El Nuevo Lago de Oro: A New Wakeboarding Destination

EL NUEVO LAGO DE ORO
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PIONEERING WAKEBOARD PARK AND RECREATION CENTER
Chapter I
INTRODUCTION Sports is the toy department of human life. This is a quote from an American sports journalist, Howard Cosell. What he wanted to mean in his statement is that sports can be a source of enjoyment to human beings because of the different factors such as money, fame, health, body, hobby, self-esteem and relationships. According to Maslows hierarchy of needs, the most fundamental and basic four layers of the pyramid: esteem, love, security, and psychological needs, can also be met through sports. Way back in the Ancient Greece when people learned to be purposive, sportive and active beings, sports has shown not only the changes in the human body but also revealed the improvements of the society. The rise of the society was the rise of architecture as well. It is the living evidence that sports has been a great part of human beings life in the past and still continues in the present. There are sports were people attempt to push the physical boundaries. These are what you call extreme sports. These extreme sports tend to take the adrenaline rush and excitement to the next level. It began as early in the 1950s when people continue to search for more high-risk sports. It evolved though time to make the new sports safer but still performed at a greater level of difficulty. Extreme sport is classified into land, air, and water.

The World Wakeboard Association establish in 1989 was created by the wake boarders for the advancement and progression of wakeboarding. Their goal is to make wakeboarding, which is an example of extreme sport, be known to the world. Russia, Singapore, Egypt, India, Qatar and Malaysia are few of the wakeboarding spots where the Wakeboarding World Cup was held. The World Cup series aim to bring the best water sport athletes to high-populated, international urban environments to bring more exposure to these sports. (Admin) In the Philippines, composing of 7, 107 islands surrounded by bodies of waters, it is said to be one of the perfect places where water sporting events can happen. Wakeboarding started in the country since the early 90s and has grown in popularity due to its appeal to the youth. Now, wakeboarding has become the fastest growing water sports in the world and the Philippines is gaining ground of being a destination for wakeboarding and developing world-class local talent. (TORRE, 2012) The emergence of wakeboarding in the Philippines was also the beginning of the cable park systems. Cable parks are a much cheaper alternative to riding simply because one doesnt need to own or rent a very expensive boat, thus allowing more people to participate. Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) is a watersports park designed for wakeboarding, water skating, and waterskiing. Last October 2006, they have hosted the first Philippine Cable Wakeboard Nationals. The
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extreme watersports then became popular to the country of Philippines. Many wakeboard parks were built such as the first cable park, Lago de Oro in Batangas, Deca Wakeboarding Park in Davao, Deca Wakeboarding Park in Clark, Pampanga, some resorts in Boracay and Cebu has it too, and the latest is the Republic Wake Park in Nuvali, Laguna. A Philippine Wake School was also established to further promote the sport and to produce world class wake boarders and wake skaters in the Philippines. And the first ever cable park that was built was in Lago de Oro in Calatagan, Batangas.
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Background and Nature of the Project Incorporating sports with the Philippine tourism is what the group of private individuals from different businesses envisioned to acquire more business opportunities in the country. In 2008, theyve seen that surfing is one of the sports that urges in the country but unfortunately, they find it hard to market. Then the sport of cable wakeboarding was born on the surface of the Philippine waters. Many cable parks arouse and they appealed to the market. These cable parks that are mostly located in the southern provinces and cities became hot spots during the summer. The sport became popular as well as the resorts and the places near to the wake parks benefited with it. One best example is the province of Naga wherein it was known to be poor and undeveloped province before. But when the CWC was built, the
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province ranked 10th place on the chart of the richest provinces in the Philippines in just a span of one year.
The CWCs concern is that there is the growth of the sport but there isnt any development in the facilities needed and required by the CWWC World Rules in Cable Wakeboard & Wake skate. One facility needed is a training gym that would let a beginner to try the sport in a safer place and water before it could proceed to the real wakeboard obstacle. It also serves as practice gym to the professional wakeboarders. Wakeboarding is fun but it could also risk the lives and safety of the wakeboard riders therefore a medical clinic is a must to give first aid solutions in every wakeboard park. In terms of the design, the existing cable wake parks in the country lacks innovations and modern technologies that lessens the essence of competitiveness of our country over the other countries.
