The WWU Wake Team was active during the 2000s before being officially established in 2014. We are a team of wakeboarders ranging from beginner to expert with a passion for spreading the love of the sport to newcomers. We practice weekly one-at-a-time on a two-point cable system at Valley Wake Park in Abbostford, BC. On the rare occasion we also ride behind a boat on Lake Whatcom or Samish depending on the willingness of drivers within the community. On top of these ride days, as long as funding permits, we travel to some of the top-rated cable parks in the U.S for competitions. This includes a biannual trip to Sacramento, CA and occasional others. Some recent competitions we’ve placed in include gold and silver in the beginner’s div of the Cinco de Mayo comp in Sacramento, first and second in the 18-24 div at the BC Provincials, and silver in the Amateur Wakeskate Nationals, among other accomplishments. During our off-season (when the water levels are too high at our cable park) we rely on fundraising to take us elsewhere to practice/compete. This off-season we were able to travel to one competition in Sacramento, CA, and our goal for next year is to add one more opportunity to ride in a competition in either Texas or Florida.
Our Goals
Annual WWU Collegiate Wakeboarding Competition
Next year we are planning our own competition at Valley Wake Park in Abbotsford, BC. This competition will bring collegiate teams from both sides of the border together for friendly competition and fun! We hope to make this an annual event that will create strong bonds within the wake community in western USA and Canada.
To Create More Opportunities for Our Team to Compete and Train
Currently our team commits to two competitions a year in Sacramento, CA. This is due to proximity (Sacramento has the closest full-systems to us) as well as funding. We would like to branch out to Texas or Florida and commit to at least one more competition a year so we can show the southern riders what we got at WWU.
We are also hoping to have an annual training trip during our winter seasons. The water levels at our cable park in Canada get too high and force us off the water between December and March. This creates a major gap in our season where we lose precious time to train. We would like a portion of our fundraising to be dedicated to an annual trip to a full-system cable park so we can intensively train for at least one weekend during the winter.
By donating to the WWU Wakeboarding Team on Give Day you will be directly supporting our efforts to train, compete, and host a WWU collegiate competition. You would be helping us with our equipment expenses including boards, bindings, helmets, and lifejackets. Your support has a huge impact on our ability to travel. We rely on fundraising in order to afford travel costs like van rentals, gas, accommodations, and food. Give Day donations also help us with competition fees and cable park passes. You will also see our WWU collegiate competition come to life with your donations by helping us with expenses like World Wake Association sanctioning and lake rentals.
We may be one of WWU’s smallest sports clubs but we have the biggest heart! We love our sport so much that we drive hours just to ride. We cross one international border for our regular riding in almost freezing-cold water, and we cross at least two state borders just so we can compete. We need help in order to ride consistently though! Our cable park in Canada only lets us ride one-at-a-time, and it’s also not available to us from December to March. During these winter months we dream of riding six-at-a-time on cyclical full-system cables in the California sun and competing against our fellow shredders. Help our dreams become reality by donating to our team on Give Day!
Shred on!
-The WWU Wake Team
tl;dr: Help us get more riding time, organize our own competition, and afford wakeboarding equipment by donating to WWU Wakeboarding on Give Day!
