P23 Surf Settings - what is your go to for kids and adults?

[Alan12]

New to the P23 world and would love some info on what your go to surf settings are for the following:

- 10 and 12 year old - Beginner surfers
- 47 year old - intermediate

I played around with it this weekend and it gets big and steep on setting 10 with full ballast. Curious on ballast, speed, and setting. I know everybody will have a different opinion on this but that is what I am looking for!

Cheers to an absolutely epic boat…blew me away.

Alan

[MN Ryan]

I can only dream of a P23!

I'm guessing you won't need much for the kids. My son started at 8 and could ride ropeless without any ballast in my BIL's X10 and my SV211. He's 10 now and likes a bigger wave (though he doesn't need it). My daughter is 8 now and prefers no ballast--she just started going ropeless at the end of last year. Don't want to overwhelm them or send them into the transom!

[bird_dog0347]

My kids started out surfing the built in Wakesurf Mellow setting and they loved it. Now that my oldest (14) is confident and surfs a lot more, and ropeless, we leave the ballast full as we have it for us but run him at Wave level 2 at 11.6mph. For myself and my cousin, we ride full ballast (no additional) at Wave 6-7 for our natural toe side at 12.0mph. If I'm riding switch or heel side, I run it at Wave 1 and that's for my surf style board.