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Statement of the Problem Even though the promotion of the water sports was accomplished in the country, there are still some deficiencies to fulfill for them to be able to attain their goals. They still lack in facilities and equipments which could help the athletes and watersports riders to improve their performances. And if they wanted that Philippines to host more international competitions,

then their design and facilities should also be an international design, and could accommodate lots of people. It is not only the athletes that should be internationally competitive but also the physical infrastructure as well. It is well seen in our history that architecture played a large role in defining the sports, the people and the place. It would also be applicable in the modern times that the local athletes and the countrys architecture and infrastructures, together will uplift the name and glory of the country. The Philippines tropical weather allows to spend most of their time outdoors thats why these kind of sports are perfect in our country, most especially during every summer. But the Philippines also experiences rainy seasons from June to September making resorts, beaches, and any outdoor activities lose their target market. Rain could cause delays in any sporting events. In the other countries, they have built a water sports complex that is roof-covered and has bleachers, with the other complete amenities needed by the athletes or riders, watersports enthusiasts, and the visitors or spectators. It is like a stadium but this one is more likely to have water for extreme water sports like wakeboarding, water skating, waterskiing, indoor surfing, etc.
The project entails to design a cable wakeboard park with training facilities and resort that would cater all the water sports

included in the international water sports competition. It will not only be just a venue if the Philippines would host another year for the world competition but also will serve as the training ground and fun water complex for the local athletes and even for non-athletes. It will have an indoor wakeboard training center so it can be used during the day or even at night and all throughout the year. Lighting and acoustics would also play a major role in putting aesthetic and effects to the water gymnasium. Having an indoor watersports complex operational anytime of the day and night and in any weather would also be source of jobs and more income to the businesses. People who has work in the morning and has spare time only at night could still have a chance to play his or her favorite water sport during the night operations.
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Project Objectives The World Wakeboard Association and Philippine Wake School share same goals and that is to introduce wakeboarding and other extreme watersports to the world and to support the talented athletes to join in international competitions which also could be a key to unite communities and riders from the different countries. Thus the project aims to: a) Provide an indoor watersports complex and training center specialized for the different water sports so that anyone

interested in the sport can learn from the basics to the professional level. b) Provide an innovative design and complete sports facilities that riders can use to develop their skill in different water sports so that they could be able to represent the country for national and international cup series and be the ultimate wakeboard champions. c) Enable the Philippines host more water sporting events and international competitions and boost the tourism and business opportunities. d) Promote the Philippines to be the capital of extreme watersports which will be another reason why it is more fun in the Philippines.
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Significance of the Project The purpose of having a cable wakeboard park with indoor water gymnasium and training center is not just to benefit the business owners and employers but as well as the wakeboard riders and enthusiasts. It is not just to promote the countries or cities tourism industries but as well as to give a comfortable and safe place which can encourage people to engage themselves to sports to make them healthier and stronger. Most of the people playing sports have less chances of getting illnesses for this is a type of exercise. And aside from its health benefiting factors, it

gives opportunities to people to go in a one place where they can meet new people or even strengthen their relationships with others. In all ages, men and women can work in camaraderie when they get involved to the association. And being part of the team that competes with the other countries could give them a chance to bring pride and be the pride of your own country.
This project also incorporates innovative designs and technologies such as applying Fabric Architecture as roofing systems, shading, or shelter that also adds to the aesthetic beauty, elegance and uniqueness of the structures.
