Wakeboardering season comes to an end

By By Lindsay McNeese

Monday, October 6, 2008

With temperatures on the decline, the Wakeboarding Club will make a few last trips to Clinton Lake before it’s too cold to swim.

The summer weather allows for periodic excursions to the local lake, 10 minutes from campus, where they help each other develop their skills.

Tony Gatti, the vice president of the Wakeboarding Club, said the season only runs from the beginning of April to the middle of November.

Even though the Kansas winters keep them off the water, they still meet on campus during the cold season.

“In the off season we meet a couple times and hangout and often times our fund-raiser is in the off season,” Gatti said.

Wakeboarding necessities come at a relatively high price, with equipment ranging from the boat and board, all the way to the gas and tow ropes.

“We lease the boat and the money for that is supplied by KU because of participation and club level. Then we pay for the rest of the club through cleaning Allen Fieldhouse and club dues,” Gatti said.

Like most clubs and organizations at KU, the Wakeboard Club is available to all students and no prerequisites are required.

“We get many types of skill level, from people who have never seen a wakeboard to advanced riders,” Gatti said.

Those who join with little or no experience are never excluded because those with more experience have no problem teaching.

“We teach it in multiple ways often time you break down what they are trying to learn in general terms and then have them try it and tell them things to do. Like a trial and error approach,” Gatti said.

— — Edited by Ramsey Cox

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