Growing up in a family whose default summer vacation involved trailering a boat to a cabin on a lake in the midwest put me in a fortunate situation to learn how to water ski at an early age. On most mornings, just after sunrise, my dad (aka “Captain Tow) would whisper to my brother and me, “it’s glass, get up!”. On one of those trips to a favorite lake of ours we bought the early form of a wakeboard in the early 90’s. As the years went on I continued to fall more and more in love with wakeboarding, I attended camps in Florida, competed in regional competitions, and have taught countless neighbors, friends, and families how to ride along the way.

Traditional wakeboarding behind a boat has grown in popularity since the mid-90’s. However, industries have had to adapt to the demand of performing traditional practices in a more environmentally friendly and efficient way. Water skiing and wakeboarding are of no exception. While they have been around since the mid-1960s, 5 to 6 tower cable wakeboarding parks have seen exponential growth in recent years here in the States and all over the world.