Tower

WakeBoarRder180 · Guest

Does a tower make a differnece on how much pop u get off the wake?

Wicked Bite · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 115 City: Germantown

The tower has nothing to do with pop, th etower gets your rope in the air and also directs your pull upwards, so when you do pop off the wakeyou can stay in the air longer.

wesgardner · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 6:25 pm Post subject:

Hey WakeBoarRder180,

Pop is achieved by loading up your mainline, standing tall, getting the timing of everything to come together just at the right moment. This is why the pros make it look so easy and effortless - they know where that point is through practice and patience and not giving up.

Salmon Tacos gave a great disertation over in "Trick Tips" - go read that, look at some of the video clips and then hit the water!

Towers/pylons will give you a bit more "hang time" or "air time" but you gotta get up there first...you may also notice a small decrease in the amount of effort it takes to get pulled out of the water when you do a water start.

Wes

Inggy · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

I havent noticed that a tower gives me more pop. I have noticed that a tower lets me stay in the air longer; more or less, "hang time"

NorCalStud686 · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject:

i noticed a subtle change when i went from just a ski pylon, to a tower. the thing i noticed most was what Wicked Bite, wesgardner, and Inggy, have said. that it gives you more "hang time" for lack of a better word.

platinumsubstance · Criminal Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 92 City: Austin

The only way I notice a change between a tower is after i've boarded behind a behind without one. It's makes it alot easier to get up on and makes you feel about 30 lbs lighter when you jump
Hogan

wzen animal · Criminal Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 98 City: wiltshire

all the tower does is give u more hang time and a direct pull on water starts.pop is all about loading the line (tension).