July 8, 2009
Facts About Slingshot Wakeboards
Slingshot Wakeboards- Using Its Kiteboarding Experience To Enrich Wakeboarding
The wakeboarding industry is a highly specialized industry where any and every maker cannot enter in the hope of capturing the market. However, Slingshot is an exception to this norm as it has plenty of experience in the world of kiteboarding. Hence, Slingshot wakeboards really stand at an advantage as they are outsiders as far as wakeboard manufacturing is troubled and this will help them duck stereotypes and come up with engaging and bold permutations in design and technology.
This company was the first to offer wakeboards dedicated solely for cable or winch riding. How is wire riding or winch riding different from riding on the wake created by a motor boat? For a start, there’s no wake concerned in wire riding. You are pulled by an overhead cable instead of a rope attached to a motor ship. The fact that you are pulled by a rope with an upward slant makes it easier to pop off the surface and stay in the air for a longer duration. In such an eventuality, using light wakeboards like Slingshot wakeboards will help you perform even more daring tricks on the go.
The 2009 Reflex Wakeboard has been designed specifically for the cable or winch rider. The primary feature of this wakeboard is the NEW Dura Base™ and the bite-free slide of Park Ready™ tune. This wakeboard has a 3 stage rocker engineered to provide maximum upward lift of the wake. If you favor wire riding over being towed by a motor ship, you need to favor Slingshot wakeboards.
Slingshot wakeboards are made with poplar wood base which is combined with aerospace froth for optimum strength at minimum weight. The elliptical concave shape of the wakeboard enables the individual to move from edge to edge without any difficulty. The rails and the tips of the wakeboards are the weakest part of the boards, structurally speaking. This has been bolstered with High Density Light Weight PVC Rails and tips which provide high resistance to impact.
The 2009 Recoil Wakeboard model is the latest from the product of Slingshot wakeboards and is designed for all sorts of wakeboarding activity including being towed by a speedboat.
Unlike other wakeboards, Slingshot wakeboards are hand made. This may sound like a negative aspect but the reality is that machined wakeboards don’t always make a better choice than hand made wakeboards. Slingshot wakeboards can simply be customised to fit your individual wants. Machining offers higher quality by standardization. You will have to accommodate your wants to the product specs. This is definitely not correct with Slingshot wakeboards.
The binder forms a particularly significant component of the wakeboard. Owning a top quality wakeboard will be of no use if good quality binders are not attached to the same. The boot board connection in the event of Slingshot wakeboards has been reinforced with a 4-hole configuration rather than the standard 2-hole configuration that is employed in other wakeboard. This ensures the the binders too last for a while.
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