ski wake

[rvette]

Looking to possibly upgrade from an outback (DD) and looking for options on the ski wake behind the mondo and lsv. Any suggestions? Thanks

[Stazi]

Looking to possibly upgrade from an outback (DD) and looking for options on the ski wake behind the mondo and lsv. Any suggestions? Thanks

It's not going to be as flat as a DD. I have a neighbor with a 2013 LSV and he complains about the ski wake. I offered to trade him my 2004 LS but he won't go for it. LOL

[kaneboats]

Look at the OBV. Decent ski wake and does everything else too.

[mikenehrkorn]

+1 for the OBV -- it's no where close to flat but pretty ski-able IMO

[iwaterskihard]

No boat other than a 3 event DD boat will give you a really good ski wake. It's why those boats were built in the first place.
Even the OBV can't match the wakes with the position of the motor and the weight distribution. They make it skiable but not ideal!

[kaneboats]

No boat other than a 3 event DD boat will give you a really good ski wake.

Uh. I believe he said he wanted to upgrade from that ancient design.

[patrick232]

Looking to possibly upgrade from an outback (DD) and looking for options on the ski wake behind the mondo and lsv. Any suggestions? Thanks

Head over to Columbus and I'll give you a pull behind the Mondo. I'm thinking Griggs on Sunday evening.

[BensonWdby]

There are many factors to a wake that make skiing difficult. The width and depth of the troughs, the shape of the wake, the peak-to-peak width, the shape of the peak, elevation change between the peaks, and the 'hardness'. I have a friend with a MC 209. A very nice multi-purpose DD boat. It is pretty much unskiable at anything under 36 mph unless you have perfect body position at all times. The owner had developed a style of 'cringing' as he came into the wake to try to absorb the impact. It has the hardest wake I have ever skied against. The point here is that even DD can have undesireable wakes. The only way to know for sure is to ski them. There is a reason they don't use V-drives to pull tournaments, and why not every DD is tournament approved.

[yooper]

I used to have a Supra 22SSV and now have a Mojo. The ski wake LOOKS bigger on the Mojo, but is friendlier than the SSV. Hard to describe, but I think it is softer and easier to cut through. For a big v-drive, it's actually not that bad. I would pretty much always get wake to wake air on the SSV!

That said, I rarely ski anymore unless I'm out with a friend that has a ski boat.

[rvette]

thanks everyone for the additional replies. Patrick232- I appreciate the offer but I am out of town on Dale Hollow as we speak and will be here a little while longer. Have you skied behind yours? I'd appreciate your opinion if you have. I am leaning toward the Mondo. Thanks again!