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Cable Facts

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Cableways were invented during the 1950s.

Cableways were invented in Germany by Bruno Rixen.

There are over 150 cableways across the globe.

There are more than 60 cableways in Germany.

The cableway rotates counter-clockwise because Bruno Rixen liked skiing around the corners going in this direction.

The Sesitec 2.0 system was re-introduced for Redbull’s Wakelab in 2008.

If you compare the gas consumption of a weighted wakeboat in a 30 minute period, this is the value of the electric power used to power a cableway for an entire day.

The concept of the cable park, is a fairly new idea.

Wakeboarding is the fastest growing water-sport.

The introduction of obstacles such as rails and jumps much like in a snowboard or a  skateboard park, have made cable parks much more popular and exciting.

There are now fifteen cableways in the US and more are currently being built and planned.

Slob, indy, mute, stalefish are names of grabs.

Adrenaline Adventures’ cableway is built by Sesitec.

It‘s a Raley not a Superman.

There are 4 tower, 5 tower and 6 tower cableways.

Wake2wake.ca was started in Quebec.

Guillaume Paré, SBC Wake’s first editor started Wake2wake.ca

Manitoba was added to Wake2wake.ca in 2011.

Canada has had a cable park since 1984, in Pointe-Calumet in Quebec.

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