Extreme sports have become extremely popular in the last few years, with snowboarding having risen by 50% in partakers since 2000. Wakeboarding can now be said to be joining this list as its popularity and partakers are becoming more widespread. Wakeboarding is the riding of a wakeboard over the top of the water from behind a boat. It entails elements of snowboarding, water-skiing and surfing.
The appearance of a wakeboard is a much wider variant of a snowboard. It also contains bearings and fins which can be adjusted in accordance to what tricks and jumps you want to perform, as well as your weight, height and speed you're travelling at.
The techniques used within wakeboarding is also much like snowboarding, using your toe edge and heel edge to cut into the wakes and determine direction. The motorboat will create wakes as you cruise across the water and you use these to jump, cut into or go around.
The most common and ideal places for wakeboarding are lakes. Lakes provide the best conditions for wakeboarding, as they remain relatively calm, allowing for the boats to create the wakes. Although we may associate wakeboarding more with the US or Australia, there are some good spots in the UK also, you can find numerous clubs and facilities in Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Tamworth and of course Cornwall.
Some of the best wakeboarding conditions however are found further field. Highlighted amongst some of the best locations are Stoney Park in Australia that consists of two man-made lakes built specifically for water skiing and wakeboarding, Colorado River in the US which boasts incredibly hot weather yet cool and calm waters, ideal for creating the perfect wake. Bow Lake just north of Seattle, is a beautiful, valley location at the gateway of the San Juan Islands.
Therefore if you're looking for something new to try out, something more adventurous and exciting, or you snowboard already and feel you could master wakeboarding, then get down to your nearest centre now. Or further still, treat yourself and fly abroad to any of the above to some of the best in the world.
The appearance of a wakeboard is a much wider variant of a snowboard. It also contains bearings and fins which can be adjusted in accordance to what tricks and jumps you want to perform, as well as your weight, height and speed you're travelling at.
The techniques used within wakeboarding is also much like snowboarding, using your toe edge and heel edge to cut into the wakes and determine direction. The motorboat will create wakes as you cruise across the water and you use these to jump, cut into or go around.
The most common and ideal places for wakeboarding are lakes. Lakes provide the best conditions for wakeboarding, as they remain relatively calm, allowing for the boats to create the wakes. Although we may associate wakeboarding more with the US or Australia, there are some good spots in the UK also, you can find numerous clubs and facilities in Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Tamworth and of course Cornwall.
Some of the best wakeboarding conditions however are found further field. Highlighted amongst some of the best locations are Stoney Park in Australia that consists of two man-made lakes built specifically for water skiing and wakeboarding, Colorado River in the US which boasts incredibly hot weather yet cool and calm waters, ideal for creating the perfect wake. Bow Lake just north of Seattle, is a beautiful, valley location at the gateway of the San Juan Islands.
Therefore if you're looking for something new to try out, something more adventurous and exciting, or you snowboard already and feel you could master wakeboarding, then get down to your nearest centre now. Or further still, treat yourself and fly abroad to any of the above to some of the best in the world.
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