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2016 Winter Wake Fest Classic at the Toronto International Boat Show

This year marked the 6th time in a row that we have setup the Boarder Pass – Sesitec System 2.0 at the Toronto International Boat Show on the World’s largest indoor lake.  It’s crazy to think that we get to wakeboard in the middle of the winter, indoors in Canada…and it just so happens to be my favourite time of the year.  I’ve always disliked Canadian winters and been known to migrate south to the warmer weather where I can still actively participate in the wakeboard world but the boat show has made January the best month of them all to me.  Every year, the arena where the Toronto Marlies usually play hockey is turned into a lake and is filled with a million gallons of frigid cold water, a bunch of EZ Dock, a double sided kicker and a 30ft incline rail.  The process of building this massive lake takes a lot of team work and cooperation from a lot of people behind the scenes and we are very fortunate to be a part of this great team.  Over the years, there have been countless things behind the scenes that both our staff and the Boat Show staff have overcome together to make this show what it is today. When we first started, we brought both of our towers from our hometown system in Sarnia, ON and set it up just like any normal System 2 gets setup.  However, since then we have gone through numerous changes to the point that we now have the only tower-less System 2.0 setup and it is indoors.
Sesitec System 2.0 ready to go
Last year, the Ricoh Coliseum allowed us to design and implement a permanent fix that would allow us to setup the System without bringing either of our towers.  We are now able to mount both of our pulley heads and the motor to the arena floor and hoist our cable from one side of the arena to the other.  It is truly incredible and we are very grateful for this.  We were super nervous, but it worked out better than we could’ve imagined.  This year, this unique setup allowed us way more time to focus on other things because as you can imagine, the setup without towers is a lot quicker and easier.  None of this would even be possible if the Boat Show and the Ricoh Coliseum didn’t take the risk years ago when they decided to implement a track system along their walls of the arena bowl to allow for placement of the liner for this lake.  The liner is welded together and checked over and over again for any sign of puncture.  Once cleared, the water begins to flow!

Ice Pad has been covered Liner is being placed
Incline Rail ready to go
1st layer of liner being placed
Setup Team hard at work
We are honoured and privileged to be a part of this spectacular show and we do whatever we can every year to make it bigger and better.  Our main goal is to do our very best at demonstrating wakeboarding to the masses and there’s no better place for us to be able to accomplish this than at the Toronto International Boat Show.  

CWB Rider – Daniel Powers flying off the Boarder Pass kicker

For the rest of the story from Toronto check out http://boarderpasscanada.blogspot.ca/