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ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

The boat i ride behind is a 2005 Glastron mx 175 with the 3 liter mercury. what is possible (trick wise) behind a boat like that, with a small wake. i have no ballast or tower, and my board is a 2005 parks. any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Mr. Top Hat · Outlaw Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 237

ramseyglastron, how the hell should we know. what tricks can be done behind that boat all depends on your skill

ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

ok jerk, im not asking what i can do, what is possible

K-dub · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 14760

do yourself a favor, and go pick up any old school wake video....then you will have your answer on what can be done behind your boat.

Mr. Top Hat · Outlaw Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 237

ramseyglastron, well nothing should be impossible.

Vampyre · Addict Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 622 City: Ooltewah, TN

I have a 19 ft I/O, and before I got my tower.. I had a guy introduce me to wakeboarding. He was pulling tantrums, backrolls, 360's, etc.. with no ballast, etc.
It really just depends on skill, how you can get your wake, your abilities.. etc.
I would not even worry about it.. just go out and try.
That will tell you what you can and can't do... not some message board.

King of the Tigers · Posted: Nov 12, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:

ramseyglastron, You should be able to get inverts and spins down. But it partly it depends on your skill level and the skill level of others going with you. If you're not going wake to wake yet and don't ride with anyone that does it will likely (barring you're a natural) be hard to progress quickly. Also as much as I love my 03 Parks, again, depending on your skill level it may not be the best board for you.

My .02 look around on here and Wakeworld in the "find a pull" sections. Offer to pay gas money and see if you can't get behind some boats with better wakes and towers/pylons and with people that won't mind teaching you a thing or to.

ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

i have been going wake to wake easy, with grabs. i have tried a couple of 360's, but never got the handle pass right. no inverts at all

Tyler~Moore · Posted: Nov 12, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:

how coule i guess when i started reading your post that it would end saaying you have a parks...CLASSIC

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ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

what the hell is wrong with having a parks?

andrewt · Outlaw Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 140 City: lewisville

Tyler~Moore, i felt that one coming on to..

Mike.H · Posted: Nov 12, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

Tyler~Moore,andrewt, do you have a purpose in life other than to piss people off?
i mean really, how immature and stupid can you be?

oh yeah, hyperlite till the end of time.

Mr. Top Hat · Outlaw Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 237

ramseyglastron, your like the coolest effing person i have ever met. HYPERLITE TILL THE END!!!!!!!!!! WOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KyleT · Outlaw Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 119 City: Fort Worth

i would say though, that you have a beginner boat, and asking about tricks, yet you have an expert level board. you might try a less aggressive board if you are looking into beginner based tricks.
and get used to the flaming. dont take it the wrong way, they are only letters on a page. sit back and laugh.

KyleT · Outlaw Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 119 City: Fort Worth

oh yeah, LF is better than hyperlite... Laughing

ScarecrowTrey · Newbie Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 25 City: hartsville

go buy a ski pole and put it in the boat. It will get the rope off the water and pulll you up more on your jumps.

Cyclonecj · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 338 City: Atlanta

Go buy Mayday and watch guys on flight 69's with no tower and stretchy ropes with no fatsacs go 30 ft into the flats. Or Spray, and watch guys on directional boards with sandal bindings doing incredible crap that 99% of wakeboarders on this or any site can't do. Me included:0 The boat and the wake and the equipment is not holding you back.

Blake · Posted: Nov 13, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

ScarecrowTrey, a pole and/or tower will do nothing of the sort.
ramseyglastron, If you want to throw down with you boat, you should look into a skate. I am not advising you get wakeboarding altogether, not in the least. You also cant buy a Parks board, and expect to solve all the problems with a less then par wake as well. Just a pure guess on my part, but I believe that another board would have suited you a tad better. Before you go adding towers and pylons, you should look into either weighting the boat down with around 500 lbs distributed from the bow to the ski locker to begin with if you just have to start throwing down harder inverts. However, I can throw a kryp off of my Sea Ray unweighted, so nothing is impossible. You should look into picking up a skate though to play around on too. You may also look into buy a decent rope and handle combo. This is usally over looked as well.
STPHNSN23, I couldnt agree more. However, I figured you would know that a non USCGA vest looks so much better then your typical run of the mill jacket that floats
.King of the Tigers, Why would you look for pulls when he owns a boat? There are plenty of college kids that rip hardcore and dont have access to a boat while they are away with school. However, I dont like going out on other peoples boats though.
K-dub, he might learn that he doesnt need a 3 stage rocker as well.
Mr. Top Hat, funny guy, funny guy!

mjmurphy53711 · Outlaw Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 242 City: madison

blak, a tower will do more than ballast anyday. What good is a big wake if you still get pulled down, which will only become more of a problem with a bigger wake.

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ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

my first board was a motive. i rode a parks and liked it so i got one.

i am not a new wakeboarder, i have been at this for a year. i just want to step it up. i didnt get the parks because it was the parks. i got it cause i liked it. now, why jump to conclusions when you have no clue as to what you are talking about.

ballywho · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1725

If you've been riding for so long, shouldn't you have some idea of what's possible Question

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Ctipping · Posted: Nov 14, 2005 12:15 am Post subject:

03Belmont, no no no, the proper term is pwnx0r3d

ballywho · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1725

Whatever, you get the general idea. sorry about that though.
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Mr. Top Hat · Outlaw Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 237

ballywho, failure

ballywho · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1725

You knew that before I even screwed up the spelling... Laughing

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PimpinD · Addict Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 785 City: Orlando, FL

wait
wait
wait
wait
just one gawd darn min...
youve been riding for a year and never tried an invert?????
wow.....
uhm ... can i ask why? TOO SCARED? i mean seems like you would wantto show off your new board and last i checked all the girl loved seeing you go upside down...

of course most girls dont realize that most basic inverts are simpler than spins
o well enjoy ....

but on a more serious note... you should easily be able to land a backroll tantrum maybe even a scarecrow (assuming in the last year you have attempted to TS jump)....

Junkee · Posted: Nov 14, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject:

PimpinD, riding for a year doesnt mean he rides every weekend. he could have started last year, and only made it out once a month. which is hardly time to start trying inverts.

my .02

ramseyglastron · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 335 City: Ruston

i tried a backroll once, and just got sideways and sprained my ankle.

i try a 360 every time i go out, i dont usually get the handle, but when i do i slide out.
which is one of the reasons i got the parks, cause it is suposed to help with sliding out.
but im not getting enough air anyway.

Blake · Posted: Nov 14, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject:

ramseyglastron, if you arent getting enough air from that board then the problem certainly is with you... Not your wake. With a mellow wake, the board in which you ride will pop you a tad higher than a board with continous rocker. With your wake you have now, a continous rocker board would allow you to get more speed (typically), and would throw you out into the flats. I dont want to go into great detail about the differences between the different board designs though. I am just going to state that the problem is more with you at the moment rather than your wake. But, I still claim you are on the wrong board based upon either your skill level, riding style, or both. Dont be discouraged though, becaue it will all click one day. Again, look into maybe purchasing an education video at some point and time, and then start with fat sacs. However, I wouldnt worry about the sacs until you progress far enough to throw a 36 hs, and a 18 hs switch... This is just some information we pass on to our students who are just starting out in situations identical to that of yours. Bottom line though, enjoy it out there. You dont want to get to hung up on how you look (image), or what tricks you can throw man, otherwise you will burn out.