Riding Speed & Rope Length

TxStateWake · Criminal Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 75 City: San Marcos

I have been experimenting between 18-19mph at 60ft. It is personal preference or what is the best way to get best results....trying for huge air..etc.

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Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject:

I like 21.5 mph and 70.5-75 feet.

Gbgonzal138 · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 887

I like 80ft 26mph

wakerider1223 · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject:

i go 20 at 65 feet

LFADAM · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

Gbgonzal138, CRAP! (Fast!) I do 22mph with 60 feet of rope (5 of handle) but its more like 68 because I have an I/O and tie the rope to the back instead of middle with a tower. Works good.

juiced4ever · Outlaw Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 212 City: Truckee

i rock my 05 VLX with 2650 lbs of ballast at 24 mph and 85 feet of rope. Gives me alot of time in the air for poked out grabs in rotations and the wake gets firmer.

shagman · Criminal Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 92

TxStateWake: what it comes down to is that you'll have to keep experimenting to find what you like best, but you definitely need to be going faster than 18-19 if you're going for big air. Generally as speed increases you'll want to increase line length also.

jseb777 · Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 34 City: laval

I, with my Moomba Mobius with 1800lb of ballast and 8 person in board, do it 21mph with 60ft rope.

NAW · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

I haven't ridden in over 6 months...I can't even remember Laughing

bmartin · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 794

Ride as fast as you feel comfortable.

A good rule of thumb I use for line length, at your max speed, use the longest line possible where you can still clear the wake toeside. This is what I have found works well for setting the correct line length for beg-intermed level riders.

The number of feet for the line is pretty irrelevant and varies a lot by boat speed, width and size of wake, rider ability, speed of board, tow point on boat, etc. so the numbers posted by other riders aren't going to help you much.

Ruune · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 11:20 am Post subject:

Tigé 22v- really wide wake, so I normally run at 70-75 feet and 24mph on the perfect pass.

wakeboarder89 · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 637

jseb777, thats pretty short i ride in my mobius V w/ 1200 lbs and 10 people (only about 3 of us ride the rest are ladies of course) and i ride at 21-22 at 70 ft

x vegan x · Addict Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 857 City: Minneapolis

Behind an old X-Star (new X-2) I ride 21 mph @ 65'. I've tried the fast and long thing and it's just not my cup of tea. I prefer to ride a little slower with a longer board.

wakeboarder07 · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

I ride at 18-21 MPH and at 65-70 ft of rope

jseb777 · Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 34 City: laval

LFADAM · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject:

juiced4ever, dam. You sound like you have a SICK set up and with that rope length/speed I bet you go HUGE

south · Posted: Mar 17, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:

75-80 feet behind our response @ 23MPH or thereabouts, depending on how much weight. As a member of a uni club, the amount we weight the boat varies almost every time we are out.

We have perfectass but operate in MPH mode. I was boarding at 2950RPM last time i was out.

Edit: oh yeah, i agree, rope length for beginner/intermediate should be around where you can go w2w TS. Remember there are 4 ways you can hit a wake.. Forwards Backwards, Inside out Forwards and INside out backwards. or something like that.