Family Getaways 2008 - (Page 38) Above, Chris Travers and student at Sunset Lakes. Here, wakeboarding at Orlando Water Sports Complex, a watersports park designed for wakeboarding, wakeskating and water-skiing. 407-251-3100 or www.orlandowatersports.com. More places to ski Briscoe’s Ride Center International wakeboarding champion Dave Briscoe settles in from September to April at his Winter Haven training camp to teach boarding. Most students stay at his House of Paine there, which is much more pleasant than it sounds. 863-521-1076, www.thewakeboardcoach.com Cory Pickos’ Water Ski and Wakeboarding School Cory Pickos, two-time world skiing champion and holder of 24 world records, gives skiing and wakeboarding lessons to beginners and pros on two man-made lakes at Santa Rosa Beach. 850-267-3988, www.corypickos.com Dean Lavelle Wakeboard School His face has been in about every wakeboarding magazine, but Dean Lavelle has won titles in every discipline of skiing and boarding. Get lessons from him in any form at his Pompano Beach school. 954-520-0620, www.wakeboard-school.com The Footer’s Edge Coach Lane “Dawg” Bowers holds more than 20 national and world barefoot waterskiing titles and teaches all levels of barefooting in Winter Haven. You can also learn some basic tricks from his website course. 863-268-0111, www.thefootersedge.com Lucky Lowe Ski School Lucky Lowe started skiing at 7, was competing by age 9 and went on to become a world champion slalom skier before opening his school in Lake Alfred. He teaches all levels on a private, natural lake. 863-956-5277, www.luckylowe.com O’Town Watersports Wakeboarding and slalom champions from around the globe train and coach all levels on Lake Barton in Orlando. All equipment is provided. Ask for discounts for group lessons and college students. 407-380-0734, www.otownwatersports.com Palm Beach Training Center Chet Raley, the 2000 Men’s III slalom champ, coaches all levels – beginners to two-time world silver medalist Steve Cockeram – in water-skiing and wakeboarding at the training center in Boynton Beach. 561-739-9135, www.pbtcenter.com Ride The Spot Thirty-one-year-old Darin Shapiro has more world and national wakeboarding titles than years. Stay a day or more at his Orlando guest house and get personal boarding lessons, go tubing or skateboard on a half-pipe in the backyard. 321-356-3753, www.ridethespot.net Ron Scarpa Barefoot Training Center Ron Scarpa boasts more world barefoot water-skiing records than anyone and teaches beginning and advanced barefooters on the Winter Haven lake where ski fame began. 863-299-7094, www.barefootcentral.com Sunset Lakes Jack Travers and his staff have coached more than 60 world and national competitive skiers. Specializing in slalom, jumps and tricks, the staff also teaches wakeboarding, wakeskating and barefoot skiing to people at all levels. Onsite lodging is available. 352-429-9027, www.jacktravers.com Swiss Ski School Paradise Vacations A frequent site of international ski tournaments, the Clermont ski school offers chalets and upscale home rentals with skiing and wakeboarding lessons from pros. You can also work in some green time on their golf course. 352-429-2178, www.swissskischool.com Walkin’ On Water Barefoot Ski School National barefoot champ Mike Frankenbush has a systematic approach to teaching barefoot skiing, but also works with beginners and experts on slalom skiing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding in Boca Raton. 561-762-0955, www.walkinonwaterski.com 38 VISITFLORIDA.com/family http://www.orlandowatersports.com http://www.barefootcentral.com http://www.luckylowe.com http://www.thewakeboardcoach.com http://www.otownwatersports.com http://www.jacktravers.com http://www.corypickos.com http://www.pbtcenter.com http://www.wakeboard-school.com http://www.swissskischool.com http://www.thefootersedge.com http://www.ridethespot.net http://www.walkinonwaterski.com http://VISITFLORIDA.com/family
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