Anyone (not just Pete) saying outboards are better for skiing than inboards I honestly feel are trying to troll this forum. A boat is a tool like anything else. If I want to get a nail into a wall, I use a hammer. Could I use the opposite end of a screwdriver? Yeah, but the hammer is designed to hit nails. That’s what it’s meant for. Inboard are made for skiing. Will an outboard get you on top of the water behind a boat, maybe running some buoys? Yeah, but that’s not really what those boats are designed for. The people designing ski boats aren’t idiots, and people designing outboards aren’t geniuses, if an outboard offered an advantage over an inboard it would be offered. If a swivel seat was desired by skiers instead of a rear facing seat, it would be offered. The engineers who design boats for the big 3 know what they are doing, if they didn’t they either wouldn’t have jobs, or another company would come along, find designers who know what they’re doing, and they would sell ski boats. I skied behind outboards for years, today if I were offered a pull behind one I would most likely pass and save my energy and risk of injury for a set behind my boat. This is only my opinion.