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Project Scope and Limitation The purpose of this study is to provide an ideal Architectural Design of the Philippines pioneering wake park located at Calatagan, Batangas that shall be the new ultimate venue for extreme water sporting events. As such, it shall encompass the following: Income-generating facilities like bar and restaurants, sports shops, souvenir shops, rent of equipments, concessions or food stalls, caf, recreational activities stalls Accommodating facilities like cottages, hotel rooms, villas, lodging area

Watersports training facilities and equipments like trampoline, cables and ropes, boats, indoor pool and obstacles
Water wave generator technologies such as water jet pumps, wave and wind generators, surf stimulators
Eco-design strategies like applying day lighting and use of sustainable materials
Planning and zoning with respect with the intangible qualities that the site has
Green technologies such as solar panels, solar tubes, rainwater catchments, green pavements
Fabric Architecture for roofing and shading systems Water facilities such as pools and man-made lakes Basic facilities like shower areas, toilets, locker areas, massage, spa and Jacuzzi
Recreations halls for other events Medical facilities like clinics and ambulance parking spaces
Support facilities including administration offices, organization offices, association offices, rental offices
Site development planning that shall include the hotel accommodations, parking facilities, roads, pedestrian walkways, watersports facilities, training gymnasium,

beachfront, clubhouse, offices and other recreational activities The site in Batangas possesses a government that is relatively organized in terms of the data and statistics of its development. Likewise, the World Wakeboard Association, Asian Wakeboard Association and the Water ski and Wakeboarding Association of the Philippines (WWASP) are active and existing entities that possess substantial sources of information as well. This study will focus primarily on the information provided by the aforementioned public and private institutions, and secondarily on other sources and experiences obtained in existing and theoretical models here and abroad.
It shall not include the study of the developments immediately outside the station periphery, but they may be included in the site development overview.
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Definition of Terms Cabin - A simple house providing accommodation for travelers
Cable Park - A man-made lake utilizing a horizontal cable suspended on towers and powered by a quiet electric engine, pulls water-skiers
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and wake-boarders around a lake. The lake consists of slalom courses and/or rails which are set up in a station format with multiple winches and tow points allowing riders to choose what line they want to take.
Green area
- Percentage of land that is left free
Non-renewable low impact materials
- Those that are not renewable but have the low impact or no impact at all on the environment.
Park - A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
Pro Shop - A retail outlet where sporting equipment, clothing, and accessories can be purchased or repaired.
Recreation - An activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.
Recreation Park
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- A place which is open to the public where meetings are held, sports are played and there are activities available for young and old people
Renewable Materials
- Can be artificially or naturally replenished at a rate that exceeds the lifetime of the material used for a specific activity
Sustainable Tourism
- Is a continuous process and it requires constant monitoring of impacts, introducing the necessary preventive and/or corrective measures whenever necessary.
Villa - A term often applied to vacation rental properties
Wakeboarding - A surface watersports which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snowboarding and surfing techniques.
Watersports - A sport played or undertaken on or in water.
Water Play Park

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- Recreation plays facilities used on the water for enjoyment
Winch - A powerful machine or instrument used for hauling or pulling a cable.
Winch Park - A lake, smaller than the cable park, for beginner/intermediate wakeboarding and/or waterskiing.
Chapter II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE/STUDIES
1. Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves, Large Parks, Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition, 2007 The book is consists with eight essays covering about large urban parks in depth as complex cultural spaces where it also tackles the key issues of landscape discourse, ecological challenges, social history, urban relations, and place-making are writ large. They chronologically discussed the transitions and evolutions of different
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parks from the past, the present, and up to the future projects. From the historic parks in New York, the Central Park and Pariss Bois de Boulogne up to the contemporary projects such as Toronto's
Downsview Park and Staten Island's Fresh Kills, to newly unveiled and yet-to-be-built projects such as Ken Smith's ambitious plans for the Orange County Great Park, Large Parks highlights the complexities and unique considerations that go into designing these massive and culturally significant works. These cited parks showed the comparisons between historical or contemporary perspective organized around criteria such as built versus un-built, urban versus peripheral, or competition-sponsored versus commission-based.
2. Fran J. Donegan and David, Short Pools & Spas: Ideas for Planning, Designing, and Landscaping, Creative Homeowner; First edition, 2003 The book was informative about how to plan and design ones outdoor landscapes. This book shall be beneficial for the project for it could add ideas for the beautification of the recreational and amenities in the site. It also taught everything that has to be known in planning, directions, and lay outing, and designing, kinds of pools, construction and materials, up to the maintenance of swimming pools.
