Bohol Wakefest 2012 @ Pandanon Island

The Bohol Wakefest 2012 has been going on at the Pandanon Island in Getafe, Bohol since Saturday until the 25th of June.

The wake boarding experience jump started with a competition dominated by visiting wake boarders from other provinces during the opening day. Here’s the complete result of the competition:

WOMEN’s WAKESKATE:
Champion : Susan Larsson (Sweden)

WOMEN’S WAKEBOARD:
Champion : Mikee Selga (Davao)
1st Runner-up : Ma. Theresa Calabria (Tagbilaran)

MEN’s WAKESKATE:
Champion : Maroe Gomez (Manila)
1st Runner-up : Fermin Tamayo
2nd Runner-up : Koko Yuzon (Cebu)

MEN’s WAKEBOARD
Champion : Zech Stephenson (Davao)
1st Runner-up : Luda Horfila (Davao)
2nd Runner-up : Gelou Cordero

The wakefest gives local and foreign tourists the opportunity to enjoy with one of the fastest growing sports in the world and in Asia–the wakeboarding.

The wakefest is organized by The Board Shop, a Singapore-based company selling premium wake gear shop in Southeast Asia in coordination with the local government unit of Getafe, Bohol.

Wakeboarder shall be charged P600 for half-day use of the facility and P900 for its whole day use. Discounted rates include: PhP 2000 (3 days); PhP 3500 (7 days); PhP 5000 (10 days).

The facility uses a German-made cable park system–Sesitec System 2.0, a straight-line two-tower cable system that span up to 200 meters apart.

The event is the first in the Visayas region and is aimed to spin the tourism industry of Getafe. The locales are lured with this one-of-a-kind event that happened in their island barangay of Pandanon.