Each have their favorites but I would put an Allison XB21 and/or a LCB up against the biggest Champ made. Don't get me wrong, they are exclellent boats. But not the top dog in wave tameing. Quite a few Allison owners came from Champions :-) Talk about physics...you are right about that one. IMO driver input "can" determine how well a boat (ANY BOAT) handles bad conditions ;)