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Centurion Boats Centurion LogoType Vessels, Vessel Parts and Supplies Industry Vessels, Vessel Parts and Supplies Founded 1976 Headquarters Merced, California, USA Key people Rick Lee - Founder Website www.centurionboats.com Centurion Boats is a watersports boat manufacturer based out of Merced California, with an East coast factory in Woodland North Carolina.[1]
Centurion builds a line of inboard boats for water skiing, wakeboarding, and wakesurfing with both direct drive and V-Drive configurations.
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History
Centurion was founded in 1976 by world record holding boat racer Rick Lee who is still the President and CEO.[2] Centurion built its first tournament waterski boat in 1979. In 1983 the Warrior Barefoot Comp was the first outboard boat to pull the prestigious AWSA Barefoot Nationals. In 1984 Centurion developed S-Rails which were a simple, yet innovative way to reduce spray from the bottom of the boat. Borrowing from the V-Drive race boat designCenturion built the first V-Drive watersports boat in 1986. The first production boat designed specifically for wakeboarding and wakesurfing was designed by Centurion in 1995. In 2003 Centurion developed the sideswipe exhaust which made wake surfing safer behind the boats, and in 2005 Centurion developed ventilated tracking fins.[3]
Sponsorships
Centurion has sponsored the World Wakesurfing Championships since its inception. The most recent purse for event winners was over $35,000.[4]
In 2007 Centurion sponsored the NASCAR race: 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen.
In 2008 Centurion sponsored the NASCAR race: 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen.
Centurion sponsors Ricky Gonzalez as a team rider.[5]
Boats
Upcoming Centurion Boats models include[6]:
- Enzo SV244
- Enzo SV233
- Enzo SV211
- Enzo SV240+
- Enzo SV230+
- Avalanche
- Elite V
- Carbon Pro
Previous Centurion models include[7]:
- Enzo SV240
- Enzo SV230
- Air Warrior
- Hurricane
- Tornado
- Typhoon
- Falcon
- Elite
- Hawk
- LaPoint
- Eclipse
- Eclipse V
- Concourse
- TruTrac IV
- TruTrac III
- TruTrac II
- TruTrac
- Barefoot Warrior
- Barefoot Warrior Comp
(Race Boats)- FinelineBullet Hydro
- XH-1
(1970's)- T5000
- Sport 21
- Sport 20
- 18 Bubble
- Dominator
- Dominator Cat
- Tsunami
- Flight 33
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Categories:- American boat builders
- Companies established in 1976
- Manufacturing companies based in California
- Companies based in Merced County, California
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