I’ve been in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for the past week for the World Games. It has been a seriously impressive production. The city has put 8 years and $200,000,000+ into a 7 day sporting event. They were kind enough to have wakeboarding along for the ride. We just finished up the closing ceremony tonight with 100,000 plus people in and around the stadium for the closing.
There was an army of volunteeres to help us with any and everything we needed. The games themselves actually had 4000+ volunteeres.
The riding was from an impressive and international field. 16 countries were represented and in the end I was fortunate enough to come away with the gold.
I snapped a ton of photos on my actual SLR camera but for now I will leave you with an Iphone photo of the closing ceremony.
I’m heading to Tokyo, Japan tomorrow morning so I’ll keep some pics and updates coming. Andrew
Well, I may not have been able to make it on the Aus trip this time around, but was able to get a few sets in my hometown. It was a nice reminder as to how fortunate I was to grow up in Panama city, FL.
I get asked on a very regular basis where my favorite place to ride is and it has to be PC, florida. Our lakes here are like no other I’ve been to. Most people have seen or been to Panama City Beach and are familiar with the white silicon sand and the crystal clear water, but few are aware of the lakes in Panama City that look exactly the same. The lakes are so clean and clear you feel more like you’re in a swimming pool than a lake. There are 30+ of these clear lakes in northern bay county and southern washington county but Lucas Lake, White Western, and Lake Merial are a few of my favorites. I’ll dig through my photo archives when I get back to Auburndale to give you a few more pics of my favorite place to ride. Here is one in the mean time of Jimmy Trask riding on Lucas Lake a few months ago.
Jimmy Trask taking a set on Lucas Lake
Due to a family emergency I won’t be making it on the Australia trip. However Trevor and Corey are there and should be blogging along the way. For the updates on their trip check out ridecwb.com/blog
I will have a few trips coming up in February and will keep you posted.-Andrew
