Buzza taking an unconventional route down the stairs, pic Saunders
Buzza taking an unconventional route down the stairs, pic Saunders
Buzza taking an unconventional route down the stairs, pic Saunders
One of the System 2.0 setups, very nice! pic Saunders
Thats what you call 'on the nose' pic Saunders
They even built stairs inbetween the pools! pic Saunders
System 2.0 is not just for rails! pic Saunders
The legitometer is high on this one! pic Saunders
There is 3 System 2.0's in this picture! pic Saunders
Girls can ride! Steph Caller, pic Saunders
The author tripping down the staris, pic Saunders
LDB dropping one of the many pools, pic Saunders
George Newell was there, pic Saunders
Solid Jim has skinny legs! pic Saunders

System 2.0 Fun

by Lee Debuse
22 / 02 / 2009

This is my second time staying at CWC now and aside from the hot weather, glassy water, 6-corner cable and the awesome selection of rails and kickers, the one thing that really drew me in this time was the new winch park I’d heard so much about.

CWC have been working hard alongside Pat Panakos to create the world’s biggest winch park with a total of six Sesitec System 2 cable rigs, which is basically a 2-ended cable setup that runs back and forth. They have a series of huge man-made concrete pools that have been specifically designed for wakeboarding and wakeskating. All are on different levels with different rails in between and some gnarly stair sets for added flare. There is something for every one at all levels of ability.

One of the pools is set up without any rails so it is just the System 2 pulling you from one end of the lake to the other and back. This works great for people learning their first inverts or working on more difficult tricks and has proven to be a great way to teach riders their first raleys. Ruben, the cable manager proved this by getting 3 girls to land raleys within 1 hour.

Up until recently all of the different pool gap setups have been pulled with winches. These System 2 rigs are going to change a lot by enabling more riding because there is no walking the rope back and you can hit the rails from both ways. This will help riders progress faster.

So naturally on the first day we arrived without sleep for 3-days, it was straight on to the main cable for a warm up set. Shortly after I heard people were heading over to session the winch park, even though I was so tired it was hard to say no. Solid Jim and George Newell are also here from the UK and we all took it pretty easy the first day just figuring out what it was all about.

Solids rail riding skills have improved like mad, especially as he’s figured out it’s best to slide to rails on his board and not parts of his body! Jim is now front boarding every rail with style. George and his crazy big ollies are making it easy for him to 270 on to pretty much all of the rails and I’ve been working on nose presses which has been fun.