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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2005 7:18 am    Post subject: Towers and Pylons Reply with quote

Do towers and Pylons really make a bid difference on getting air?
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PostPosted: Jun 30, 2005 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yeah, I have a tower since the beginning of the summer and it's so amazing. Last year I was riding without one and I was having so much difficulties to jump w2w. If you try one, you won't be able to resist! Smile
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2005 4:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because some people say that they dont make much of a difference and its not worth the money, but everytime i see someone getting huge air, they have a tower or a pylon.
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2005 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

huge difference. buy a tower and slap it on your boat. pylons are a hassle, but get teh job done.
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2005 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how much are they? and how much do they help u out i mean like on a scale 1-10 Question Question
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PostPosted: Jul 02, 2005 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it depends on what kind of tower you get. Some cost 600 dollars, and some cost 1600.
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PostPosted: Jul 02, 2005 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jkeeler11123 wrote:
it depends on what kind of tower you get. Some cost 600 dollars, and some cost 1600.

well its kinda like 600 to 5000 Laughing

it dosent try to pull u down like the stock pylon it pulls u up so its easier to get up with and when ur it dosent limit the air you can get unless u get a lot!!!!

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PostPosted: Jul 02, 2005 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when u say 5000, do u mean with the speakers and racks? cuz im looking in a magazine and the towers are mostly all around 1500. Idk maybe theres some better ones.
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PostPosted: Jul 02, 2005 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Towers don't make much of a difference if you can barely clear the wake on a normal ski hook. The tower only helps when you get to the point where the ski hook is pulling down when you jump, which is why you see all the big air people having towers.

I do reccomend a tower or pylon though, i use to ride off of a ski hook thing and it eventually made me unable to go any higher with my jumps. Then i moved on to a tower and it made a great difference.
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PostPosted: Jul 02, 2005 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the only thing is i dont have the money to get one Shocked
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PostPosted: Jul 04, 2005 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^^that could be a problem.
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PostPosted: Jul 08, 2005 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

id say the cheapest option would be an extended pylon....it latches on to your normal sky pylon and then has liek an anchor that latches on to the front of your boat, they look like stuff but hey....
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