The city of Elizabethtown in Kentucky hosted for the first time the Mastercraft Pro Wakeboard Tour (PWT) event last weekend which was well attended by wakeboarding enthusiasts from other states and abroad.
There were more than fifty participants who showed their skill at the Freeman Lake. Elizabethtown Tourism Convention Bureau (ETCB) Chairperson Jim Long said that he’s hoping to have this competition as a yearly event in the city.
The wakeboarding event became the first professional-level competition that took place in the city since the 1990s which means that there’s now a growing interest from tourists and the city and the organizers believe that this is a great trend.
Organizers said that they saw an increase of hotel bookings during the weekend and that there were thousands of spectators during the grand finale last Sunday with vehicles coming from neighboring states noted based on the license plates seen at the parking lots.
ETCB Sports and Sales Director Janna Clark revealed that she already spoke with the PWT sponsors to bring back this exciting wakeboarding competition in their city next year and the response has been promising.
The 2010 PWT season schedule will be announced after its current season ends in Nevada next month.
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