How much weight should I with my boat run. I tried it for the first time yesteday and can't get the wave to go ropeless. I had the front and left side filled. I had two more people on the back left side of the boat at about 10mph. The wave looked good but i just couldn't get slack in the rope for more than a couple of seconds.....Help. I was also wondering if a longer board will make it easier to stay in the curl? I was using a Hypelite skim style board. Does anyone on here ride the obrian surf boards I have seen them cheap and was thinking of getting one.