Learned Methods to Choose the Best Bare Foot Boom for You

Water skiing instructors know how hard it is to teach the sport to beginners. The real excitement for a beginner at water skiing starts when they try to learn getting up on a slalom skis, combo skis, a wakeboard, or even while attempting barefoot water skiing. In fact, one great way to significantly accelerate this learning process is to use the bare foot boom. A bare foot boom, though originally designed to train people to water ski on bare feet, is now used to minimize falls and injuries in all kinds of water skiing activities.

The bare foot boom builds a secure fixture that gives stability to the skier while learning. It's known for dramatically boosting beginner skiers' confidence, as they can comfortably follow training instructions while enjoying the boom's upward pull. The practical learning is also made easy by lowering or raising the boom. Bare foot booms enable you to enjoy the fun of knee-boarding at 8 mph, combo skiing at slow speeds like 12 mph, getting up on a slalom ski at a speed of 12-15 mph, or even barefoot skiing at 25 mph, all without falling.

Before choosing the best bare foot boom for your water skiing boat, let's first look at its design. The boom is a metal round-shaped bar that extends from the boat's perpendicular, about 8-10 feet on either side. The three parts of a boom are the boom clamp that fixes the boom to the boat; the first extension arm that has a pin, attached to the boom clamp and the second extension arm that fits inside the first arm and extends outward. The second arm has 1-2 cables, which attach from the boom's end to the bow eye in the boat's front.

The first aspect in choosing your bare foot boom would be to decide where to attach it. A tower boom clamps to your boat tower, if there's one. Standard booms are made for water skiing boats. A standard boom fixes onto the ski pylon, a solid aluminium pole rising to 3-4 feet high above water. Gunnel mount boom is designed for boats with neither of these attachment points. It clamps on the inside of the boat's sides and extends on the opposite direction.

You simply need to know the tower tubing's outer diameter if you have a boat tower. For a gunnel mount boom, simply decide the location for attachment. All water skiing boats have ski pylons. You only need to know where the windshield ends from the point where your bare foot boom goes out.

You'll need a 'straight boom' if the windshield ends at the pylon's front. A contour boom is required if your boom is less than 8 inches beyond your pylon. A quad shield works when your windshield is greater than 8 inches past the ski pylon.

Due to incredible variety in boat types, be sure to buy the bare foot boom from a quality dealer, who'd buy it back if it doesn't fit. Now that you can figure out, which bare foot boom is best for you, don't stop yourself from the thrill and fun of safe water skiing, whether you're learning or teaching it. Go; take to the water like a sport!

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