New Wake Nation Cable Park Grand Opening June 2 in Cincinnati

Wakeboarding Is Nation's Hottest New Water Sport...But Where The Heck's The
Boat?

CINCINNATI, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Now for something completely
different...water skiing and wakeboarding...WITHOUT A BOAT!

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One of the most unusual water recreation venues in the U.S., Wake Nation
Cincinnati celebrates its Grand Opening June 2 as a fun and challenging
watersports complex for wakeboarding as well as wakeskating, water skiing and
kneeboarding.

What makes the water experience of Wake Nation so unique is that riders are
pulled around a huge lake not by a motorboat, but by a high-tech cable system
developed in Germany.

"Riders can hit the water in a whole new way," says owner/developer Peter
Kennedy. Gone are motorboats' whining sounds and polluting exhaust as riders
are pulled around the smooth water of a man-made 10-acre lake. There are six
towers rising 30 feet over the water with a circulating cable system that tows
wakeboarders, skiers, or kneeboarders at speeds of 18-20 miles per hour.

"Wakeboarding is America's fastest growing water sport," adds Kennedy.
Wakeboarders ride on a board slightly larger than a snowboard and ride on top
of the water. Cable wakeboarding appeals to all ages. Beginners love that
wakeboarding is fun, easy to learn, and allows riders to progress at his or
her own pace. Most riders learn how to successfully get up and stay up on
their board within their first hour.

Experienced wakeboarders like that they can amp up the adrenaline by launching
themselves into the air by challenging the various man-made jumps and
obstacles (floating sliders, grind rails, table tops and kickers) located in
the lake. In addition to wakeboarding and water skiing, riders can slalom,
trick ski, kneeboard and wakeskate. Lessons are available for beginners as
well as for experienced riders looking to learn new jumps, tricks and moves.

Wake Nation Cincinnati is the only wakeboarding cable park in the Midwest, the
next closest one being more than 600 miles away, in Kansas City. There are
only six other cable waterparks in the entire U.S.

Wake Nation Cincinnati is located in Joyce Park in Fairfield, Ohio, a northern
Cincinnati suburb. The park will be open daily through October from 10 a.m. to
dark. For more information, call (513) 887-WAKE or email info@wakenation.com.
Website: www.wakenation.com.

SOURCE Wake Nation

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