Dream Setup (if u won the lottery)

dferdows · Newbie Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

Newbie … first off this is a kick-ass board and want to thank everyone here for all the info and good discussions I’ve been able to find …

My best-friend and I just started the wakeboarding thing and are hooked for life … he’s won big and I mean BIG in the stock market and after playing with other friends boat’s he’ll be heading over to the local dealer to buy one … problem is that he has stupid cash which brings on stupid decisions like not researching stuff and walking into a dealer saying “give me the best of everything thanks bye!?!?” This is where I come into the picture and hence my first post ….

If you were in the market to start buying sh*t and let’s say you won the lottery what would your dream boat setup be??? Best of the best?? Which …..

Boat?
Tower?
Lighting System?
Camera System?
Tower Speakers?
Board Racks?
Fat sacs?

Am I missing anything?

I’m leaning towards the Air Nautique 210 …. I hope this gets good response …

Thanx

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

2003 Xstar
43" Mutiny Endurace ( got it )
Black Reef Byerly 13's ( in the mail )

All I need is the boat

Lindsay · Posted: Aug 01, 2003 5:12 pm Post subject:

I'm almost too jealous to answer that question and have never owned any of that stuff so I'm not the expert. Only advice I can give is resist the urge to purchase immediately....take the time, research, demo, ride behind the boats you're considering. I really don't think you can go wrong w/Nautique, Malibu or Mastercraft. Tige makes a nice boat too. Of the dealers in your area, who has the best most convient service? That's an important factor. Talk with other people who have bought from those dealers to see how their experience was.

Mike Isler · Moderator Joined: 11 Jan 2003 Posts: 718 City: New York

chase · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 190 City: Clermont, FL

Nautique Air 226. As long as I could dial in the wake that would be boat to have!

Habersham · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 209

Boat--Air Natique 210 (no other boat compares to me)

backsplit · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 759 City: Monterey

03 malibu vlx all black with a crome titin tower and lights defcon speakers killer sub and a stuff load of boards

FRANKIE · Guest

dream set up = LF ultra suc + LF trip 128 (although that board would prollay kick my grass)

dferdows · Newbie Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

As the tower what do you guys think of this un-common design with the tower slightly to the back ... will this affect the sound since the speaker's will now be further back?? Anyone have experience with it?

Wake Designs Rival Series Tower

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Aug 01, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject:

Agh the backwards Rival tower is really ugly. The '04 Illusion tower on the new Malibus is the best looking backwards towers. That Rival one is placed so far back it would get in the way alot. That is one of the main problems with the backward towers is they get in the way or people getting in on the side of the boat and the bimini tops are farther back and everything.

My dream setup would be a 2003 Malibu VLX. All the extra goodies. Titan Tower. About 2000-2500 pounds of ballast. My own Byerly, Premier, Substance and Prodigy Boards equipped with Byerly, Belmont, and Ultra Suction bindings. My own house on a lake with a water trampoline hooked up with a rope and handle for practice. A couple of sliders and a kicker and a Seadoo jet ski to pull me on those. Also a nice Tahoe or Dodge 2500 truck for the tow vehicle. And lots of friends to take out on the boat and enjoy it with me. If i could have all of that i would be set for life!! Very Happy

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Aug 01, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject:

Haha and a Broadcast or two....

BIGMAC · Posted: Aug 01, 2003 8:03 pm Post subject:

03 xSTAR OR 03 SAN TE with a killer sound system, no lights, Custom ballast system.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Boat:Tige 22v
Fat sacs? get one with internal ballast.
and you have to get the equipment aswell. My choice would be LF substance, Parks bindings. You need a wakesurf board too.

ballsagna · Soul Rider Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 276 City: oc

this boat for sure

wakehype · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 460 City: Fresno

I don't care about the tow vehicle... As long as its pulling a VLX I am stoked Smile

. I love my 03 VLX (2600lbs of water + wedge = big wake)

Josh R · Posted: Aug 02, 2003 3:12 am Post subject:

Boat:
Super Air Nautique 210 Team

Tower:
Boss Belmont Tower (Not much chance of that happening anymore though)

Lighting System:
Doesn't really matter

Camera System:
Ohhh boy...

