{"id":102909,"date":"2019-09-20T16:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T20:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=102909"},"modified":"2019-09-26T06:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T10:20:52","slug":"ucfs-knights-wake-club-wins-national-wakeboard-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucfs-knights-wake-club-wins-national-wakeboard-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF\u2019s Knights Wake Club Wins National Wakeboard Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knights Wake, the wakeboarding club at UCF, swept the 2019 USA Wakeboard Collegiate Nationals last weekend in Orlando over 13 other teams from around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Wakeboarders perform maneuvers in and above the water in two categories: while riding behind a boat or being pulled by cables.<\/p>\n<p>UCF became the first team in the championship\u2019s history to sweep both titles, beating second-place University of Florida in the cable competition, and second-place Arizona State University in the boat competition. 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