Rank | Prize | Department | Gifts |
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1 | $1,000 | Men's Rowing | 223 |
2 | $1,000 | WWU Volleyball | 183 |
3 | $1,000 | WWU Racing | 146 |
4 | $1,000 | WWU Symphony Orchestra Vienna-Prague Tour 2020 | 128 |
5 | $1,000 | Computer Science | 83 |
6 | MSCM & Operations | 79 | |
7 | Marketing Department | 76 | |
8 | Behavioral Neuroscience | 69 | |
9 | Ice Hockey | 66 | |
10 | WWU AS Food Pantry | 60 | |
11 | Accounting Department | 53 | |
12 | Western Washington University | 53 | |
13 | Men's Soccer | 49 | |
14 | Cross Country & Track and Field | 40 | |
15 | KUGS Scholarship | 39 | |
16 | Chemistry Department | 37 | |
17 | Robert and Bess Christman Scholarship | 37 | |
18 | Honors Program | 35 | |
19 | Honoring Nancy Johnson! | 34 | |
20 | Psychology | 32 | |
21 | Education and Social Justice Minor | 32 | |
22 | College of Business and Economics | 30 | |
23 | Women's Ultimate | 30 | |
24 | MBA Program | 29 | |
25 | Western Libraries Heritage Resources | 29 | |
26 | WWU Wakeboard Team | 26 | |
27 | Music Department | 25 | |
28 | Millie Johnson Puzzle Hunt Fund | 25 | |
29 | Child Development Center | 25 | |
30 | International Business Program | 23 | |
31 | Women's Basketball | 22 | |
32 | Scholarships and Diversity Initiatives | 22 | |
33 | Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies | 22 | |
34 | Physics and Astronomy | 22 | |
35 | Geology | 22 | |
36 | Woodring College of Education | 19 | |
37 | English Department | 19 | |
38 | Management Information Systems | 19 | |
39 | Huxley College of the Environment | 19 | |
40 | WWU Tennis Club | 19 | |
41 | LGBTQ+ Western | 18 | |
42 | Shannon Point Marine Center | 18 | |
43 | Best Buddies | 18 | |
44 | Men's Lacrosse | 17 | |
45 | Modern and Classical Languages | 17 | |
46 | History Department | 16 | |
47 | Piper Carr's Guitar Matching Fund | 15 | |
48 | Ray Wolpow Institute | 15 | |
49 | Linguistics | 15 | |
50 | Western Libraries | 15 | |
51 | Engineering and Design | 14 | |
52 | Men's Basketball | 14 | |
53 | Biology | 14 | |
54 | Adoptees Club | 14 | |
55 | Dance | 13 | |
56 | Environmental Sciences Department | 13 | |
57 | Journalism | 13 | |
58 | Undocumented Student Support | 13 | |
59 | Western GAP Scholarship | 12 | |
60 | Elementary Education Department | 12 | |
61 | Environmental Studies Department | 12 | |
62 | WWU Career Closet | 12 | |
63 | Marion Van Nostrand Scholarship | 11 | |
64 | Nursing | 11 | |
65 | Sociology | 11 | |
66 | Economics | 11 | |
67 | Veteran Services | 11 | |
68 | Finance Department | 11 | |
69 | AMSEC | 11 | |
70 | Graduate School | 10 | |
71 | Art and Art History Department | 10 | |
72 | Club Wrestling | 10 | |
73 | Mathematics | 9 | |
74 | College of Science and Engineering | 9 | |
75 | Environmental Toxicology Program | 9 | |
76 | Political Science | 9 | |
77 | Living Snow Project | 9 | |
78 | Bellingham Review | 9 | |
79 | Communication Sciences and Disorders | 8 | |
80 | Design Department | 8 | |
81 | Women's Water Polo | 8 | |
82 | Student Technology Center's Booster Fund | 8 | |
83 | Sailing Team | 8 | |
84 | College of Fine and Performing Arts | 8 | |
85 | Anthropology | 8 | |
86 | Western Gallery | 8 | |
87 | Liberal Studies | 8 | |
88 | Womxn of Color Empowerment Scholarship Fund | 8 | |
89 | Equestrian | 8 | |
90 | Women's Lacrosse | 7 | |
91 | Woodring College of Education Scholarships | 7 | |
92 | WWU Climbing Team | 7 | |
93 | Communication Studies | 7 | |
94 | Theatre Arts | 7 | |
95 | Quidditch | 7 | |
96 | WWU's Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programs | 6 | |
97 | Philosophy | 6 | |
98 | Health and Human Development | 6 | |
99 | Men's Rugby | 6 | |
100 | Educational Administration Program | 6 | |
101 | Canadian-American Studies | 6 | |
102 | WWU Chess Club | 6 | |
103 | Ethnic Student Center | 6 | |
104 | WWU Student Chapter of NSTA | 6 | |
105 | Filipino-American Student Association (FASA) | 6 | |
106 | Young Democrats of WWU | 6 | |
107 | Women's Soccer | 5 | |
108 | Rowing | 5 | |
109 | Alpha Kappa Psi Omega Beta | 5 | |
110 | Huxley Graduate Programs | 5 | |
111 | Compass to Campus | 5 | |
112 | Institute for Energy Studies | 5 | |
