The sports infrastructure of the Kaluga Region is developing rapidly. In 2009, one of such "discoveries" was the first wakeboarding club in Kaluga – "Gagarin", located on the shore of the Yachensky Reservoir.
Wakeboarding is one of the developing extreme water-skiing sports. It includes many elements of other sports, such as water-skiing, surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding. In wakeboarding, the rider is towed behind a motorboat with a special elastic rope. Using the wave the boat leaves behind (its wake), the rider can perform a variety of acrobatic tricks, the complexity of which depends only on the rider’s imagination and skill.
Previously, only residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg could afford this type of extreme sport. But thanks to the suitable natural landscape and the presence of the Yachensky reservoir, ideal for wakeboarding, this sport has become available to Kaluzhans.
The main task of “Gagarin” wakeboarding club is to support and promote non-professional and professional extreme sports in Kaluga Region, as well as to introduce the residents of Kaluga to wakeboarding, a young and promising discipline in water-skiing sports.
“Gagarin” club can provide everything necessary for newbies to start their wakeboarding journey, as well as anything that professional riders may need to improve their skills.
Address: embankment of the Yachensky Reservoir
A website with up-to-date information:
http://www.gagarinwakeclub.ru/