has anyone

LFdisciple · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: has anyone

ever skated behind a pontoon boat?
might be getting a pontoon for grad., but i just wanted to know how they were to skate behind.

wakemitch · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject:

Daniel Lovett.

http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?id=5#

Travis B · Frontside 180 Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 321 City: townie

i saw someone once they were good to

gatorskater · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject:

wakemitch, I remember that, Daniel "Shove-it" Lovett.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject:

LFdisciple, my family used to have a 24 foot pontoon. Would have been great to skate behind but it only had a 50 horse so it didn't get to the proper speed. So just make sure the top speed is good for you.

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

Yeah...my friend's parents have one with a 150 on the back...it still turns around kinda slow, but it's not bad. Kinda fun to go behind though.

LFdisciple · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject:

thanks for the responses.

im dead set on getting one as a party barge anyway, so being able to shred behind one is a big plus

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject:

stOAKed · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 1946

Make sure your get enough hp, But there great to party on Birthday

skimboarder · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

had a 28 foot poontang with a 115 on it. when i first started skating that's all we had, it worked and was still just as fun to shred behind. just make sure you have a large enough motor to actually skate behind it.

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

Steven M · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

Party barge is not a party barge with out a stripper pole....

nick · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject:

I used to have one, we sank it though... not much along the lines of a tangible wake but as long as it's got enough HP to pull good it's really fun for flats and having people on the boat.

Swifty · Faceplant Joined: 09 Feb 2009 Posts: 9

I do it at my grandparents house every now and then. Its not the best riding out there but still fun Very Happy

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

Someone on the old wakeboarder.com forums installed a ballast system on their pontoon boat. They did this by pouring cement into the pontoons. It sunk. Laughing

Steven M · Posted: Apr 07, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject:

scott a, are you serious? Can you find any pictures or postings of this? That shizzle is hilarious Laughing

-scuba

LFdisciple · Posted: Apr 08, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

cjbecker · Posted: Apr 08, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:

there is just slop for the wake. but they are fun.

Soulprogression · Posted: Apr 08, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject:

the one i rode behind had like 4 lips to choose from Shocked

in/out and wake it no good, but beats the hell out of not wakeskating Cool

intothexsjados · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 160 City: Baltimore

gotta love the rad fist pump after the kickflip. epic.