WaterSki Magazine

Whether you call them pickle forks, snub noses or hammerheads, wide-open bow designs are more popular than ever in wakeboard boats. In fact, virtually every wakeboard boat builder in our 2013 Boat Buyers Guide has at least one boat with some variation of the wide-bow design.

Malibu’s 20-foot VtX has always been about three-event crossover potential, and for 2013 it’s gotten 30th-anniversary accents to showcase Malibu’s third decade of building inboards.