I’m up early catching the sunrise so I guess I will start it :D
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I’m up early catching the sunrise so I guess I will start it :D
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After an early morning surf session it was time to break out the tube for the kiddo and find a quiet cove to chill with the fam ��
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When you forget to set surf speed cruise and the wife hits it :D....
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First post is gorgeous !! Wish I lived there!! 2 thumbs up!
Zandar has been trying to land that Mexi Roll for the past month, attempting about 20 a day. He lands on his board 8 of 10 times, but always drops the rope. I thought maybe we should try something else one night to give it a break. So we tried a W2W backside 180 to blind which he was getting close to landing earlier in the season. Well, this is what happens when your 10 year old brain is doing a backside 180 to blind and your body is doing a backroll!!! Needless to say his sister had the rest of the night behind the boat while he recuperated in the boat!!
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Beautiful pics hacknslash! We had an amazing evening cruise tonight! Super warm evening and a full moon.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ce7e472dc1.jpg
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These dome lights that are on my MTX tower speakers are perfect for clearing all the gear out of the boat on the nights that we get back to the dock super late!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f29d71da49.jpg
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Killer night shots and I wish I had some lights on my tower.
We are picking up to leave today and head back home. It’s been an amazing vacation on Lake Martin. I woke up early hoping to catch the sunrise without an overcast and man did I ever! This lake is so beautiful y’all should visit if you’re ever in Bama.
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Boat beer pong
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Haha that's awesome Larry! :D
Had to wipe the dust off my ole trusty 7d but glad I brought it along. Really nice golden hour lighting this morning.
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This is my front yard tonight. A storm blew through and this is what we saw when it made its exit. Taken with my iPhone so not as nice as the beautiful pics hacknslash has posted but you get the idea.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fe20269903.jpg
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We got this 2021 Max yesterday. Will take it out to the lake for the first time tomorrow. So excited.
Tommy, awesome shot and that storm looked pretty strong in the background. Queue double rainbows omg guy voice :D. I like those dock whips for the boat, if we have a place on the water and didn't have a lift I would for sure get some whips. Envious y'all have a place on the water. Maybe one day for us but can only dream lol.
Bob, nice Max and congrats!! I almost did a build with similar color way. Enjoy it and if this is your first v-drive just take it nice and slow and get to know the boat. You'll love it and congrats again!
Congratulations Bob! You’re going to love the boat. We got ours new this May and have zero regrets. Please post more pics on the water. Some of us use the Tapatalk app as it allows you to posts bigger pics.Quote:
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The water drops off too quickly for lifts in front of our house so we use the whips for both boats. I would love to use lifts instead as the cleanup on the hull is a big job in the fall and now I have two bigger boats to clean up. The lake is pretty clean but there is still a ring to clean up when they come out. I use to pull the MC out every week or so to clean it but that didn’t last long lol!Quote:
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Some pics my buddy got from his drone this weekend. It’s usually just my wife and I and she always forgets to take pics when driving so I’m stoked to get some pics of me riding!
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Early morning on Lake Conroe... about as "glassy" as it gets:
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Family swim lessons after surf and tube sesh:
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Nice!!! Wave looks great too. I don’t know what is up with mine lately but my wave has been going downhill past few times out with no setting changes. Has me going all over the place in settings again. Grrrr!!! I have this ugly “scar” on the front and top of my wave and not sure why it is showing up now. What settings were you in those pics?Quote:
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This was surf plate at 55, wakeplate 0, 10.6 mph.Quote:
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Have you verified that your ballast is filling completely? As the ballast impellers wear they won’t move water as efficiently.
Yea I verify every time by cycling pumps until it’s pissing out the sides. I need to move my stupid ballast sensors up though because my screen always thinks I’m full when in reality I’m nowhere near full therefore I cycle until it pees out the overflow. I know my front bag has a small leak somewhere as I will get a little water in the bilge only when the front bag is used based off my monitoring since new. But it’s not a big leak and never loses ballast water over time so likely at the connection or small hole in my hose. Doesn’t explain why my wave is all over the place from one outing to the next. When I first had the WM upgrade my wave was legit and looked similar to yours but now it seems much smaller and less defined than it used to be while having the same size crew (wife and daughter). Can’t figure out why and it’s pissing me off. Perhaps my plates are not moving to what my screen says they are? Even with the tried and true baseline default 70 surf plate and 0 smart plate I’ve noticed a reduction in wave lately. I’ll try and figure out a way to get the video and post a separate thread on it.
See arrows for “scar” as I like to call it on my wave. This was not there before. Wave also was noticeably smaller than what it has been with WM upgrade.Quote:
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Hal have you checked your roll? It’s hard to tell in this picture but it looks like your boat is listed to the non surf side.
