The New Ride - Malibu Axis A20
The new Ride has arrived - Malibu Axis A20
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Keith Lyman says, “The wake is all around world class! . . . great for ridin’ big or for just poppy wake to wake riding.” At the same time, this boat produces a nice flat table for slalom skiing. Translation: this boat is made for multi-discipline fun and at a mere 20 feet long, it’s easily towed and stowed. Features shared with the A22 include Skybox seating, Available Plug N Play ballast, colored LED under-seat illumination, the available ChillAX walk-through seat and more. The A20 has the capacity to hold 9 people (for Switzerland) and the wakes to satisfy the most dedicated riders. So yes, even though the recreational skier would be stoked on this wake, the A20 has been designed for the wake sports.
Axis Wake Research A20 Specs:
- Length: 6.10 m
- Beam: 2.49 m
- Draft: 0.56 m
- Capacity: 9 persons
- Fuel: 182 Ltr
- Weight: 1452 kg
- Engine Indmar IND05.7CAT MBPFI, V8, 5.7 Ltr
- Horse Power: 335 HP, 282 kW
- High altitude Prop: 14.24 x 14.5 Acme 537
- Axis Wakebox 800 pounds (360kg) Ballast System
- Axis Auto Set Wedge for an additional 1000 pounds (450kg) of displacement
- 2x 750 pounds FlyHigh Pro-X-Series Fat Sac adding another 1500 pounds (680kg) of Ballast
What is wakeboarding?
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines wakeboarding as "a short, very broad water ski ridden in the manner of a surfboard by a person towed by a motorboat." Pretty simple, right? It's just a form of waterskiing. All it is is something to do on a hot day in the middle of the summer to cool off. So why is there such a fuss about it? Why does Google pull up 2'270,000 websites containing wakeboarding? Why is there wakeboarding in the X-Games? Why does wakeboarding have its own Pro Tour? Why are you reading this? Why? Because wakeboarding is much more than a sport. Have you ever sat down and thought of what wakeboarding really is? Sure, to a lot of you wakeboarding is just a sport. You participate when you want to and do other things when you are not wakeboarding, without giving it as much as another thought. But, to the others, especially those that are still reading this (and paying attention), wakeboarding is not just a sport. I have been wakeboarding since 2002. Anytime before this date is now known as the BW (Before Wakeboarding) era. During my BW era, I waterskied, I windsurf and, generally, I just screwed around on the water. However, once I got up for the first time on a wakeboard, I never looked back. There was something different about wakeboarding versus the other water sports. Wakeboarding gave me more freedom when I was behind the boat. I had more options when I was riding. It seemed to me that I was being sucked into something that instantly tried to take over my life. Wakeboarding soon turned into a drug that I could not live without…something that I simply couldn't get enough of. And, as I got more involved with wakeboarding, I noticed that the same feeling spread to those that were around me. Now, odds are if you are still reading this and comprehending what I am saying, then you probably feel the same way about wakeboarding as I do. So what do you say when someone asks you what wakeboarding is? Have you ever really thought about what wakeboarding is to you? Wakeboarding isn't just when you are riding behind the boat. It is much more complex than that. To me, wakeboarding is: |