Summer activities
Ukkohalla Cable Wakeboard Centre
Come and experience
something completely new as a summer activity – Finland’s first and the
world’s northernmost Cable Wakeboard Centre in Ukkohalla! Whether your
group is a big or small hen or stag party group, corporate team, sports
club or you come alone, with your partner or your children, you’ll enjoy
an hour (if not two!) on the Cable Wakeboard track.
Welcome to spend fun summer moments at Ukkohalla!
Cable Wakeboard European Championships
In Kainuu’s Ukkohalla, 30 July–2 August 2009, the International Water
Ski Federation (IWSF) arranged the integrated Cable Wakeboard European
Championships on the world’s northernmost track of its kind. These were
the first European championships of this splendid water sport ever to be
held in Finland. The competition hosts Europe’s top water skiers from
over thirteen countries, all showing their skills. Obtaining the
championships was a great gesture of respect to Ukkohalla, since the
track itself has been in use only since summer 2008.
Cable wakeboard is an impressive type of sport. The intentions are to
make it into an official Olympic sport. Various ramps and rails have
been built for the cable wakeboard track, where a variety of optional
tricks can be performed. The judges evaluate each competitor’s
achievements in accordance with their impressiveness and level of skill
required.