113 | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | 5 | |
114 | Women's Volleyball Sport Club | 5 | |
115 | Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 5 | |
116 | Dead Parrots Society | 5 | |
117 | Other | 4 | |
118 | Water Skiing | 4 | |
119 | Salish Sea Institute | 4 | |
120 | WWU Club Golf Team | 4 | |
121 | Hillel of WWU | 4 | |
122 | Center for Education Equity & Diversity | 4 | |
123 | NeRDS | 4 | |
124 | Endowed Professorship in Jewish History | 3 | |
125 | WISE Scholarship | 3 | |
126 | CBE Investment Management and Scholarship Fund | 3 | |
127 | Men's Golf | 3 | |
128 | WWU Speech and Hearing Clinic | 3 | |
129 | Small Business Development Center | 3 | |
130 | Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education | 3 | |
131 | Viking Athletics | 3 | |
132 | Men's Water Polo | 3 | |
133 | Special Education | 3 | |
134 | Softball | 3 | |
135 | Baile de WWU | 3 | |
136 | WCE Promise Scholarships for Students of Color | 3 | |
137 | WWU Fly Fishing Club | 3 | |
138 | National Society of Black Engineers | 3 | |
139 | Bellingham Order of the Saber | 3 | |
140 | Fencing | 3 | |
141 | Figure Skating | 3 | |
142 | Women's Rugby | 3 | |
143 | Human Services Program | 3 | |
144 | MK Advantages of Learning Differently Scholarship | 2 | |
145 | Dr. Elena Pereyra Peach Award Scholarship | 2 | |
146 | Institute for Global Engagement | 2 | |
147 | Morse Institute for Leadership | 2 | |
148 | East Asian Studies | 2 | |
149 | Center for Pacific Northwest Studies | 2 | |
150 | Bennerstorm Prize | 2 | |
151 | Women's Golf | 2 | |
152 | WWU Outdoor Center | 2 | |
153 | Adult and Higher Education Program | 2 | |
154 | Student Services and Programs | 2 | |
155 | Black Womxn Revolutionary Group | 2 | |
156 | Huxley College on the Peninsulas | 2 | |
157 | International Business Network Club | 2 | |
158 | Freeride Ski and Snowboard Team | 2 | |
159 | Equity and Diversity Committee | 2 | |
160 | AS Clubs | 2 | |
161 | Sandberg Scholarship | 1 | |
162 | Dr. Lina Zeine Scholarship | 1 | |
163 | Joann Otto Microscope Endowment Fund | 1 | |
164 | Manis Family Scholarship | 1 | |
165 | Lillie Mae Witherspoon Minority Scholarship | 1 | |
166 | Brian K. and Lori L. Burton Fund for Innovation | 1 | |
167 | Willis Ball Memorial Scholarship | 1 | |
168 | Hearing Aid Bank | 1 | |
169 | Vassdal Design Scholarship | 1 | |
170 | Dina Benedetti Scholarship Endowment | 1 | |
171 | Frank Punches Memorial Endowment Fund | 1 | |
172 | FACET | 1 | |
173 | Science, Math and Technology Education | 1 | |
174 | Donald B. McLeod Scholarship Endowment | 1 | |
175 | Rich and Stephanie Bowers Endowment | 1 | |
176 | Timothy Crossan Memorial Fund | 1 | |
177 | Swimming | 1 | |
178 | James B. and Angela Rhoads Scholarship | 1 | |
179 | Exercise Science Lab | 1 | |
180 | Ralph Munro Institute | 1 | |
181 | The Jazz Project Scholarship | 1 | |
182 | WWU Judo Club | 1 | |
183 | Western Community Outreach | 1 | |
184 | Mountain Environments Research Institute | 1 | |
185 | Native American Student Union | 1 | |
186 | Student Ambassador Scholarship | 1 | |
187 | NAMI on Campus WWU | 1 | |
188 | Cheerleading | 1 | |
189 | Office of Sustainability | 1 | |
190 | Business and Sustainability Program | 1 | |
191 | KM Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies | 1 | |
192 | Ershig Assistive Technology Resource Center | 1 | |
193 | Students for Public Education | 1 | |
194 | The SEA Discovery Center | 0 | |
195 | Ted Pratt Scholarship | 0 | |
196 | Special Collections | 0 | |
197 | WWU National Science Teachers Association Chapter | 0 | |
198 | Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation | 0 | |
199 | Baseball Sport Club | 0 | |
200 | Campus Recreation | 0 | |
201 | Cascadia Climbers | 0 | |
202 | Cycling | 0 | |
203 | Extended Education | 0 | |
204 | Institute for Watershed Studies | 0 | |
205 | Khmer Student Association (KhSA) | 0 | |
206 | Management | 0 | |
207 | Men's Ultimate | 0 | |
208 | Men's Volleyball | 0 | |
209 | Parents and Families | 0 | |
210 | Rehabilitation Counseling Program | 0 | |
211 | Secondary Education Department | 0 | |
212 | The Journal of Educational Controversy | 0 | |
213 | Vietnamese Student Association | 0 | |
214 | Woodring Peer Mentors | 0 |