They are some of the raddest people you will encounter because they live and love their work. Since before purchasing the new company boat and every day after, we have had the most positive experience and support with Tommy’s Florida. If you find yourself reading this blog entry, the search is over for finding your tribe. The Tommy's Florida crew are a bunch of boat-crazy, wakeboard and wakesurf loving, suntanned, fun-filled water fanatics. The staff from top down provided the experience boat buying should be. We found everything we were searching for with the 2017 Malibu 23 LSV Wakesetter but there was one essential component that guided our final decision - customer service with the local Malibu dealership, Tommy’s Florida. And if all this wasn’t enough, we wanted the boat to turn heads on and off the trailer because being shallow isn’t just for water. We even took a nap in the bow of several wakeboats to make sure it felt comfortable for anyone who needed a snoozer on a long day (seat angle is a large component of comfort and not all wakeboats are manufactured the same!). And speaking of a large group, we also wanted a lot of board storage space so everyone on the boat could find their perfect wakesurf board to ride.
We wanted lots of storage space for equipment like wakesurf vests, ropes, and Fat Sacs but still wanted the boat to feel open and spacious even with a large group of wakesurfers. We wanted a helm comfortable as a Lazy Boy reclining chair and a plethora of seating options so everyone on the boat could find a relaxing spot no matter what direction they are faced. We wanted enough cup holders available so every person on the boat could double-fist bottles of water because hydration is important. We wanted to cleanly hear the music while wakeskating on a seventy-five foot line and we wanted to feel the subwoofer vibration in our teeth.
For starters, the sound system needed to be epic. Our initial goal was simple: to find the perfect wave with a stout enough face to make us feel small while standing next to it to create a crispy clean lip that looks sharp enough to shave with to fall back in a hollow barrel large enough to tuck our head underneath but most importantly, to have a wave so good that we would keep riding until our knees buckled, and then beg for more.īut that wasn’t enough for us. We rode everything in the wakesurf board arsenal from our custom designed Black Wake Division Pandamonium to the well known Phase 5 Matrix. We pushed and flicked every button, switch, knob, thingamajigger, and whatchamacallit able to be reached from the helm to maximize wave tuning ability. We ballasted, drained, and ballasted again in a multitude of configurations with over two thousand pounds of additional Fly High Fat Sacs at our disposal. We operated the various wakesurfing boat models in weather conditions ranging from the buttery flat, long dreamy days of Florida summers to two foot rollers in heavy storm surge with thirty mile-per-hour wind gusts (yes, this actually happened). It took us nearly six months of boat testing numerous models of Mastercraft, Nautique, Moomba, Heyday, Supreme, and Malibu wakeboats before concluding. The decision was not lighthearted by any stretch of the imagination. In June of this year, Wakesurf Orlando switched from Mastercraft to Malibu Boats.
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