Wakeboard weighting of Z3

[hycosurf]

So how many out there have played with weighting the Z3? I ride 70-80' out and 22-24mph. Whats the biggest cleanest weight setup on the Z3. I would normally put a 750 sac in the walkway but extra bow weight options seem to be limited. Any thoughts.

[chpthril]

Dean,

Did you upgrade to or thinking of upgrading to a Z3???

[hycosurf]

Exploring my options at this point. Z3 is about the sickest out there now. I think a SANTE G23 is not in the budget.

[chpthril]

Sounds cool, keep us posted! I cant help you at all on the wakeboard wake as the model we drove last year was a prototype and was reworked before going to production. If you are a member on Wake World, send a message to David Williams. I know he's got some wakeboard hours in with his Z3.

[ragboy]

I posted some pics in another thread, I will post here. I would start with the pro stock ballast and fill it all the way up. Raequel Hoffman wanted a ride and I had no clue how to setup the Z3, had never done it, and I just winged it. I filled up my rear pretty close to what it would be if I didn't have larger rear bags and we had 1300 lbs or so of people. We went 25 and she rode at 80 then 82.5. I am sure we could have found a setup at 23 to 24, not sure 22, maybe we will have another opportunity. I will share some of what she said...

She really liked the wake, she said it was comfortable to her, similar to her Epic 23V. She said that some wake boats have big great wakes, but also are a ton of work. She said she can burn so many calories behind a MC to get her tricks done, and some boats just do much more of the work for you and she loves them, and this boat was the latter. She compared it to Nautique (probably not G23) and recent INT boat and said she liked this much better. It was very obvious she liked it instantly because she went right into her biggest tricks and her parents were cheering really loud when we passed by. They were VERY surprised she even attempted her MobyDick and Crow Mobe not to mention landed them. She was stoked to be heading to Orlando to try it.

So we did this with like Zero effort in 15 mins of setup time, mostly for cameras. Give yourself some time to really dial it in and I am guessing it will rock. Keep in mind the conditions were nuts and it was blown out.


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Here is a great sequence, she would wait to get a spot of decent water and then hit it.



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Some more great shots.



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