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I plumbed in IBS; when you are wakesurfing, are you supposed to fill just one of the two front bags, or both?
The other day, I filled the middle bag all the way, the front two as much as I could before the seat cushions popped, and the right corner bag all the way. I still couldn't find any sweet spot (first time surfer), but my kids seemed to be able to find it briefly anyway, with me sitting on the right corner too. Unfortunately there was no one sitting on the corner for me while I surfed...
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What boat do you have? I can't really tell from your avatar. Anyways most will tell you that you need more weight in the rear than you are currently running. The weigh in the nose (along with speed) controls how LONG the pocket is. If you make the pocket too long, which it sounds like is the problem, then you won't have any "push" and it will feel like there's never a sweet spot. At a bare minimum you should have 750lbs either in the surf side locker or some combination of bags between the locker and on the seats or under the seats. This is just a starting point, many will chime in here and of course everyone's boat is different when it comes to water conditions, # of people on the boat, speed, wake plate position, etc
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I would ditch the nose weight and put your wake plate all the way up. Once you get a good pocket then start adding nose weight until you get the wave you want. What speed are you running at?
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You have cruise control right? My 05lsv did not
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Thats so weird. I was trying to figure out how to upload thos video of my 05 with me absolutely shredding some gnar with STOCK ballast. Can you take some pictures for us so we can see whats going on? No water in the ibs correct?
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Your going too fast. With my OBV we started around 8-9mph and are increasing speed as we add weight. With your setup start try 8 mph. I was 220lbs+ when I started (now 202 woohoo!) and at much over 9 mph the boat would leave my ass, and I was on a hyperlite landlock. First time I tried surfing was on a friends broadcast, it wouldn't come close to floating me/letting me go rope less. I ordered the landlock and was shredding next time out with your ballast setup at 8-9 mph.
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Any updates? How far back from the boat are you riding?
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Center full, surf side full, 10.0mph and Wakeplate all the way up.
When the above doesn't satisfy you, add 1,100's in the rear, 370 under port seats and an IBS. :)
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My boat is a little different but I noticed putting weight on both sides in the bow messes my wave up. I just run the plate 3/4 the way up, 750 port rear, 300 port bow and around 10-10.5. And anyone in the boat sits on the port side.
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Yea. Looks like your surfing to me but you're cheating holding the rope like that. Hold the end and only use it when you fall off the wave completely. Also pick a spot on the platform when you get slack in the rope note the distance from the platform to your board tip.. Then by shifting your weight try to keep that same distance without pulling on the rope.. You want to keep your rope hand near your body or else it'll throw off your center..
I didn't watch the whole video, but right at sec 00:22/23 that's where you want to be to to start.. The rest you were to far back..
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