Sleek Wake Tower?

I have a 2003 Ski 196, and am a pure slalom skier, but now my nephews want me to get a wake tower. They look so obtrusive for a small boat. Does anyone know of a sleeker low profile wake tower?

Max
404-915-6007
Atlanta area

I agree with SNobsessed. A flyhigh and wakeboard rack works great and doesn't change the lines of the boat.

Yep, slalom course was set up back near Bald Ridge Marina this past weekend.
Probably still up.
Welcome to the site Max!

At least they're not tubing

Extended pylon is a good solution and requires almost no mods to the boat, just the bimini if you have one.
Tower on the other hand will require cover mods, mounting holes and possibly bimini mods as well Putting cover on will likely take longer as a result of where it interfaces with the tower legs. Depending on your mooring and garage situations tower may also need to be folded there each time.

Take a look at new dimensions tower site, they make a nice clone of the factory tower for your era boat.

Unfortunately, I have had to do that too. That really pains me. But I will not tear up anyone's slalom water. That is only on weekend days when the water is not ideal for ski.

Max, that ski course is there. The guys that own it usually remove the buoys during the week.
Last weekend there was a cruiser sitting in the middle of the course. Robin and I pulled up and said " do you realize that you are sitting in the middle of a slalom course?"
Mark replied "yea, sitting here to keep the tubers and boarders from running up the middle of the course" . Someone had recently run through it and snagged a ball and cut the stainless wire.
Don't know all their names. Mark, Roy and Christine, Rocky, Bob and Dave are usually on the course early in the morning around 7:30. Heard they would be there this Friday and Saturday mornings.

turningpoint84 wrote: all my friends who can barefoot barefoot behind them on it also because it helps lift them out of the water....

Peter,
Have your friends read this thread

8122pbrainard wrote: turningpoint84 wrote: all my friends who can barefoot barefoot behind them on it also because it helps lift them out of the water.... Peter, Have your friends read this thread

Haha What's the problem now Mr. Know-it-all.?

Ahh. no they don't need help, one of them won the wisconsin state barefoot tournament at 14. They'd just prefer to go off the spyder tower as opposed to the back of the boat.

We were on a trick water ski team, dude were 2 ski jumping, jumping off the ski ramp, backwords footing, barrel rollling and getting back up, 1 footing.

All these dudes were nuts, i was the guy that stuck to the 5 foot extension off the boom, so that would be a good thread for me haha.

MaxSki196 wrote: Looks great, but does seem to be a bit impossible to find. Any clues?

i THINK SOME COMPANY makes an after market OEM one, just google around.

[QUOTE=JPASS] That Spyder tower looks pretty sweet.

I Agree, I think all towers are by nature ugly, but that one is pretty low-key.

All it needs is someone to invent a pin system to remove the obtrusive rear facing arm when not in use.....and for the idea I only ask 50% of the royalties.....I can PM my mailing address.



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