Pylon make a huge difference?

Crucial · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 16 City: Heber Springs

I started wakeboarding last summer behind a 15yr old deckboat (buccaneer). My dad bought a new boat this year, it's a 24ft deckboat with a catamaran hull and seems to throw a decent wake, but it doesn't have a pylon or tower, just the tow eye in the back.

How much of a difference in wakeboarding does it make to have a heightened line off of a pylon or tower? I think we could make a pylon for the boat, but I wouldn't want to go through the cost and trouble if it won't help an extreme ammount, plus I'd have to convience him to let me do it.

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

it will definatly give you some boost all it really does is get the rope higher in the air because when you use just the eyelet and jump higher than where the rope is attached it is then pulling you down so in that stance it helps a lot plus it makes for more rrom in the boat

Hsprings99 · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 City: Hot Springs

It doesn't make that much of a difference until you start trying inverts and such. If you aren't at that point yet you really don't have to have a tower just work on 180's and switch stuff but when you start flippin you are going to want a tower.

Crucial · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 16 City: Heber Springs

Thanks for the input, I'm definately not going to be doing any flips any time soon. That is unless something goes horribly wrong, lol

wakekid29 · Criminal Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 78 City: STL

but at the same time, if you work stylish floaty grabs, a pylon will definatley help. it holds you in the air longer and doesnt pull you back down.

dmb · Posted: Apr 30, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

I also reckon a tower/pylon helps to ride for longer, cause it makes getting up so much easier on the body...

Crucial · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 16 City: Heber Springs

Well I'm not really sure how getting up could get any easier, generally after a fall the boat has the rope back to me in about 20sec and I'm up within a few seconds after that.

Hsprings99 · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 City: Hot Springs

Crucial, would that be Heber Springs, Arkansas?

Crucial · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 16 City: Heber Springs

wakerider1223 · Posted: May 04, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:

Like everyone else has said, it will help for hangtime in the air.

Jeff206 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1002

it makes getting up easier because it pulls you up a bit instead of just through the water, but a pylon/tower won't help you go bigger much at all until you've got proper technique down

Hsprings99 · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 City: Hot Springs

Yeah I'm from Little Rock. We have a lake house in Hot Springs and I live there during the summer. I ride occasionally on Heber. My buddy has a brand new '05 X-star up on Heber so I try to go up there as much as I can.