I think your on to something Sled.

I've seen many a wakeboard boat and most of the riders aren't any better than me (and I'm not very good). This is my second year trying the sport and I've only been on the wakeboard about 10 times. Just starting to land w2w behind my outback.

I bought a "ski" boat because I love to slalom. But I'm open to new sports and wakeboarding and surfing because I just love to be in the water. First pull on a wakeboard and I was up and cutting. Surfed twice and hope to freeride my next time out

Now in my humble opinion surfing and wakeboarding is WAY easier than strapping on a slalom ski and doing a deep water start! I think that is why most will opt for a V-drive out of the gate and say they like wakeboarding better.............I'll bet NONE of them has even tried to slalom.

Now some of you are good at wakeboarding and very passionate about it and Please don't take offense. I just think the masses say they like/dislike something without even trying it!