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Wakeboard World Cup Singapore 2008

The Wakeboard World Cup Singapore 2008 was held at Marina Bay Floating Platform from 11th to 12th of October 2008. This event is the 5th annual World Cup Series features world-class invitational wakeboarding and waterskiing events sanctioned by the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF), with stops to be held in 4 major cities around the world.

Countries
Countries participating in the World cup 2008 includes: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and USA.

The concept of the Wakeboarding World Cup
The concept of the World Cup is to bring together the world’s best athletes in a showcase event in prime locations. The 5th Wakeboard World Cup Singapore will be the 3rd stop of the 2008 World Cup series. 25 of the world’s top wakeboard athletes (19 men & 6 women) will be invited by the World Cup committee to participate in this event that will offer a USD60,000.00 cash purse.

Category of Sports Tourism
The Framework for this event is Competitive Sports Tourism- for tourists who specifically travel to and/or stays in places outside their usual environment for either active or passive involvement in competitive sport. In this case, wakeboarding is their prime motivation for travel and The competitive nature of these events is the distinguishing factor.

Motivations of Target Demographic
Demographic of the participants are normally within the age group of 21-30years old and they have a much more affluent lifestyle as wakeboarding is quite an expensive sport.The participants are more of a mixture of males and females. These target demographics might be motivated to participate in these competition due to the following reasons: Economic they crave for luxury and well organized activities. Intellectual They have a common liking for contests & competition, and they seek the adrenaline rush that they can get from adventures. Social A good platform for socialization and networking among people of similar interests. Political A display of participant's status and power when they achieve something in this event.

Impact of event
The event will encourage diversification of the sports participation model, where at first more and more people that are unwilling to try wakeboarding, will be more willing to try it and other related water sports after experiencing the event. Thus giving water sports a wider spectrum of participants. 1) Economic Balance of payments (BOP)- funds flow between countries. Generates tourism receipts. 2) Socio-cultural Cultural Exchanges between participants and hosts. National Identity- when participants win medals. 3) Health Physiological and psychological

Level of Participation
'''Wakeboard World Cup Events • Pro Women - 6 riders • Pro Men - 19 riders

Wakeboard World Cup Competitors Total of 25 wakeboarding athletes from 17 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and USA. '''

Venue
The Marina Bay Floating Stadium, also known as Marina Bay Floating Platform, is the world's first and largest floating stage.

Made entirely of steel, the floating platform on Marina Bay measures 120 metres long and 83 metres wide, can bear up to 1,070 tonnes, equivalent to the total weight of 9,000 people, 200 tonnes of stage props and three 30-tonne military vehicles. The gallery at the stadium has a seating capacity of 30,000 people.

Following Singapore's successful bid to host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the Marina Bay Floating Stadium will be under the spotlight during the Games, having chosen as the venue for the Games' opening and closing ceremonies.

Partners and Organizers
NSA Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (SWWF)

Statutory Boards Singapore Sports Council (SSC) Public Utilities Board (PUB)

Others Tote Board & Singapore Pools