Axis Wakeboard Boat Forum

One on the transom like all boats but also a T-handle plug in the center bilge compartment where the ballast pumps for the front and center.

make sure and check the gel coat and under the boat(on the trailer) like AJ said.

when I arrived at the ramp they had already dumped my boat in the water. ( I have a chip in my keel and since the boat was in the water I have no idea if it was done before or after delivery?) I plan to address with the dealer after this weekend and am unsure where it will go, hopefully they take care of me, but this could have been avoided if I would have walked around the boat on the trailer and inspected it first?

We were in the same situation last summer. Came from boating in an I/O and now to the V drive world. Man o man is the boat a million times cooler than what we had. Plus the new A20 throws an amazing wake. As people have already commented but here is everything that we did on our water test day and what came up (some are super simple others we wouldn't have known to ask)

- Folding down the tower - with SP2 on there it is pretty heavy. We tow a lot and its a no brainer now but didn't want the thing to slam because you don't realize its weight.

- All the toggle switches - seems like there are a bunch the first day. After the first day you don't even really need to look down to know where they are. But make sure if you don't know what one is ask.

- Fill all the ballast - this was huge. We have plug n play. Rear lockers have hard tanks that spill over into the bags. Our set up is hard tanks with 500s in the rear and then a 400ish bag under bow cushions plus there is a center (ski locker spot from the I/Os) but don't remember its weight. Total lbs is right around 2,000, but we are going to be adding a bag on the bow cushions of 650-1,000 this summer. Point is our bow bag was having issues initially and the guy out with us figured it out on the spot and we were good to go. Not sure I would have been able to fix it on the spot myself. Also play with the wedge.

- As one person said already - driving is totally different. Pulls right with the prop rotation. The throttle on ours worked a little hard the first day since it was brand new. It does break in. But we put a life vest in the middle of the lake to simulate a dock and just kept doing donuts up to it as if we were docking the boat. After having a summer on it, these things are 10 times easier to drive than an I/O because it is exactly the same every time. Great time to practice during the break in since you really can't do much else.

- You will be able to simulate a surf wave like we did during the break in period and it is really as simple as advertised. We test drove Axis, Tige, Moomba, & MC (a Bu for giggles but knew we could not afford it) and the Axis was the best as advertised surf system out there. Tige was decent, but there was a lot to set up initally, Moomba was terrible with their surf system, and MC...well it was a MC. With this boat you fill all the ballast, flip your toggle switch to pick a side, throw the surfer in the water and go. Have them show you the driving process for surfing though. A little different at the beginning but super easy once you do it a couple of times.

- A few other pieces like already commented - loading and unloading on the trailer (practice steering during break in period and this is no different), read the stereo manual (pretty easy but a lot to it), last get the break in period over as fast as you can. We had the boat for about 6 weeks last summer before it got too cold up here in MN and had to put it away. Now we are itching to get out and will likely do so this weekend (water is likely only 45 degrees or so) but plan to have a good 100 hours on it this summer.

Have a blast with the new rig. These things are amazing.

^^^ great advice. I will add....NO POWER TURNS. In case some new wakeboat owners do not know what this means, it's when your rider falls and you immediately turn 180 to pick them up while still under power throwing huge rollers everywhere thus messing up all the beautiful smoother water (aka: "butter"...as smooth as butter). When your rider falls come off the throttle in the direction you were going. As you come off throttle the boat should start to turn naturally (I always turn to the right to keep rider in the driver's view at all times). While the boat starts to naturally turn the rollers will pass the boat. At this time you idle back to your rider at "no wake zone" speed. This keeps the water nice and smooth.
http://www.wakeworld.com/news/feature/f ... rturn.html

Stop...Drop...and...Roll


Stop the boat after the rider falls. Let the nose drop...Let the roller go by...

Like AJ said.. Teach all the young and our future will be less rough...

I would like to also mention: pay attention to your rider. There are a lot of idiots on the lake that don't look at where they are going. If need be, power turn and safely impede the path of a following boat approaching your rider.

You are correct... Dezul.. Rider safety trumps rollers every time. I have put a boat between a rider and another boat a number of times. I would rather have the gel coat guy work for a few weeks than have a rider run over by someone not paying attention.