eyepeeler

AB,  I feel just the opposite with ZO.  It feels to me like the boat is hitting on about four cyllinders.  I don't get to ski with ZO very often.   The  last three boats that I skied with ZO were Malibu, Nautique, and Malibu.  The first Malibu that I skied was a total dog.  Felt like it's engine was a six cyllinder out of a '68 Rambler.  The next ZO boat that I skied was a Nautique with 800 hours that had never had a tune-up and it felt like a dog.  The last Malibu ZO boat that I skied behind felt horrible and I found out later that the fuel pressure was low and the fuel pump was on it's way out.

My boat has PP and I can run 38 backwards on a 2x4 while birdwatching.  Needless to say,  I haven't had a good impression of ZO.    

AB,  The main reasons to ski are for fun, exercise, and to enjoy the outdoors, therefore your boat is not obsolete.   Your boat delivers all of that and more.  I ski everyday with an old boat with PP and run 38 while birdwatching and deep 39 on public lake.  I quit going to tournaments when ZO was introduced and haven't looked back.  ZO and $50,000 ski boats are an absolute joke.  I would love to know how many people are out there having fun skiing hard with old boats but not going to tournaments.