wake surf tuning

[lsupcar]

I am wondering how you go about tuning your wake.
Before you begin to ride, do you try to optimize the wave before anyone gets into the water, or do you put the first rider into the water and optimize from there? If the latter, do you have them stay off the wave until things are optimized, or do you have them start to try to ride, then have them try to help describe what needs to be changed to optimize the wave?
There are so many variables it is hard to know where to start..
Thanks.
Bill Z

[kaneboats]

Kind of depends on how long you've had your boat and how many people are on board plus who the rider is. I kind of start about the same place and just move a few people and adjust the wake plate during each ride.

[jtatexc]

We have our craz pretty dialed in to where it just needs minor adjustments each launch based on size of crew. I always do a non ride visual of the wave and tweak the best I can and then have one of the more experienced a riders on the boat go and give the fine tune with the wake plate. I have found after numerous trips now with the ballast capacities in my boat to leave the autoflow 2.0 at 55% as it looks the best for us. We spent a few hours running through all the possible configurations and through the different weights and and everything 55% each side was a constant best and had the best push

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

[The_Robo_Fighter]

When I first started I spent a afternoon by myself on the lake trying all combinations of weight speed and plate positions. I put a GoPro on the wake and took note of the setup. I reviewed the video and notes to get my "base line". Now depending on conditions I make minor adjusts real time to perfect the wake.

[mmandley]

It honestly takes time and experence, you can make a wave look as pretty as you can and then get out there and it is weak.

To start I would suggest no one in the water, work on getting a nice wave with very little wash on the top. It should be dark solid water from under the platform to the top of the wave. White wash no matter were it is will slow you down.

Then when you have a decent wave, I like to be first out, since I know what the wave should feel like and I am normally the biggest guy, if its dialed in to fit me, then I can just adjust the wake plate down for smaller riders.

Once I get it dialed in really nice I memorize my settings, wake plate, Flow, speed. You don't have to adjust that much for people, if you have a lot of people speed the boat up .2-.4mph generally makes up for thier weight.

I have a ton of threads and pictures on the forum, just do a search with wake surfing and you should see plenty of videos. I have videos on how to adjust the wave from going to fast, to too slow, and all sorts of other things.

Other wise get some pictures and video of your wave and post it up and we can help you work on it

[kaneboats]

You don't have to adjust that much for people, if you have a lot of people speed the boat up .2-.4mph generally makes up for thier weight.

This is spot on for a Mojo, especially slammed like Mike runs it. With an LSV or one of the older models one person moving side to side can fix or ruin the wave, especially if you are light on ballast and/or not running a gate.

[lsupcar]

Thanks for the comments.
I was wondering mainly about your actions at the start of each day. You already have your baseline settings, so do you just jump in and start surfing and adjust on the fly, or do you first make a riderless run and adjust for variables such as fuel level and number of passengers.
Thanks.

[dusty2221]

9 out of 10 times wake or surf I make a pass just making sure everything looks right. Seems worth the few minutes to get a peek and then less adjustments for the first rider.

I also never ride first. ;)

[kaneboats]

Gas is cheaper where he lives. :cool: