The Cincinnati cable wakeboarding park was officially selected today to be the host site for the World Wakeboard Association’s
Triple Crown competition, which is akin to the World Series of wakeboarding and will attract wakeboarding heavy hitters from around the globe.

“We are honored to be selected to host this prestigious event,” said Peter Kennedy, CEO of Wake Nation Cincinnati. “This is the
final stop in the 2010 Triple Crown competition and will be amazing for the public to watch the best of the best when it comes to cable wakeboarding.” The competition will be September 17-19 at the award-winning cable park. The first two stops in the Triple Crown competition were earlier in the summer in Texas and Kansas.

The competition will feature men and women, both pros and amateurs, in six competitive categories. The event is free for the general public. During the competition, the general public will not be able to “hit the water,” but public ride time will be open later in the day during each of the three days of competition.

The Triple Crown event is part of the Ten-80 WWA Wake Park Nationals presented by Alliance Wakeboard Magazine. The World Wakeboard Association (WWA) is a rider formed organization dedicated to promoting and growing wake sports worldwide. It is the leading source for riders, event organizers and competitive standards.

Last year, in its first year of operation, Wake Nation Cincinnati was selected to host the USA Wakeboard Cable National Championships, which was an extremely successful and popular event.

Located on Joe Nuxhall Way in Fairfield’s Joyce Park, the Wake Nation Cincinnati watersports’ complex opened to rave reviews one year ago as Ohio’s only watersports’ park where riders can wakeboard, water ski, kneeboard, and wakeskate around a 10-acre lake WITHOUT A BOAT. Riders are pulled around the oval lake at speeds of 18-20 miles per hour by a circulating, overhead cable system that runs 35 feet above the water. During its first season of operation, Wake Nation Cincinnati received numerous awards, including prestigious “Best Of” awards from Ohio Magazine, Cincinnati Magazine and Cincy Magazine.

New for 2010 is a smaller, second lake called “The Practice Pond” that features an “easy start” ride system, the first of its kind in the U.S. The Practice Pond is designed to give children ages five and up and beginners of all ages a place to learn to ride a wakeboard at a slower speed than on the main lake. The Practice Pond will have a starting dock on each end of the pond, creating an easy “up and back” system to facilitate more “launch” repetitions and generate a faster learning curve.

At Wake Nation Cincinnati, both parking and admission are FREE. The park is a “pay as you play” facility with ride time starting at $25 for two hours. Rental equipment, private lessons, group discounts and parties are available.

For more information, call (513) 887-WAKE or email info@wakenation.com. Website: www.wakenation.com.

The national points chase included seven different cable parks across the country who all held tournaments every 5 weeks. Every week riders could get points by competing in their home cable park’s weekly tournament series. When the five week series came to an end each riders points were tallied up to figure out both the overall winners, as well as those who qualified for cable wakeboard national championshipships.

This year at Wake Nation’s weekly grind series, there were 51 different riders who all fit into their respective divisions: begginer, intermediate, advanced, and pro/outlaw.

The top 5 winners from each division will all have the opportunity to compete at the Texas Ski Ranch for national championships on October 9th and 10th. The top three winners from each division will also count towards an overall team score for their home cable park.

Thanks to everyone who made this wonderful event possible, and we look forward to seeing everyone in Texas this October! Standings from the weekly grind series are as follows:

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All above photos © Robbie Gordon | Photo
For more pictures from the weekly grind series, visit:
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A couple of wakeboarding enthusiasts from Northern Kentucky have decided to get married at Wake Nation Cincinnati, located in Fairfield’s Joyce Park. The wedding ceremony will take place on the dock of the park’s 10-acre main lake. The wedding ceremony will be  at 12:15 p.m., immediately after the conclusion of the world record being set for most distance traveled on a wakeboard within 24 hours.

The happy couple getting married are Tony Migliorisi of Edgewood, Ky., and Dori Craig of Villa Hills, Ky. As to the why: “We just love it here at Wake Nation,” says Dori. “We come here all the time to wakeboard, and it is a picturesque setting. We wanted to get married outside, and Wake Nation has a beautiful lake and great old shade trees surrounding the facility.” Best man at the wedding is Tony’s brother Brandon, and Maid of Honor is Dori’s life-long friend Gina Cruz.

Marrying the couple will be Tony Finn, who has some business to attend to right before the wedding. Finn is part of the 10-member “Dream Team” that will be setting the wakeboarding 24-hour record, an event officially sanctioned by Guinness World Records™. Finn, who became an Ohio ordained minister for the wedding, is founder of Liquid Force, the leader in wakeboard products and apparel.

So what is the lucky couple planning after the wedding ceremony? “We are going to wakeboard, of course!” says Dori.

