Nautique Surf System

[CradGen2]

I'll settle for 1051 instead. Not sure what I will do for 2000. Lake house?

[gride]

correct craft/nautique needs to do pop inspections on EVERY dealer, new or old. they seriously need to have a KEEP your dealership boat that they randomly have show up at their dealers to perform different procedures in order to qualify to stay a dealer. i'd say for every competent dealer(service staff) there are 3 or 4 totally inept ones that can't hardly change an impeller.

[super01]

It would be very easy for someone to develop a control box add on that does not need the LINC system at all. As long as the hull is the same, it could be made to work on any model year 210/230/236. I doubt that CC has that deep of an interest in developing it for the aftermarket, but it would be nice.

[swc5150]

wake surfing = tubing for adults...riding the board is marginally harder than just standing up, requires zero conditioning, and most people i see are still holding on to the rope. it is single handedly responsible for the destruction of the wake (and slalom and barefoot) scene in my area by making the smooth water obsolete. everyone wants a ginormous boat to hang out with 16 of their closest friends that will send 3 foot rollers down the lake causing chaos...and apparently the best surfing window now starts at or near daybreak. i have been skiing since i was three, and wakeboarding since 1992. i still love to wakeboard, and used to put 300hrs on per year, now its not worth the effort to fight the surfers...wow, i just sounded like an old barefooter, hahaha. but i digress...back to your regularly scheduled wallyism...

great innovation, i suppose. the market has spoken, CC (and the industry) has done their job and addressed the need. clearly i am in the minority.

You're not alone my friend! Hmm, a Tube Nautique! Could be on to something? How did the Kneeboard Nautique or Air Chair Nautique ever get missed?!

I also commend them on being innovative. I hope people continue to purchase CC products (whatever they may be) at a high level, to keep the SN 200 R&D dollars rolling in

[gride]

after seeing so many g's lately i almost forgot how pretty the 230's still are. the one in the video looks great.

[DanielC]

And now, for a different point of view.
Here in Oregon we have already lost areas for ALL towed boat watersports because of the ever increasing wake size wake surfing requires.
Sure Wakesurfing is fun, but I believe it will eventually result in bans of all towed boat watersports.

How many boats is that going to sell?

[Ride Lab]

well with the ballast being banned on some lakes yes i could see wakesurfing being ban but not every lake is going to. smaller lakes with shoreline property mainly ran by old school skiers yes its going to be ban. My old lake put a ban on V-drives (where the owner of the lake owns a V-drive) i was glad to leave and move to the river.

[High altitude]

I live on a private lake and can't wait to see this technology show up! Amazing device and the results speak for themselves. I can't wait to see what it does on a 200 Sport. With this relatively simple technology, Nautique has once again cornered the market in boat design.


For all the negative commenters, please sell your cars and remount your horses! Obviously, times are moving a bit too fast for you. -Marc

[River Monsters]

well with the ballast being banned on some lakes yes i could see wakesurfing being ban but not every lake is going to. smaller lakes with shoreline property mainly ran by old school skiers yes its going to be ban. My old lake put a ban on V-drives (where the owner of the lake owns a V-drive) i was glad to leave and move to the river.

How do lakes enforce the rules they dream up? Doesn't seem like the sheriff or local authority would have any motivation to help out.

[DanielC]

I know there is a lot of money to be made selling bigger boats each year. I can understand your position especially if you have a wakeboarding school, and latch on to the latest fad for your income.

But the reality is that bans are happening. To deny it is just sticking your head in the sand. I am not the enemy. There are powerful political groups with names like "riverkeepers" in their name, that are a lot better at getting legislative changes affecting all river, and lake users than people who own boats.

How do rivers and lakes enforce bans you ask? Easy. by banning ALL towed watersports, or putting in a 5 MPH speed limit.

As far as remounting horses, and selling our cars, ironic you say that. Ever barefooted? Ever ran a slalom course? Ever skied in or held a pyramid?
Or is nirvana to you standing up on something with the surface area of a barn door and letting go of a rope for 20 seconds?