3. Jerry Yudelson, Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building, New Society Publishers, 2007
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The fast growing trend in the world especially in architecture is Green building. This book covers all things about designing green structures; from planning strategies to the materials and advanced technologies. Some of the most famous technologies are the solar panels, wind turbines, green roofing, water treatment pumps, permeable pavements, etc. all are discussed in this book. It does not only give the solutions but it also cited cases and their impacts to the environment. Certification of the building, how it was certified, reasons why it was certified were also covered by the authors. This would be helpful in deciding as to what strategies and materials are to be used in the project to achieve its goal to be an ecofriendly structure to the environment. As long as its aim is to conserve water and energy and does lasts long, it could be considered as a product of green innovation.
4. Christian Schittich, In Detail: Cost-Effective Building (Economic concepts and constructions), Birkhuser Architecture; 1 edition, 2003 From the title of the book itself, it is about cost-effective buildings. Despite of the tight budgets on materials and construction, there are still ways on how a structure can be a beautiful, useful and strong building. Because cost-effective building requires that special attention be paid to the overall planning and implementation these processes are examined comprehensively in specialist contributions and project documentations, from office organization through the
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design phase and the coordination of implementation planning, on to ultimate realization. The solution was only to extend the use of standardized products to innovative and individual solutions for details.
5. Colin Porteous, The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern Movement, Taylor & Francis, 2002 The book is full with photos and illustrations which explain how to plan and design your structures with more effective alternatives rather than supporting the modern movement in designs. Each examples shown in the book was studied and analyzed in relation to current issues of architectural sustainability. The main point was to still to design not only for the sake of modernity and aesthetics but also to adapt green solutions and other disciplines engaged with the built natural environment. Most of the lectures were about considering the sun light and air directions. Passive cooling is still the key for proper ventilations on structures and the choice of materials with the new construction techniques can decide for the long life span of any structure that is to be built. 6. Gregg D. Ander, FAIA, Daylighting Performance and Design second edition, Wiley; 2 edition, 2003 Daylighting is the process of incorporating natural lighting into the design of buildings. This edition of the book shared details on
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theory, calculations, and execution crystal clear with straight-to-thesolution examples and uncluttered language. The book covers day lighting strategies, materials, and methods of construction, including significant advances in lighting and day lighting technology. Daylighting is one main focus in the project for it is also a strategy in conserving energy, in this case, conservation of electrical powered lights. Theres hands-on look at pragmatic yet innovative solutions to creating day lighting as the presented case study after case study in a unique design-manual format that includes ample illustrations and white space for sketches and notes. (Gregg D, 2003) Among the topics covered by this award-winning architect are:

environmentally sensitive design goals design strategies integration with electric lighting systems calculation procedures and thoroughly articulated case studies
7. Sage Russell, The Light of Architecture: Architectural Lighting Design Concepts and Techniques, Conceptnine, 2008 The book merges fundamental lighting knowledge with graphic techniques for generating and communicating lighting design. The textbook features 28 chapters divided into three parts: the fundamentals of light, designing light, and deliverable, and presents procedures that architects and designers can follow to develop an
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architectural lighting solution that enhances the design intent of a project. Case studies are also involved in the book with photos and explanations for clearer understanding of the techniques that are to be used in a project. Lighting is also essential for it can set the mood in a place. Good lighted places can also mean safety for the users. It adds aesthetic to structures and landscapes at night time and more over, it is highly needed in projects like cable wakeboard parks so that even the day has ended, this facility can still be used over night.
8. Zbigniew Bromberk, Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics, Architectural Press, 2009 The book is a design guide for low impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. It gives practical ideas as to design structures that would work with a tropical climate and meet the needs and expectations of the client and building inhabitants. The book includes both architectural design and material solutions, supported by theoretical principles, to present a sustainable approach to resort design. Through illustrations, it was able to show how principles of sustainable design have been successfully applied in tropical environments. It does not necessarily require large energy input and too much money, to achieve the green building standards. The has also Demonstrated design practices related to site planning and layout, and re-assesses best practices for a tropical
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environment, allowing architects to apply design principles to their own projects. There are also international case studies from several countries to illustrate best practice from a variety of tropical climate destinations around the world.
