Hangin' ten, think it's possible?

[wannabewakeboarder]

Yea a tige 21i but the Epic is tall and and it would be like dropping in a hlf pipe at a skatepark and your 23v looks good for flat tricks.

[wannabewakeboarder]

oh and in the frist pic is he on a wakeskate?

[Surfdad]

Before I forget. I think that Nickypoo has an inboard, I'm sure that he has a good setup too. That board where James is throwing a Shuv is a Walzer. I think our Tige is pretty good for aerials also. The steep transition on the Epic makes it really hard to gain speed up off the lip.

[wannabewakeboarder]

Cool, If you turn while Wakesurfing, What will it do to the wake?

[dogbert]

I see what you mean about transitions

BTW, I was amazed by the 22Ve prototype they showed at the 2005 owners reunion here in Austin. We had no ballast in the boat and here's a picture of my son (surfing for the first time). He was 5'2" at the time.



Here he is again last summer, except now he's almost 5'5". We're in my boat this time. I learned a lot from Surfdad's posts on weighting the boat, but I was having a hard time getting the wake dialed in because it was just the 3 of us.

[wannabewakeboarder]

Dog,
the frist pic, strangly looks like chpthril's but I doubt it
and the third pic, is that the one with the waterproof cast?

[wannabewakeboarder]

Sorry I had to do it

[dogbert]

Dog,
the frist pic, strangly looks like chpthril's but I doubt it
and the third pic, is that the one with the waterproof cast?

Well, it's actually a cover for a cast. He had a permanent IV line in his right arm because he was on IV anti-biotics for 8 weeks.

It's pretty cool because it keeps your arm totally dry and you can wear it for about 45 minutes before you have to take a break.

[wannabewakeboarder]

cool I need to get on for if i break somthing else, I came pretty to snapping a wrist at the skatepark not to long ago, how much?

[NICKYPOO]

Back to hangin' 10

Anything is possible! I'm thinking Turbo fin. Isn't that cheating though? Nah! It's just like art, there is no cheating.

Didn't you guys have some issues with the tail of Dennis's Infinity hanging up in the wash at the back of the pocket?

Wannabe- We run a very simple set up in my 22i. One locker sack across the trunk and everybody to one side, Taps @ 6-7, depending on people. It really doesn't take much to get a nice surf wake out of these little old D-Drives. I also have a locker sack for the front walkway, but everyone really seams to like the wake without it. The boat itself performs much better with the walkway sack about half full. It keeps the prop from vetilating adds a bit of length to the pocket, but it starts knocking down the height real quick. It also alows me to run the Taps to 8. It is however much nicer in the boat without a half full sack sloshing around in the walk way.

[dogbert]

cool I need to get on for if i break somthing else, I came pretty to snapping a wrist at the skatepark not to long ago, how much?

It was like $30-40...well worth the smile I got from him when he first got to go out. Before that, his summer was pretty sucky.

[Surfdad]

Hey Nick, no such thing as cheating in noseriding! You've got a good memory on Denni's infinity...what happened was that board had a fairly shallow fin - maybe 5 inshes or so. When we'd work up to the nose, the tail would pop out of the water!!!!! Once the fin was loose, it was totally out-of-control. The board would gradually drift sideways and with the rotation you couldn't get back towards the tail quickly enough. It was very weird.

I've talked with the folks at Infinity and they are recommending SEVERAL (not 1 but SEVERAL Oh my!) winged fins to keep the tail down.

[NICKYPOO]

Several as in three or more? What kind of drag would a fin/s like that produce under normal (non-noseriding?) conditions?

[chpthril]

Dog,
the frist pic, strangly looks like chpthril's but I doubt it
and the third pic, is that the one with the waterproof cast?

You are correct, that one has the same color scheme as mine. I believe that boat was also featured on the cover of a mag with the head of Tige standing next to it. Can't remember the name but it was some boating business mag.

I doubt it's my boat.

[Surfdad]

Hey Nick,

That's what I was thinking - I'd have to bring an oar with me to keep up with the boat The guys at Infinity assert (again, notice I am assigning BLAME to them! ) the winged fins create SOME lift and SOME drag, the two forces counteracting such that...there is little net affect on the speed, BUT when you are up on the nose the wing portion holds the fin down. I'm not sure I buy into that...now if they have any magic snake oil, I might be interested.

I finally just went over to Jerry Price at Shred Stixx and asked him to make me up a noserider. His design is more traditional and I guess old-school. It will be in the 8'6" range with some wild concaves. I'll post pictures when I get the final stixx Maybe I can call it a BIG STIXX?

I think that we'll be able to reach the nose. Probably not for longer than just getting a picture, but...that's probably all I want anyway.

In the picture above of Dennis on the 10'2" Infinity, we estimated the pocket length at 30 feet, but in reviewing...I swear it's closer to 40 feet. If I set the board up, run to the nose, I think that I can get maybe 10 seconds on the nose before SLAMMING into the swim deck. OR not.