70 feet is long for beginners. If they are just doing one wake jumps into the middle, 70' is fine so that they aren't landing on the upslope of the inside of the second wake and getting "bumped," but if you're a beginner trying to go wake to wake, you need to be at 55'. The problem that we find at our wakeboard school is that a lot of the high end ropes start at 65' and beginner riders just can't clear that wake to wake toeside and completely ignore their toeside jumps. If you are a beginner, look for a rope that starts at 55' instead of 65'. You can always work your way out to a longer rope, but you don't want to have to tie knots in your $100 rope because it won't go short enough to clear the wake from BOTH directions.
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