rab Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Hey Ballers, I posted on another thread a while ago that I was starting a company to sell ropes where with every rope a $5 credit would go to a collegiate team of your choosing. Well the company is up and running and we are running a contest. Basically we want to know what features your dream rope would have(can be a rope for any discipline of towed water sports). The prize for this contest is that if we decide to start producing anyone's dream rope we will give that rope to the first person that suggests it to us for free. If we try out your dream rope but do not put it into production you will still be able to buy that prototype rope from us for the cost of the materials. You can reply with your suggestions here or email contests@echoskis.com . One prototype that we are already working on is no stretch ropes with a sliding loop and plastic coating on the mainline. Thanks, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Skier Terry Winter Posted March 17, 2015 Elite Skier Share Posted March 17, 2015 No-Stretch rope can be hard on the elbows for a slalom skier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 @twhisper Our no stretch ropes are for trick skiing, wakeboarding and barefooting(barefoot specific rope to come soon) We are planning to start producing a slalom rope but are refining our manufacturing process a little. We want to be sure we can meet the tight tolerances set by AWSA and IWSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeski Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Do you have a link for a website? Sounds like an awesome cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 @Shakeski the website is echoskis.com . We already have 3 collegiate teams getting a free rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 We have gotten a decent amount of response for the contest so far. I plan on running the contest until the end of the month and then picking the winner. So, far most of the entries we have gotten are for handles with camera mounts. Does anyone else have any ideas? It can be something as simple as "I want a trick rope with x line length". Or something way out of the box.... I'm thinking laser beams. Feel free to post your entry here. ~Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ballers, The contest has come to an end we ended up going with two entries from the wakeboarding community. We are going to prototype an action camera mount for handles and take off sections that are easier to take off. Thanks, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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