Wakesurfing and Touchscreens?
Let me start this off by saying I am a huge geek. And when I say huge I don’t mean girth, I mean the measure of how much of a geek that I am. I am a software developer most of the time and love all things tech and geek. As an example, I got the first iPhone the day it came out, and then the 3G the day it came out, and yes the 3GS. I don’t even know how many iPods I have. I am writing this on my 2008 Mac Pro with 2 Quad core processors, a couple of TB of disk space, 16 gigabytes of RAM and 2, yes 2, 30 inch dell monitors. I have a server in my basement that holds all of my projects but also holds a large library of movies, both from DVDs and BluRay. I own them of course, no piracy here. Not to many people can rip blurays, but I can and do and have them on a large server and have 3 Apple TVs in the house that can see all of the movies at any time. One of them connected to my 1080p projector. I can even remote all of these apple tvs, and my receiver from my iphone. OK, do you believe me? I am a geek.
Well, if you follow this site at all, you know that I also love boating and wakesurfing with my family on our 2007 Tige 24Ve. Its a great boat, and makes a great surf wake. I didn’t buy it for its geekiness though, boats have never really set off that geek side of me like a car can, or my home theater can. Until now. Check out these pictures:
Tige Touch Screen Dash
Here is a bit closer, make sure you click on the image for full size, and look at the touch screen on the right:
Tige Touch Screen Dash (closer)
Here is a look at the cockpit from the side:
Tige 2010 side view of cockpit
OK, this one also gets me going. Look at the fit and finish of the interior. This has been a sore point with my tige, and others have had it, but this looks fantastic. Check out the Tige emblem:
Tige 2010 Cockpit
Now all of that is great, but what about the wake? Tige says they are going to have an option of 1000lbs per side, I think setup like my boat is now. How cool is that? Form AND function?!
Anyway, in order to understand this next comment, you are going to need to view THIS. Those pictures, and the idea of an awesome automated surfwake give me the need for a package check.
Here is a LINK to the press release I was sent.
Wow, I thought my old roommate was a nerd because he had a 1TB server in the closet. Though that was 5 years ago when 1TB was huge, now you have that in your computer. I don’t need a package check, but I do have to calm myself down to keep from running out of work to take the boat out.