Originally Posted by
marman
I looked at the Axis brand in 2013 during the boat show and there were a couple of things I didn't like. The first one was I didn't like the play pen area (my wife and I had a disagreement on this one). I also didn't like the bones (the look) of the boat. I ended up going a totally different path with a jet boat. Prior to the boat show I had rented and skied behind everything from a Chaparral to a Wakesetter VLX but never had even ridden in a jetboat.. Temporary insanity I guess. At the end of 2013 I knew I needed to do something because the jet boat just wasn't what we were looking for. So I jumped back in and started researching again, limiting my lengths to 20’ and under due to storage. SC came out with the Mondo so I read a lot, especially on this board. Pricing for the A20 was similar to the Mondo, the axis being more expensive. I visited the Malibu dealer first and I honestly didn't get treated that great in my opinion. I did spend some time looking at the Axis again but still just didn't like the look of it. Bad trade in pricing was the final straw and I ended up walking out of the dealership. Went to Atlanta Marine and the rest is history. Very happy with my decision. I recently added the 650 ibs and 900 sumo’s to the rear and the wake doubled in size. It is just incredible. One of the teenagers on the boat rode with everything full and he said it compared to his neighbors wake behind his 2014 Mailbu 247 lsv when he rode behind it. He said the wake was a little bigger on the Malibu but that they also had 12 people on top of the ballasts being full.
I recently took a wakeboarding lesson from Corey Bradley and spent 3 hours behind and on his 22MXZ. It is a sweet ride but anything with that price tag, ie. Porsche, is a sweet ride. He gets sponsored by Malibu (he rode for Mastercraft for like 6-7 years) so I think they give him a new one every year. He puts like 4000 lbs of ballast in it when he rides at a 75’ rope length. Crazy…
By the way he is great instructor for anyone in the NEGA area. I hope to go back again. He worked my tail off. He’s also on an apple app that is a free download that has some good video instructions. TSO Wake.