The Philippines:

>wakeboarding has started to gain more and morewater sports such as kneeboarding, wakeskating, and
followers especially in the Philippines These pastwater-skiing. This water sports complex is very large
years, a lot of extreme sports have made their wayand the facilities are state of the art. It is worth a
to Philippine shores. One of the most exciting of thevisit if you are an avid wakeboarder.
bunch is wakeboarding. Before being officially calledAs of this writing, there are also wakeboarding
wakeboarding, the sport was formerly known underlocations in Davao and Clark, Pampanga.
the names skurfing and ski-boarding. It is indeed veryLago de Oro — This is the country’s
similar to surfing in that you have to ride a board onfirst cable wakeboard park and continues to be
a water surface.popular.  Lago de Oro is also a resort that boasts of
In the Philippines, wakeboarding has started to gaincomplete amenities available for its visitors. They
more and more followers. Current popularhave a number of restaurants where one can enjoy
wakeboarding spots in the Philippines include Batangassumptuous food after a full day of water sports
and Camarines Sur.activities.
To better explain wakeboarding, it is a sport where aCamSur Watersports Complex — CamSur
motorboat (at great speeds) is pulling a personWatersports Complex was the site of the 2009
standing on some sort of surfboard. ItWWA Ultimate Wakeboard Championships, greatly
doesn’t stop there. As the wakeboarder isadding to its reputation as a world-class
pulled by the motorboat, he also must performwakeboarding site and water sports venue.
certain stunts. The sport has evolved from its humbleAccommodations as well as other amenities are
beginnings to one very exciting sport with its ownavailable in the complex, as well as nearby areas.
association and a place in the prestigious X Games.CamSur is an abbreviation for Camarines Sur, which is
Wakeboarding in the Philippinesthe location of this water park.
Currently, there are two major wakeboardingDECA Wakeboard Park — located in one of
locations in the Philippines: Batangas and Camarinesthe country’s premiere cities, the DECA
Sur.Wakeboard Park is the largest wakeboarding park in
In Batangas, you can wakeboard and waterskiSoutheast Asia and is serving as a way to introduce
facilities such as the Lago de Oro Cable Ski Park andthe sport to the southern part of the country. The
Resort.addition of DECA to the list of wakeboarding facilities
The newly-opened CamSur Watersports Complexin the country has greatly contributed to the
provides locals and tourists with another majorPhilippines’ reputation as a wakeboarding
wakeboarding venue, as well as a place to try otherMecca.