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Silver flake makes sense. My flat black is impossible to keep clean and scratch free. All my sparkle hides everything.

Twins from the looks of it...different brands of course, even got a Dodge, thats good taste right there.

Bah! Seafoam/turquoise metal flake, no black, maybe some silver flake, now that would be sweet.

Sounds great. I should be there on the weekend. What color is your boat?

Good advice, never heard of this trough. If mine will hold together I'll run it a couple yeas.

I'm planning on being at the Portland boat show this year. I need to see a couple Centurions on the water as well as G23 before i make my decision. Then it will most likely be a special order.

Dealer is in the issues. I just can't commit the boat to being down for the weekend. They are not sure if they can do the crack repair mon to fri and have it back to me by Saturday morning, they are really busy.

I have the 409. No issues there.

I have upgraded ballast and lead. Believe me I'm trying to hold off buying for a couple years, buu this boat has so many issues.

Thanks I'll order it.

For real? Wow, that is an amazing boat you have. Definitely in another league with that beast.

We are usually out at LBC.

That was my plan also, couple years then upgrade, it still may happen cause I dont know if i want to spend a bunch more coin quite yet. This is not the only Supreme with cracks from the tower locally. Keep an eye out or better yet tighten your towers town cause apparently Supreme didnt.

I appreciate the in depth reply. Sorry to hear about your stinger issues. My interior in a few places is not good. The stitching was done on a friday by a drunk person, and now it's ripping the vinyl. Dealer here has a good gel guy, but I just am having a hard time swallowing the pill that I get gel repair for something I didnt do on a boat I saved a bunch of hard earned blue collar cash on. I originaly looked at MB's, in my opinion they have much nicer lines, more color options, and interior that actually matches the rest of the boat. Fit and finish in my opinion was better on the mb. I chose a local dealer I trust over boat manufacturer, and yes, they are still doing a fantastic job. They folks at Lifestyle wake are very accommodating and even took me out on the lake for the day when my boat was late in delivery which was not their fault. I can't, or wont lower my expectations, just not in me. The American dollar just dont go very far any more. Hope to see you on the lake, in a G23 or ri257 lol.

This curl is elusive. I find I have to constantly mess with the settings while towing as it often disappears. Wind? Current? Chop? I dont really know. The listed wave i tried had zero push. As soon as i filled all ballasts there was a ton of push so long as the curl remained. For myself i find a faster speed of 11.1 to 12.4 works better. Im demoing a Ronix Thruster this next weekend, 5'7". I liked the liquid force dart, very nice board, and i was able to surf ropeless, moving all throughout the wave, just want to see if a bigger board allows me to not have to pump as hard to stay in it. Ive been moving 200 lbs of lead to the surf side floor corner to help with weight, but like i said the more bodies on surf side the better. I also dabbled with putting folks up front, wave got longer and so long as 4 people were on rear on surf side the wave was pretty good, but again, due to whatever variables the curl would disappear and I would have to mess with settings. Thanks for the screen tip, Ill check it out.

Is that all stock ballast or do you have it upgraded? Again, that is incredible.

That is hands down the biggest wave I have seen. Thats an ri257?

Do i have to sign up for instagram? I couldn't find him.

I wish there were, im 6'2" and find myself standing most of the time cause I can't see over.

Plus one on aerospace protectant. Ive been using boat bling and boat candy for waterspots, the Candy is marginally better and not as smelly. Need a good wax next.

Makes sense why mine was over the 8k mark as I have 600 lbs of lead.

One last post. Props to Pat at NW Boat Sports, very knowledgeable, and took the time to help me with some settings to try out, as well as what to look for in a board. Made a big difference. Need to get up there and have a look at a 257 and see this giant curl in person. If that picture I posted is legit, I may be in the market for a Cenurion.

Have you changed up your settings some? Also,does your wave curl at all like the ri257 picture I posted?

Sounds like you have surfed a variety of boats. Which one has the biggest and longest wave with the most curl? Im thinking 257?

Impressions and issues My PNP rears are draining. Keep having to fill back up, what gives? Port side tower is popping loudly, cant isolate yet. Front port speaker still in and out. Cracks have stopped getting worse in gel coat where the tower mounts, will be warranted but not happy about having a ghetto gel coat patch job in my future. Rear swim platform rub rail backing out in numerous places. Stitching showing wear in rear seat where people step up, not looking promising. Front seat cushion stitching is crooked and showing a wrinkle and wear. Touch screen on starboard quick fill is very unresponsive. Have to tap hard. Most of touch screen needs multiple hard taps to activate Water temp is 8 degrees off. Rear engine divider chanel has been re screwed by me when it blew out, starboard has a slope into the engine, port is level and no issues. Rear carpet covered triangular shaped pieces screwed with two screws in rear lockers, next to engine divider are falling down below floor. They cantilever with no support in rear, poor design fuel gauge is not graduated very well, 100 to 20% with not much in the middle 35 ish hours so far. On the fence, 50/50. Its ok for the price as compared to 100k plus boats, but shows poor craftsmanship in quite a few areas and lacks some technological features of the higher end boats. Normal fit and finish is sub par. I had less problems on a 15 year old wakesetter. We are still having fun in the water, but this boat will not be sticking around for long unless I financially cant afford a different boat or something magical happens.