no tower..can i still jump?

Mobe789 · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject: no tower..can i still jump?

Hey i have a regal 18ft bowrider, and im using the tow ring to wakeboard..i can do 180's and stuff, but im jsut wondering if i can still get some type of air or wake to wake without a tower or ext. pylon

savage3221 · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 8:16 pm Post subject:

Yup, you sure can. The higher towpoint really helps more with hangtime in the air, and not so much with the height gotten, although it may affect it a little bit.

DavidHoff · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 8:16 pm Post subject:

Yea, Definitely. Towers don't effect how high or how far you get on your jumps, they just serve as a high tow point which will give you more hang time. Rather than being pulled down in the air, the tower allows you to stay up longer, but this has no effect on your maximum height or distance, just the amount of time your in the air.

Bowen · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject:

I suggest you pick up the wakeboarding film Retrospect and see all the people tearin it up behind Direct Drives w/ ski ropes and no tower

DavidHoff · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject:

Bowen · Posted: Nov 01, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

DavidHoff, you gotta represent...

Blindside_137 · Posted: Nov 02, 2004 5:35 am Post subject:

but lets think about the logic.....

im not being a smartass but im curious.

if you edge just like u did before u had a tower (but now u do) and you are popped off the wake traveling the same speed you always do. wouldnt being in the air longer increase your distance which would make it easier to do W2W?????

89 skier · Addict Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 729 City: Dallas

Blindside_137, That would seem to make sense. The tower would allow you to stay in the air longer and pull you down like it would from being pulled by the tow eye.

I've seen guys riding behind a bowrider doing big W2W jumps and 360's without a tower or pylon. So it's possible. You just need to find the right technique.

Bowen · Posted: Nov 02, 2004 2:27 pm Post subject:

Blindside_137, I landed my first 3 behind an I/O w/o a tower. I have also seen people doing inverts w/o one

Blindside_137 · Posted: Nov 02, 2004 2:32 pm Post subject:

i never said it wasnt possible, what im saying is that a tower doesnt only increase hang time but it also increases distance

Mobe789 · Posted: Nov 03, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

Blindside_137, i see where ur comin from man, thats what my question is all about

Blindside_137 · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 1:28 pm Post subject:

lol, a tower would improve your distance and hang time. i think it improves air too as i rode behind an x-2 with a tower and went really high but that could be cause of the wake

colefooter · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject:

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

Wakesetter789, landed my first tantrum behind an 18' crownline bowrider with no tower and the only weight was my friends..so yes you can jump!

Blindside_137 · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject:

colefooter · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject:

i went behind a boat w/o a tower after being behind wakeboats all summer and i could still pull off little backrolls

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 5:30 pm Post subject:

YES, It is completly posible you jump W2W without a tower Cool

enjoy wakeboarding Very Happy

wakeboarder07 · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject:

I learned to wakeboard without a tower, and I've seen major things done on boats without towers. Totally possible!

Mobe789 · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject:

when should i get a tower tho..i have my nonstretch rope and stuff and i got a nice board..but i still want a ballast system and a tower..i jsut need to know when i should get it

DavidHoff · Posted: Nov 04, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject:

Get It any time you want. It's never going to hold you back, only going to help you advance somewhat. It's up to you to get great a riding, but ballast and a tower is a small step there. If You can do it now, then I say go ahead and do it!

-=OUTRAGE=- · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 133

i ride behind a 15' whaler off of a towing harness and my frineds and I can land 3's some 5's and easy inverts.

Numberone_Newbie1 · Criminal Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 73

I have seen less talented people try to land inverts w/o a tower. I just laugh at them.

waverider* · Outlaw Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 145 City: Pickwick,Tn

I wakeboard without a tower.. but
I'm thinking about selling the waverunner. (cuz we don't even use it) And get that money and buy a tower... it'd be awesome.. but will see

DunDunDun · Posted: Nov 07, 2004 12:57 pm Post subject:

i dont ride behind a tower and i bet if i did it still do faceplants or penis pushers just as hard.

wakeagu · Outlaw Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 115 City: Cordoba

Yous spoiled guys!
man, here where i live having an INBOARD motor is like having a ferarri.
I wakeboard behind an 18ft bowrider with a 1,15mt pylon and i can do w2w jumps easily. And the saddest thing is that this will be the only boat ill ride for long long LONG time!!!

Mobe789 · Posted: Nov 11, 2004 12:24 pm Post subject:

yeah thats what i have..an 18 ft bowrider

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 12, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

Definetily!!! Here is a picture of my wake(its a little crooked and both are bad quality because I grabbed them out of a video) and my friend jumping it. My friend was about 6 feet up above the second wake! He has a very interesting technique. He cuts EXTREMELY hard (like harder than randy harris) and then backs off at the transition and the pops with the board flat. It must work tho cuz he gets the most air outta anybody behind my boat. I dont get quite this much air but it is possible just gotta cut harder IMO.