The public is invited to join in the fun all weekend long, and will be
able to ride on Wake Nation’s lake right alongside the
record-breaking riders throughout the world record attempt. When not on the lake, team riders (including several professional champion wakeboarders) will be available for photos, autographs, and to provide free tips and coaching all weekend long. There will even be a pro rider exhibition show on Friday June 25 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a leg of the Wake Nation Cincinnati Weekly Grind Series competition at 6:00 p.m. and then a screening of the Parks Documentary, an award-winning documentary about pro wakeboarder Parks Bonifay.

Admission and parking at Wake Nation Cincinnati are FREE.  Donations and pledges from the world record event will benefit MedLend, a non-profit organization that provides medical missions to impoverished countries around the globe in an attempt to save and improve the lives of their citizens. There will also be a silent auction featuring one-of-a-kind items with all proceeds benefiting
MedLend.

The award-winning Wake Nation Cincinnati opened for its second season May 1 and will operate daily through October. Summer hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Located on Joe Nuxhall Way in Fairfield’s Joyce Park, the Wake Nation Cincinnati watersports’ complex opened to rave reviews one year ago as Ohio’s only watersports’ park where riders can wakeboard, water ski, kneeboard, and wakeskate around a 10-acre lake WITHOUT A BOAT. Riders are pulled around the oval lake at speeds of 18-20 miles per hour by a circulating, overhead cable system that runs 35 feet above the water. During its first season of operation, Wake Nation Cincinnati received numerous awards, including prestigious “Best Of” awards from Ohio Magazine, Cincinnati Magazine and Cincy Magazine.

New for 2010 is a smaller, second lake called “The Practice Pond” that features an “easy start” ride system, the first of its kind in the U.S. The Practice Pond is designed to give children ages five and up and beginners of all ages a place to learn to ride a wakeboard at a slower speed than on the main lake.

The park is a “pay as you play” facility with ride time starting at $25 for two hours. Rental equipment, private lessons, group discounts, season passes and birthday parties are available.

For more information, call (513) 887-WAKE
 or email info@wakenation.com. Website: www.wakenation.com.

To make hitting the slopes more feasible (we all love to save money), you can buy a discounted pass at Perfect North through CincyWake! There are multiple pass options that allow you to go one day a week or whenever you want. Buying your pass through the CincyWake club will save you about 20% off the retail price of the pass. Just keep in mind that the price of all passes increase on November 3rd!

To purchase your discounted pass you need to:

1. Register on our forum to obtain the discount password.  The password can be found on this page once you register and login.  You must be logged in to view the password.
2. Go to this page at Perfect North’s website.  Make sure the username field says “CINCYWAKE”.
3. Enter the password you obtained from this page on step 1.
4. After you login a “See Available Items” link will appear on the left. Click on this to view the available passes.
5. Buy whatever pass you want.  You can even purchase discounted lessons, equipment rentals, and gift cards!

Here is a quick breakdown of the Cincywake.com season pass prices vs normal pricing:

The official opening date has not been posted yet but things seem to be moving along fairly well at Wake Nation.  With the snow melted and the lake almost full the place gets you pumped for the upcoming season.  Enjoy!

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I was up in the area last week and stopped by Wake Nation to check out the progress.  The lake is complete, the cable system is installed, the parking lot is poured, and the building is waiting on final touches.  They even had some of the sliders almost complete as well.  I’m sure once the weather breaks the park will be complete in no time.

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Today I got a chance to walk the construction site at Wake Nation, the new cable park in Cincinnati, Ohio with Peter and Nick.  Peter and Nick gave me the official tour and I got a chance to take some pictures to share.   They also supplied me with some renderings of the building interior and boardshop.

I’m sure these pictures will make most of you as excited about next Spring as I got when I saw the construction site first-hand.  And you’ll surely agree that it’s going to be a long, long Winter.

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Three out-of-state riders went head to head in the two rounds of riding for the $1000.00 cash prize in the Outlaw Division.  James Fied-IU, Clayton Underwood-IU and Daniel Walden-UT all came out strong in the first round of seeding and posted close scores. Daniel Walden, last off the dock in the finals, didn’t hold back, throwing down hammers toe 7, grabbed KGB, grabbed moby dick, grabbed pete, and indy tantrum to blind to take home the $1000.00 cash purse. Clayton Underwood held it tight in the first round, but fell short in the finals to secure the second spot and was followed by James Fied.

Advanced Division was taken by rider Tom Pazerumas-UI throwing down a stand up run in the finals, landing it all smooth to secure the $500.00 cash purse.  In a close second was UK rider Cameron Steiner-UK, with his signature backside spins and third was Alex Byrum-St. Charles.

Intermediate Division was lead by Nathan Stetter-Cinn St.in second place was local rider Justin Wells-IUS, known more for his wake skating talents borrowed a wakeboard for the tournament and came up with a podium finish. Jon Garibay-U of Toledo rounded out the podium in third position.

