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Additional Links:Boat of the Year Article VLX YouTube Video VLX Official Web Page VLX Flickr Gallery VLX Third-party Review MaliView YouTube Video VLX Media Coverage Bookmarks Length: 21’ 6”/6.55m Beam: 100”/2.54m Draft: 24”/0.61m Capacity: 11 persons Weight: 3500 lbs./1587k Fuel: 46 gal./174L
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'09 VLX Captures Malibu's 8th Boat of the Year Award
Malibu Boats just received their 8th consecutive Boat of the Year Award from Powerboat Magazine for the 2009 Wakesetter VLX. Award winners were selected after the magazine's rigorous Performance Trials in Parker, Ariz., and Fort Myers, Fla. Thirty-two performance boats were evaluated independently by two teams. This year’s award represents Malibu Boats 19th Product Excellence Award from Powerboat Magazine, the most earned by any boat manufacturer. Powerboat Magazine summed up their choice of the VLX as the 2009 Boat of the Year with this opening sentence, “If we tested a more complete product, across all classes, than the Malibu Boats Wakesetter VLX during our 2009 Performance Trials, we sure don’t remember it.” – Powerboat Magazine This honor makes Malibu the only boat company in the history of Powerboat Magazine to have earned eight straight Boat of the Year awards. Paul Singer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Malibu Boats, was recently notified of the company’s 19th Powerboat Magazine Product Excellence award. Since its inception, the pride Malibu Boats has taken in its products has netted recognition throughout the industry. All told, the company has accumulated 19 Boat of the Year Awards and 26 design and performance awards. Yet, Malibu’s restless spirit and motivation for perfection never stops. Singer explains this phenomenon, "These awards are a great pat on the back for us, but as soon as the high fives are spent, we get right back at it. There are so many more innovations that our engineers are working to perfect. They are competitive by nature and these awards just push them to develop that next industry first." The new 2009 Wakesetter VLX was delivered to the testers with, “… useful and imaginative features…” And according to Powerboat Magazine, “…performed beautifully…” Aspects of the VLX testers were impressed with included the new MaliView Dash System with 6.5 LCD and video capability. This boat also featured the patented wake-making Power Wedge and customizable Rider Presets that work in conjunction with MaliView to accommodate different styles and levels of riding. In addition the uncompromising visibility of the forward-swept Illusion XS tower, handling and rough water ride excited the entire evaluation crew. The affection the testers seem to share for the Malibu Wakesetter VLX was not based on cool functional features alone. They specifically point out the overall construction quality of the boat. “…Build quality for the Malibu Wakesetter VLX was outstanding.” – Powerboat Magazine “The Malibu Wakesetter VLX is more than a modern, fully equipped wakeboard boat that does its job exceptionally well. It’s the product of a group of people—the construction and design team at Malibu—who never seem to be satisfied with what they’ve done in years’ past. Thank heaven.” – Powerboat Magazine The Malibu Wakesetter VLX is profiled in Powerboat's special June issue.
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Fav Pic:
Malibu Roxy This is our favorite photo this month! We came across this pic on The Malibu Crew. It was posted by Brandon Griffith and taken by Tyler Palmer. The dog in the photo is Roxy and she is swimming towards the camera from Brandon's 2009 Wakesetter 23 LSV. You go Roxy!! Other friends of Brandon's in the picture include, from left to right, Jordan Deal, Melissa Patty, Megan Ellis, and Tori Cardenas. This photo was taken on Lake Conroe in Conroe, Texas. Thanks for posting this photo Brandon! We love it! If you capture or come across a cool Malibu
Boats-related photo let us know. We would love
to post it here as well as on the
Malibu Boats Blog and
Flickr Channel. We will even Tweet about it
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Twitter. E-mail
blog@malibuboats.com with links and/or
images. Also make sure to include the name of
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Tips: Signing-up For Twitter According to Wikipedia Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them. Here's a short instructional that will help you get started. 1. Go to www.twitter.com click on the green “get started button”. Set up an account by adding your name and email address and by choosing a user name and password, type in the encrypted code and hit “create my account” That’s it your in! 2. In general Twitter messages answer the question “what are you doing right now” But you can also post a link to a web site or just answer the question or ask a question etc. The character limited on a tweet (Twitter post) is 140 characters. 3. This video will walk you through a Twitter account set-up step by step. Twitter is a lot of fun and allows your followers to stay up on what you are doing. Malibu Boats has a Twitter account. You can follow Malibu Boats on Twitter, once you are singed-up and logged on, by visiting twitter.com/malibuboats and clicking the "Follow" button. The Malibu Boats Twitter call sign is @malibuboats. There are also quite a few professional water sports athletes who are Tweeting regularly. You many want to follow some of them. Team Malibu Pro Riders we follow are Chad Sharpe, Brian Grubb, Jarrod Askew and Phillip Soven. Team Malibu Pro Skiers we monitor are Will Asher, Drew Ross and June Fladborg. There are more signing up for Twitter all the time. You can even follow a bunch of other water sports industry people and organizations on Twitter. We follow Ronix, WakeWorld.com, Alliance Wakebaord Mag, The WWA, Northwest Riders, SBC Wakeboard Mag and Wakeboarding Mag. We will tweet about any new industry stand-outs who join Twitter. Stay Twuned!
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Video: Dallas Friday Wins National
Title With S-bend
Dallas Friday took home gold at the WWA Wakeboard National Championships in Oklahoma. This win brought her U.S. national title total to six, more than any other wakeboarder male or female. Friday captured the top podium step by dominating a six-woman final. Nicola Butler captured second, while Amber Wing came in third. Read more about the WWA Wakeboard National results on WakeWorld.com. |
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People: Horton's
Hero Edition VLX Maiden Voyage
Horton's Heroes picked-up their new Hero Edition 2009 Wakesetter VLX in late May.
We recently received some photos form Attila Tassi, founder of Horton's Heroes, showing the new boat doing its job
for Josh on the Potomac River providing fun and relaxation to an injured serviceman.
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 Malibu Pro Team Challenge
Event: 3rd Annual Malibu Pro Team Date: August 1 & 2, 2009  |
Events:
Malibu Pro Team ChallengeThe Malibu Pro Team Challenge is a multi-event contest featuring the top riding pros in the sport, all representing their perspective board manufacturers. Topping the board
company guest list are Hyperlite, Liquid Force and CWB. Wakeboarding, like many action sports, is usually an individual sport, not a team sport. The Malibu Pro Team Challenge is one-of-a-kind! Riders compete, and are judged, as a team. Not only does the winning team take home all the $$$, they also have bragging rights for the next 12 months as the best all around TEAM in wakeboarding. The Malibu Pro Team Challenge includes three different events within the Team Challenge; a wakeskating event, a traditional Malibu boat-pulled wakeboard event and a winch powered pool-gap rail jam under the stadium lights at Bow Lake. These events will all feature the top professional riders in the sport competing for their respective board manufacturers, for pride and most importantly for money. The Malibu Pro Tour Challenge will take place at the Bow Lake Watersports Complex just North of Seattle in Bellingham.
It’s a first class facility and will draw spectators and wake enthusiasts from both Seattle, WA and Vancouver, Canada. Nestled in the scenic Skagit Valley at the gateway to the San Juan Islands, it's a beautiful site and will be a GREAT host facility for this event. | ||
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Gear: Malibu Men's Navy Jock Tee This embroidered Men's Navy Blue t-shirt is simple in design, but it makes a huge statement. "Malibu Boats" enough said! This navy Jock Tee is made of 100% Cotton and decorated with an old fashion chain stitch embroidery in cream. It is available in sizes S - XXL! Order your
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