Floatless Handles

[integrity640]

Whats the deal with companies coming out with handles that have no flotation in them, i think thats retarded. Unless theres some obvious reason im missing..... i know hype makes them this year. I know on handles that the flotation has fallen off, they get caught on the botom sometimes.

[Iamjesse]

Um not sure why, but i use a floatless handle, maybe to keep from chopping up the rope if you drive over it??? just my guess really dont know...

[parky]

integrity640, does it really matter? Ive never had a problem with it sinking to the bottom... on my LF handle I cut the foam floatation off right away... I always pull the line in to get the handle once the boat comes around....

[bjr]

I think integrity640 is right....that is pointLESS <3 my carbon straightline

[TannerC]

Yeah i could care less when you pick up a rider your moveing so shouldnt sink to far and when your sitting there switching riders i pull the rope in

[mario c.]

i got the accurate ruck handle, and just love the simplicity of it. no floats and no t-bars, just simply refined. my handle has a bigger sized handle on it so the handle still floats. it's the simplicity but functionality of it.

[bigpimpinalberta]

Canadian Tire or Wal-Mart? can't remember now hmm i think it was $14 CAN....

[JamesBoardr]

i ripped the floatation off my handle (but not on purpose). but my a-line rope floats somewhat. and floation doesnt matter most the time, as long as you keep some tension on the line.

[electricsnow]

that foam was originally intended to help protect a wetsuit when you went for wrapped spins--at least to my understanding. It makes sense becuse on this stupid, cheapie waterski rope my dad bought, there weren't any "floats", only sweet, sweet stretchy rope that deteriorated in the sun.

So seriously, unless you're trying to do some really sweet backside surface 1080s with a nose grabx3 (three times, beyotches), you should be alright.

[el]

Actually, floatless handles are for people who don't let go.

[electricsnow]

pssh, you crazy...

[JTwakeskater56]

electricsnow, Take it easy on your dad. Nick has used that funky tied together 12 times crap trap rope so long. I thought ( a while ago) I'll go to Sport's authority & buy a good ski rope( he;ll love that). It's still in the package & you've seen the shizzle about him & his ratty rope. Hey ya want a new ski rope ?

[PIRATE]

yeah i haven't noticed if my handle floats or not casue well, I dockstart and i dont fall. When im done ridng i just shaun murray pro wakeboard it into the boat. uhhhhhh o.k i just re-read this and im gay, Im going to go kill myself now.

[Poo]

the 05 murray handle is soooo nice, i got it last year, its got really tiny floats on it and it has like a hard plastic covering over the rope instead of that clear bendy stuff, really nice for handle passes. i love it. only handle Ive ever had that floated.

[warlock]

there is much more to worry about than a floating handle grasshoppa

[Jholiday]

lol, tru

[electricsnow]

yeah, thriftyness is just "my dad." I'll tell you how valuable that rope was--he actually used it to tie together a fish crib for the lake association. So it's been submerged into the murky, brown depths of my lake up north.

And for the record, when I started to ride, I bought my OWN ropes. (all I read was "non stretch this" and "non stretch that".) Oh, flipping a, you know i had one of those straight line handles with the 360 braid and tractor grip, and you know I tried my A off to get the "acid rain" color. And in the true spirit of "celebrity worship" when I couldn't get the ever popular "acid rain", I most definitely chose a color that scott byerly used...

[integrity640]

well alot of times we just leave the rope out when we change people, so thats why i was wondering about it. Thanks for the input!

[DRAGON88]

El knows how we do.

Esnow. Don't worry about it. Maybe some day you will learn our ways.