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I had a Siege, and it was the worst ski I've ever ridden! I got it free from Obrien, a sales incentive thing, and that's about all it was worth! It's light years from a Sixam.

I'm only 37, but I've already lived through "global cooling", "global warming", and now "climate change"! Sorry! back to skiing!

Interesting discussion! I alpine ski raced from age 7 to 18. Attended summer race camping at Mt Hood every year. Raced select champs, divisionals, JO's, etc, but have never once competed in waterskiing. Ironicall, from my experience, I've found the exact opposite to be true with most competitive waterskiers. When I first started trying running buoys at about 13 years old, I used to think back then that it was similar to GS, and pretty much tried to ski like I was running a GS course. I didn't have a waterski coach, so I didn't know any better.  I still have have pics of myself skiing back then, and if the term "counter-rotation" existed, that's how people would've described my "style".  About 4 years ago, I started skiing with an old baller on a regular basis, and he thought I had an odd looking form. In fact, he refered to it as "lacking"! At the time, he had never heard of the west coast thing, and I had only read the term in WS mag, not really caring what it was all about. The only thing I knew was that I was 5'8", never had a lick of coaching, and could run consistent -32' passes at 34; good enough for the girls I go out with! Fast forward a couple of years, he bought the Syderhoud video on west coast slalom, and low and behold, they were mimicking snow skiing on water. Patience, control and a quiet upper body was pounded into my head from years of alpine coaching, and I just used the same concept when waterskiing, as it just kind of worked for me. With all that said, I think the two are very alike, and am actually suprised it took so long for ballers to discover it.  Â

Central kentucky is brokering those boats for Orlando Nautiques.

If I could take girls our for a ride in the pariscope pylon, I'd be in for one - wait, that sounds kind of X rated!?

OB, Orlando Nautiques will go $28,900 on the '09 SE w. ZO, bimini and ZR6 (149 hours). That's with a Ramlin underneath. That's probably the best price for such a boat out there, although it does have some dirt under the fingernails - a couple of tears in the rear seat, and I'd probably replace the carpet, due to being anal. The FL sun is a little harsher on boat interiors, versus WI apparently! I'm sworn to secrecy on my deal, per Mark M., but I'm very satisfied with the outcome. See you in a week MS... It'll take some adjusting to see the Son booth loaded with Centurions!Â

I'm the happy new owner of that '08 from Son. My 3rd, and likely last 196, since there's no chance CC brings them back. I looked at numerous 08's and 09's, and it was the cleanest I could find. I couldn't pass up the deal either. A total win-win!Â

My name is Scott Calderwood, 37, and I'm originally from Spread Eagle, WI - neighbors with Jim. In fact, Jim's father was my dad's best man, and I played in a band with his younger brother for a few years. I'm now a marketing manager for Mason Companies, the largest footwear cataloger in the world - soon to break into general merch! I grew up on the Spread Eagle Chain of Lakes and have been waterskiing pretty much my entire life. Oct 27th, I close on a new home just north of my adopted home town of Chippewa Falls, WI (home of Leinie's!) on one of the best kept slalom lake secrets in the state - aside from the private lakes. I grew up in an MC family, but switched to a CC 196 as I could swing the freight myself. I'm currently boatless, after selling my '07LE, but have a long cold winter to shop for a new one. Cheers all!

$48k is the asking price of this totally decked out, new, boat. Some seem to be comparing that to the selling prices of 200's, which obviously is not apples to apples - hence the $72k retail I was quoted from my CC dealer for a CB. Single axle, 343 w/ ZO will easily be in the $30's out the door. Centurion crew's site has 2 videos - one drive by and one wake/spray. It turns flat, and the wakes look pretty darn nice. This boat might be hard to beat for the price - heck maybe regardless of price? I never thought I'd buy a Centurion, but I'm very interested in it.

I know of a mint '08 196 Limited (200 hours), that can be purchased for $29.9, but it only has factory cruise and the color combo is awful. Red belly, white mid, vapor top stripe. It's at a dealership, and has been for over a year, so they may really be willing to deal. You'll just have to learn to live with the color.

H2O, You're right, watersports should be all inclusive, but to say that only slalom guys denegrate wakeboarders is false from my experience. I've gotten shredded by wakeboarders for being a "dinosaur" slalom skier, etc. I think the integration of the sports has been difficult simply due to the different mindsets. Slalom skiers tend to take it very seriously, almost with the feeling of a golfer teeing off - focused. Wakeboarding is almost like a basketball slam dunk contest - loud, with groups of people partying it up on the sidelines. It's hard to mesh the two I guess. Of course there's always this -- 10 people in the boat,1 boarder=party; 2 people in the boat, 1 skier=company.Â

Boody's friend's price makes sense. $70k is around the retail on a 2011 200TE, but not what you'd actually pay - unless you're willing to pay it I guess? I won't reveal my price quote on a 2011TE CB, as some of you may go punch your salesman;-) They're still expensive, but not to the extent people are claiming. Then again, maybe my dealer is just abnormally cool!

I'm one of the minions whose skied my entire life, and never entered one sanctioned tournament. We purchased our own boat, gear and course, and just competed against ourselves. One observation I have about the popularity of wakeboarding versus skiing is the musical aspect (I would see that being a pro musician). As annoying as it can be for a quiet day on the dock, wakeboarders pump their own soundtrack into their sets, usually loud gen-X noise that makes them feel like they're performing an extreme sport. IMO, being slingshot across a wake at 60mph is about as extreme as it gets, we're just missing the "action" music accompanying us. Like my father used to say, "it ain't extreme if you don't need gloves". Anyway, my intention is not to denegrate wakeboarding, but rather to point out the generational difference in our sports. Add loud, banging systems to slalom boats, and promote dudes full of tats running shortline, and kids would take to it instantly - without parental pursuasion. You all might think I'm crazy, but just think about! Cheers yo!!