OVERVIEW Malibu Boat's entry-level wake machine, the Malibu 21 vRide, is not what you'd expect from a value-class wakeboard boat. First, there's its pedigree. The original Malibu VLX, this is the same boat that launched the careers of pro riders like Dallas Friday, Phillip Soven and Brian Grubb...

OVERVIEW Before it was repackaged as the Malibu 23 vRide, this wakeboard boat was the Malibu Wakesetter 23 LSV, the ride of choice for professional wakeboarders and elite wake schools like Darin Shapiro's Ride the Spot...

Overview Sure, the Malibu VTX's easy-to-store size is a perfect fit for wakeboarders and wakeskaters on length-restricted waterways, but this 20-footer is packed with the rider- and family-friendly features of a much larger wakeboard boat...

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 This boat is still relatively new as the Malibu vRide — Malibu’s most value-minded wakeboard boat — but it has a long history. It has the same hull as the original Malibu Wakesetter VLX and was the tow boat that stars like Chad Sharpe and Dallas Friday used in the past...

Wakeboard Boat Review This Malibu Wakesetter VTX wakeboard boat thinks it’s bigger than it is. Basically, this boat wants to be just like the Malibu Wakesetter VLX and Malibu Wakesetter 23 LSV, the flagship wakeboard boats of the lineup, yet do it all in a 20-foot package...

Wakeboard Boat Review We sometimes go weeks or months without getting behind the wheel of a direct-drive wakeboard boat. Then on a sunny morning near Malibu’s California factory, we stepped into the Malibu Wakesetter 21 XTi and zigzagged across Lake Tulloch like we were in a Maserati...

Wakeboard Boat Review Malibu waited until the last day of our tests to unveil this new Malibu Wakesetter 23 XTi for us. It’s always been a standout boat with its direct-drive engine hidden in a V-drive-style interior...

Wakeboard Boat Review We’re still wrapping our heads around the Malibu Wakesetter 247 RX a year after it debuted. This wakeboard boat is huge, like the Malibu Wakesetter 247 LSV we love so much. But this is a 24...

Wakeboard Boat Review Pros have it as their personal wakeboard boat. Schools use it. Tournaments run it. The Malibu Wakesetter VLX is the definition of flagship wakeboard boat. Sure, the wakes are high-class, top-caliber, primo, whatever you want to call them...