Posted July 22, 200816 yr Wake Nation Theme Park Opening in Cincinnati http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2008/07/wake-nation-theme-park-opening-in-cincinnati.html Wake Nation Cincinnati is opening in May 2009 in the Fairfield area. Wake Nation is a watersports complex designed for wakeboarding, wakeskating, water skiing and knee boarding. The park is on an eight acre lake and has a cable system suspended thirty feet above the lake. They will be breaking ground in August 2008. This park which is partially funded by a close friend of ours will be featured on the Channel 9 WCPO News this week. We will continue to provide updates on this exciting venue as its grand opening approaches next summer.
July 22, 200816 yr Here is a website for the company...looks pretty interesting - http://www.wakenation.com/index.html
July 23, 200816 yr I'm pretty surprised that there hasn't been any activity on this thread yet. I think this is going to be VERY cool.
March 18, 200916 yr Local wakeboarders get new park Water skiers and wakeboarders frustrated by the lack of waves in the Tri-State may soon find solace at Wake Nation, the Midwest's first cable wakeboarding park under construction in Fairfield. The Joyce Park attraction will open to the public May 1. Seven of the world's top wakeboarders will visit the park for a grand opening celebration June 2. Then in July, Wake Nation will host as many as 5,000 spectators for the USA Wakeboarding National Championships. Wake Nation is the brainchild of Peter Kennedy, the former CEO of a start-up medical device company who first tried the sport while on a medical mission in the Philippines in 2007. Wakeboarding is to water skiing what snowboarding is to snow skiing, he described. "It's the evolution of water skiing," he said. "It's more about aerial tricks and flips." Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090317/BIZ/903180305/1055/NEWS
May 1, 200916 yr New wave sports plex opens When Jen Ragland nervously walked onto the dock at Wake Nation, she was an admitted novice to the world of wakeboards, kneeboards and wake-skating. The Hyde Park woman had never done any water sport where she was pulled by an overhead cable-pulley system rather than a boat and tow line. After listening carefully to instructions from her cousin -- Wake Nation owner Peter Kennedy - to keep your weight low and to the back and extend your arms, she picked up the tow line and away she went. "I haven't had an adrenaline rush like that in years,'' she said. "It was awesome. It was easier to do than I thought. " Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090501/NEWS01/905020325/1055/NEWS
May 14, 200916 yr Maybe if you posted the full article. ;-) Besides it's in Fairfield. Because Fairfield is terrible place to put what should be considered a tourist attraction. This should have been built this near King's Island and all the other regional tourist attractions. Even putting it near Coney Island would have been smart but anything put in Fairfield is destined to fail. Cincinnati Mills has proven this. Only Jungle Jim's has defied the odds.
May 19, 200916 yr Wake Nation brings water sports thrill to Midwest with new Cincinnati park http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0519wakenation.aspx The Midwest’s first cable wake-boarding park has opened in Cincinnati. Located in the Fairfield community, Wake Nation had a soft opening on Sunday, May 3 at Joyce Park with a Grand Opening Celebration scheduled for Tuesday, June 2. Wake Nation owner, Peter Kennedy indicates there are only seven other cable waterparks in the entire nation including Dallas, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and four in Florida. What makes the cable waterparks special is that riders can water ski, wakeboard and wakeskate by being pulled by an overhead cable-pulley system instead of a typical motor boat. This experience makes Wake Nation fun and exciting for both veteran wakeboarders and first-time riders. Riders at Wake Nation Cincinnati are pulled around the 10-acre lake, constructed by Cincinnati-based Unit Building Services, at 18-20 miles per hour with speeds topping out at 45 miles per hour for the most experienced riders. There are challenging jumps, including floating sliders, grind rails, table tops and kickers for those looking for additional thrills. The new water sports complex is already proving to be a hit. Following the grand opening celebrations on June 2, local radio station WEBN will broadcast live from the park between 3 and 5pm. The big event will then take place from Thursday, July 30 to Saturday, August 1 when the USA Wakeboard Cable Nationals come to town. The USA Wakeboard Cable National Championships feature the nation’s best wakeboarders and is expected to draw some 5,000 spectators. Throughout the summer Kennedy expects to draw an average of 300 visitors a day with some coming from as far away as Chicago or Knoxville, TN. Wake Nation offers free parking and admission to the water sports complex, including access to an outdoor 3,000 square-foot observation deck that offers panoramic views of the entire lake area. Rates are based on a “pay-as-you-play” system. Cable passes can be purchased in one hour, two hour, four hour and all-day passes for $20, $25, $30 and $35, respectively. The park is open daily at 10am and closes at dark throughout the summer until October. Riders are encouraged to bring their own gear, but can also rent equipment at the park if needed. Wake Nation Cincinnati is located at 201 Joe Nuxhall Way in Joyce Park which is roughly 25 minutes north of downtown Cincinnati.
July 26, 200915 yr Photos with article link... Wake Nation Cincinnati a gamble that’s already paying off Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May Pete Kennedy was on a business trip in the Philippines the first time he visited a cable wake park. There was a hotel in the middle of a beautiful but depressed part of the country. And young people from all over the world were there wake-boarding, knee-boarding and wake-skating. “I took one stint on the cable and said, ‘This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen,’” he said. Before long, Kennedy was back in the U.S. hatching a plan to build his own park. All he needed was water, a flat piece of land and the German-engineered parts to build the facility. He scouted sites in California, where he was living at the time. But land costs were astronomical. He and his wife, who both have family in Greater Cincinnati, decided to launch the business here. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/07/27/story16.html
January 28, 201015 yr EXPANSION! Wake Nation to add 'Practice Pond' By Elaine Trumpey • [email protected] • January 27, 2010 FAIRFIELD - Wake Nation, the cable wake park that allows wakeboarders and water skiers to practice their sport without a boat, will add a "Practice Pond" in time for its second season, which begins May 1. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100127/NEWS01/1280322/
February 2, 201015 yr urbanohio event? Oh I could dazzle everybody with 180s and grabs, since I never figured out how roll my fat a$$ on a consistent basis...
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