The Canadian Wakeboard Open is a big deal in the national wakeboard scene.
“It’s turned into something pretty big, the second biggest next to Wakestock,” said Mike Maynard, past provincial champion, of the event that will take place at Beavermead Park next weekend.
For wakeboarders entering the open it’s a welcome chance to meet other athletes and be exposed to potential sponsors.
“The biggest thing is that everybody’s there,” Maynard said …Â Details
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The Squamish Windsports Society (SWS) is very pleased to announce the 2010 West Coast Open Regatta and 2010 Canadian National Championships Regatta, held concurrently at the same event, between 21st and 22nd August.
The SWS is in it’s second year of local Kiteboard series racing, and it has shown to be a great success. In an effort to bring a higher caliber of racing to the region, the West Coast Open was created, with the intention of becoming in the future a premiere stop for anyone serious about kiteboard racing in North America and … Details
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On a perfectly sunny day at Abbotsford’s Albert Dyck Park, Ryan Riehl and Dave Wassill ride shoulder-to-shoulder on water skis as the tow boat carves a lazy loop at the east end of the lake.
The two make idle chit-chat – cracking jokes, good-natured teasing and such.
As the boat completes its turn and accelerates toward the ramp in the middle of the lake, it starts to “get serious,” as Riehl puts it. Wassill begins a countdown, and … Details
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