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mcthrust Pop Shuvit

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NotSoBueno Backside 180


Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal
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Posted: Sep 06, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Top Hat wrote: | | last thursday my friends and i got kicked out of a park for winching. cop threatened to confiscate the winch and our boards. he did say however that there is nothing illegal about an electric winch so somebody should hurry up and design one. |
Why would there be a difference to the cops if the winch was gas or electric powered? _________________ The above are opinions of NotSoBueno, based on NotSoBueno's life experiences and are not reflective of the opinions of wakeskating.com, posters on wakeskating.com, or readers of threads on wakeskating.com. |
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bachlonso Backside 180


Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA
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Posted: Sep 07, 2007 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| NotSoBueno, probably noise and exhaust emission!? with an e-winch you'd have to steal electricity from a street light or something... or carry a generator with you all the time. so kinda pointless. an e-winch would make up for an easy and light design though...so maybe i should still follow that thought... |
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NotSoBueno Backside 180


Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal
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Posted: Sep 07, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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So an electric winch is 'legal' but you would have an extension cord drawing someone else's power....I still don't get why a cop would say this. Since when do cops care about exhaust and noise?
I do like the idea of an electric winch however.... _________________ The above are opinions of NotSoBueno, based on NotSoBueno's life experiences and are not reflective of the opinions of wakeskating.com, posters on wakeskating.com, or readers of threads on wakeskating.com. |
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bachlonso Backside 180


Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA
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Posted: Sep 07, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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with an electric winch you minimize the total number of mechanical parts but add a whole sh!tload of water sensitive elements...
maybe we should open up a thread under winching elektric winches - pros and cons.
however rixen had a professional e-winch out but it was like 4000€ if i can remember correctly. i witnessed it in operation twice and it worked well.... all nice and quite |
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TTUFAN24 Something Clever

Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Posts: 2299 City: HOUSTON
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Posted: Sep 07, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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t-Rex, i lived in windsor for a while. i got a work visa and traveled up the coast for 4 months. did a week in fiji too. it was awesome. when i was in brisbane i was doing construction in the mornings and washing dishes at night. the dishwashing gig was a sweet deal. they would feed me and pretty much make me drink while i washed dishes. learned some italian too. _________________ www.unicornofthesea.com |
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JB_CANSKATE Backside 180

Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 1622 City: Markham, Ontario
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Posted: Sep 07, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | they would feed me and pretty much make me drink while i washed dishes. learned some italian too. |
I used to work at a golf course and I would eat prime rib roasts and drink pitchers of Lambs Rum and Sprite pretty much every shift. Good Times.. |
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JonnyBravo Backside 180

Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 756 City: Brisbane!!
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Posted: Oct 15, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Dude that was sooo f***n s*** that we got narced for that. At least we got one of the fines removed. Damn freaking narc coucil workers, i got his license plate number in my car still, if i ever see him again im follow him and egg his house  |
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pipo Backside 180

Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 1214 City: 0172
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Posted: Oct 15, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: |
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We need t-shirts that say:
Winching is not a crime (on the front)
So chase some real criminals or get a donut mister officer. (on the back) |
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JonnyBravo Backside 180

Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 756 City: Brisbane!!
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Posted: Oct 15, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| Dude that is freaking awesome, my Gf does screen printing, i am soooooo gonna get her to make a shirt with that on it :p |
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