Novice Division was packed with twenty-two up–and-coming riders. The largest division showed many riders with a season or two of boarding under their belts and a strong level of progression. Taking first place in this highly contested division was Shuan Leamis-UI, a close second was Zach McMilken-UK followed by Evan Storck- UK.

Women’s Intermediate was secured by Laura Mitchell-UK, who was uncontested to take home the $500.00 cash purse. Laura was the only female athlete of the day to land an invert in the competition.

Women’s Novice was a highly contested division with riders representing three colleges. Coming out on top was Kylie Parker-UK followed by Megan VanMeter-UK and Julie Mize-UK.

Pro Rider Bryan Hutton was on hand representing University of South Florida.  Uncontested in the Pro Division, Bryan laid down the dirtiest moves of the day, hitting every 900 he has under his belt, awing the crowd. Bryan was on site all day giving a few exhibition runs through out the tournament and helping out with Judging. Bryan Hutton is a Kentucky resident attending school and training in Orlando, FL. Some of Byran’s first tournament experiences were on Taylorsville Lake in tournaments hosted by Boatworks.

Video Recap:

Ky Bluegrass Boardfest 2008 from CincyWake.com on Vimeo.

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Core Sponsors:

Kentucky Boatworks-Taylorsville, KY-MasterCraft dealer and Kentucky Wakesport Authority provides the largest pro shop selection and wakeboard boat inventory in the state.  Boatworks provided MasterCraft X-Star towboats and staff for the tournament. Boatworks is a sponsor of the UK Wakeboard Club and supporter of Collegiate Wakeboarding in Kentucky. Check the on-line pro shop and current inventory at www.kyboatworks.com.

Wake Nation, a key sponsor of the UK Collegiate Challenge, is soon to open the first cable park in the area in Cincinnati, OH. The park is due to open in May 2009. For more information check out www.wakenation.com

Sam Swope Automatic Group LLC, Louisville, KY-Your source for the finest selection of new Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Saturn, Suzuki, Honda, Toyota, Scion, Smart Car, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, Volvo, BMW. And Lexus available today. Check them out for your next tow vehicle at www.samswope.com.

McCarthy’s Irish Bar in Lexington, KY- a premier Irish Bar with great beer selections, A bit of Ireland in Lexington, KY.

Hyperlite Hypertour- www.hyperlite.com
MasterCraft- www.mastercraft.com
Qakley- www.oakley.com
Red Bull- www.redbull.com
University of Kentucky Wakeboard & Water Ski Club-

Results

Pro
Bryan Hutton            100

Outlaw
Daniel Walden        92
Clayton Underwood        76
James Feid            69

Advanced
Tom Pazerumas        82.5
Cameron Steiner        70
Alex Byrum            69
Kyle Smith            68
Dominic Carucci        47
Trey Parker            39

Intermediate
Nathan Stetter            50
Justin Wells            33
Jon Garibay            29
Blake Summerel        26
Dominick Carucci        16

Novice
Shaun Leomis            65
Zach McMilken        63
Evan Storck            53
Tobias Hafer            47
Jonathan Haye            45
Garrett Moberly        44.5
Bobby Sutherland        44
Nate Stein            43
Collin Bordick            42
Chris Reed            40
Brian Keifer            39
Wes Conn            39
Jordon Leo            39
Mark Hamann            38
Brandon Phillips        29
Jeff Baker            28
Bill Feather            25
Josh Wagner            21
Alex Smith            17
Scott Lurkins            15
Aaron Kleinhelter        10
Matt Evans              0

Women’s Intermediate
Laura Mitchell            65

Women’s Novice
Kylie Parker            48
Megan VanMeter        31
Julie Mize            30
Kathryn Moore        28
Whitley Evans            27
Jessica Bullock        18

Article by: Jason Neagle
Photos contributed by: Jason Neagle, Brian Robertson, and Josh Wagner

MasterCraft will be the exclusive towboat and the tournament will be a Hypertour stop.  There will be prizes for podium finishers in all divisions and a $1000 cash prize for the outlaw division winner.  Two round competition with top finishers of each heat competing at the end of the day.  There are a limited number of spots so register early.  Boatworks Proshop will be on site with closeouts on 2008 gear.  Hang around after the competition for a party that night.

WHAT: Bluegrass Boardfest Collegiate Wakeboard Tournament
WHEN: September 20th, 2008
WHERE:
Taylorsville Lake State Park
1320 Park Road
Taylorsville, KY 40071
Directions: From Louisville, take I-64 to the Gene Snyder Freeway south and KY 155 to Taylorsville; turn east on KY 44 and drive three miles to the park. From Bluegrass Parkway, take KY 55 exit to Taylorsville.

For Early Registration please fill out entry form and mail with check to:
UK Waterski Team
106 Student Center
500 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40506-0030

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