Wakeboard and Wakeskate
Wakeboarding and Wakeskating
Juan Fermín Calderón
VA
IAG
INDEX
• Introduction page 3
• What is wakeboarding and wakeskating? page 3
• History of wakeboarding page 3
• Events page 4
• History of wakeskating page 4
• Forms and types of boards page 5
• How to get on a wakeboard page 5
• Development of wakeboarding boats page 6
• Boards brands page 6
• Top 5 hot spots page 6
• Anecdotes and my connection page 7 to both of these sports
• Conclusion page 7
• Photos page 7
• Bibliography page 8
Wakeboarding and wakeskating are water sports that require a board, a rope, a boat or a jet ski. The development of wakeboarding was influenced by many different sports but the most important ones are surfing and snowboarding. Why is wakeboarding growing so fast? Why are people so attracted to it? Is it because it involves doing it on water? There are some theories that man comes from the water and that may be a reason why people feel so relaxed and in peace when they are near a lake or the sea. That feeling when you just arrive at the lakeshore and you see the calmed water surface and an adrenalin rush goes through your entire body. All of us have the need to get in touch with nature and what would be better than a sport that you practice on water.
Wakeboarding is like water skiing, which is one of the best-known water sports; the wakeboarder is towed behind a boat at a speed of about 18 to 24mph. The difference between wakeboarding and water skiing is that, instead of skis, you ride with a single board with bindings (boots) similar to a snowboard but shorter and a little bit wider.
Like wakeboarding, wakeskating is also performed behind a boat and you ride at about the same speed of wakeboarding. The main difference between wakeboarding and wakeskating is that wakeskates have no bindings which
Juan Fermín Calderón
VA
IAG
INDEX
• Introduction page 3
• What is wakeboarding and wakeskating? page 3
• History of wakeboarding page 3
• Events page 4
• History of wakeskating page 4
• Forms and types of boards page 5
• How to get on a wakeboard page 5
• Development of wakeboarding boats page 6
• Boards brands page 6
• Top 5 hot spots page 6
• Anecdotes and my connection page 7 to both of these sports
• Conclusion page 7
• Photos page 7
• Bibliography page 8
Wakeboarding and wakeskating are water sports that require a board, a rope, a boat or a jet ski. The development of wakeboarding was influenced by many different sports but the most important ones are surfing and snowboarding. Why is wakeboarding growing so fast? Why are people so attracted to it? Is it because it involves doing it on water? There are some theories that man comes from the water and that may be a reason why people feel so relaxed and in peace when they are near a lake or the sea. That feeling when you just arrive at the lakeshore and you see the calmed water surface and an adrenalin rush goes through your entire body. All of us have the need to get in touch with nature and what would be better than a sport that you practice on water.
Wakeboarding is like water skiing, which is one of the best-known water sports; the wakeboarder is towed behind a boat at a speed of about 18 to 24mph. The difference between wakeboarding and water skiing is that, instead of skis, you ride with a single board with bindings (boots) similar to a snowboard but shorter and a little bit wider.
Like wakeboarding, wakeskating is also performed behind a boat and you ride at about the same speed of wakeboarding. The main difference between wakeboarding and wakeskating is that wakeskates have no bindings which
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