Testing the new wake booster

[JasonSchoenrock]

Got my wake booster on Friday so had to try it out. Just a quick test and didn't have time to get in the water, but thought I'd share. First video is basically how we've been surfing. About 600lbs under port side rear seat and about 800lbs in center locker. No wedge. We typically went in circles with the surf side rpm way down to try to reduce the jet wash. OK enough for my teenagers to surf ropeless, but not great. Second video is the same setup, but going straight line with the wake booster. Hard to tell in the video, but our initial thought is that it's obviously much cleaner as expected, but I think it's also significantly taller as well. Next step is to get the wetsuits on and get in the water! Will post more video when that happens.

No booster:

With booster:

 

[Whisky]

Thank you very much for posting this!

 

[cbpagent72]

What speed was that at? Thanks for the post. Trying to decide if it is worth $1000 bucks.

 

[JasonSchoenrock]

What speed was that at? Thanks for the post. Trying to decide if it is worth $1000 bucks.

Speed was around 10mph

 

[swatski]

Got my wake booster on Friday so had to try it out. Just a quick test and didn't have time to get in the water, but thought I'd share. First video is basically how we've been surfing. About 600lbs under port side rear seat and about 800lbs in center locker. No wedge. We typically went in circles with the surf side rpm way down to try to reduce the jet wash. OK enough for my teenagers to surf ropeless, but not great. Second video is the same setup, but going straight line with the wake booster. Hard to tell in the video, but our initial thought is that it's obviously much cleaner as expected, but I think it's also significantly taller as well. Next step is to get the wetsuits on and get in the water! Will post more video when that happens.

No booster:

With booster:

Wow. That is looking pretty good!!
Thanks for posting!

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[Scottintexas]

thanks for sharing, update your user profile with your location so it will show with your posts, I'm sure you'd have a lot of new friends wanting to see it in person,

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[JasonSchoenrock]

thanks for sharing, update your user profile with your location so it will show with your posts, I'm sure you'd have a lot of new friends wanting to see it in person,

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Thanks for the tip. I've updated my profile. I'm in Denver NC on Lake Norman.

 

[Rod5]

Awesome man! I picked mine up this weekend but won’t have a chance to test for a few weeks. Did you notice the unique shape of the board being a little more wider in the mid to forward section? Also seemed to have more curve built into the board.

 

[Jack Long]

Thank you for posting!

 

[JasonSchoenrock]

Awesome man! I picked mine up this weekend but won’t have a chance to test for a few weeks. Did you notice the unique shape of the board being a little more wider in the mid to forward section? Also seemed to have more curve built into the board.

Yes, the new board is quite different. Big curve near the front. We expect that will allow us to stand more forward and enhance the forward push, but we’ll have to see.

 

[Mainah]

Got my wake booster on Friday so had to try it out. Just a quick test and didn't have time to get in the water, but thought I'd share. First video is basically how we've been surfing. About 600lbs under port side rear seat and about 800lbs in center locker. No wedge. We typically went in circles with the surf side rpm way down to try to reduce the jet wash. OK enough for my teenagers to surf ropeless, but not great. Second video is the same setup, but going straight line with the wake booster. Hard to tell in the video, but our initial thought is that it's obviously much cleaner as expected, but I think it's also significantly taller as well. Next step is to get the wetsuits on and get in the water! Will post more video when that happens.

No booster:

With booster:

Thanks for posting this. I have a DIY thread going on something a bit similar and have wanted some video to compare it to. I won’t ruin your thread with comparison thoughts and keep it those confined over there. I can certainly say with the booster the wave obviously has more push. I can also say that a custom transom bag will amp everything up another magintude with a magnitude being the difference between you first video and the second. Can’t wait to see live surfing.

 

[Rod5]

Yes, the new board is quite different. Big curve near the front. We expect that will allow us to stand more forward and enhance the forward push, but we’ll have to see.

Exactly! more curve to help prevent pearl diving and it’s a little wider up front to help disburse your weight of being more forward.

 

[Rod5]

Thanks for posting this. I have a DIY thread going on something a bit similar and have wanted some video to compare it to. I won’t ruin your thread with comparison thoughts and keep it those confined over there. I can certainly say with the booster the wave obviously has more push. I can also say that a custom transom bag will amp everything up another magintude with a magnitude being the difference between you first video and the second. Can’t wait to see live surfing.

Eventually I’ll be testing what some added rubber mat attached to it will do. Similar in concept to your single vs double pipe idea.

 

[J-RAD]

Yes, the new board is quite different. Big curve near the front. We expect that will allow us to stand more forward and enhance the forward push, but we’ll have to see.

Exactly! more curve to help prevent pearl diving and it’s a little wider up front to help disburse your weight of being more forward.

I just brought some of the Coasters into my inventory. There are actually 3 versions, the 5'3", the 5'0", and the 5'0" XR (carbon fiber). It's a pretty unique shaped board, kind of a hybrid. It's somewhat based off the Slingshot Butter Bar which is a typical skim style board. They took it and enlarged the overall surface area of it, then exaggerated the rocker line to be more along the lines of a surf-style board. My rep with Slingshot likes it enough, he has the original prototype hanging in his office. I'm with you guys, can't wait to try it for myself.

 

[seanmclean]

If you're feeling generous, could you try to do a video without ballast filled?

 

[Weeb]

Thanks for the tip. I've updated my profile. I'm in Denver NC on Lake Norman.

I’m in Denver also. I keep my boat at the boat rack marina. Maybe I’ll see you out there.

 

[JasonSchoenrock]

I’m in Denver also. I keep my boat at the boat rack marina. Maybe I’ll see you out there.

Great! I'm in Westport just north of Governors Island.

 

[JasonSchoenrock]

If you're feeling generous, could you try to do a video without ballast filled?

Yeah - that was an oversight on our part - plus limited time. Next time i'm out I'll do no ballast with the booster. It's snowing here in NC today and will be back up to 70 tomorrow!

 

[Mainah]

Yeah - that was an oversight on our part - plus limited time. Next time i'm out I'll do no ballast with the booster. It's snowing here in NC today and will be back up to 70 tomorrow!

Hold the phone it is snowing in April in NC

 

[seanmclean]

Yeah - that was an oversight on our part - plus limited time. Next time i'm out I'll do no ballast with the booster. It's snowing here in NC today and will be back up to 70 tomorrow!

Awesome, thanks! I'm trying to figure out if it would be a worthwhile cost to buy this with no ballast, or even just the swim deck bag. I have zero inclination to add ballast to the lockers, we carry entirely too much crap anyway, can't give up storage!