Axis Wake...SLAMMIN'!!!

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

http://www.wakeworld.com/Galleries/GetImage.asp?GalleryID=601&ImageID=7

This is the first video that they have really shown off the wake and it looks pretty sick to me. It comes with 2100 lbs of ballast which is pretty sick because filling sacks sucks, and to me looks wayyyy better than a loaded VLX wake

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

ilubronix..

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=81772

I posted this a week ago. That extra ballast kit really helps the wake. If you have the Axis this is the kit you need.

Axis Plug and Play Ballast

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: May 20, 2009 7:33 am Post subject:

im so torn. new camaro or axis boat. arg.

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

new boat.

get your girl to get the new camaro.

DRAGON88 · Posted: May 20, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

ilubronix, funny you say that, because my understanding is that it's pretty much an SV25 hull in a frock. IE the hull that you have hated for many years...

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: May 20, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

whats the price? i thouht it was 35k, and 40k "loaded"
there were guys talking near 50k?

is the plug and play something that can be bought and installed later? whats that system cost? is the wedge extra?

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

check the link on the axis bag kit I setup at boardstop. that is the extra ballast you would need. since it is BFI.. It should just be a clip in system using all their quick connect stuff.. 35K could be the boat with no options and no trailer??

I think options include(but do not hold me to it)
-wedge
-stereo
-factory ballast
-bimini

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

DRAGON88, i'm pretty sure its the old vlx hull ie v-ride which is the hull that I have always loved. It looks just like an old vlx wake in that vid too.

DRAGON88 · Posted: May 20, 2009 9:19 am Post subject:

ilubronix, nope. It is not based on the SV23 hull. It's riding on a SV25 hull, just like the 05-08 VLX....

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: May 20, 2009 10:38 am Post subject:

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

If that is a Axis trailer from the factory then I assume that it is whatever the specs say.

There is a stock ballast so if that is covered in the base then that is just the hardtanks in the floor. The extra ballast you can buy are the BFI bags that go in the boat in the areas from that video.

I guess I could have just checked out the website.. there is a huge amount of options listed... Smile

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JeffreyCH · Posted: May 20, 2009 10:56 am Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS, just say F it and pull the trigger Laughing

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: May 20, 2009 11:30 am Post subject:

in this economy that would be pretty dumb, especially in my housing feild. im more a planer. work out the finances to the minut detail. and have a back up plan just in case.
i dont have the money of most of the guys on this board. but love the sport just the same Wink

but yes ive had my eye on this axis since the first sneak peak Cad Renderings were released. always been a supporter.

JeffreyCH · Posted: May 20, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS, I was just kidding man, I really wish I could afford a new boat myself, but all my stuff is paid for and I'd rather spend that money on going to the lake. What's the point of having a new boat if you have no money for gas, beer, bbq, ect.

core-rider · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 531 City: Huntsville, AL

MasonH · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 422 City: Eufaula

At first I wasn't so stoked on it but I REALLY dig that all black boat..Consider me a new fan now..

But I'm still 550% SAN Very Happy

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

DRAGON88 · Posted: May 21, 2009 5:56 am Post subject:

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

DRAGON88, I was at the miami boat show a few months ago and I was talking to the mastercraft rep about an X-1. They had one fully loaded, every option for 55 but he said he would take 10k off and do it at 45 right then and there so you can get a pretty good deal on one depending on the dealer. Do you know what they did to the new VLX hull? Maybe they made it like the old VLX hull so their riders can stop putting wakesetter decals on their v-rides. Laughing

As for the hate for it, I've ridden 3 different new hull VLX's and just hated them. We had one fully weighted and it couldn't get on plane, we had one with weight and the wedge and the wake was just weird, and another at a contest that also couldn't plane off. The boats were weighted properly too with enough weight in the front that planing should not have been an issue but it just wouldn't happen. That was one thing with the Axis video that i am skeptical about. How long did it take them to get on plane because with my experience, 2200 lbs the wedge and 9 people has a zero percent chance of getting out of the water.

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DRAGON88 · Posted: May 21, 2009 6:32 am Post subject:

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

DRAGON88, i think the picklefork looks cool but i don't really know the exact function of it. It seems gimmicky to me, but I guess it is a way to separate it from a malibu and maybe give someone who wasn't initially attracted to a malibu a different option in styles. I think it will sell well, but not anymore than the v-rides did. I'm assuming you will get Axis at a Malibu dealership, right? So theoretically it is just a malibu with a different decal.

Blindside_137 · Posted: May 21, 2009 9:20 am Post subject:

ilubronix, i believe it now has the "cut wake hull" that the 23 LSV adopted last year and the 247 did several years ago.. I hear it's cleaner further back and much more wedge friendly. Like Dragon said, when people load/overload a VLX normally the wedge will only hurt the wake and make getting on plane a b!tch. But i've heard the wedge does a great job complimenting the 09 VLX wake..

Really I think the only function of the pickle fork is to allow for a wider boat but primarily, more room to sit and lay down in the bow.

Also the relationship between Axis and Malibu is related to that of BMW and Mini. Theoretically it's not a malibu with a different decal, it's an entirely different boat.

Hollywood · Posted: May 21, 2009 11:07 am Post subject:

2 people can sit backwards in the bow of a picklefork and watch the rider.

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

I was just informed my Camaro order went in today finally!! I preordered 11/2/2008

flyhigh · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 809 City: Monticello

so am I the only one that thinks that the riders dont look like they are getting a good boost at all?