New fiberglass surf platform

[sandm]

I know a few tige guys have been looking. the variables would be width of boat and width of brackets. beyond that the actual shape of the platform and depth are not that big of a deal.
if you made the bottom pieces large enough where the brackets need to bolt to as a universal fit and kept the width at 96" vs most boats today are 102, that would leave you a "generic" template that you could sell and others could then mount the brackets to fit their transom. spacing it back an extra inch for any curvature in the transom depending on your platform curve.

great idea and betting you will sell a dozen or so a year.

[brian216]

I know a few tige guys have been looking. the variables would be width of boat and width of brackets. beyond that the actual shape of the platform and depth are not that big of a deal.
if you made the bottom pieces large enough where the brackets need to bolt to as a universal fit and kept the width at 96" vs most boats today are 102, that would leave you a "generic" template that you could sell and others could then mount the brackets to fit their transom. spacing it back an extra inch for any curvature in the transom depending on your platform curve.

great idea and betting you will sell a dozen or so a year.

That seems a bit wide. This one is only 59” at the widest point.


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[Sharpie647]

Great Idea. I'd be interested in the final cost of something like this. I have a 2002 outback lsv and have always considered doing something like this myself. I know a surf platform would make a huge difference on my surf wave. I am gonna stay tuned on this project for sure. Great job man.

[Branden967]

Not to derail this because I already love the idea....but would it be possible to put a pocket in for a fold out ladder? The wife’s always wanted a ladder and I’ve never entertained the idea because of drag, mounting issues and the possibility of it messing up the wave. Just a thought...

[rdlangston13]

Not to derail this because I already love the idea....but would it be possible to put a pocket in for a fold out ladder? The wife’s always wanted a ladder and I’ve never entertained the idea because of drag, mounting issues and the possibility of it messing up the wave. Just a thought...

We have a fold out ladder on the bottom of our platform and the drag at low speeds is negligible. Once on plain the whole thing is completely out of the water so drag is not a concern. While surfing it does contact the water but there is no negative side effects from what I can tell. Our surf platform digs into the wave already without the ladder so it is not much different.

[Isaguel]

I know a few tige guys have been looking. the variables would be width of boat and width of brackets.

I would add shape of the transom. As I recall, Tige's are more squared off whereas Supra's are more curved. But, yes, I agree this is a good idea with a market primed to be tapped.

[brian216]

I would add shape of the transom. As I recall, Tige's are more squared off whereas Supra's are more curved. But, yes, I agree this is a good idea with a market primed to be tapped.

As much as I’d like to become a millionaire off of this, I’m a one man show with a full time job. Supra and Moomba for now! The amount of work just to get a mold built is overwhelming compared to actually producing the parts. I’d rather not have 15 different molds here for different boats. But if someone asks I’ll do it. I just has to be a somewhat popular model.

You are correct, it’s a big market and there are lots of people using “wake board” boats to surf that were never intended to do so. Just look at when the manufacturers picked up on surfing and started to change things up on the boats to accommodate. I figure a solid 10 year span across all the big brands of wake boats.


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[sandm]

I think people with older boats won't be disappointed with a platform that isn't truly sculpted to the boat. something 15 years old your options are try to source used(good luck), build your own or go the teak route.
with what you have built, if it's "universal" enough, someone with an older boat can pop it on the boat and if there's a slightly larger gap between platform and boat it's not going to be a dealbreaker vs the alternatives above. mount to the brackets and who cares if the gap is 1/2" at the edges and 1.5" in the middle from the transom. no one will ever care. downside would be splash from water coming up but a stiff piece of rubber screwed to the bottom trimmed along the edge of the boat will stop any and clean up the gaps.

that was my original comment in keeping it a somewhat universal size AND making the bracket area on the underside wide enough to be used on a variety of different bracket widths from different manufacturers. even within the supra lines I would think that the 20ssv and 21v bracket spacing is different due to the boats being different widths.

the only downside would be shipping. cost will be quite a bit to ship it.

[brian216]

I think people with older boats won't be disappointed with a platform that isn't truly sculpted to the boat. something 15 years old your options are try to source used(good luck), build your own or go the teak route.
with what you have built, if it's "universal" enough, someone with an older boat can pop it on the boat and if there's a slightly larger gap between platform and boat it's not going to be a dealbreaker vs the alternatives above. mount to the brackets and who cares if the gap is 1/2" at the edges and 1.5" in the middle from the transom. no one will ever care. downside would be splash from water coming up but a stiff piece of rubber screwed to the bottom trimmed along the edge of the boat will stop any and clean up the gaps.

that was my original comment in keeping it a somewhat universal size AND making the bracket area on the underside wide enough to be used on a variety of different bracket widths from different manufacturers. even within the supra lines I would think that the 20ssv and 21v bracket spacing is different due to the boats being different widths.

the only downside would be shipping. cost will be quite a bit to ship it.

Shipping might be an issue, however you can ship a 75” flat screen tv! This should fit in a similar sized box.


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