Waking up to wakeboarding

By Jasmine W. Payo
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–When Reuben Buchanan took on the job to manage a wakeboard cable park in Camarines Sur, the athletic Australian also assumed the responsibility of promoting the sport to the locals. He went as far as tapping unusual talents for the emergent water sport.

“We found some breakdancers in CamSur who I thought would be good to groom as wakeboarding trainers and champions,” recalls Buchanan. “Right now they are the best Filipino wakeboarders we have.”

Check out this YouTube video courtesy of waketrex.

Wakeboarding — a combination of surfing, water skiing and snow boarding — recently found a sprawling home at the CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) in Pili, Camarines Sur in the Bicol region.

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