Wakeboard Boat Review We don’t think of this wakeboard boat as the MasterCraft X-1, we think of it as the MasterCraft X-Star 1.0. Back in the day when wakeboarding was new, it was this wakeboard boat model that pulled the pros, pulled the X Games and helped put the sport on the map...

Wakeboard Boat Review We had long discussions about how to categorize this MasterCraft CSX. This boat kind of defies categorization. It’s a center console direct-drive with optional T-top. Yeah. But we were so impressed with the wakes during our test session in Orlando and what we’ve seen of it elsewhere that we decided to put it in the “core” section alongside the tournament boats...

Wakeboard Boat Review It was funny that we traveled 3,000 miles to see this Malibu Wakesetter VLX near Malibu’s headquarters when we could have just stayed in Orlando to ride behind it. Chad Sharpe has one, Philip Soven has one, Dallas Friday has one, Brian Grubb has one ...

Wakeboard Boat Review When Malibu asked if we wanted to keep this Malibu Wakesetter 247 LSV wakeboard boat for the rest of the day to, uh, test it further, we were beyond stoked. This is the biggest V-drive wakeboard boat in Malibu’s lineup and probably the biggest wraparound lounge ever for this size boat...

Wakeboard Boat Review The MasterCraft MariStar SS200 is the luxury version of the MasterCraft X-2 upgraded to the Saltwater Series package. It has a distinctly wakeboarding style, with the pickle-fork bow and optional ZeroFlex tower, all in a 20-foot package...

Wakeboard Boat Review Don’t discriminate against the MasterCraft MariStar 215 just because it doesn’t have the ever-popular pickle-fork bow design. In its third model year, the MasterCraft MariStar 215 has plenty of top-notch design behind it thanks to MasterCraft’s research and development department and with just the optional 650-pound factory ballast system it creates some impressive-sized wakes...

Wakeboard Boat Review It has room for 18 people, a beefy wake and the cool new VDIG dash display. The MasterCraft MariStar 245 is a perfect choice for someone equally interested in great wakeboarding and great company on the water...

Wakeboard Boat Review Seeing a MasterCraft MariStar SS280 on the dock is like seeing a monster truck in the mall parking lot — it sticks out like a sore thumb but, man, is it cool. What kind of wakeboarder lays out well into the six figures for this water-sports yacht? One with a big family, lots of friends and larger lakes and waterways...

Wakeboard Boat Review What else can we say about the MasterCraft X-Star that we haven’t said since its debut five years ago? It was ahead of its time then in producing wake shapes that literally took the sport of wakeboarding to a new level...

Wakeboard Boat Review The MasterCraft Boats X-2 has the similar MasterCraft X-Star profile with the pickle-fork bow and ZeroFlex tower, only in a 20-foot package. In some ways, the MasterCraft X-2 is the best of both worlds — wide bow, rampy wakes, wakeboarding amenities, premium construction — all in a wakeboard boat you can trailer and store in the garage with no problem...

Wakeboard Boat Review The MasterCraft X-15 looks like a traditional wakeboard boat now that so many X-Series models have the pickle-fork bow. But in its third model year, the MasterCraft X-15 is pretty state-of-the-art, with the collective mind power of MasterCraft’s research and development department (which has its own building at company HQ) creating impressive-sized wakes with only the 650-pound factory ballast system...

Wakeboard Boat Review With any other wakeboard boat company, the MasterCraft X-45 would be the biggest, baddest model in the lineup. MasterCraft’s got the monster 28-foot X-80, though. Still, the MasterCraft X-45 shouldn’t be overshadowed...

Wakeboard Boat Review “This thing is crazy, it’s so big!” one of our riders said when first stepping onto the MasterCraft X-80 at the dock. What kind of wakeboarder lays out well into the six figures for this water-sports yacht? Ones with big families, lots of friends and larger lakes and waterways...

Wakeboard Boat Review The B-52V is the classic in MB Sports’ lineup. The wakeboard boat debuted in 1996, and it has been refined annually for more than a decade to add space, update graphics and enhance it overall...

Wakeboard Boat Review For 2008, the big brother to the B-52V boasts an all-new, all-computerized design from hull to deck. The revamped MB Sports B-52V23 is deeper and wider, offering more lounge space than in previous incarnations...