I guess I can give a non sarcastic answer. I have experimented with both trim tab/surfgate style setups and NSS style setups on my Tige 22V and yes they can both accomplish the same goal. I actually prefer the NSS setup simply because my mods so far have all been manual operation and the boat was much harder to steer at idle with a large trim tab deployed on the non surf side. I basically couldn’t turn against the tab at idle when circling back to pick up a downed rider. I think Malibu gets around this by having their tabs auto retract below surfing speed but that wasn’t an option for me since mine are manual. The NSS setup solved the low speed handling issue for me, was more compact to install and has much less spray coming off the tab so that is the route I went. Mine is a simple/cheap manual setup made from trex type synthetic boards but even without having it on electric actuators it is really nice being able to keep everything evenly weighted and switch back and forth from wakeboarding to surfing without changing the ballast setup.
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