Need opinions on Sea-Doo's for skating...

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

I made another thread, "which boat would you pick", because i was torn between 2 boats i wanted.....now i've got a 3rd option:

A 2008 Sea-Doo 150 Speedster. It's got 255 HP, has a deeper 'V' hull design, has three seats side-by-side, and one forward facing back. It comes with waketower and trailer. It's got 0 hours and is brand new from 2008.

Here's my questions on these things:

I'm 6'2'' and 200 lbs. Can this thing pull me up on my skate easily? What type of wake do they put out? How do they track, or handle with a 200 lb guy skating behind it? Do these things last, or do they break down alot?

I don't know jack about Sea-Doos, but i'm basically looking for something reliable and easy to manuever that throws a good wake for skating, that a few people could ride along in....is this a good craft for that?
Thanks dudes.

burn

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

What about a guy my size edging out into the flats and back? Would the inertia pull the doo off track?

mufinman98 · Posted: Jan 30, 2010 5:10 pm Post subject:

i can get my 185 pound friend up with a 50.....

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

I guess there's no W2W with a sea doo? I was thinking since this speedster is bigger and rides a little deeper that the wake may be a bit steeper than a regular sea doo.
Anybody have any experience with these speedsters?

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

So does a PWC mainly produce the type of wake where the tricks go from inside the wake to the outside...as opposed to wakeboarding, where you edge from the flats and use the outside wake for pop?
I've never really even paid attention to the wake a PWC produces...and vids online are hard to see it, but it looks like it's all about from inside of wake to the outside for a PWC.
I'm really curious if the size/weight difference of these speedsters make a difference on the size of the wake.

mufinman98 · Posted: Jan 30, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject:

most wakeskaters ride i/o and flats with a pwc or say jon boat.
with a bigger boat people go w2w.
personal opinion atleast

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

rockhouse, im 6' 185lbs and ride behind a 1999 kawasaki 1100zxi..its rated for 2 people max i think..but then again it tops out at 60mph

if i want to, i can steer the jetski from edging out hard but for the most part with average riding i dont affect steering unless i wana screw with a friend whose driving..

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

mufinman98

winch4fun

andrewt · Posted: Jan 31, 2010 2:27 am Post subject:

rockhouse, the type of boat your talking about is not a PWC, it's a Sea-Doo boat. Clint Tompkins, Beau Parker, and Charlie Hewitt ride behind one of these all the time, and they kill it! http://www.alliancewake.com/skate/signatureedit/

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

thanks for that vid. It looks like the wake on these things are pretty nice. I'm gonna go test one out for sure now.....thanks.

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

Here is a w2w pic. Sorry for the crappy shot, it is just what i had lying around on the computer

and here is the startup roller

Edit - Nick Dauzat in both photos.

spanyord · Faceplant Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 35 City: palmetto

a friend had an old sea doo like your talking about and it broke down alot...prob cause of how old it was. i love riding behind flats boats, mine is 21ft and throws a big enough wake to clear and they can get shallow. you also dont throw down as much money as you would for a wakeboard boat. id go jet ski or flats boat.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

Here's Oury showing us how to use my sea ray startup right.

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

Slapdown, that is some pop. looks like his back foot is so close to slipping off the back.

rockhouse · Ollie Joined: 14 Jun 2009 Posts: 62 City: TX

Thanx for the pics dscsk8er....that wake looks alright!
I guess i'll ask you since you've got one...
Do you ever have problems with the jets sucking the line, or anything else in?
Can someone ride up in the bow, or will that cause the nose to dive?
Is there any type of rooster tail spray at all that gets in your face at the riding speed's?
How long will a tank of gas last if you're primarily just skating?
And are these things pretty easy to control as someone is skating?

Thanks alot bro.
Very Happy

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

rockhouse, the jets only suck in the line if you run over the rope. Something you don't want to do with any type of watercraft.