People also say it has advantages, such as less weight out front, and less windage.

I only did it b/c of it sitting so low on my N6.0, that it caught some waves, and without the chute up to support the pole from going downward, it wasn't pretty!

We rig the H*ll out of it to keep it from going up much, but nothing supports it from bending down without the chute up, and that e-o snuffer, with a bag full of spin., is one big spatula!