just curious, for people with cages or sky poles

playtime 08-19-2003, 10:50 PM

ok i wakeboard off the back off the boat and i can get about 10 ft of air on a wake jump and i can do a bunch of flips and inverts, will this get easier when i get a cage or a pole or will it throw off my whole wake boardin

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 08-19-2003, 10:59 PM

It will be alot easier, at first it will be strange, but a tower/pylon will offer you more hangtime in the air.

(wazzy) · (wazzy) **Join Date: Nov 2001** 08-20-2003, 6:44 AM

it's all geometery (sp???)... extending the rope above the boat tends to pull you upwards, instead of back down towards the water.....

~Forrest

(flux) · (flux) **Join Date: Jun 2003** 08-20-2003, 12:19 PM

About 8% of the tension on the rope is translated into an upward pull due to the hieght of the tower or pole. Not alot, but definately something.