{"id":2436,"date":"2015-10-19T08:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T12:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2015-10-19T08:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T12:03:49","slug":"senior-woody-white-wins-world-wake-boarding-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2015\/10\/19\/senior-woody-white-wins-world-wake-boarding-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Woody White wins world wake boarding championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY LAURA MCCANDLESS – STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout the past season, senior Woody White has amassed many national and international titles for his wake boarding career. Besides being a Centre student, he is the current United States National Champion in wake boarding and recently won the world championships in Portugal.<\/p>\n

Wake boarding, which consists of performing acrobatic maneuvers on a board while being towed by a motorboat, has become increasingly popular in recent years, and White is at the front of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing that I remember about wake boarding is sitting in the boat with my sister, watching my dad ride on Dale Hollow Lake\u00a0when we were little,\u201d White said. \u201cThat gave us our first experience; however, we really didn’t start to ride until we got our houseboat on Lake Cumberland and made friends down there. Once we began to ride with each\u00a0other and compete on who could land the next trick fastest, there was no turning back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lake Cumberland, which is only about an hour and twenty minutes away from Centre College, has been an important place for White in his wake boarding career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing lake to ride on. but what really makes it for me is all the support that I get from our neighbors on our dock\u2014especially the people that we have known since I was little,\u201d White said. \u201cBoth the owners of our dock and the people that live on it always give me amazing support when it comes to my wake boarding career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friend and fellow Sigma Chi fraternity brother Matt Kircher has joined White on the lake more than a few times.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first saw him wake boarding on Lake Cumberland it was a surreal experience because I\u2019d never witnessed anyone wake board before, let alone do a double backflip behind a boat,\u201d Kircher said.<\/p>\n

White couldn\u2019t be farther away from Lake Cumberland currently, however, since he\u2019s spending the semester in Florida before returning for CentreTerm.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSpending a semester in Florida is really just making my dreams come true,\u201d White said. \u201cWhenever I go to competitions, I am competing against kids that live in Florida or California or other places where they can practice year-round whereas I am only able to practice about 5 months out of the year before it gets cold again. Having this opportunity has really allowed me to progress my riding so much already, and it\u2019s already got me excited about next season.\u201d<\/p>\n

White is the 2014 National Champion for Mens Division I as well as 2015 champion at both Southern Regionals and Lally\u2019s Board Bash (Outlaw Division). His most impressive achievement, however, is his most recent \u201cinsane experience\u201d\u2014winning world championships in Portugal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was my first time traveling to Europe so it was amazing just to be there at all, it kind of took the place of my study abroad,\u201d White said.\u00a0\u201cI only competed for two days and we were there for almost a week, so we were able to spend some time traveling around the beautiful country of Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n

White\u2019s mother and a friend he trains with at Lake Cumberland, who took third in the championships, were able to make the trek with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a\u00a0lot more fun, as well as a\u00a0lot more comforting while\u00a0in another county, to have a close friend competing with you,\u201d White said. \u201cThe lake also so closely resembled Lake Cumberland that it really did feel like I was just training back home, which made for a very relaxed feeling at such a nervous time.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s next for Centre\u2019s own wake boarding champion?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as future wake\u00a0boarding goes it really just depends on the next couple years,\u201d White said.\u00a0\u201cMy dream would be to continue with this sport as long as I can; however, it is a hard sport to make a living with. My plan is to return to Florida for grad school so that I can continue my training and then see where the sport takes me from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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