[swc5150]

I live on a private lake and can't wait to see this technology show up! Amazing device and the results speak for themselves. I can't wait to see what it does on a 200 Sport. With this relatively simple technology, Nautique has once again cornered the market in boat design.


For all the negative commenters, please sell your cars and remount your horses! Obviously, times are moving a bit too fast for you. -Marc

Not sure if I'm a negative commenter, but we've been wake surfing since the mid 80's. This is nothing new, just the equipment being used has been updated. We used to use real surf boards, a Sno Surfer, or a Skurfer, since that's all we had back in the day. The Sno Surfer wasn't all that much different from the modern wake surf board. Someday soon, somone is going to ride a surf board on his knees, and maybe devise a strap to keep it connected to his body, and think he invented a new sport

[tdc_worm]

haha, marc got butt hurt because he enjoys a pedestrian activity which some of us have expressed aversion to because the behavior/activity may have a negative impact on the watersports scene as a whole. on public waterways, the high property tax paying homeowners and the greenies have an absurdly strong voice when it comes to protection of their property and environments. just thinking about your situation (by the way...congrats on putting yourself in a position to own lake front)...you mentioned a 200, which i am guessing is indicative that your HOA on your private lake had intentions of minimize the effect of the watercraft on the experience for the rest of the property owners by limiting the length to 20ft. i suspect it is not without reason that the HOA could reconvene and change the rules such that wake enhancing devices are also not allowed (if they are deemed to have a negative effect), in an effort to preserve the experience of the rest of the property owners.

and for what its worth, i have remounted my horse...my steed of choice is a Wake edition Sea Doo that can get to places you cant. it will get there faster and more economically, takes less time to pick up a downed rider, and doesnt ruin the butter for everyone else. As for my 230...I still have it, but it only gets used for catching sun and making lake runs to some local restaurants...i can get way more quality board time behind the sea doo than the 230 given equal conditions....

[High altitude]

I maintain the ski course on our lake and ski it regularly. I have only tried barefooting a few times but I was really just messing around with friends and wasn't very sucessful. No pyramid experience what-so-ever.

Have you even watched the NSS video? If you think you have what it takes to do what they do, go for it! Surfing like that takes serious skill. I'm not sure why you think you are so superior to everybody else just because you ski. Surfing is a great family activity and I personally enjoy the **** out of it.

Lake bans are a reality... but I would bet that in 95% of the cases, surfing was not the culprit. Unfortunately, there is a segment of society that believes that waterways should be untouched by anything larger than a canoe. -Marc

[High altitude]

haha, marc got butt hurt because he enjoys a pedestrian activity which some of us have expressed aversion to because the behavior/activity may have a negative impact on the watersports scene as a whole. on public waterways, the high property tax paying homeowners and the greenies have an absurdly strong voice when it comes to protection of their property and environments. just thinking about your situation (by the way...congrats on putting yourself in a position to own lake front)...you mentioned a 200, which i am guessing is indicative that your HOA on your private lake had intentions of minimize the effect of the watercraft on the experience for the rest of the property owners by limiting the length to 20ft. i suspect it is not without reason that the HOA could reconvene and change the rules such that wake enhancing devices are also not allowed (if they are deemed to have a negative effect), in an effort to preserve the experience of the rest of the property owners.

and for what its worth, i have remounted my horse...my steed of choice is a Wake edition Sea Doo that can get to places you cant. it will get there faster and more economically, takes less time to pick up a downed rider, and doesnt ruin the butter for everyone else. As for my 230...I still have it, but it only gets used for catching sun and making lake runs to some local restaurants...i can get way more quality board time behind the sea doo than the 230 given equal conditions....

I mentioned the Sport because I will never own a boat I can't ski on. Yes, it's a private lake but we don't have boat size restrictions. Frankly, the HOA (my two neighbors/friends) keep asking me to remove the course. Their drivers keep running it over when trying to pick up a fallen surfer. Despite the plentiful beer they offer me, I remain steadfast that we will always have a course. In fact, (to my neighbors dismay) last year I added a mini-course in so that the kids could start. -Marc

[tdc_worm]

cool. sounds like you have an ideal set up and are versed in several disciplines. public waterways are the ones at the greatest risk, in my opinion...