Hey Ballers,
My friend lives near a cable park and since he does not get to ski behind a boat too often he decided to visit the cable park to get at least a bit of training at lower speeds. He wants to get his own ski but has no clue on what to buy. So I told him that I would ask you guys for him.
Apparently he is quite an advanced free skier and I thought about recommending the HO CX or even TX but I really do not know if those two ski can be driven at lower speed too.
The cable park runs at only 20-22 mph most of the time. Which ski would you guys recommend ? Or are the CX and TX suited for those speeds aswell ?
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1996 Malibu Echelon
So I guess the CX is not suited for speeds around 20-22 ? Then my next ski I could think of are either the TX or the HO Freeride ...
@gt2003 we are both living in Germany that would make it a bit complicated to buy your ski
1996 Malibu Echelon
Still open for advice ^^'
If the cable occasionally goes 26 or a little faster, try a Connelly Aspect. Great wide body ski at a friendly price. I ran -35 @ 30 mph on it. I was about 200 lbs. at the time and have a 67.
FYI there are cable tournaments. Occasionally I'll see USA Water Ski looking for people for a cable world championship. If your buddy gets good enough, he could have some tournament fun.
at Quiet Waters Park in Southern Florida, and they would do that. They even had a regulation
jump there. These days, with the popularity of wakeboard, it has probably all changed. I have
supervised putting in a SL course at a cable site. Good bit simplified, since boatgates are not
needed!
One obstacle to a SL course, other than not many wanting it, would be the obstacles that are
now in place at cable parks: sliders, kickers, etc.
The thing is simply that he is skiing behind the boat too and wants to hit the slalom course but just not as often. So thats why he is looking for a ski that is good for slalom behind the boat but can also be used at the slow speeds of the cable park without riding too low therefore making it unskiable.
Would it make a difference if the ski is lighter ? For example choosing a wide and light ski ( maybe going for the superlite TX instead of the normal version ).
Edit : There is no slalom course in that cable park he is justgoing there to practice his position on the ski and all that stuff like for example he is trying to make turns leaning as deep as possible.
Plus on the trick ski.
He will then get the best combination.