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Old 8th October 2007, 11:27 PM
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I got an Idea for a one man winch session. You and the winch are on the same shore. The line runs from your winch out to a roller in the middle of the pond and back to you. You fire up the winch ride out to the roller hitting whatever boxes or sliders you have built, make a wide turn around the roller heading back to shore again hitting some sliders ending up right back where you started. You could even hit the same slider from the opposite direction.

A big problem would be a kill switch for when you crash or when your coming into shore so your handle doesn't get chewed up. This could be done by a pressure switch with the line.

It would probably be easier to get your friend or girl to operate it then it would be to engineer.

I still think the idea of the roller would be usefull you can double your run if you have a small pond.
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Old 9th October 2007, 02:57 PM
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riding on your own is boring.
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Old 9th October 2007, 06:30 PM
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if you got it to work you know that you would pull off the wildest trick off the kicker or rail then noone would believe you as there were no witnesses!
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Old 9th October 2007, 07:25 PM
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You’d really have to be “Billy no mates” if you have to go winching on your own.
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Old 9th October 2007, 08:04 PM
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I don't think you have realized that I am in Nebraska. There are maybe 50 people who know how to wakeboard (beginner to experienced) and of that there aren't many who would be able to hit rails. That said I also mentioned that you could use it to double your run length.
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Old 9th October 2007, 11:26 PM
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i like my own company,,but hay never mind
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