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Hak. Sorry stupid autocorrect
Hmmm, the pics look like it was cloudy weather. Was it windy and choppy? That does have an effect on the cleanliness of the wave.
Passengers? AW? I've always feared AW may dump water to achieve pitch and roll while reducing overall displacement, it'll create desired wave shape, at the expense of wave mass. Could that be it? Then if you have choppy conditions it'll make the wave "dirty".
We would have every flying insect within a mile radius on the boat if we attempted that kind of lighting for more than 30 seconds. It's bad enough with just a few blue led accents.Quote:
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Can't beat our mountain lakes. Pushing 70 degrees, clean and clear. Air in the low 80's.
The setup for the ever elusive 360. My golden retriever had seen enough apparently...
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And the fail.
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My youngest daughter getting ready to check the water temperature. That is Mt. St. Helens in the background there with just a trace of snow left.
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Nice pics berger and that water looks so good and refreshing!
I was informed that I've been MIA this summer, so here's some catching up.
We had a cabin booked at Lake Billy Chinook, but because of staffing at Oregon State Parks during the pandemic, they cancelled our cabin. So we had to improvise with the truck bed tent in a regular campsite. LOL. (yes, I brought my mini fridge from work and bought a microwave off CL just for the week's trip).
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Of course, we had a blast and had fantastic conditions for the trip.
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Mt Jefferson:
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Then we went down to visit the family in Houston and got some wakeboard action at the Hangar 9 Wakeboard park:
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Got to spend a weekend at our friend's lake house on Swift Reservoir near Mt St Helens. Friends with a waterfront lake house are great to have!!!
View from their patio, You can see St Helens peaking out on the right:
and yes, you bet your ass I got out and shred that glass on the slalom ski!!!!
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Private dock for the weekend!
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Everyone was off the water in the evening so I got a sunset night surf. This is the stuff we live for.
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Camping in the above-mentioned truck bed tent was the final motivation I needed to get serious on the search for a truck bed camper. Obviously we need to tow the boat when we go camping (at least 1/2 the time, because we'll do mountain bike trips with the camper too).
So I just got the Travel Lite 800x. Super stoked! Queen bed, u-shaped dinette, 5cuft fridge, microwave, power jacks, toilet, outside shower, water heater, A/C... It's everything we need and is light enough that we'll be able to handle it with the F150.
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And I can actually fit the truck, boat, and camper all behind the fence in my back/side yard. the 40' carport isn't long enough to cover it all, but it gets a lot of it under cover.
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And of course, we still get out on the river here at home a couple times a week...
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Good times on the water yesterday. I dedicate this 360 to Greg Berg!!!
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Sadly, things turned tragic for some locally. Right in front of our usual launch, someone was doing 360's in their boat and ejected the driver and passenger (without lift jackets). The driver swam to shore and the passenger was a fatality. The Sheriff boats, Fire Dept boats, dive team and USCG were all mobilized. Water temp was 71 and current was a few miles per hour...
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And one more from the night surf at the lakehouse on Swift Reservoir
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And getting in some time above the water on the foil...
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Usually this shows up when roll is off. Something is amiss.Quote:
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Looks like you need more weight on the surf side. If you aren’t using lead then try the starboard ballast at 80% next time out.Quote:
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Trayson - you suck. JK.
We used to go to Swift years ago but it was always cold and too much debris. How long has that house been there? I don't recall ANY lakeside properties.
When you get used to these high mountain lakes going back to the river is tough.
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These reservoirs used to never have any beaches but since they've been keeping the water low in the last several years they're pretty nice as long as you can dodge the stumps. However if you're not to the launch by 9am on a warm weekend, forget it. They'll be full.
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Northwoods. there's like a complex of 200 houses. you go up to the ranger station, turn right, cross the bridge, pass the Northwoods store and there's an entry into that whole community. they're up high on the hill but there's a path from their house to the dock. you have to use the Swift launch that's before the ranger station at the Swift forest camp. Her grandpa bought the place in the 60s!!! it's pretty wild. No electricity but they have propane. I really should have brought my drone and got some better pics of the area.Quote:
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Yes, I guess they've been keeping it lower and also have been lowering it earlier and earlier in the year. I'm really hoping that I'll get back before they drop the water levels too low to use their dock.
great pics berg. do miss the mountain lakes... although i'll take the water temps here anyday and the size of mead keeps us from ever seeing another boat.
Swapped out my 4’8” Whitey Tidy Nubstep for a 5’ Neo today and can’t wait to try it out. I think I’m going to also hang onto the Big Easy to keep a long cruiser board into the mix and I liked there way it felt. This should give me a nice range of high performance to cruiser and also keep the old Broadcast as a beater board that way I don’t care how it’s treated for anyone wanting to try surfing for the first time.
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