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cwbxwakex939
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i just got my first wakeboard and i cant wait to get on the water with it
but my boat doesnt have a tower on it will that affect me when i start going for jumps?
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wakeboardwillis
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: |
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If your new to wakeboarding your short pole should be good enough to learn your basice, but a tower or an extended pylon will help you catch a lot more air as you progress. It makes getting up easier for beginners too. I would suggest getting an extended pylon, its a lot cheaper than a tower and will still help you get a lot of air.
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cwbxwakex939
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: |
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thanks 
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Blake
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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If your new to wakeboarding your short pole should be good enough to learn your basics, but a tower or an extended pylon will help you catch a lot more air as you progress. It makes getting up easier for beginners too. I would suggest getting an extended pylon, its a lot cheaper than a tower and will still help you get a lot of air.
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That is very much false.
cwbxwakex939, dont listen to that garbage. Towers help with hang time, and it isnt that much difference. The only time a tower comes in handy is when you hit a double up with a some ballast in the boat. Too many people are under the notion that a tower makes you go "higher", which is not the case at all. Technique is the utmost important; then adding ballast via fat sacs. Think about it. What is more important, having a high tow point, or a bigger wake? And I can honestly tell you, that I can throw any trick behind an unweighted towerless I/O, that I can behind my loaded SANTE. I just dont make it look as stylish. Going without a tower for a while, then add one later. The reason I say add a tower is the simple fact that they are stylish, and help get boards off the floor of the boat. A pylon, in my opinion, just gets in the way, or looks retarded. Save for a tower, get the one you like if you plan on adding something in the future. It doesnt have to be today or tomorrow, but NEVER settle. Welcome to the site.
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cwbxwakex939
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: |
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so a tower can wait
ok thank u i dont have the money to get one right now anyway lol
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WakeBoarder44
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Blake is right on this one: "Technique is the utmost important"
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mwb shorty
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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no, a tower will just help u get higher than without one.u definetely dont need to start jumping but it helps u.the thing that would really help is a bellast system cuz it makes the wake bigger and steeper.
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nickl011
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I never have had a ballast system, pylon, or tower. They are NOT a neccesity. All I've ever had is a decent I/O, my parents and a couple of friends. There, thats my ballast system for ya.
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devon2
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2007 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| one thing you dont want is the rope tied to the platform on the back of the boat |
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Blake
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| devon2 wrote: | | one thing you dont want is the rope tied to the platform on the back of the boat |
You are dripping ignorance... Who ties a rope to a platform? School me on how that is accomplished. |
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WattsBarRiDr
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| YES..since you just got a board. towers and all the extras can wait..just work on getting good a just riding swiched and carvin around just get the feel, then worrie about that stuff. |
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Goodhands
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| It's wakeboarding not towerboarding |
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