How to Go Wakesurfing With a Direct Drive Inboard Boat

Did you know that you can have a lot of fun wakesurfing a direct drive inboard boat? Just add a few simple accessories and you'll have a wakesurf boat for cheap. We'll teach you how to add some ballast bags for wakesurfing, attach a wake shaper, and fine-tune your direct drive boat speed. Wakesurfing behind a ski boat can be lots of fun. Check it out!

0:00 Intro
0:15 What is a wake shaper?
0:50 Where to mount the wake shaper?
1:40 Here's what the wake looks like WITHOUT shape and ballast.
1:50 Here's the wave with the shaper added.
2:00 How to use wakesurfing ballast bags and a pump.
3:18 How to evenly weight your boat with ballast bags.
4:00 Here's the wave with the shaper and 250 pounds of ballast.
4:15 Let's add another 500 pounds of ballast.
4:28 Here's the wave WITH shaper and 750 pounds of ballast.

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[VGofRI]

Been doing that for years using two plastic 55 gal barrels on my ‘95 pro star 190. Load it up with 6-7 people. We’ve inspired many people to get out and try it. A few even loved it so much they went out and bought $100k wake boats. I will stay with my $6k boat and have fun for the four months of lake time in New England.

[yoderman]

I have that exact same boat and this gives me so much hope for being able to drop the rope this summer

[Bliz]

Love seeing that boat with that color scheme. I have a 92 ps 190 with the same coloring. It’s a head turner on the trailer and water.

[JayFeuerherm]

Will the ballast bags have to stay under the boat limit? I got an old 94 Moomba boomerang and the limit is 680!

[codycuellar]

Need more weight! We rock a '94 Prostar 205 and honestly it rides better and bigger than most stock new boats and fitted out mid-2000s super air nautiques my friends had. We put out easily a close to waist-high wake that rides decently far back. It's got a super clean lip and a nice roll off in the back. It is SUPER aggressive and steep though, and has a bit of a dip from the flats into the bottom of the wave so it's easy to bury your nose if you're not use to it. For our setup we put a 1200lb ballast seat which wraps around the engine compartment (we've removed the bench seat), another 800lb bag on top of that, two 250lb bags between the driver/passenger seat, and a 500lb bag on the floor up in the bow. We also use a suction shaper fin on the side you're riding on. Granted the deck is about 5-6 inches under water and the boat won't get up over 15 mph, so it's purely for surf sessions when set up. We are considering finally upgrading to a new boat such as the x22, but honestly it's tough considering the quality and size of wave we get on this boat and it's paid off only $14, 000 and the ability to dump the bags and go slalom skiing. That said, I'd love a push-and-play boat that can surf with more than 1 passenger and hang out all day on, our setup/teardown is a REAL hassle. Just wanted to say - it's possible to get REALLY competitive waves out of old Prostars - you just need be willing to sit them SUPER low in the water.

[fbgomide]

This is awesome! Now I am curious if adding a wake shaper and the ballast bags work on a 1995 Bayliner? If it does I'm definitely in!!! Any recommendations?

[steves]

Can you post a link for the wake shaper you used and those sacks? Thank you

[tylerraymond]

So all you guys added was 1000 lbs in back and a wake shaper?

[Kikdrum]

What kind of RPMs do you suggest starting off with 250lb sack, plus the shaper on a prostar 190 pre 90s model?
Great video to help before I go give an arm, maybe a leg for a new wake/ surf vessel.

[jestinmorse]

How much lower does that sit in the water with the extra weight?

[hoskiaddict]

How to Go Wakesurfing With a Direct Drive Inboard Boat in just 2 easy steps.

Step 1. go buy a deep V hull Vdrive boat.
Step 2. go wakesurfing.

[megaeurekafan]

this video should not have been made. wakesurfing is DESTRYOING the shorelines of many freshwater lakes across the country. wakesurfing should be illegal.