Is Bigger Really Better (for Surfing)?

[Brad B]

holly crap that is fricken huge

Without going back & reading the thread, IIRC they had 13 people in the boat & were using stock ballast in conjunction with the power wedge (they may have had one bag in the rear locker, I can't remember the details & don't have time to read the thread right now). So obviously you need a lot of weight for the 247, whether it's in the form of ballast or VAB. But the potential there is better than any other boat that Malibu currently produces or has produced in the past.

Yes we had a 400 in the rear locker

[smedman]

As for bigger being better -- seems like it would make sense...

However, I had a chance to ride on one of the new Epic boats late last summer and we tried to set it up for wakesurfing. (These are the boats that come with 4000lbs stock ballast)...

Well, I would have to say I was sorely dissapointed. The wave was big, but very mushy- no good shape to it at all. I'll try to find some pics of it... We had 8 or so people in the boat all on the surfing side as well... tried moving people around and didn't help much...

Edited February 2, 2007 by smedman

[skistud1]

Is bigger better? Ask Laird!