, or an idiot behind any powerboat above 45mph any day of the week.
And the music comment applies to all boats not just wakeboard boats...last I checked...a lot of deck boats still command the sandbars and channels from a musical perspective..
After boating this summer on several of the water ways in my area it has come to my conclusion that the wake board boats are nothing but a bunch of past yuppy pwc owners that are now screwing up our water ways in another way
Yep.......
that about sums it up..........
Gotta LOVE IT!!!!!!!
PS, don't knock it till ya try it.......
music that you don't enjoy listen to = CHIT
I'm sure you'd be ROCKIN your music if you could...don't be such a HATER!!!!!!!!
you must of passed us a few times.........
also, my kids, 22, 21, 19 like to ski, wakeboard, barefoot and occasional tube when the water gets all plowed up....
And the music comment applies to all boats not just wakeboard boats...last I checked...a lot of deck boats still command the sandbars and channels from a musical perspective..
nope only Wakeboard Boats.... just a Dixie.......
I don't have a wakeboard boat, but I LOVE wakeboarding. I also enjoy wakesurfing and wake skate. I never go out where there are boats though, mainly cause I don't feel safe around others boats and me bobbing in the water.
But to say there music is shit and they in general are screwing up the waterways is ignorant. We usually go up River towards walter where the water is the calmest, and the fewest boats are around. Throw out a huge wake, blast the music, and just have fun.
Every boat has their downsides, jets and v-drives are loud, big cat boats and v bottoms go flying by without any regard, wakeboats make big wakes. With any of these you just have to deal with it, what else can you do? Maybe complaign and whine about it?
Like Boatcop said, there's just as many idiot boat owners as there are PWC owners. It's not the boat, it's who uses it.
You must be one of those 40 somethings who has a 30' plus offshore boat to compensate for something missing, hauling ass to hurry up and park, then drink with your buddies while your 40 something wife with fake tits struts around like she is 20 again with pasties, a fat gut, and a saggy ass. Then you and your "crew" race to another point of the lake or river thinking your the badasses of the river and everyone needs to get out of your way. Take your boats to the ocean and your fat ugly wives to Jenny Craig.
Looks like we better get some signs made up for the ramps...
Do not launch unless your driving at least a 28 foot boat and it costs more than 100K!!!
Hay soos christ people!!!
Whats next pontoons???
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