CANCELED! Here is the first event 2009 in Germany! At the 22 of March take place a indoor winch battle in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg - Europasportpark (SSE). The Europasportpark is one of the biggest and state of the art indoor swimming pools in Berlin with a tribune with 2000 seats. There will be a wakeboard and a wakeskate division. Start is at 7pm.For more information contact the team behind waketown.de. All information are taken from the Stadtkind magazine. Wakeskate picture is from Magix Winch Battle in Postdam, 2007 (Treeknowledge gallery).
Right at the beginning of the new year Reef has launched there new European website. Check out the latest news about the Byerly III wakeskate shoe and some facts about the european wakeskate team with Enric Dosta Vidal, Pierre Atruz and Ludovico Vanoli. If you want read some stuff then check the Reef classic mag (less wakeskating more surfing) and for sure check the Reef girls (video and pics).
Here are a lot of great news from the Treeknowlegde crew. At first Treeknowledge goes HighTech next year. As to see on the picture above the 2009 skates will have more concave, a variable edge, and some additional secrets. The skates are shaped with a 3D CNC milling maschine and will be pressed with top and bottom belt in a second run. Every used tree trunk is handpicked and cut in layers regarding to the special Treeknowledge requirements. The result is an indestructible wooden wakeskate which easily resists a whole season. The graphics for the team edition are designed by a famous international artist. And as every year there will be a special limited edition for collectors. The word is that the first skates will be finished in March. If you want more news check the Treeknowlegde homepage or the Wakeskate Bomb in the next days.
Here the latest news from the long time project Verge wakeskates. After two years of development the bi level wakeskate Nexus is now on sale. Here some facts about the Nexus Bi-Level wakeskate 40.5
Maple/Basswood cross ply layup for maximum pop and durability
Full transition concave
Straight rails on the top deck for a more controllable flip
Dual density risers. One for spring the other for stability
Flex control system
Resin coated slider base with scratch-proof graphics
Remote Wakeskates, a division of Company Wakeboards has been launched! Rumors have been around for quite a while but now it is official. Skaters involved in the project are Silas Thurman, Andrew Pastura and Ben Horan.
Check out their blog-style homepage to keep you updated or come back here later for more info. This is definately gonna kick ass! Here is a interview with Silas Thurman at wakeboardmag.net about Remote wakeskates (french and english version available).
Neverride just released their snow-winch called "The Avalanche". It's the first "real" snow-sport specific winch as it can pull you at speeds up to 45mph (70km/h) and holds 2.000ft (600m) of rope. Top speed can be adjusted in three gears. An hydraulic disc brake assures safe stops. Total weight is 155lbs (70kg).
Here is the first part about winches made in US. The first winch is the wooden winch from New Wakeskates. New Wakeskates sells complete winches and parts for winches like the Comet TAV2 torque converter clutch. The winches comes in two variants:Frame: wood epoxy composite or Starboard frame Spool: Starboard spool Engine: 6,5ps Honda GX 200 or normal engine
For more information check out the New Wakeskate website. The video on top shows short the New Wakeskate winch (check out the HD version).
The second winch comes from a legendary snowboard cinematographer Kurt Heine . His snow tools company sells a nice winch constructed like a Pulldozer winch.Frame: powder coated steel frame in black
Motor: 6 or 8 hp Briggs and Stratton motor
Accessories: hydraulic brake, 500' Dyneema rope, 2" tow bar connection to secure winch to your car/truck, 2 1/2' stakes for securing winch into the ground, handles for easy transportation, two 8" tires for easy moving around, Comet TAV2 clutch
Do you know the feeling, to see a trick on a video and you don't understand what the person is making? Especially in wakeskating and skateboarding is the complexity of the movement of feeds and skate hard to understand without a slow motion. But here is the solution 120fps are enough. You can see every aspect of the trick.
Watch Andy Kolb's BS bigspin in high quality!
Here is a dream for filmers in action sports - The Red Camera System. Click on the cam for more information.
The secound issue from the Dope Magazine is out. Check out this article on the Dope mag blog or click on the picture on top. The Dope magazine includes art, skateboarding, wakeskating and wakeboarding. Pic and information are taken from the Dope Magazine blog.
You can vote on The-Gap-Magazin.de or wakeboard1.de. Here are the goodies if you win!Reef Beatbox Zipper grey (L), Reef New Wave T-shirt black (L), Reef Byerly 3 black / yellow (size 9), ION Strike Ltd. wetsuit, ION Strike Ltd. neopren vest, Liquid Force hoodies in two different styles.
CANCELED! Here is the first event 2009 in Germany! At the 22 of March take place a indoor winch battle in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg - Europasportpark (SSE). The Europasportpark is one of the biggest and state of the art indoor swimming pools in Berlin with a tribune with 2000 seats. There will be a wakeboard and a wakeskate division. Start is at 7pm.
For more information contact the team behind waketown.de. All information are taken from the Stadtkind magazine. Wakeskate picture is from Magix Winch Battle in Postdam, 2007 (Treeknowledge gallery).
