Opinions on Boat speed for Wakeboarding

[NautiqueJeff]

I ride 75' @ 23.5 - 24
2003 SANTE
Stock Ballast + 1000 lbs. lead

[Flux]

02 San, stock 900 + another 800 split equally between bow and stern.

24-25 mph 75-80 ft back.

It seems a bit fast at first, but you can get the tension you need. You can cut faster and it gives you more time to stand up into the wake for pop. The wake is firm and you can adjust weight for preference. I tried slower speeds, but lost air time and pop.

[Mikeski]

05 SV211

Front tank 3/4, rears full, hydrogate in wakeboard mode.

23.5-24.5 @ 75'

for the beginners I run 21 @ 65' empty tanks in wakeboard mode

if you fill the front tank it flattens the wake too much

[TURBOURBO]

I have a 2003 SAN TE. with 2350 in added weight.

I ride at 80 feet with my speed at 25 or 25.5. I'm an intermediate rider and feel very comfortable at that speed.

If any of you saw the DownSideUp wakeboard video that was released last year quite a bit of the riding was behind my boat. Here are some of the stats that have on some of the people in that video who I have pulled at one time or another behind my boat

Sean Murry... I think he was at 85 feet and rode at 25 to 26
Sean Legg... rides at 85 (maybe 90) at 26.5
Rhett Whatley... I'm not sure of his rope lenght think 85 at 26
Matt Simms... I think he was at 85 at 26
Corey Bradley... I don't know what his rope length was... believed I pulled him at 26.5

All of them range there speed depending on conditions and weight. I would have to say the average is 85 feet rope length at 26 to 27 MPH.

PS... My girlfriend rides at 75Feet at 24.5 mph and is an intermediate rider as well.

[ryanandrews]

i board at 65'....around 85 mph behind me brothers 38' donzi..no need for ballast or weights

[fwMiata]

skill 3 or 3.5, i can do a handfull of w2w grabs with pretty good air. a few ts w2w grabs, and have been working on a few rolls but havent nailed one yet.

i ride at many different speeds,
21.5 and 65 or 70 ft depending on how brave i am behind the sv211 (stock rear tanks, and sometimes a 1k(ish) sac in the floor. and gate down with no extra weight and sometimes up with the extra
20ish and 65ft behind my dads martinique (sometimes faster as the wake shapes better at more speed)
20 and 75ft behind a well weighted 2000 supra launch dd

[Rhode]

75 feet, plus a foot or so more since this fall with the new FCT...PP at 22.7 mph.

Rhode