A couple of obvious bits of advice:
(1). go slower. It is much better to approach a wake at a speed you KNOW is safe enough for you to maintain control. If you go too fast, as you come up and over the wake, your bow can swing to one side. If you chop the throttle there, the bow will drop and “bow steer” can produce a sharp turn you didn’t plan on making.
(2) get as far away from the boat producing the wake as you can (out to the side). The further you are away from the source of the wake, the lower the amplitude of the wake. By that logic, getting closer to the boat increases the amplitude and it becomes much more dangerous, or much more difficult to control, whichever term you prefer.
(3) wake-type boats are a special case. You really have to be careful since their wakes can be incredibly high, making them much more dangerous.
(4) as far as props go, that is personal choice. I run a 26p fury 3 blade. Some like 4-blade fury/trophy/bravo/etc props. More blades give you better “grip” by keeping more blades in the water to add some stability. I treat wakes with great respect, since they represent great danger given the wrong circumstances. I’ve seen (video, not personally) many cases of driver ejection when crossing a wake too fast or too close to the boat making the wake.
