Quote Originally Posted by Schlanseay View Post
Thank you all for the thoughts and insights. Our top end budget fall right in the middle of slightly optioned Craz or less optioned Kaiyen / Max. I think we would upgrade larger in a few years.


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I'm no pro, but here's some info I gathered from my research in the fall.

Take into consideration on how you will boat
- do you trailer or have a lake hose / slip? Space for gear and towability should be a factor.
Pros for each boat in my opinion-
Kayen will surf great stock (no lead) and is smaller, it's the only one with a walkthrough stern. That's the best feature IMHO. It also has the Flow 3.
Max is best bang for the buck but will require the most additional ballast. Once it's weighted, it has the potential for the biggest wave, but has Flow 2.0.(inferior)
Craz has Flow 3 surf system available. This would be my reason to pick Craz if I was mainly surfing and needed more space than Kayen, or if you like the traditional bow.
We are on a lake, with no need to carry gear and use a pontoon boat for cruising, so we went with a Mondo, but out of the three you are considering I would pick the Kayen.
If I was trailering and would be spending a full day on the water, than the Max would be it.
Either way, there's no bad choice, only what's your flavor.
Good luck