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dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

2023BlackR8SURF wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:28 am Interested in this thread as I am trying to get my wave perfected in my 2021 R8 Surf. What is TPM stand for? Trim? Thanks, in advance.

dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

2023BlackR8SURF wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:28 am Interested in this thread as I am trying to get my wave perfected in my 2021 R8 Surf. What is TPM stand for? Trim? Thanks, in advance.

dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

dsthomas wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:06 pm

2023BlackR8SURF wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:28 am Interested in this thread as I am trying to get my wave perfected in my 2021 R8 Surf. What is TPM stand for? Trim? Thanks, in advance.

dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

I think it's trim pitch measurement but I don't know for sure. It's the angle of the out drive. I think they started doing that in 2022, so on your Garmin it may still have a percentage instead of an angle measurement but I also don't know that for sure either. The higher the number for us the higher the wave. Basically the more up the drive is the taller the wave. You can also control that with ballast. The faster we go the longer the wave gets. Hope that helps.

undercoverVOL wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:40 am

2023BlackR8SURF wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:28 am Interested in this thread as I am trying to get my wave perfected in my 2021 R8 Surf. What is TPM stand for? Trim? Thanks, in advance.

dsthomas wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:31 pm We have found that the lower the TPM the smaller the wave and the higher the TPM the higher the wave. To lengthen the wave we go a little faster. We usually use full ballast and then 3 degrees on the tpm and 11.5 mph will give you a great wave. Also if you play around with the menu options you will see you can save surf profiles. My son likes 50% left and right ballast and 70% center with 0 on the tpm and 10.5 mph and he surfs right side. It's so nice to just touch his name and It all sets up for him.

we found this weekend that a TPM (trim) of 2 and a speed of 11.6 with 50/70/50 ballast produced a really nice, long wave. Surfed on a malibu and our cobalt this weekend. The Malibu had a longer wave, while our Cobalt's was steeper. Next time i am going to do less ballast and see what we get with that. Hope this helps

MNStCroix wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:00 pm I’ve been tweaking the surf setting on my R8S all summer and found the best wave is full ballasts, 11.3 mph, and +3 trim angle. You do need to turn off the Trim Assist. Effective for both right and left sides.

Speedracer wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 9:39 am New R8S owner, and member, good info and learning! Glad to see some chat on baseline settings. I'd love to see a chart of baseline settings built by users by skill and rider demo; IE
Beginner/youth 100-140# - 50/70/50, +3, 10.8
Intermediate/adult 175-200# - 100/100/100, 0, 11.2

I'm surprised how little info there is on help, factory, youtube, owners...etc. We have intially built profiles for 3 rider types as defaults in system and have been playing with settings, problem is I don't know what I don't know!

Looking forward to sharing info as I learn