When wakesurfing in choppy waters you should......

(dreamer) · (dreamer) **Join Date: Nov 2008** 05-25-2009, 10:26 AM

Our pocket was not very long in choppy waters yesterday, is there things we can do to make it more surfable? Increase/decrease speed, add ballast, etc...

(bigshow) · (bigshow) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 05-25-2009, 11:15 AM

Maybe slowing down would help; we've never had to slow down for choppy water.

Not sure how bad, bad conditions are for you. I say just ride. Learning to ride in rough conditions is a worthwhile still; it will improve your riding when conditions are better. If you can stay in the pocket when it's rough your pocket will be bigger when it’s calm.

(hatepain) · (hatepain) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 05-25-2009, 12:37 PM

Agreed, but if it's so choppy you're getting rocked off list your screwed.

(usostyle) · (usostyle) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-25-2009, 12:53 PM

If the chop is noticeably flowing in one particular direction (with river current or from wind blowing a specific direction), surf with the flow, not into/against the chop flow. That's seems to help a little.

(dreamer) · (dreamer) **Join Date: Nov 2008** 05-25-2009, 2:34 PM

Ya, we noticed going downwind helped as well.

(wakesurf007) · (wakesurf007) **Join Date: May 2009** 05-25-2009, 6:34 PM

Pull in a cove and drank beer till it gets flat lol

(rallyart) · (rallyart) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 05-25-2009, 7:54 PM

Put the kids out the back.

They'll ride anything.