Wake Nation owner Peter Kennedy was most worried about what the wakeboarding pros will think about the region's only cable water park. At the grand opening celebration on Tuesday, June 2, Kennedy said the pros put his worries to rest. Seven of the top wakeboarding professionals helped celebrate the grand opening.

"This is one of the best cable parks we've been to," said England-native Nick Davies, WWA Wake Park World Series 2009 world champion. "I heard of it from other riders giving it a good word. It matches what they said."

Wake Nation, at 201 Joe Nuxhall Way in Joyce Park, opened to the public last month and is the country's seventh cable park. It allows people to water ski, wake board, knee board and water skate without a boat. Riders are pulled around the 1,800-foot oval lake by a cable attached to a six-tower cable pulley system.

"They did it so perfect," said Tom Fooshee, a wakeboarding pro from San Marcus, Texas. "They didn't cut by on anything, they did it so right."

The cable park system was invented in Germany, and are about 150 parks around the world.

The reaction has been outstanding, Kennedy said. He said experienced and non-experienced riders have flocked to the water park. Kennedy said about 40 percent of customers have never attempted wakeboarding or skiing.

"It's been way beyond our expectations," he said.

PHOTO GALLERY