Centurion Boats is a watersports boat manufacturer based out of Merced California, with an East coast factory in Woodland North Carolina.

Centurion builds a line of inboard boats for water skiing

Water skiing

thumb|right|A slalom skier making a turn on a slalom waterski.Waterskiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water, skimming the surface.-History:...

, wakeboarding

Wakeboarding

Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques....

, and wakesurfing

Wakesurfing

Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a surfer trails behind a wakeboard boat, surfing the boat's wake without being directly attached to the boat. The wake from the boat mimics the look and feel of an actual ocean wave...

 with both direct drive and V-Drive configurations.

History

Centurion was founded in 1976 by world record holding boat racer Rick Lee who is still the President and CEO. 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.

Sponsorships

Centurion has sponsored the World Wakesurfing Championships since its inception. The most recent purse for event winners was over $35,000.

In 2007 Centurion sponsored the NASCAR race: 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen

2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen

The 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season, and was run on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Watkins Glen Raceway in New York...

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In 2008 Centurion sponsored the NASCAR race: 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen

2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen

The 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the second and final road course event of the season. The 90-lap, race was held on August 10, 2008 at the historic Watkins Glen International Raceway in the New York namesake village...

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Centurion sponsors Ricky Gonzalez as a team rider.

Boats

Upcoming Centurion Boats models include:

• Enzo SV244
• Enzo SV233
• Enzo SV211
• Enzo SV240+
• Enzo SV230+
• Avalanche
• Elite V
• Carbon Pro

Previous Centurion models include:

• 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