New invention

Phaeton · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 572 City: Redding

Check it out.

http://www.slingshotinfo.com/

oshensurfer · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject:

Wierd. I can't stand the first part of the vid. I guess if you have an IO this would be great.

Bruky · Guest

Interesting. Sounds like a lawsuit to me. Laughing

DavidHoff · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject:

It is a cool new invention and all and it looks like it would get boring pretty quickly.

colefooter · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

Hes not going THAT huge, id have to try it though

Phaeton · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 572 City: Redding

oshensurfer, Don't get it

Bruky, why

Davo.FSF, explain

colefooter, your better?

This is a product that is in it's early design stages. Most the riders are pro's and have a ton of experience expecially Geno and Kevin. Why so skeptical? Not disagreeing just wondering.

Eric Golsan · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject:

"Fire...bad" Laughing

"computer....bad" Laughing

"internet....bad" Laughing

"slingshot......"

Guest · Posted: Oct 22, 2004 11:07 pm Post subject:

Phaeton, first off, looks like something some kid is going to get his fingers caught in. Secondly, what's the difference between that and a hella stretchy rope. Thirdly, no, colefooter isn't better.

I may be proven wrong in the future, but it just doesn't seem like something we need at this point in time. Effectively, you would need a higher tower to put it into full effect, no? Slingshot may become something great, so I guess I will see.

WhirlyBird5 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 261 City: Belmont

hmm and here i was thinking you always needed as little strech as possible...

colefooter · Posted: Oct 23, 2004 8:18 am Post subject:

heck no i am not better

im actually a ton worse than that dude

i have never seen that guy ride before so i dont know how big he usually goes

joedirt00 · Posted: Oct 23, 2004 8:21 am Post subject:

DavidHoff · Posted: Oct 23, 2004 8:37 am Post subject:

Phaeton, It looks like it would get old quick because in the first video the guy kept doing the same thing over and over in the flats. Don't get me wrong and all, I think It is a good invention and can be fun, but just curious that If someone wanted to do wake jumps only, would the sling shot really be worth it?

salmon_tacos · Posted: Oct 23, 2004 8:38 am Post subject:

It's different from a stretchy rope in that it "stretches" a small predefined amount then stops. So, once it is "loaded," you can still load the line just as you would with a normal non-stretch rope. Then, when it "recoils," they can control how fast it does so. I see a shock on there so I'm guessing it pulls more slowly than a stretchy rope would. This would prevent the undesirable situation you get with a stretchy rope, where the rope jerks you forward quickly, then leaves you with a bunch of slack.

Of course, all this adds up to zero. A stretchy rope is bad for your riding. This thing...well...it's just different. I don't believe it gives you any appreciable advantage. It would feel different because it would give you a pull once you're in the air. The maximum amount that it could increase your air would be the travel of the mechanism, i.e. a foot or two. Of course, that would be if it were pulling you straight up. It is not. At the end of a 70 foot rope, where the pull point is only 5 feet or so above the handle, the upward component of the pull would be negligible, maybe providing you with and extra inch of air. The real key to pop is the tension when you hit the wake, not once you've left it. This contraption would not change that. It's a gimmick.