when's the first time you winched?

labellethrasher · Posted: Feb 10, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject: when's the first time you winched?

I'm curious to know when some of you first picked up the handle behind a winch? I think I got mine mid 2005, probably early May. skatefilly and I used it that same day. I knew some of what was capable with it but we just never got intense about finding spots the way some of you guys do now. As you can see from the pic on our first day, no drop or feature of any kind. We were just excited to try it and ride up onto the beach, slowly coming to a stop with the handle still in our hand.

It'd be a lot of fun to still have the winch, free time and body that I used to Laughing

wakemitch · Posted: Feb 10, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject:

First time i tried winching was November 2005 at the first Norcal Convergence. I couldnt even get up though Crying or Very sad

i didnt know how to deep water start at the time.
Spring 2006 is my first real winch experience at the 2nd convergence

labellethrasher · Posted: Feb 10, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject:

wakemitch I've seen it happen to some of the best Laughing

Do you remember what kind of winch it was? I should have mentioned mine was a Hypoxic BlackBox Winch. I believe it is now in CA being used by this Gate soul pressn maniac Laughing

Evan71 knows what I'm talking about Laughing

mojo · Posted: Feb 10, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject:

my buddy and his dad built one in 06 i think. it was a 13hp honda w/ centrifugal clutch. the gearing was wrong so no deep water starts, but it was awesome. even took it to wanee music fest and winched the black water river. the thing weighed like 200lbs

rfmcrx · Posted: Feb 11, 2011 7:08 am Post subject:

I built my first one in 2005, and we used it in april 05 for the first time! took me forever to get up behind the thing! I now enjoy winching spots better than riding behind my boat!

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I don't remember exactly but I want to say the summer of 2006? It was at an event behind a surf-shop in Jacksonville. I think a couple people who are on this forum were there (Kyle was for sure, don't remember who else).

I became a little obsesed from that point. It took a few years to get the resources together but I finally built my own by late spring 2009 and still love it.

henrification · Frontside 180 Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Posts: 280 City: 941

around the end of last summer, hitting a incline at beercan

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

labellethrasher, I know who that is only because you told me about him and as small of a world as it is, I met him on the LFTAA in 05.

I never got a chance to winch because it broke...but it was when labellethrasher, skate filly and gregeo and I tried to winch some dirty river in the spring. in the end I was pulled through a puddle behind an ATV...not a full on loss.

supermanotorious · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 518 City: Phoenix

I was camping at Bartlett Lake with the ASU WakeDevils (now the Xdevils) a few summers ago and they had a haggard little winch, when it was my turn to ride the winch broke down on my first pull attempt. Thats when I was determined to build my own, my first session with my winch, my spool collapsed, I went back to the drawing board and have been building quality winches ever since, I have a 20' Four Winns but I too prefer winching to boating

Guy · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 842 City: Orillia

I built mine in Summer of 08 but didn't use it until the summer of 09.

Steven M · Posted: Feb 14, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject:

The first time I winched was behind an original ReWind out here in California that ollieshuvitz brought. It was in bum füçk no where Los Baños for a Gator Boards/ Big Block productions event. Like mitch said, I had never done deep water starts so I didnt really get up but once I learned that, I put some hours in with that winch.

It's also the first time I met/ seen other wakeskaters (besides meeting Grubb n aReed once) and namely met what I can say is my best friend/ brother. So that first time winching holds some deep memory with me.

And that first generation ReWind is still my favorite winch to drive/ ride with regardless if its a 5hp with a CC.

Raven · Posted: Feb 15, 2011 11:20 am Post subject:

man are there some great stories here......motel.....nice thread ...................count sheets....what er those 300's

Shocked

it sounds like most everybodys first experience is rough.....and thats what winching is....its raw dog........i love it.....like this toy lion i found along the shoreline one day it has claws, is very hairy, and roars with a ferocity that may disturb ordinary men.

maybe back in 05 we got a grinch at the shop.....the day i chose was a perfect cold rainy janruary day that it came fresh out the crate.....i was amazed at how long the rope was, we seshed a canal outback ........frekin raw dog......next day we built a hit ........it was on.

we got this new spot

when i say duck blind tiki bar i mean it Wink

Steven M · Posted: Feb 15, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject:

Raven, when you say duck blind tiki bar i say "need a bartender?"

paulmc · Posted: Feb 18, 2011 8:05 am Post subject:

2008, when i got my little beauty up and running.

Evan71 · Posted: Feb 18, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject:

labellethrasher, YEEE SON!!!! im rockin that thing, there will be an edit up soon of me and reed shredding a sweet little gap!

Mine was a pulldozer on an incline at an INT contest back in 08 probably, first and only contest ive ever done but it was a memmory il never forget, super bitchin

http://www.vimeo.com/1158655

martijn · Ollie Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 62 City: AMSTERDAM

summer 2004, behind one of the 1st neverride winches

build my 1st in 2005

Sagittorious · Posted: Feb 18, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject:

Never! Thats why im building one! Smash