Tower Speakers:
Everything thats running in that crazy 30ft Centurion

Board Racks:
N-vert

Fat sacs:
Heaps of chicks

Tyler*Moore · Guest

that is Zane's boat, and the under stide is lime green.. REALLY ugly. Looks nice from the side, but from then from you only see lime green, its nasty

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

dferdows, nice first post! Excellent topic - this is what I daydream about ALL DAY and why I play the lottery! Welcome to the board noob!

I am almost in exact agreement with Josh R

'03 SAN TE and I would race to buy it before the ugly '04 come out. Love this boat, but would also consider the new X-Star. Think I would buy the SAN and watch the next 2 years of X-Star to see what they tweak. I am a big boat fan though - like the X-30 and LSV.

Tower - Stock Nautique tower with a bimini that is barely lower than the speakers and attaches to the upper part of the tower.

Racks - NVert - HATE the Nauti clips - the damn bungees are ALWAYS in the way!

Lighting/Speakers/Amps - I would call this guy up and invite him to spend the week at my house pimping out my boat, minus the neon.
http://svtsupercharged.com/gallery/boat

Sacs - I would plumb 2 500lb sacs into the back, after switching the TE slanted hard tanks with the LE flat tanks. Might also figure out how to plumb a 250lb sac under the playpen and make the playpen permanent.

I'd also custom up that damn annoying seat and cooler so I could get to the storage area without having to move everyone's flip flops and lifting the ENTIRE seat and the seat/cooler top looks like it belongs on the boat, not just added on.

Luke31 · Posted: Aug 02, 2003 9:17 am Post subject:

If I won the lottery... I think I'd get abit everything..
Get a few boats.. SANTE, X-Star, VLX,
Top boards and bindings from every company..
I donno I'd go all out and speend cash every wheres...

Well no.. I'd probably be a bit smarer with the money.

M3Orion · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 670 City: Bay Area

Boat: 2003 X-Star, all black

Sound System: two Boss B-530's and two Boss B-70's on the tower, 2000w 4-channel Fosgate amp for the tower speakers, two 12" Fosgate punch subs w/ 1000w amp, and six Fosgate 6.5" full range speakers for the interior.

Tower: Stock X-Star, the 2003 tower looks badass

Ballast: Mastercraft's Triple KGB ballast system...and a whole bunch of hot chicks

Racks: Wakeside Battleracks

Horn: A tower-mounted semi-truck air horn...for good measure.

Boards: Hyperlite Premier, Parks, and TFD...and a Liquid Force team edition. and a few Cassette wakeskates.

Tow Vehicle: Ok, here's where it gets tricky...I want a 2003 Escalade EXT, lifted 8" on 37's. BUT, I want to make a custom lifted trailer on 37's with airbags to match the lifted truck. It would trip people out, like "how is the boat gonna get in the water? It's too high up!" Then I flip the airbag switch, the trailer drops to normal height, and we're off for a day on the lake. Only something you can do if you win the lottery.

mossimo · Criminal Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 76 City: Arkansas

M3Orion · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 670 City: Bay Area

With enough money, there's a way around every problem Smile

goinbigg17 · Newbie Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 18 City: Seattle, WA

I would just make sure my boat matched my truck. Probably take a little bit of everybody's boats and make the dream boat, everyone has things they hate about things. I would make sure to have two though, I would tow one with a Cadillas XLT on 22 spinners, my trailer would have spinners as well, I would just tow it around to flaunt it, that could be fun to do at times, pick up lots of HOTT chicks. Then my other one would be a lifted'97 ford crew cab ( i like that style) list it up about 12 inches with some 38's, put a big roll bar on it with the lights and everything.
My boards and other equipment, I would have a little bit of everything, wouldn't be able to just pick certain things out.

lsurulz · Outlaw Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 124 City: Baton Rouge

2004 Mastercraft X80
You can get almost everything from Mastercraft except for the camera system. You also wouldnt need fat sacs bc the boat comes with a 1500 lb or so ballast system. This boat is sweet. It can hold 15 people, is 28 feet long, and has an 80 gallon fuel tank. If I had as much money as your friend supposedly does i would look into this boat.

