No tower - rope pulls down

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

I dont even no if i can get air at all or even start any trciks.... im only starting but when i tried to jump the wake the front of my board jus dug in ... dus the row pulling me down not let me get big air or any air at all?

bighitbiker3 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 386 City: Seattle

That is definatly not pulling you down unless its like attached below the prop. lol. Get a progressvie edge stand tall and have the rope at your hips and you should be flying.

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

ta .... i'll try it ... jus watch the PWT in a couple years and see if it worked

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

Fanx 4 the help but the rope really really jus slant down ..... waht easy ways are there off making it higher .... and huge air is a problem or not????

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

Does this affect getting up? becuase wit a tower i'd imagine that when getting up it "pulls" you up but wit mine the rope goes down so it wont really pull you donw will it it will jus pull you along? so for beginners wit it be harder to get up?

bighitbiker3 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 386 City: Seattle

Yes it is easier to get up with a tower but plenty easy without one.

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

yo TomOgorman, iv'e been riding for 3 years with out a tower yes i've riden with a tower and it is a lot nice and can do just a little more but ur not even ready for tricks that can't be done with out a tower, i can do w2w 360's, spins, grabs, etc off a boat with no tower and i even saw a friend on my lake land a flip

yes a tower is much nicer but it is not needed at all and know you are not getting pulled down just lean back a little more and speed up the boat then if ur being pulled down u want to be gliding on the water
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Wallrat · Posted: Jul 09, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

If your getting pulled down (i.e. head first forward) when you jump its because you're not keeping the handle at your hips. Also having a stretchy ski rope can add to this problem.

Blake · Posted: Jul 09, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject:

If the nose of your board is digging into the wake, the problem isnt with your rope at all. The problem is within your technique. Keep your weight back... Try riding with one hand and go from there. Another trick we use with our newer riders is to just edge in and start to really edge hard at the end and drop the handle and pop off the wake without it. Believe it or not, you should be going wake to wake just like that.

Remember, quick hard edge, build up the most speed at the end, and then right before you hit the wake, stand tall. You are probally going to fall a few times, but it is all about timing. Within this weekend or whenever you ride again, you should be clearing your wake.

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

fanx 2 everyo0ne ...... im really going to try that this weeknd ... im going out for a late evening sesh on saturday when its quiet and ill get about an hour in riding before i have to give over to my brother ... thankyou for your help and i'll let you knopw how it goes

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

wallrat? do you hav staright or bent arms when you have your arms at your hip?

777 · Newbie Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 23 City: decatur

bent arms and look at the horizon ! if u look down U will go down!!!

numbfoot · Posted: Jul 13, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

bighitbiker3 and the rest of you. Jeez shut up. Yes, the rope does pull you down. But not how he's talking about. Genarally the idea of a tower is to have the rope higher than you are, because when the rope is lower and you jump you get less hang time because the rope pulls down.

ANYWAY, back to the question. you don't need a tower to get air. it's very possible to get big air w/o one.

and AirProfile, there's no trick that you absolutely have to have a tower to do. any trick can be done w/o a tower.

Snoop108 · Criminal Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 59 City: iola

ya i dont have a tower ( im gonna get a monster soon ) and i still can do all the basic grabs and spins.

jkeeler11123 · Criminal Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 62 City: Lake Geneva

I dont have a tower either, and i can get fairly good air, you just have to practice your timing on jumping the wake, if you get it perfect, you will get some nice air. I was amazed.