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they are pushing hard for a dealer network.
it's got a much nicer interior than a lot of wakeboats when you look at the social aspect of how it's laid out. there's a reason tooners sell like crazy. not likely to the hardcore wakeboat owners that will reply to this thread but look at any midwest lake and see what's on it.
the 2 downsides are price- at 100k+ it's insane when compared to a purpose-built wakeboat but compared to other tooners, it's not hard to get 100k in a tooner with that much hp pretty easy, and 2- surfwave is not stellar but again compared to the wave behind our launch20ssv from the vid footage, it's not horrible. interesting that they don't show the regular surfwave. I think there's still some development to do.
it won't hold a candle to any purpose built surfboat BUT for the family that wants to chill on a tooner and take an occasional set and are not training to be the next pro rider, at a 50 or 60k price dealers would be lining up to sell.
The part that gets me is that it’s a mono-hull design, which takes away all of the toon ride quality advantage.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandm
I know making a toon hull surf is likely impossible. I get that. So if they have to go straight mono hull, how can it not surf like a regular surf boat? Just slap a toon top on a good surf design.
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I get the market for them. Honestly toons are a one trick pony. Social mom boats.
Get one to surf and it’s a least a 2 trick pony.
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Add a full bimini, grill, pontoon diving board... Ive been looking at these for awhile. Should have grabbed one last spring when it was down in the $80's :)
I don't see anything wrong with them honestly, they aren't terrible looking like a Heyday, they don't have all the crazy gimmicks of the anthem thing, and they seem to have a pretty decent wave.
I don't think people are buying a pontoon for the ride quality they are buying it for the space and layout and usability of it.
If you can get 80% of the wave of a surf boat and 100% of the useability of a pontoon I think you've got a winner.
Just my opinion.
My uncle has a lake house that we take the boat to fairly often, at the end of the day way more people end up on his nice pontoon than they do on my much more expensive much prettier supra. The toon is roomier, easier to get in and out of, has more storage, is faster, quieter, and just overall better for just hanging out than a wakeboat. People end up in the supra when they want to surf. If you could make the toon surf well enough for most people honestly no one would give the supra a second look other than to say man that's pretty!
I'll go wake boat all day because I love the sports associated with it, but in my experience 90+% of people prefer the toon.
Just my 2 cents there
Who wants everyone on their boat? Not me!!
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I agree with Larry.
We tend to have a number of older and much younger generation who come out on the boat and basically occupy space (and make a mess). That sounds like the perfect strategy.Quote:
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But I doubt it it will EVER surf better.
It's so purdy. Cant' wait to get out and try to kill myself a few times. I'm going to have to make some mods to my board racks though - probably bring the old "long horn" back out again.
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We fooled around with one of those for a few days last month for the first time and everyone loved it. I need to look at getting one. Have fun!
wish I was in washington berg. would LOVE to try that out....
guess I need to head to the casino and see if I can "buy" one :)
I personally owned a tritoon for several years, and on our rough lake it was the ride quality. I put up with its ugly ass for that reason alone. Nothing better in big waves.Quote:
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If they rode like ass I would never have one. It’s their most redeeming quality to me.
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Finally ripped the band aide off and peeled the tramp stamp logo. The fading is barely noticeable if you are looking for it from a foot away. Wish I did it 10 years ago. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2b4239502b.jpg
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looks good naked!
scott, that boat looks good with the tribal removed....
some big supra letters would be the icing on the cake... something like this:
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^^ Sky is amazing ^^
Bummed to see the cooler temps creeping into the north and west as I watched the national weather this AM. Pics of "that white stuff" on the top of mnts.
A little swim time between surf sets.
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The kids got the best run of the evening last night. It was the best night of the year by far. We were one of 4 boats on the lake. I live for those nights!
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Zandar took some time off from wakeboarding on the last day of camp to goof off...who knew you could barefoot behind a Moomba Craz?. Gonna try and get a tantrum dialed before season ends in about 5 weeks.https://youtu.be/5SCS2AuF8s8
that is awesome. You get him in some smooth water and he will get it.
White cap conditions and heavy holiday boat traffic killed any possibility for decent surfing today :(. Good news is surf plate back at 60 fixed the scar and smaller wave issue I have been fighting the past few outings.
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A few stills from the video clips
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Fall is definitely in the air, but this is probably the most beautiful morning I’ve seen all summer here in Downeast Maine!
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^^^I haven’t seen glass like that in years on our lake :(
Really? Glass like that and nobody riding? Are these pictures even real!!?? LOL If we had water like that Zandar would be pro level by now!!!Quote:
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My 13 year old upping his game. He is 5’11 to give you wave perspective.
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This was obviously at sunrise when conditions are usually the best. But, most of our lakes are quite small so they typically don’t get so windy that you can’t ride them.Quote:
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Worst part is, I’m the only one in the lake with a wake boat. There wasn’t another boat out there. Unfortunately, my driver was a little under the weather due to holiday weekend festivities the night before.Quote:
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Went to possum kingdom for the first time. Saturday at hells gate was crazy at the tie up. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...00a1ff7a16.jpg
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This was from Sunday
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We tried paddleboarding friday as mead as well.
I can ride a surfboard for hours but 20 minutes on the paddleboard and had enough.
One of those been there done that things...
Relaxing day fo sho tho......https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c65cbc2b0b.jpg
Right it was my first time doing it and man what a workout.Quote:
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I got to take my nephews for their first wakesurf ride this last weekend. They had a blast! They both tried it on their own with great attitudes but couldn’t quite make it happen. I think I’m going to have to add a kid’s board to the boat collection.
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Got Dad out today.
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The three amigos and one cobbled together rope.
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My youngest daughter looking to try some airs.
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My son going to show me "how you're supposed to do a 360". This is when your body spins but the board does not.
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We've only got one goofy surfer so I don't work on my dark side wave that much. We got some length out of it but not much height.
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Apparently I need some lessons in foiling. At long rope right behind the boat you really feel the prop wash throwing you around. I'm not as good at this as I thought I would be after taking 3 attempts just to get up and going.
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Quickly learned that once the foil breaches you're toast.
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This is how most of my rides ended.
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Except for one where I tried to go on my regular surf wave and surf length rope. About 10 seconds into that ride I almost landed in the boat, on the rear deck and the board took a nice ding I think from the back cleat and the wing bit the swim platform. Talk about sketchy...