9. William Warren et al and Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Tropical Asian Style, Periplus Editions; Paperback with Flaps edition, 2007 This book showcases contemporary residences throughout Southeast Asia, from Chiang Mai to Bali and Kuala Lumpur to Java. Descriptively, the book cited different planning strategies and aesthetic designs of each resorts possess to become known to the world and how it affected one countrys tourism. Silks, batiks, terra-cotta tiles and lacquer wares from Thailand and Indonesia; stone garden sculptures from Bali; and antique furniture from Java are only a few examples of the many beautiful items examined and illustrated in this book. The designs of the resorts were to achieve perfect harmony with its tropical surroundings and once again, taught how these tropical structures was able to conserve energy and resources but was not aesthetically eliminated. (Tetoni, 2007)
10. Donald Albrencht, New Hotels for Global Nomads, Merrell Publishers, 2003 The book began with an essay about upscale hotel planning, its trends and influences. It has 45 examples of hotels and discusses each
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detail about how it was planned and designed by citing descriptions and showing the floor plans and other photos. One article is about the New Hotel for Mainstream Eco-Tourism. Todd Dallan, a principal of FTL, the New York design and engineering firm, proposed this new project planned for a beachfront in Costa Rica. Everything was designed for minimal environmental impact. The resort offers different activities but he did not include golf and tennis for these sports require razing or paving a vast land areas and large quantities of water and pesticides. The pool as well was nonchlorinated. He also considered the use of mechanical systems such as solar powered heating systems, insulating glass windows, composting toilets, solar panels, fresh water cisterns and gray water system for toilet flush and irrigation. He also uses a fabric roofs which are waterproof and ecologically sound due to its long lifespan though its downside is it does not entirely block sound. To give solution to the problem, he provided plants to serve as buffer zones. Dallan said that, The perception of being in the vanguard is important to eco-tourists. They know they are participating in a capitalistic venture, but are a capitalistic venture with vision and conscience. (Albrencht, 2003)
11. Elinando B. Cinco. (July 10, 2011). Wakeboarding competition, Manila Bulletin, Retrieved March 9, 2012,
http://mb.com.ph/node/326255/wakeboarding-competition
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The newspaper article began its story by the history of wakeboarding in the Philippines. Wakeboarding was introduced by Governor LRay Villafuerte Jr. in Camarines Sur. After its proclamation, it then started to become the Bicols tourist drawer. The popularization of the sport follows the establishments of wake parks in country. Nuvalis Republic Wake Park was the latest cable wake park that was built in Laguna. This idea threatened
Camsurs constituents and the governor for it might take away the profitable business from them. In the email statement from the governor of Camsur, he was able to say the beneficial factors of wakeboarding to their place and to the countrys tourism. (Cinco, 2011) The fear of Camsurs governor may be true for Nuvalis Republic Wake Park is not just near the center of the country but because it is new, it possesses the most innovative designs and better equipments and facilities. The President of the Philippine Wakeboard Association and a member of the Asian Wakeboarding Council has even thought and decided that LRay can easily convince the World Wakeboarding Association to hold its competition this year or the next in Nuvali. It clearly showed that technology has a big advantage in getting clients, having more income, and producing better designs and comfort to the users.
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12. Samuel J. Armijos, Fabric Architecture, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., First Edition, 2008 This book discusses about the importance and beauty of using fabric structures rather than using the conventional type of roofing. The use of these kinds of shelters started even in the nomadic times where people used animal skin and tree branches to protect them from intense heat from the sun and prevent them from getting wet because of the rain. As technology advances, the materials used in these structures became more durable and long lasting. They are even considered to be innovative and eco-friendly material. It comes with variety of shapes and sizes, lightweight material, can be protected by coating to provide thermal, fire, water, and UV-light resistant. It gives elegance, uniqueness, and rich aesthetic that can be used inside or outside, permanent or temporary, large or small, air-supported, airinflated, tensioned, or draped. It was introduced to the world by the noted German architect and engineer, Frei Otto and now has played a major role in the modern architecture. (Armijos, 2008) The use of this tensile membrane structures are now also being famous in the Philippines. It is used to cover sports stadiums or courts, festive pavilions, parks, concerts, other special events, resorts, and a lot more. If this technology will be applied to this project, it may add not only to the visual beauty of the wake park resort, but would also add innovation qualities of the design and could contribute in saving energy.
