Event organizers recently released complete boat and board reviews from the 2015 Southern Surfest! Now you can compare SSF unbiased reviews and the Boarders Magazine Buyers Guide to find your next wake surfboard or boat!
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The second annual Southern Surfest was held again in May on Lake Lanier, Georgia, which is about an hour north of Atlanta. The event is designed to be an un-bias wake surf boat and board demo weekend, where wake surfers can try nearly every brand of wake surfboard behind nearly every brand of wake surf boat.
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Boats
Overall scores for boats were releases shortly after the event. Here are the general results of all the major boat brands:
1. 2015 Nautique Boats G23: 86.03
2. 2015 Supra Boats SE 550: 80.50 (3 sessions were in the SG)
3. 2015 MasterCraft Boat Company X23: 79.95
4. 2015 Centurion Boats FS33: 78.81
5. 2015 Malibu Boats 23 LSV: 76.32 (includes 3 different LSV's)
6. 2015 Axis Wake Research A24: 73.16
7. 2015 MasterCraft Boat Company X20: 70.19
8. 2015 Tige Boats Z1: 69.26
9. 2015 Moomba Boats Mojo: 62.16
10. 2015 Ski Supreme Boats S226: 54.38 (ballast issues all weekend)
This year, they also measured the length of boat wakes:
1. 2015 Nautique G23: 23' 8"
2. 2015 Supreme S226: 23' 4"
3. 2015 Centurion FS33: 21' 4"
4. 2015 Axis A24: 20' 6"
5. 2015 MasterCraft X23 Goofy Side: 19' 8"
6. 2015 Supra SE550: 18' 1"
7. 2015 Malibu 23 LSV: 17' 8"
8. 2015 Moomba Mojo (w auto flow): 17' 3"
8. 2015 Tige Z1 (w AVX): 17' 3"
9. 2015 MasterCraft X23 Regular Side: 16' 8"
Boards
The following board companies were represented at the 2015 Southern Surf Fest: Brigade Wakesurfing Company, KKrows, Idol Surfboards, Phase 5 Wakesurfers , Victoria, Wake Wood Surf , Inland Surfer, Doomswell Boarding Co, Chaos Surf Company, James Walker Wakesurfing, Day1 wake,Zombie Surf Company, Triple X Surf.
Recap
The Southern Surfest is quickly growing to become one of the most popular events in wake surfing, and for obvious reasons. There is nowhere else in the world a wake surfer can ride so many boats and so many boards in one place. Beyond presenting the opportunity to surf every board and every boat, several professional wake surfers are on hand to offer coaching throughout the event, and there were private coaching sessions available on Friday with professional wake surfers Sean Cummings and Trevor Miller.
If you are interested in attending SSF next year, keep an eye on their facebook page for event registration information for next year.