Lets Have Fun Wakeboarding

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The cool new sport of wakeboarding has kids
leaping, spinning and catching some big air on
lakes and in coves all over the country.
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Rapidly rising in popularity, the sport appeals
to anyone who loves extreme excitement on the
water.
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WHAT IS WAKEBOARDING?
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
being towed behind a motor boat.
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Wakeboarders fly over the water while performing
all sorts of acrobatic maneuvers, constantly
thriving on the challenge of learning new and
more complex tricks each time they head out on
the water.
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Typically, the boat travels between 16 and 25
mph, with speed determined by the riders weight
and comfort level as well as the board size and
the types of tricks being performed.
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Wakeboards can also be towed by personal water
craft.
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WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF WAKEBOARDING?
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A cool combination of waterskiing, surfing and
snowboarding, wakeboarding was originally called
skurfing and got started after the advent of
snowboarding.
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The sport began in Australia and New Zealand. It
was renamed ski boarding and took off around the
world, with the first World Skiboard
Championships held in 1989 in Kauai, Hawaii.
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WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED FOR
WAKEBOARDING?
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Although a regular runabout is fine for
wakeboarding, a true wakeboarding boat has a
wakeboard tower made of stainless steel or
aluminum tubing.
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This tower places the pull point about seven feet
off the surface of the water, a high tow point
that makes it easier to jump and get sufficient
air for stunts and tricks.
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Some modern wakeboarding boats even have ballast
tanks that increase water displacement, producing
a bigger wake.
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WHAT SORTS OF TRICKS DO WAKEBOARDERS DO?
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Wakeboarders can move outside the wake or cut
inward, with jumps performed by riding up the
wake and launching into the air.
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Popular tricks have lots of cool names much like
snowboarding maneuvers. Its fun to work toward
progressing from beginner to intermediate
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and maybe even expert levels, learning tricks
with funky names like fashion air, air raley,
blind judge, krypt, batwing and tantrum.
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CAN YOU WAKEBOARD WITHOUT A BOAT?
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Amazingly, theres been a system developed
whereby fans of this extreme sport can perform
wakeboarding tricks without the expense of a boat.
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• Basically, wakeboarding is the sport of riding a
  short, wide board somewhat like a surfboard while
  being towed behind a motor boat.

Wakeboarders use an overhead cable-ski system
consisting of a series of towers, or masks,
surrounding a small lake.
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Overhead cables rotate around the lake with ski
ropes attached for pulling a rider or skier along
the wake.
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Some wakeboarders, especially beginners, prefer
the system because you can do all the tricks you
can do from a boat without associated expenses.
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Cable boarding is really green too, as you can
practice tricks all day long without burning lots
of gas or dodging other boats on a crowded lake.
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WHERE CAN I WAKEBOARD?
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Wakeboarding is a popular sport on rivers, lakes
and any relatively calm body of water.
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You can head out on a friends boat or try the
cool sport at a cable wakeboarding facility.
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Always remember to wear a lifejacket and helmet
and to have two people in the boat, one to drive
and one to watch the boarder.
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Many summer camps have added wakeboarding to
their list of lively lakefront activities, and
some camps
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even have dedicated programs allowing kids to
specialize in wakeboarding and waterskiing.
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• Canadian Adventure Camp is a coed overnight
  summer camp for kids located on a beautiful
  private island in the Wilderness Lakes region of
  Temagami.

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• Founded in 1975, it provides acclaimed programs
  to children from around the world!

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• Visit site
• http//www.canadianadventurecamp.com/campers/water
  ski-and-wakeboarding/

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• Canadian Adventure Camp
• 15 Idleswift DriveThornhill,
• Ontario, L4J 1K9 Canadainfo_at_canadianadventurecamp.
  com