Axis Wake, the price-conscious manufacture from the brains behind Malibu Boats, finally has a website up, and although it does offer a little more information about the new brand and their first model, mostly it just confirms what we already knew; Malibu really doesn’t now how to make attractive website.

While we’re thankful to get some additional information about the Axis A22, it would be nice if there weren’t numerous errors, incomplete information and a lack of style scattered throughout the site.

Still, apparently something is better than nothing, and here’s to hoping this is only the starting point for Axis’ web experience.

WakeORIGIN has just heard that pro wakeskater Silas Thurman, the man behind the bi-level LF SST wakeskate, is leaving Liquid Force to head up Company Wake’s wakeskate division. While no official announcement has been made yet, we expect to hear something shortly, which means Company is charging head first into wakeskates.

Silas was responsible for the SST, a board that the rest of the LF wakeskate team loves so much they ditched their own pro models to ride. He’s also team manager for Nike 6.0, and is actively involved in growing their watersports program. Together with Company, the two should make a great team that will continue to bring innovation and durability to the wakeskate community.

We wish all parties involved the best of luck, and look forward to seeing what Silas and Company Wake come up with in the years to come.

It’s Friday, which is the best day of the week, so here’s a coupon for 10% off everything (well, not really everything) at Wakeside.com. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to pick up some new wakeboard gear, or some apparel from the best brands in the industry, here you go!

The offer ends this weekend though, and the coupon can only be used one time, so choose wisely.

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Three months ago Liquid Force wakeskater Stef Tor (she’s the hot, in that Angelina Jolie way, wakeskater from Canada that stormed onto the scene with her punk style and multiple tats) broke her leg in a skating accident.

An industry magazine caught up with her to check and see how the recovery was going, and we’ve got her comments. Thankfully Stef is back on the water, and hitting the PT hard to be in shape for next year.

Check out her comments after the jump; you’ll want to read them with a Canadian accent though, it makes the grammar mistakes less grating.

Jetpilot, you know, the guys that make the most popular vests in the wakeboard industry, just dropped their new website on us. Thankful it’s like on the jetski gear (stand-ups FTW), and instead chooses to focus on the wake scene.

Mike Schwenne gets a lot of play on the new site, as do the rest of Jetpilot’s sponsored athletes. The site features all of Jetpilot’s wake gear, and you can even purchase vests and wetsuits directly off the interwebs now if you’re that kind of shopper.

Other than almost every link opening in a new window (is this 1999?), and the fact that they spell wakeboard as wake board all over the place, it’s a solid site, and is a huge step up for the aviating vest manufacturer.

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We spent the weekend implementing a completely new version of the WakeORIGIN Photo Galleries to make browsing wakeboarding related pictures easier for our readers. Many aspects look similar, but underneath is a new engine to make viewing the galleries faster and more convenience. We also added some new features to the mix, including the most requested upgrade, high-resolution images.

Here are the major improvements we made:

• High Resolution Images: We now offer the option to view the high resolution version of each image where it’s available.
• Paginated Browsing: Instead of loading all of the galleries at once, now only 10 are loaded at a time. That means the page loads a lot faster so you can start looking at wakeboarding pictures sooner.
• Better Navigation: New navigation makes it easier to browse through the photos in an album in order.
• Related Post Link: If the gallery you’re viewing is related to a specific post on the site, a link will appear in the top right corner so you can get all of the information about content the of the gallery.

Start browsing through the new WakeORIGIN.com Photo Galleries now, and let us know what you think.

After releasing the details on their new for 2009 Launch 21V wakeboard boat, Supra has pulled the wraps off their new website for next year, which features specs, images, and video of their entirely v-drive model lineup for 2009.

In addition to a rich media experience, which includes video clips of Supra’s pro team talking about each boat’s features, the new website also includes a boat building tool that allows you to customize and price all of Supra’s models.

Supra continues to improve not only their product, but also their marketing and promotions, creating an even more attractive experience for potential Supra owners. If you’ve been thinking about a new boat and Supra is on your list, head over to www.supraboats.com for more information.

You can read the official press release below the fold.

Have you checked out the Company Wake blog lately? Justin Stephens, the founder of the upstart company, has made a few posts over the last week that could be interpreted as indicative of something big coming.

Company Wake finally showed their goods at Surf Expo in September, so who knows what they have left up their sleeve, but it’s clear Justin is pumped about something, even if it’s just the general direction things are going at his new project.

Of course it could just be the random musings of Stephens, and not actually have anything to do with anything news related happening at The Company, but we’re hoping that’s not the case.

What do you think, something up, or no big deal? Let us know in the comments.

There’s a reason you’ve probably never heard of Megan Ethell; she’s only 11 years old. Just because she can’t drive legally, isn’t even in middle school yet, and her Ronix Krush Wakeboard is almost as tall as she is, doesn’t mean she can’t rip on a wakeboard.

Ethell is sponsored by Ronix Wakeboards and can be found regularly at OWC putting on a show and teaching the boys a thing or two.

Check out the video after the jump to see exactly what the next generation of wakeboarding is going to look like. Just keep in mind that she has a few more years to grow up, which is only going to make her a better rider.

Going into the summer there was a lot of discussion surrounding how (relatively) high gas prices would impact the boating industry. Clearly they’ve had an impact on what type of vehicles American’s are purchasing, but I’m not sure the higher cost of fuel actually kept many wakeboarders off of the water.

Now that the end of the season is near, how much were you on the water this summer? Probably less than you wanted to be, but was that actually because of the price of gas? If you put 100 hours on your boat this summer, that’s around 600 gallons of gas consumed. If the average price of a gallon of gas went up $1.50 from last summer, that’s another $900 spent to use your boat. Is that enough to keep people off the water, or do most wakeboarders figure it’s worth it?

Let us know in the comments.