MISSION Boat Gear DELTA Wake Shaper - Wakesurf Solution

Update 2017-08-06 Added a comparison photo showing this vs the Swell Wakesurf Creator alternative. http://amzn.to/2hHFhTG Update - 2017-08-04 Took the Delta to Powell last week and it was amazing. We spent quite a bit of time trying to dial in the surf. We have done a lot of research leading up to this trip as to what we can tweak to get a bigger cleaner wave. I took pics and video of what we tried, not quite ready to post, but will be soon. First we filled the rear ballast full with all onboard stock ballast full, a total of around 4000lbs of ballast. The wave was OK, but very rough. We dumped some ballast from the non-surf side and it cleaned up a bit. Adding an additional 1000lbs of ballast to the bow, and the wave shape improved and lengthened, but it was still a mess. I didn't want to do it but I made everybody move to the surf side of the boat, and it cleaned up a bit still, but definitely wasn't clean. I dove in attached the Mission Delta, I put it about 2 feet forward of the rear, farther than I normally do. The wave improved but not much. I moved it back a foot and saw additional improvement. Finally I placed it in the sweet spot, as far back and down as possible, and the lip of the wave formed, the froth cleared and we had one of the best waves we've seen on this boat. Still, I have been very curious about the SWELL alternative. I don't suspect that it will do better, but I want to find out. The SWELL is about 40% less and makes the same claims. http://amzn.to/2fdLjKY So I have purchased it, and will be doing the test run on Saturday 8/6/2017. I'll update my review here as well as post a complete review of the Swell. Here is a link to my review of the Swell thus far. http://amzn.to/2fdRGxP Update - 2017-06-17 Still loving the Mission Delta, cleans up the surf nicely. Included some images to show the difference it makes. Orig Review Only one trip out but so far I love it. We bought this just before our last trip of the season in 2016. We took it to Lake Powell for several days and truly enjoyed the improvements in the wake. We added substantial ballast with these bags http://amzn.to/2nEXsst http://amzn.to/2nrZ08t And this pump http://amzn.to/2nFbwm1 It made for an epic ride. With the Mission Delta we no longer needed to weight the boat to one side, or force everyone to shift seating. And it was a good thing, as with the excessive ballast, listing could be dangerous, surfing is much funner than swamping. Compared with the alternative: http://amzn.to/2oHWR8U I could not fathom the idea of placing large velcro pads on the side of my boat. Check out my boating products list. http://amzn.to/2nIAX7V

For the price it's certainly worth it. Easy to take on and off with great suction. It does improve the size of wake.

Fast delivery, good stuff!

Mounted this on my Malibu VLX and it gave the biggest and most clean wake to surf that I have seen since owning the boat from 2012! Even larger wave with a clean face than stacking the rear of the boat with external fat sacks. My boat has internal ballast, before buying this I had to fill the one side we were going to surf on, have everybody pile into that corner of the boat and still fiddle with the power wedge and speed to get the right wake to surf. Now, I fill all internal ballast, put wedge in surfing position, attach the wake surf shaper to the opposite side we are going to surf on and hit the gas. Instant, awesome, clean and big wave to surf. It is really quite remarkable. I am very happy with my purchase.

Works great however the safety tab is that the lanyard attached to lame. Yes I said “attached” to used once and is now gone.