Just for reference, I sold my 1997 Tige' in 2018 for $11k with the trailer. As stated, it had about 1700+ hours on it. Bought it with 12 demo hours on it in 1998 for $29k.
Boom is good for learning tricks and teaching, long line is where its at...... Never did to front to backs down long line.
I wish I had more to spend, If I sell my RZ I may have more to spend. I'm just not sure how much I really want to spend on a boat right now.
Thought of ski boots too, like he was a collector! In general back in the day they designed the best "ski boats" to have the smallest wake possible for slalom, jumping, and trick skiing and bare footing. Master craft, Ski Natique, Malibu, Tige, ect. Then wake boarding came along, thank god, guys got the idea to bring as much people on the boat as possible. Then the external water bags came. Fast forward 20 years, I'm on a mastercraft last summer with a cruise control, ballasts that fill up with a button, can change the wake for wake surfing depending on regular or goofy with a button. It's fun to see boats change over the years
Every time I see the title of this thread, I keep seeing old ski boots as well. I have some nice early 90's black boots with purple accents that are still in occasional use today.