Austin Boat Show pics: axis, SANs, 'bu's, supras, wb.com,etc

STANG KILLA SS

meet up with Ed at the Austin Boat show friday and snapped some pics.

Black supra (team ed. i think?)

Blue SAN

drag hydro

Epic 23v

and the boat i went to see, the AXIS Wake...

52' Fountain

Lime Tige'

Malibu Responce

Red Tige' RZ

Malibu Ride

The WB.com/Boardstop booth. not trying to sell anything just a place to hang out, had wake movies on the plasma, with tables and bar stools around. and snacks and wake mags for the taking.

also got a great deal from boardstop on his last 08 recoil 142. thanks ed!

there was another place with some crazy deals, comp vests, straight line handles/ropes, board shorts etc all half off, he had boards and bindings too but i didnt look at prices for fear of tempation Very Happy

. also had all DVDs on sale for $5, push progress, drive, det. 2012, the book, etc etc, all $5. i came home with two.

Blue Supra

This Tige had some crazy audio/video/lighting in it

little tv was crazy(and pointless) had a damn nice amp rack under the winsheild front openings, all lite up with blue LEDs as well.

X55

This wakesetter had the best seating of any wake boat there. direct drive with 3 seating areas, front, mid, and rear. and no motor cover to crawl over to get on the swim platform.

Yellow SAN

was a pretty decent show. thanks again Ed.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jan 18, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:

awesome pics stang! none of the brand new white/blue VLX there though? Crying or Very sad

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

you're right, the seating in that malibu is the best

the speakers on the back of the epic is seriously retarded, there's no way they would last with water splshing up on them whenever u slow down (granted i ride in salt water so nothing lasts anyway)

jonyb · Addict Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 844 City: Paducah

Nice pics dude!!!!

that Supra is the world's edition.

holdsworth · Posted: Jan 18, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

That Epic is sexy. Definitely one of my favorite boats Very Happy

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flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

yeah someday I am going to learn that giving-away stuff at every event does not really help pay the bills.. Smile

Might need to try and sell something one of these days..

We are moving boats out now. What a mess!

Ejazzle · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 345 City: Tequesta

so many places to bang in that Buuu.

How are those epics? dont they have like 4000lbs of ballast or something? Is the wake good?

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

I heard they have huge ballast. I have never seen one on the water in the Austin area unless it was a dealer boat. I do not know anyone that has one.

Zach2orJack · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 255 City: Haleyville

Thanks for the pics. I like them all. I would love to have a new Tige with the picklefork bow or the new SAN. I like the new tower on the SAN. The Supras are sweet. I think I like the Epic best though, but I can't decide if I want to spend that much money on a boat. It's a wake machine with 4000#'s of ballast standard! Epic says the new kicker speaker system holds up well even if they get wet a lot which I think they will unless you drive like I do and just whip it around Laughing

devon · Posted: Jan 19, 2009 8:12 am Post subject:

Great pics
Makes me realize how much the Ottawa boat show sucks Sad

anyone else think the tower on the 09 SAN's are ugly

holdsworth · Posted: Jan 19, 2009 8:32 am Post subject:

Epic has 4000 lbs of factory ballast; 2-1500 lb tanks in the back, 1-1000 lb tank in the bow. Dual rudder serves as a thrust vectoring system. Transom speakers rather than tower speakers for the rider, 8.1 Volvo V8. I think the best part is the fact that the hull "bulges" in around the middle so that the flow of water actually sucks it down in the water in order to make the wake bigger.

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

dalderman · Soul Rider Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 356 City: Carlsbad

Thanks for the pix Stang. I could have saved the money going to the horrible San Diego show and just checked out your photo tour.

Chad H · Posted: Jan 19, 2009 10:31 am Post subject:

Supra looks like they are keeping it simple and not going with the wacked up tower designs. I like that.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

holdsworth · Posted: Jan 19, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject:

jumalian, their website still states they use the 8.1 Volvo providing 375HP. As for the hull I found this quote online, but it doesn't say exactly what was done...

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

The side of the Epic seems huge....seems like LOTS of freeboard by the way it looks.

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jan 20, 2009 7:15 am Post subject:

09 epic manual lists mercruiser like jumalian said

intotheflats · Posted: Jan 20, 2009 7:27 am Post subject:

That Epic boat is amazing. I love the speakers on the transom.

holdsworth · Posted: Jan 20, 2009 7:35 am Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS, I never knew they switched. My mistake on that. They need to update their website. Mad

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jan 20, 2009 8:54 am Post subject:

yeah so does slingshot lol

you would think that big of companies, selling those kind of products could at least update the damn website. i mean its not 5 dollar products there selling.