Winching
Wakeskating, has in recent times become more and more urbanized due to the advent of the "winch". The winch is a mechanical device with a small horizontal shaft engine that holds a spool of rope and pulls the rope in at riding speed. Much like a winch on the front of a Jeep or Truck but with ski rope and faster. This invention has given wakeskaters the opportunity to ride in places never imagined possible before, making wakeskating more accessible than ever before. The original winch was the Re-wind winch and was conceptualized Tony Robinson and Thomas Horrell in 2003. Winches however are not just a commercial endeavor, some people build their own. The first all winch video "Homeless" was produced by the Homeless Crew a.k.a. La Sewer Crew from lasewer.com also known as Clear Line Productions The 45 min. video documented where to youth was headed with winch use and how fast the movement was growing. La Sewers inspiration grew from Thomas Horell and friends that had taken the concept from idea to reality. The La Sewer crew began in 2006 with Brandon Rau, Kyle Walton & Josh Jansson. The crew is currently a very active part in the wakeskate and winch community, continually updating their web site and progressing where a winch can be used. La Sewer has personally worked with every winch on the market, studied the designs, problems, benefits and produced their own sustainable winch project. La Sewer is currently producing their own version of a winch designed for wakeskating and wakeboarding. The La Sewer winch is 100% non corrosive unlike any other winch on the market, also offering 100% replaceable parts you are essentially getting a lifetime warranty. La Sewer has looked back to their own roots of growing up around snow doing urban rail missions on skis and snowboards and branched out to the snow industry with Poor Boyz Productions allowing their crew to have a new way of looking at urban features.
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