Bohol Wakefest 2012 – Philippine Wakeboarding Month
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Image courtesy The Board Shop
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The beautiful Pandanon Island will be the venue for Bohol Wakefest 2012 – a month long wakeboarding and wakeskating festival for everyone interested to get into the sport of boarding in the Philippines. Bohol Wakefest 2012 also includes a two–day Wake Jam. The Wake Jam is where invited, top–class wakeboarders and wakeskaters, from all over Asia and the Philippines, will be demonstrating their skills and performing some astonishing tricks, for the entertainment of spectators and to motivate local enthusiasts to excel.
The Bohol Wakefest 2012 is enabled by a new, straight–line wakeboard cable system (Sesitec System 2.0), which is a mobile wakeboard and wakeskate facility that could be located across almost any short stretch of river, lake or bay.
Bohol Wakefest 2012 is presented by Singapore based The Board Shop and they chose Pandanon Island, Bohol, for this year’s wakefest so that "Visayans no longer have to travel to Davao and Luzon to experience the bliss [that] wakeboarding brings".
In addition to wakeboarding and wakeskating, the organizers of Bohol Wakefest 2012 have arranged for a whole range of other beach and water activities, from 25th May to 25th June. During the event you will also be able to participate in (or watch) beach volleyball, touch rugby, Frisbee and much more . . . everything in fact to get you active outdoors and close to water.
If you are new to the sport or just curious to see what can be achieved with a rope and a piece of plywood then you must attend the Wake Jam on 8th – 9th June. This is when the top–class wakeboarders and wakeskaters have been invited to demonstrate why wakeboarding is the fastest growing water sport in Europe and Asia.
If you are interested in the business of providing wakeboarding facilities or maybe looking to locate a permanent or mobile facility in your area, then you should come to the Bohol Wakefest 2012 and talk to The Board Shop about the Sesitec cable system.
The Sesitec mobile, straight–line wakeboard cable system is designed and manufactured in Germany. The system is unique insomuch as it was designed specifically for wakeboarding and enables a continuous ride – without having to drop the handle after one pull down the course. It is perfect for beginners and, with the addition of ramps and slides, will challenge even the best wakeboarders and wakeskaters.
With this mobile wakeboard cable system it is theoretically possible to set–up a wakeboard event across any short stretch of river, lake or bay. How about a Pasig River Wakefest?
When not at Bohol Wakefest 2012, the Philippine branch of The Board Shop can be found at the Deca Wake Park in Mintal, Davao City. If you are traveling around Asia you can also find The Board Shop in Singapore, Batam Island (Indonesia) and Phuket (Thailand).
Getting to the Bohol Wakefest 2012 presents a small challenge. The island is part of the municipality of Getafe, northern Bohol, accessible by road from Bohol’s Tagbilaran airport, but perhaps the fastest way is actually from Mactan Island, Cebu – if you are flying in from overseas then you can probably fly direct to Mactan, Cebu. Either way you will take a motorized banka boat to get the final destination: Pandanon Island is approximately 70 minutes from Mactan or 25 minutes from Getafe by banka boat.
For more information about this event you can contact The Board Shop through the Deca Wake Park website