strickmd

@CPC_1 I was in the same situation as you few years ago, found a great 1991 Prostar 190 in the middle of your price range in Michigan. There's not a ton of room in them like most inboards, but we squeeze 2 spotters on the front seat fairly often. Found it easiest to pull the back seat - more room for moving around.

I searched for only fiberglass stringers, so Malibus and Nautiques (mid 90s+) tended to be a little pricier than the MCs.

Maybe someone here has skied one to give some feedback, but the Supra TS6M kept coming up in my searches too, seemed like a solid ski boat at reasonable prices too

I lied, I found a pic - if I know how to post pics

 

Unfortunately no pics. Mine was the 108" wide model, it fit just outside the trailer wheels with about 1.5" to spare each way

I just moved a 2600# shore station with canopy this spring in Michigan. Put it on a car hauler with the fenders taken and the legs hanging off either side of the trailer. It just barely cleared the wheels. Moved it about 8 miles too. Just strapped it down and didn't budge on the trailer. We launched it off a pontoon trailer at the boat launch and floated it down to our lot on a couple 5x6 floats and some 2x6's.

200 miles, it's rough

Stay positive! We've all struggled at some point

Ok, yeah on our lake if you're not one the first couple boats on the water in the morning, your not gonna get good water the rest of the day, so a ski that would make choppy water usable would be nice. I'll have to start watching ski it again

@BraceMaker I'm probably not good enough to really be able to tell a difference between quality skis, we've got an early 90s Jobe and mid 00s Obrien and they feel a little different, but idk what that tells me or what the differencea mean

Thanks for the input. I've debated picking up a trick ski just to try it out anyway, might be a way to transition them over to slalom.

 

One of them has busted ear drums and gotten at least 1 concussion from wakeboarding, so I'm hoping the older we get, they might consider slalom the safer route.

 

Guess I could always 'accidentally' leave the wakeboard on the pier and only take skis next time

Anyone have some suggestions to get some wakeboarders to give skiing a shot? I've got a group of friends that prefer wakeboarding because they think skiing is boring and 'all you do is stand behind the boat.'

 

Part of it might be they've never skied behind a true ski boat, just an ancient outboard (they actually wakeboard behind it and it's pretty sad)

 

I've also got family that doesn't seem as into skiing as my cousin and I are. Our parents all used to ski, none of them have shown an interest in recent years, and they rest of our cousins haven't shown much of an interest either.

 

We've got a solid ski boat ('91 PS190), so any suggestions how I can convince people to give skiing a shot?

Great thread. We've had people have success with all these methods.

My cousins and I all learned by lifting a ski while on doubles, then dropping after we were comfortable.

When my dad was in high school, he and his buddies broke a ski, and had to learn 1 just to keep the day going.

Was teaching a buddy a few years ago, (skinny, but strong) and 2nd try he was up on one.

I really think a lot of it is on the individual and how much do they really want to get up. Biggest thing we've learned is keep to the basics - keep yourself bunched until the boat pulls you up - keep some pressure on the back leg

Much appreciated, got it all tucked away, just waiting for some warm weather!

Sent you a message, @seveet