Jeffro · Addict Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 659 City: Austin, Texas

what ever boat you get, UPGRADE to the biggest engine they carry. Never too much power Mr. Green

check out the 2004 tige 24v R with a 375hp motor

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ORIGINryder · Posted: Sep 15, 2003 2:44 pm Post subject:

boat- mb sports b52 team edition (my uncles an mb rep. so i could could him to hook me up wit one)
tower- bose
sound system- on the tower- whiplash box from loud liquid (4-6x9s) boat- stock mb sound system wit a couple of 12 inch subs
board racks- wake designs
fat sacs- the b52 has 2100 lbs of ballast, id prolly throw another sac in the front(dont forget all da hot chiks that will be in there already)
then id upgrade the engine ( which already has the 2-speed tranny)
camera- id just get that thing that attaches to your tower and put my camera in that
for the tow - itd have to be a platinum edition F-350 wit a lift and 37's

hyperlitenerd · Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 33 City: Santa Clara

Well i think the last ca lottery was over 40 million i think i would by a nice lake house a malibu wakesetter vlx all white, dont know why, and probley an X-2 a 210, etc...lol id buy a truck to pull the boats incase i wanted em at a difrrent lake. Boards for all my friends so that they can further enjoy the sport, probley a ski boay for my dad, and a new ski, cause its been ages since he has gone skiing. Well heck ill build a private lake for my house, i think id better stop soon, or i'll be unstopable.

Hyperryd · Addict Joined: 03 May 2003 Posts: 604 City: Central Cali

For starters I would get a 55'X22' houseboat. On one side I would park my '04 B-52 and on the other side I would park my 30' Eliminator. That way when I wake up in the morning we could go out and rip the glass, come back to the HB to eat and in the afternoon fly across the lake to the party spot in the offshore special.

Did I mention the Heli-pad?

1759rider · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 542 City: CA - Bay Area

The boat would be a BU VLX loaded to the gills
Stereo system would be pushing about 10,000 watts with a PA system
I like the Idea of the semi truck air horn so all those wallys will get the hell out of your way
I'd also have a tower mounted digital video camera with drivers and passanger tv screens. Capable of recording every run for everyone with the push of a button
The truck I'd have would be the '04 H1 - Thats right the H1 OG style none of that H2 soccer mom yuppie type shizzle

Damn I need to win the lotto Evil or Very Mad

BrtnDan · Addict Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 609

w/o a doubt 2004 X-star, Defcon 4's, 2 rockford fosgate 12s and some rockford fosgate power amps. 2 more 500 sacks in the back and 2 250s in the front (along with the stock 1200) You gotta get a pimpin truck too-lifted Ford F-350 black like the boat. Also, some ladies.

projectely4 · Posted: Sep 16, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject:

04 X_STAR fully loaded with additional weight system set up on the dashboard, 2 500 lb ballast bags in rear compartment and 2 250 lb ballast bags in the bow. a Kicker audio system w/ 6 tower speakers. And tower lights- 2 front and 3 back. Then i would have lf substance balance and subjekt with ultra suctions. A hype gate and broadcast.
Then i would buy tons of land sell my house and build a lake on the new land with my house like half on the lake and half off with docks and sliders connected to the deck. with a bunch off kickers and sliders all over and surrounded by beaches so there is always butta conditions.

Inggy · Posted: Sep 16, 2003 6:30 pm Post subject:

damn straight, ballsagna, that is the best boat ever!

90redgsx · Criminal Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 80 City: Michigan

SAN TE I like the light blue with the dark blue probably 2000 lbs of ballast or so lake house lifted 2500 Sierra Diesel then alot of board and bindings combos and that sysytem Jt09 showed. If there is a system that could make you go deaf riding behind a boat that may be it.

dburke · Criminal Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 54 City: Reston

Wakehype,

do you have a pic or pics of your wake w/ 2600lbs + wedge?

There is an 03 VLX on our lake but I dont think they run full ballast much. They have beginner kids. Also, I havent been that close to see how big the wake really is.

Thanks

kingneptune · Newbie Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 27 City: The Left Coast

Simple answer...

VLX with BOSS tower and access
Ice chest full of Pabst blue ribbon
Mutiny boards on the racks
Full stereo system...Something that will make every Beaner in Salinas jealous
4-5 hot ass sluts with bolt on's
Lotsa weight
And a big ol' huca sittin center stage for all the boys and girls to enjoy!!