Got to Ride behind the Epic

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-16-2006, 8:16 AM

The wake is really good, people say its between the X-Star and Super Air, I say its a whole lot closer to the Super air. Here are a few pics I snapped, rider is Jay Prock.
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(norcalmalibu) · (norcalmalibu) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 05-16-2006, 9:07 AM

dam flying high for sure...

I was gonna ask for an update on the EPIC boats, has full production began?

(seangriswold) · (seangriswold) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-16-2006, 9:29 AM

sure has...Alan you got any shots of the wake??

(seangriswold) · (seangriswold) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-16-2006, 9:30 AM

throttle lever is pretty sweet lookin

(seangriswold) · (seangriswold) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-19-2006, 5:17 AM

anyone else have any pics of the Epic?

(bremsen) · (bremsen) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 5:24 AM

kinda looks like the steering wheel interferes with the throttle lever.

(seangriswold) · (seangriswold) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-19-2006, 5:30 AM

it sure does!...looks like the wheel tilts...but still..

(jon4pres) · (jon4pres) **Join Date: May 2004** 05-19-2006, 6:28 AM

Has anyone seen a picture of an actual production boat yet?

(bremsen) · (bremsen) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 6:38 AM

Jon, pretty sure Alan is a dealer for Epic....it may be a production boat.

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 6:39 AM

On this boat the wheel comes withing 1/2 inch of hitting the throttle, but on the production boats this is fixed, throttle is moved back. I am so mad that I did not get any exterior shots of the boat, it was beautiful, black hull and white deck.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 05-19-2006, 7:12 AM

How about pictures of the wake?

(ripr) · (ripr) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 05-19-2006, 7:25 AM

An Epic is suppose to make an appearance this weekend at our Midwest Militia Demo Event. I'm interested to see it, and I'll take as many pics as I can...hopefully a quick set too.

(trace) · (trace) **Join Date: Feb 2002** 05-19-2006, 8:21 AM

i thought this smelled like a dealer post. this whole project is still interesting, but i for one am getting tired of all the hype and teasers. seriously, how can you post this thread without putting up a good shot of the wake?

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 8:41 AM

I actually have about 200+ pictures of the rider and the wake is in a lot of the pictures. Every picture is 4mb+. I downsized some of the pics to send to Jay and decided to go ahead post them here on wakeworld too, because I thought they were cool shots. I am a wakeboarder first and formost, but I just happen to be a dealer too. We were interested in the Epic and had the opportunity to go check one out(ride behind it). Hype and Teasers, come on dude, we are just all excited about a new boat design and its coming along nicely, call it enthusiasm, not hype. I was litterally in the boat the whole time so the only time I saw the sides of the boat was while I was riding, and i am not going to ride with a $3k camera. The only time I really saw the boat docked was when we went to Steph Tor's house, but right when we got there we started building a slider in her back yard (got a new winch) and I didn't have time to get my camera out of the boat. I will go to my mac some time today and try to find some wake pics, but I am telling you, just as with most boats, the pictures do not do it any justice!

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 9:14 AM

Here you go.

BTW, this is not a produciton boat. I think this is boat 3.

1. The black one
2. Camo DVS
3. Black hull white top.

As far as I know, production has begun and they may have turned out 2 or 3. The rep told me that they could have a prodution boat to me by July.
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(greenpinky) · (greenpinky) **Join Date: Apr 2004** 05-19-2006, 9:23 AM

Wake looks big, but not clean. I'm sure that's the rough water though.

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 05-19-2006, 9:33 AM

It looks pretty good to me.Get some pics of the wake in some Delta water.(water too choppy)

Damn I want to try one!

(Message edited by big_ed_x2 on May 19, 2006)

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 9:47 AM

It is very clean, there was no wash, it was very rough.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 05-19-2006, 11:00 AM

Salt water?

(trakkerguy) · (trakkerguy) **Join Date: Oct 2005** 05-19-2006, 11:04 AM

Looks good to me.

Alan - any idea what line length that is??

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 12:43 PM

Fresh water, Lake Mary Jane

HAHA, Almost forgot about that. I was riding 90' and Jay was riding 95' the wake is narrow, like a nautique

(trace) · (trace) **Join Date: Feb 2002** 05-19-2006, 2:44 PM

cool, thanks for the better wake pics. i'm really looking forward to seeing one of these in person.

bocephus 05-19-2006, 3:04 PM

Anyone know what radio Head Unit and Remote is in the Epic?

(alans) · (alans) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-19-2006, 3:29 PM

I am pretty sure it was Kenwood, it also had iPod controls in that little remote in the dash. The Transom audio is sweet too, almost forgot, pretty loud, not NVS loud, but definitly regular tower speaker loud.