Wakeboarding just gone crazy lately. All of a sudden International competitions are held here in Camsur Watersports Complex. Seeing the pro's gliding smoothly in the water look so easy and exciting. So I made a promise to myself that I won't go home not spending a day wakeboarding.
- Professional foreign riders as they practice their exhibitions in CWC Wakeboard lake
Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) is owned and maintained by the government. It is a man-made lake built with an intention of bringing good vibes to Camsur tourism and also to increase revenue for the Region. This is a project of Gov. Ray Villafuerte which has an intention of earning funds for the region and giving livelihood to the locals (salute!!!). Camsur Watersports Complex is a unique watersports park designed for wakeboarding, wakeskating and waterskiing. For beginner riders to the professional wakeboarders and skiiers from all over the world, CWC offers a 6-point cable ski system, coupled with restaurants, sand bars, spas, pro-shops and grand stands to hold guests. Riders can also enjoy their favorite water sports at night as the park will be equipped with spotlights that allow for it even to be open on evenings (http://www.cwcwake.com/about_cwc_philippines).
When the SFC Icon ended on Sunday, Feb 20, 2011 the other delegates already packed all their things and bid goodbye to CWC to catch up with their flight schedules and others vacate the vicinity to avoid having charged for another day of stay in their accomodations within CWC. My sister is a missionary so she has to stay in CWC. I opted to stay since my trip won't be complete if I won't be able to try what CWC has to offer me. On that day, I went to the wakeboarding registration area to register for the free ride CWC catered for SFC Icon delegates. But sad to say it was already fully booked. And wait listing has been cut off early because of too many registrants, well imagine 7000 delegates of SFC ICON that should be a lot huh? Since there is no advance wait listing for the next day, we were advised to be in the vicinity starting 7am in the morning to catch the beginners monday promo that they have, which only costs Php 200 pesos from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Well, that's fine with me, as long as I can wakeboard.
So the next day,Monday, was indeed my wakeboarding day. Me and my sister stayed in Naga City, we arrived an hour late for the beginners monday treat, so we opted for the per hour course instead. Well, i thought an hour was enough, but men, I would highly recommend to get the half day or the whole day unlimited ride instead.
We got to try knee boarding and learn wake-boarding at the beginners lake. Knee boarding was the easiest but wakeboarding is much challenging for me and for my sister. We are quite heavy and the wake-board needs control from your heels. I find it hard to control my heels and my hands to not pull the rope, but as a human reflex our immediate reaction when being pulled is to pull back which results to an unstable cable and the sinking of the wakeboard. So as you can see below are the pictures of our many "semplang" moments while learning to wakeboard at the beginners lake.
You might be wondering why we were at the beginners lake? Well, there are a lot of Professional riders on queue at the Big wakeboarding lake and if beginners trying to learn wakeboard will be placed their you'll just be a waste of time, hehehe. So that's why beginners lake was created.
The instructors are very accomodating and patient. They are very encouraging and full of powerful words pushing you to not give up. And when you were able to glide back and forth and know how to turn from one side to the other, you're off to the Big wakeboarding lake...
And since we worked so hard for the ride, we have to stuff our hungry stomach with food from the CWC Club House which is moderately priced. We wished to ride all day but my sister has to go for their missionary conference somewhere in Naga City. We have to bid goodbye to CWC after lunch.
Must try! Try their pizza it looks yummy and is yummy... It tastes like Da Vinci's Pizza in Cebu :)
I surely will go back to Camsur and do wakeboarding again. It was a great experience. How I wish I had more pictures to share. Too bad were only 2 and have to switch positions to take pictures. That's why when we have to knee board the camera stays with the bag. Hmmm that won't happen next time, I'll make sure of that.
For more information about Camsur Waterworks Complex wakeboarding fees please visit www.cwcwake.com or
Camsur Watersports Complex Office: Provincial Capitol Complex Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur Contact Number: (054) 4773344 / (054) 4773349 Fax Number: +63(54) 477-5162 E-mail: infocamsur@gmail.comPostal Address: Provincial Capitol Complex Cadlan, Pili 4418 Camarines Sur, PhilippinesProvincial Government of Camarines sur
Manila Liason Office 2nd Floor bldg. 11 la Fuerza Plaza Compound, 2241 Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City Phone number: +63(2) 817-0831 or 710 9086 Fax number: +63(2) 817-0832
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