Cobalt Boats Forum

I currently surf and slalom ski behind an R5 Surf boat. I tried out an R8Surf, and the surf wake was awesome, but I did not like the wake for skiing. (But I’m a 60 year old grandma, so I’m a little picky…..) When I crossed the wake on my slalom ski on the R8 Surf, I became almost airborne as my ...

The boat was set to ski with empty ballasts and surf gates retracted. I currently ski and surf behind an R5 Surf, and the skiing is definitely better on the R5 than the R8. Trying to decide between the R6 Surf and R8 Surf - I think surfing will be better on the R8 but I expect skiing to be better ...

Jbyrd65 - I’m curious, did you end up getting the R8 Surf? How is the skiing? I also demo’d an R8 Surf last weekend and felt like I was getting air every time I crossed the wake on my slalom ski.