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Originally Posted by King12
Elite v lightning hurricane are same hull. Air warrior is an option package for that hull. It has spray pockets that make surf wave hard to dial and never the best. Doable, but hard. You have to lean it on its side like crazy.
Mine is 02 elite v. Wakeboard wake is very vertical, and fun but if you put any weight in it prepare to speed up a lot to clean the wake up. No 17mph kinda stuff is gonna happen.!
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This post is pretty right on. This hull was a great multisport hull. Not really a pure wakeboard machine but a respectable beginner intermediate boat. I leaned all my inverts off it. . Tons of room in the boat but factory ballast was about the max wake setup. Great for Newbs, beginners, and intermediate riders. The boat rides and performs well with factory ballast. But adding extra 1000 pounds really does nothing. It's a very steep wake not rampy as are most Centurions because of their deep V hulls. So I would stay away from hurricane/ lightning/elite v hull. This is also the hull with the weird wake on the passenger side. It's weird in that you really need to weight to boat off level. It needs toean little to passenger side to keep wakes clean.
I would be looking Avalanche, Cyclone or Elite V C4( this a a completely different boat than standard Elite v............ this is where info gets mixed and scewed ). . Both the Cyclone and Avy boats share the same hull design. The Cylone is the 20ft 8 version and the Avalanche is 22ft. Both boats produce great wakes with nice pop off factory ballast. The Elite V C4 has a similar design to to the Avy and Cyclone. It's much better surf and wakeboat. No matter what model make sure it has the hydraulic wake plate. The boats NEED IT .
The Air warrior was a graphics package offered on both the Elite v and Elite V C4. Again another confusing point between the Elite V and Elite V C4. You can easily tell the difference in hulls. As mentioned the Elite V has huge spray pockets or notches out of the back of the hull. The other easy spot is that the boat flares to a 30-40 angle and widens just below rub rail on the Elite V. The Elite V C4 has more traditional lines and no spray pockets.