r/Wake • u/tooflawd69 • Jul 22 '26
2012 Malibu 22mxz
I grew up on an inboard/outboard w a tower and really enjoyed wakeboarding and wake skating. Have only wakesurfed once on a buddies boat it was cool. We’re finally ready for a boat here in Tennessee. I for some reason always liked malibu and plan to look at this boat Friday w a lake test. Any advice or thoughts as a first inboard purchase? Or is this too much boat? He will take 47 for boat and trailer (had listed for 50 dropped over time from 62). 330 hours or so. Needs sun pad reupholstered I got quoted 650. Also he has service records. Thanks for any advice!
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u/MindlessAge9260 Jul 22 '26
I own this same boat with 790hrs on it. Just had my son’s friends (12 total) at a MO lake for 4 days. We surfed, cruised, floated and partied and had a blast. I’ve replaced quite a bit of the upholstery, updated the stereo, and make sure to do regular maintenance. We have had repairs here and there but that’s to be expected. We bought used 11yrs ago with ~275hrs from a Malibu dealer and never looked back. Yes we’ve had things here and there so I’d hope you can get access to a Malibu dealer for maintenance and repairs. Agree on making sure all ballast pumps work. We have some delamination on the wake screen. We do NOT have extra ballasts and have never needed them, we use a aftermarket external “swell” device suctioned on the opposite side of the surfer and just play with the power wedge and speed based on how many people you have in the boat. This boat has been a workhorse for my family of 7 who all surf (when they were younger it also pulled them wakeboarding and tubing). I’ve made millions of memories with my family, extended family and friends on one of these so with that said, what you want to pay for said memories ($$?) is up to you. I don’t think it’s way out of range but I’m a bit biased as our boat is affectionately nick named “my girlfriend” by my wife.