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Massive! How far back can you get?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
Between 20 and 25 feet. This was around 5500 lbs ballast, about 500 lbs of people (3) in the boat. My kids and wife can go a bit farther back. I’m still a fairly green rider and weigh 275. Although last year I was 380+ and it was a lot more difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by pat6969
That’s awesome!! I was tipping the scale at 240 earlier this year and started a fit body boot camp a few months ago. I want to get down to 200 or under so I can have more room to play and stop using my “big boy” surf board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
Rush- Did I read this correctly? You are running 7000lbs ballast? How do you even get that thing to move? Can you get it over 10mph?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
Also, I am finding that more weight does not mean a bigger wave. I am not sure where the point of diminishing return is. but still working on it slowly.
Yes, it’ll do 12mph fully loaded. Pictures above were around 5500 lbs. I agree, more isn’t necessarily better. I used old bags I had from other boats. That’s why there’s so much in it. I’m able to run a much lower pitch and really lengthen the wave. We run around 7.5 nowQuote:
Originally Posted by flienlow
7.5? Ballast?
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7.5 pitch, 5500 lbs ballastQuote:
Originally Posted by flienlow
I'll be doing a demo of the Max with the wakemakers bags tomorrow morning... Should be a fun and educational experience.
I was running 6500 in ballast last night as we put a 900 between the Helm. We also had 9 in the boat plus a couple of littles. The wave was PHA-KEN SAVAGE! Had to be 4.5 tall. However there wasn't much push farther back which is the demon I have been chasing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
What speed were you running and what board do you ride?Quote:
Originally Posted by flienlow
Ronix Thumbtail- Speed was about 10.7ishQuote:
Originally Posted by z28ke
I wonder if adding a little speed when you have that much ballast would firm up the back of the wave giving more push back there? Somewhere between 11-11.5Quote:
Originally Posted by flienlow
So when I rode it was really good. We had a noob trying to get up, and I sitting on very back of the sundeck helping here and it got even better with the same speed. It wont hurt to bump it up so I will give it a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by z28ke
https://youtu.be/MLwOICTuC-A
Finally bought a go pro and tested it out. This is a max regular wave with 720 ballast bags in both MIDSHIP lockers. No listing (this why the face of wave isn’t perfect). 11.1 mph (usually do 11.4-6 mph as wenkikemling shorter waves, but wife hit the wrong stalk haha), center plate at 10. Wife is 5’8” and able to sit and see over the bow without seat cushion.
Just a small female driver in the boat. Gas under a quarter tank. That’s me on a hifi Skim board. Surf board and can surf even further back easily. Midships Worth their weight in gold when you have no crew. This would suck if the max didn’t have storage elsewhere galore.
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Hope to follow up with some sweet 360 vids .... but currently rotate too slow and end up on the other side of the wave. Glad practice is a lot of fun.
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I nailed a 360 on the max demo. Here's some pics I got. Wakemakers midship bags.
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Trayson, if you can recall what roll, speed, and plate settings was that on? Very nice face on that wave.
Trayson, are you gonna buy it?
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Trayson, stock rear bags? That boat looks eerily similar :D
2 questions; is this a 2020 beacuase im jealous of the trailer wheels! And why are there registration stickers on the windshield?
Even with it being a "demo" boat, I still don't think I can swallow new boat pricing. My XLV is 8 grand from being paid off. It's got a tiny payment and I've modded the heck out of it. After riding the max on tuesday and my XLV on wednesday, I can definitely say that the max wave was longer by probably 3 to 4 feet is my guess. But my wave is just as clean and just as powerful (if not more). So yes the max wave is better, but it's not something that COMPLETELY blew me away. It'll likely be my next boat, but at least a season or two out when they've depreciated more and I can get one for a chunk less money. evem a pretty loaded Max would require a decent chunk of time and money to mod it out similar to a lot of the stuff I've done on my XLV. sure, that's part of the fun. But the timing just isn't right for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stazi
Yeah, stock rear bags, but the trays were removed to just get that much more in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by haknslash
So, there was someone that bought a boat and didn't want the 18s that came with it, so the dealer swapped the 18s onto the Max and gave the max wheels to that customer. it's a 2019 and was the demo boat for the dealer.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnh577777
You can get upgraded wheels from Boatmate when you custom order the boat or at least your dealer can help. I didn't want to go with the larger wheels but I did want something different than the 5 star wheels that come stock so I had my dealer work with boatmate to upgrade mine during my build.Quote:
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