Photo by Jordan Hays.
Flip Side Watersports
Flip Side Watersports will be adding a second cable to its wakeboarding park this month.
A year after opening, Flip Side Watersports at Oak Mountain State Park is doubling its capacity for riders.
The cable wakeboarding park, the first of its kind in the state, is adding a second electric cable across its section of Oak Mountain Lake.
“One advantage of the second cable is that it allows us to accommodate more riders,” Jeremy Talbot, owner of Flip Side Watersports, said.
Talbot said that the estimated time for the second cable to be set up is by the second week of July.
Instead of using a boat, Flip Side uses a motor and cables to pull riders from one end of a lake to the other. Riders are free to perform flips, twists and turns while gliding along the water. The wakeboarding park has the longest cable in North America, and it offers camps and coaching for all skill levels.
Flip Side riders will be showing off their skills as part of the state park’s annual Fire on the Water show on July 3.
The cable wakeboarding park opened in June 2014. The goal of Flip Side has been to make wakeboarding grow, since many kids in Alabama have not tried the sport. Talbot said that Flip Side has definitely seen an increase in popularity since they first started.
The park offers not just wakeboards, but also kneeboards, tubes and skis as rental options. Flip Side participants can purchase a one-hour pass for $15. A one-hour pass with gear rental included is $35 and season passes for 2015 are $700. For those who would rather relax instead of wakeboard, stand up paddleboards are also available for rent at Flip Side.
