Wake surfing safe on a jet boat? and best beginner wake surfing board

[jcyamaharider]

None if you just use a rope, and as you are learning you will not be able to go ropeless right away. I had to get my surf board legs and I have only been able to go ropeless once. Every person is different and they like their wave a certain way, what works for one may not work for another. I would say get good friends with someone with a ballast set-up and try it on their boat first.

 

[RightStuff]

Plus surfing with a rope is still a blast!

 

[Addicted]

So how much ballast would my 242 need to be able to surf? I'd love to try this, but haven't started down the ballast path yet.

From what I am seeing from other posts, the 242 needs more ballast that other models for some reason. I find that the wave on our boat does not begin to look good until I have over 2,000lbs in the boat. I run around 3,000 and can go ropeless on a 6' 1" Duke. That is a large board, but I am a large dude. I intend to purchase the Red Rocket this year. I am still not happy with what I have for a wake, and intend to spend even more time this year experimenting with location, but at the end of last season I had settled on 500lb bag on the Port bow seat, 1,100lb bag on the floor as far back as possible, a 900lb bag on the rear port seat, and 500lbs on the upper swim deck.

 

[Cory]

How about a wake skate, would that be a better intermediary step?

 

[jcyamaharider]

That is a cross between wakeboarding and wake surfing. Not strapped in like a wake board but still going at wakeboard speed as I understand it. I have not done it so I am not exactly sure but my friend has a wake skate board and I guess I will be trying it this summer.

 

[jetboater4life]

I've read that some people prefer just the knotted end ropes because you can get your arm or hand caught in the handle and that does not end well. I bought a couple of these obrien ropes and really like them. I have no issues holding on to get up.
http://www.amazon.com/Obrien-Knotted-Wakesurf-Rope-White/dp/B001W4JI3S

the ronix one listed in a previous post looks good too.