2008: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Fort Worth - 1st
2008: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Acworth - 1st
2008: Wake Games - 2nd
2007: King of Wake World Cup – 1st
2007: Pro-Am Wakeboard Championships – 1st
2007: WWA World Championships – 1st
2007: Pro Wakeboard Tour – 1st
2007: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Portland – 1st
2007: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Kelowna – 1st
2007: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Twin Cities – 1st
2007: WWA World Series – 1st
2007: Wake Games – 1st
2007: Pro Tour: Acworth – 1st
2007: U.S. Masters – 1st
2006: Gravity Games – 1st
2006: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Portland – 2nd
2006: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Reno – 2nd
2005: WWA World Championships – 1st
2005: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Orlando – 1st
2005: X Games – 2nd
2005: WWA National Championships – 2nd
2005: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Fort Worth – 3rd
2004: X Games – 1st
2004: Malibu Open – 1st
2004: Pro Wakeboard Tour: Reno – 1st
2004: Vans Wakeboarding Pro – 2nd
2003: U.S. Masters – 3rd 
click on photo and visit Phillip HISTORY OF WAKEBOARDING  Cable wakeboarding can trace its roots back to Germany in the 1950s, when during a holiday in Holland, Mr. Bruno Rixen, an engineer from Munich, Germany, experienced water skiing for the first time. He thought it was great, but did not like the long wait at the overcrowded ski school.
Because of the restricted water space in Germany, Mr. Rixen quickly saw the need for a system that would put large numbers of people through areas where there wasn’t room for many boats. Being an inventor by nature and profession, he then set out to invent the ideal skiing machine, one that would adapt the snow skiing tow principle for use on water. The idea was to develop a system similar to that of a ski lift, where skiers were pulled over the water by means of an overhead cable and pulley system, eliminating the need for a boat. A few years later, in 1962, the prototype of the first cableski system, first made its rounds on a lake near Badesholm, Germany. Soon after, the official magazine of the World Water Ski Union published a very enthusiastic report on this astonishing new way of water skiing, with ten skiers in action at the same time and no boat. His success inspired Mr. Rixen to immediately try to get cable skiing recognized. A persistent man, he showed up at every waterski congress in Europe, Australia, and the United States with his photos, brochures, films, and patient smile.
He finally succeeded when competitions were held for the first time in 1970 in Germany. The first German Cable Nationals were held in 1972. In 1978 an unofficial European Championship was organized in Spain. Finally in 1985, the first official European cableski championships were organized in Germany, and the fourth discipline in waterskiing was born and officially recognized.
The final step was to get cableski recognized worldwide by the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF). By this time, cableski courses were in full operation on almost every continent, but because some countries did not have separate organizations for cableski, it took some time before they were founded. Finally, in 1994 the World Cableski Council was created and started its work.
In the meantime, as the advantages and efficiencies of cableways became more obvious, other cable manufacturers such as Sesitec and Alta came onto the scene, and more and more cableways began to be constructed all over the world. Though the majority are in Europe, others began to show up in Africa, Asia, Australia, and North America.
Enter Wakeboarding
As wakeboarding began its phenomenal growth in the 1990s, riders began to show up on cableways around the world. As an increasing number of impressive big air tricks began to be thrown on the cable by some of the then up-and-coming riders such as Darin Shapiro and Shannon Best, tournaments and other organized competitions in many countries soon followed.
In response to the explosion of wakeboarding around the world, the IWSF created the World Wakeboard Council (WWC) in 1998. The WWC governs both boat and cable wakeboarding in three regions around the world.
As the sport continued to grow, cable wakeboard National Championships were held in several countries. By this time, sports industry sponsors began to take notice. Then the European Cable Wakeboard Tour was launched in 1999, and has been growing steadily ever since. In 2001, the first WWC Cable Wakeboard World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany, and was an astounding success. Over 150 riders representing 20 countries around the world attended. Then in 2002, the USA Cable Wakeboard Tour was launched. The 2003 World Championships were held in Brisbane, Australia, and the 2005 Worlds in Budapest, Hungary.
And in 2005, cable wakeboarding finally achieved true international Olympic-level status when for the first time in history, not only was it included as a featured sport in the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany, but also ranked #2 in television ratings (American Football was #1) out of over 30 different sports covered at the prestiguous event. Also, the year 2005 saw more cable wakeboard events all over the world than at any other time in the history of the sport.
Though cableski facilities have now been around for over 40 years, an interesting shift in the cable world seems to have taken place over the last 10 years. Cableways were built primarily during the heyday of waterskiing, and have for the most part been primarily composed of three-event skiing, kneeboarding, and occasionally barefooting. In 2004, the Cable Wakeboard Commission completed a survey of most all the cableways around the world to determine the average percentage of skiers versus wakeboarders observed at each facility. Incredibly, virtually 95% of all patrons at cable parks around the world were wakeboarders!
Another emerging trend that has been seen in the cable world is the growth of wakeskating. At some cable parks, wakeskaters comprise close to 25-30% of all riders. In addition, the emergence of sliders, kickers, and other obstacles have only fueled the fire for the growth of the sport.
By all accounts, most industry experts agree that the potential for a dramatic rise in construction of even more cable parks around the world over the next decade is excellent.
Indeed, if history is any indication, cable wakeboarding has an awesome future! | 
