Rode behind an 09 x-star today...

[gride]

The wake was sick. Just amazing. I won't go into any other details, but there's a reason it's been a flagship hull since 2004. Also, road king trailers are nice.

[gride]

[scott resick]

you switching teams?

[gride]

Never speak such blasphemy! If I were boat less I would pick a pre 07 210 or 04+ x-star. I don't like pickle forks though. This thing has zero off and perfect pass btw. The plug & play ballast is really fast and simple also. I would prefer analog gauges over the digital read out in the center though; keep it simple.

[scott resick]

im sure its sweet. Just reality checking you. My barefoot buddy foots a mastercraft. I call it a disaster raft when Im with him, but descent boat. No nautique, but itll do.

[Chexi]

The wake behind this X-star is a completely different animal than behind a pre 2007 SAN (as I am sure you know). I found the X-star wake enjoyable (a lot softer landings), but I did not like the fact that the area between the wakes was like a table. There was almost no lip from inside to out. I also think the X-stars require a lot more ballast and use more gas. Finally, the one I road behind had an annoying whistle coming from the engine or prop (but I think that is a boat to boat thing, not a brand thing). My 2000 SAN and my prior 99 Air did not have this annoying sound. At any rate, I will always take a pull behind one if offered. I also really like the wake of the older X-stars, which is a lot more like the older SANs (still not quite as hard or poppy, but closer).

The Mastercrafts I have ridden behind are nice boats. Still love my 2000 SAN more though.

[Texan1554]

I've spent a lot of time behind a 2000 star and a 2007 star. Great wake and a boat really built for riding. I've never nailed down a wake that I like more than any other, they're all just a little different and allow for different things. All that said, boat to boat, craftsmanship and quality on a Nautique always wins me over.

[shonuff]

Got pictures of the wake?

[Chexi]

I've spent a lot of time behind a 2000 star and a 2007 star. Great wake and a boat really built for riding. I've never nailed down a wake that I like more than any other, they're all just a little different and allow for different things. All that said, boat to boat, craftsmanship and quality on a Nautique always wins me over.

^ This is so true. The amazing thing is that the pros have to ride behind different boats with different wakes at each event. It would be like telling a golfer he has to use different brand/type of clubs at each tournament. No one would think of that, but the nature of watersports and who sponsors the tournaments dictates that the pros in our sports have to be able to adapt to different wakes/pulls all the time.

[TX-Foilhead]

+1 for Xstars suck gas like nothing I've ever seen. I have a friend who had one and it was capable of using 100 gal a day when loaded with lots of extra ballast, the wake was amazing, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay to ride behind it very often.

[LR3w8kbrdr]

^^^The only xstar Ive ridden behind was a '11 w/ the 7.4L...talk about a gas guzzler lol

threw a monster huge wake...shared the crap out of me lol