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ian ashton
03-15-2010, 12:31 PM
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! I had a chance to check them out at the Spring Boat Show here in Michigan. The idea and construction are PERFECT! If they made a matching Ski rack I'd absolutely pony up the cash to have these on my boat.

Here are a few pics I snapped;
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4632&stc=1&d=1268670651

https://forum.moomba.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4633&stc=1&d=1268670651

https://forum.moomba.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4634&stc=1&d=1268670651
ian ashton
03-15-2010, 12:32 PM
You can't really tell from the picture, but they rotate a full 180 degrees. They clamp onto the tower cross bars.
newty
03-15-2010, 12:47 PM
I sae those at the PDX show. They are sweet. Little spendy for this guy though.
you da man
03-15-2010, 01:02 PM
That's what they look like on my XLV. Just got them mounted this weekend.
scoot_gt
03-15-2010, 02:59 PM
Little spendy for this guy though.

Someone define 'spendy' for me since I can't seem to find the price.
you da man
03-15-2010, 03:12 PM
Someone define 'spendy' for me since I can't seem to find the price.

My dealer quoted me $1,179 plus tax even though the racks are listed as a $695 option when ordering a boat. Kinda like the Z-5 rack, it's a $1,500 option but $2,495 if you buy it afterwards. Makes no sense. I'm not a fool and didn't pay near retail for my racks.
newty
03-15-2010, 03:12 PM
Depends on your dealer. I've heard between 800-1200.
ian ashton
03-15-2010, 03:18 PM
I didn't ask the dealer for a price; but doesn't it stand to reason that they could order a pair with an existing boat order, remove them from the boat, lower the invoice price, and sell them to you? Obviously there would be no mark-up in this (which is I'm sure why the retail price is so high; so the dealers are self accessorizing their boats). Thats what I'd try to con my dealer into doing, lol.
you da man
03-15-2010, 03:26 PM
I didn't ask the dealer for a price; but doesn't it stand to reason that they could order a pair with an existing boat order, remove them from the boat, lower the invoice price, and sell them to you? Obviously there would be no mark-up in this (which is I'm sure why the retail price is so high; so the dealers are self accessorizing their boats). Thats what I'd try to con my dealer into doing, lol.

Then the dealer would have a wakeboat with no racks and 4 ugly holds drilled into the tower.
ian ashton
03-15-2010, 03:33 PM
Then the dealer would have a wakeboat with no racks and 4 ugly holds drilled into the tower.

I'd be fine with that, lol.

My thought was that they could swap the old racks onto it. I didn't realize that the clamps bolted through the tower, haha.
scoot_gt
03-15-2010, 03:36 PM
My dealer quoted me $1,179 plus tax


I've heard between 800-1200

Yoowzers! That stings! That's 3+ new wake toys... Even at $695, its spendy
you da man
03-15-2010, 03:47 PM
Yoowzers! That stings! That's 3+ new wake toys... Even at $695, its spendy

You will not find new, quality swivel racks for under $900-$1000
ian ashton
03-15-2010, 04:07 PM
The Lip Boarding racks I have are not nearly as nice, but were only a few hundred bucks, and get the job done just the same. The main feature I like about these is that they can rotate in 180 degrees and lock in that position. My current racks have a quick release, so instead of rotating them into the boat when I tow I just pop them off.
Hydrofoiljunky
03-15-2010, 04:21 PM
You will not find new, quality swivel racks for under $900-$1000





These are modeled after My hydrofoil rack and my foil is heavy heavy heavy, I'm pretty sure that their wakeboard rack could hold some boards. $550


http://www.skyski.com/node/323
you da man
03-15-2010, 04:34 PM
These are modeled after My hydrofoil rack and my foil is heavy heavy heavy, I'm pretty sure that their wakeboard rack could hold some boards. $550


http://www.skyski.com/node/323

That's just for one rack right?
Hydrofoiljunky
03-15-2010, 06:18 PM
That's just for one rack right?


Yeah, that's just for one rack. My bad.
C'mon how many boards do you guys need to haul anyways? LOL Time to try a new sport. I'm never gonna convert you guys am I ? :-)
you da man
03-15-2010, 07:18 PM
Yeah, that's just for one rack. My bad.
C'mon how many boards do you guys need to haul anyways? LOL Time to try a new sport. I'm never gonna convert you guys am I ? :-)

I'm definately getting a Skyski in the fall/winter. This is my first wakeboat so I'm just going to try to get "decent" at wakeboarding and surfing this season.