Re: Homeade surfgate
Welp, got to get the boat out and get the "masongate," tested out and get some surf time in. As far as the gate, it seemed to make quite a difference in the height of the wave, really cleaned up the face, but did not accomplish what I really wanted, and that was to push the pocket further back and get some more push out of it. We still had the best luck and the most push about 6 inches away from my swim deck, lol. Though is makes it kinda scary, it did have a ton of push right there. The wave did for sure get much larger and cleaner. I think part of the problem was all of the spray coming over the top of the "gate," and the length of the actual "gate." I am going to work this week on the "masongate," 2.0 and see how we can improve on it. Thought it was a slight success I would like to see much better results from it. We did play with our weight A LOT! And the best wave came from much less weight in our boat. We have been running 2 750's stacked on top of one another in the back surf corner. This has given us a somewhat dirty yet surfable wave. We ran an 800 tube sack straight accross the rear and maybe 200 lbs extra on the surf side with the gate. We tried filling the 750 on the surfside and listing the boat as usual and it completely destroyed the wave, so the gate definitely works in that fashion. Running only 1 sac would be awesome for us! We also have only been out surfing maybe 10 times each, so dont mind the rope in our hands, since we are still beginning riders. I will get some pics up of the wave pre-gate and with gate for you guys to check out, and any suggestion are more than welcome!! Thanks!
