Experience wakeboarding on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia
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Transcript
BEN: Well, the sunny coast is packed with things you can do around the water. So as usual, I wasn't wasting any time to see what sort of action I could get myself into. Well, I'm at Go Wake Cable Park at Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast, and I'm just about to give wakeboarding a go for the very first time. There are lots of guys out there doing it and having a great time. But for me, it's a lesson from one of the pros before I hit the water. Well, lucky for me, my instructor for the day was current world champ, James Windsor. So it was time to strap myself in, get a few tips and hit the water.
JAMES WINDSOR: Once it pulls you up on top of the water, that's when you bring it into that frame here, into your right hip, all right?
BEN: OK. Here we go.
WINDSOR: You just want to keep it in line with your hip and out a bit further.
BEN: So After a few decent wipe-outs, James had me up and out of the water and even making my turns.
WINDSOR: You got this.
Yeah.
BEN: So guys, thanks for having me out here. What an experience.
STAFF MEMBER: Yes. It's something a little bit different and being a little bit diverse is what we can actually do on the Sunshine Coast. We're so close to the beaches but we will say got some fantastic inland lakes like we have here. So if you just wanted to come in and do an hour, we can do that. You can do a full day. We provide everything. Basically, people can show up, and we have all the equipment here.
It's a two-lake facility. We've got the main lake here, which most people will use. But for those who are wanting a little bit more assistance and might be a little bit intimidated, we can get them on a private lake as well, just like you did this morning.
Look, it's not just about wakeboarding. We also offer aqua fun park, which is like an inflatable washout course, and we also have a really fantastic barramundi fishing experience as well.
BEN: After never wakeboarded before, these guys have definitely got me up to speed. How much fun is that? Got pulled over a couple of times. Third time out, a couple of laps. It's time to go do it again.
JAMES WINDSOR: Once it pulls you up on top of the water, that's when you bring it into that frame here, into your right hip, all right?
BEN: OK. Here we go.
WINDSOR: You just want to keep it in line with your hip and out a bit further.
BEN: So After a few decent wipe-outs, James had me up and out of the water and even making my turns.
WINDSOR: You got this.
Yeah.
BEN: So guys, thanks for having me out here. What an experience.
STAFF MEMBER: Yes. It's something a little bit different and being a little bit diverse is what we can actually do on the Sunshine Coast. We're so close to the beaches but we will say got some fantastic inland lakes like we have here. So if you just wanted to come in and do an hour, we can do that. You can do a full day. We provide everything. Basically, people can show up, and we have all the equipment here.
It's a two-lake facility. We've got the main lake here, which most people will use. But for those who are wanting a little bit more assistance and might be a little bit intimidated, we can get them on a private lake as well, just like you did this morning.
Look, it's not just about wakeboarding. We also offer aqua fun park, which is like an inflatable washout course, and we also have a really fantastic barramundi fishing experience as well.
BEN: After never wakeboarded before, these guys have definitely got me up to speed. How much fun is that? Got pulled over a couple of times. Third time out, a couple of laps. It's time to go do it again.
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