The Galleon - Portsmouth's Official Student Newspaper

The Wakeboard club started off its year with a great turnout to it’s first outing on St. Ann’s lake in Chertsey.

Showing up to the lake just before the crack of noon in shiny Pompey minibuses and cars, the new additions to the Wakeboard were treated to fantastic sunny weather and hot temperatures.

After taking a moment to don helmets, impact vests and boardies, the freshers were eager to take on the cable and to get onto the water. Starting off with kneeboards to get a feel for how the cable pulls and behaves, the first riders were pulled onto the water and around the cable. Most of the new riders were soon confident enough to bring out the wakeboards, and try out the sport for real.

At first onlookers were treated to some spectacular wipeouts as the new boarders wrestled to get the hang of their boards, but it again wasn’t long until there were riders getting up on their boards and away and around the lake.

For a first time wakeboarder, getting up onto the board and making it to the first corner is already an impressive feat, but on the fresher trip a few managed to get almost all the way around the four corner cable system!

Regardless of how well everyone progressed, all the new and old members had an amazing day at the lake. With such a great squad of new and returning wakeboarders, Pompey Wake has an exciting year ahead of themselves.