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13. RUSH Training Center. (2010). Wakeboard Training, March 9, 2012, http://www.rush-tc.com/site/wake.html RUSH training Center is a wakeboard training gym in Northern California. It is the first indoor wakeboard and wake surf training and lessons facility. You can learn the sport in a progressive, controlled instructional environment both on and off the water. It uses innovative state of the art training equipments, competition trampoline, foam pit and professional instruction that allow the beginners as well as the advanced riders to master the fundamentals necessary to progress with safety. After the beginners train in the training gym and knew the techniques that would only be the time when the rider can take it to the next level and apply the skills learned on water. (admin, 2010)
14. CableWakeboard.com (2009). How To Build a Cable Park, March 9, 2012, http://cablewakeboard.com/pages/how-to/ This article gave some tips on selecting the proper venue for cable wakeboard parks like site must realistically be able to support a lake, utilities, and all related building and structural facilities. It stated that the site has to have at least 6 acres (about 2-3 hectares) of water is the about minimum lake size, but it also must be in a certain shape and you will need room for a building and parking. In general you need around 8 x12 acres (about 3-4 hectares) of land minimum. Moreover, the article cited the basic information as to where to start, where to
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look for a site, if pre-existing lake is fine to use, how much space needed, if it can be built on salt water, How much a cable system cost, manufacture of cableway systems, how many people can use a cable system, how many towers are required, how tall do the towers stand, what should the shape of the lake and the cable system be, etc. (How To Build a Cable Park, 2009) 15. ActionSports Northwest. (2012). Portland Action Sports Complex and Resort, March 9, 2012, http://www.pdxactionsports.com/ The article discussed the proposed sports complex located in Portland. It is said to be highly sustainable sports complex and resort. The facilities included are surfing, skateboarding, bmx biking, rock climbing, kayaking, and white water rafting in one location. The facility would also include family friendly activities, including water slides, tubing, instruction and camps. It is also a LEED certified design of ecologically responsible, sustainable development. The entire development would be a destination resort that could become the athletic center of the city, providing an excellent range of facilities for local residents and serving as a model of how to develop for the next generation of active sports in a sustainable manner. It does not only strive to install the most advanced and forward thinking sports facilities, but also utilize the most current thinking on energy and heat generation, storm water and gray water management and reuse, and ecologically responsible materials and methods. (Portland Action Sports Complex and Resort, 2012)
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Chapter III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY In order to arrive at a reliable and absolute data, and extensive research process is required and this holds true to any given research problem that calls for efficient solutions. The researcher shall hence come up with a systematic methodology of tackling the research
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process. As this project focuses with the development of cable wakeboard park and training center with resort, it entails a lot of statistical details, user characteristics information, and various backgrounds that shall be useful in governing the design process of the project as a whole.
1.1 Research Design 1.1.1 Historical Research History means the search for knowledge and truth. It involves past experiences in able to seek solutions to know what is to be done for the present and future. By describing the past events and gathered facts from the studies before, researchers can then learn from the errors from the past and improve more their present studies. The methods of historical research shall include formulating the problem, gathering source materials, and criticizing the resource materials. Historical research method is very useful for this project since it will cover the cable wakeboard parks that already exists and has become a part of the countrys sports history and tourism. By doing a historical research of the said topic, the researcher then shall be able to know the origin of the sport, where and how it was started, the first designs of the cable wake parks, the used technologies from before up to the transition of modern technologies invented. The history of the entities
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aforementioned shall help in determining how to develop the present studies without committing the same mistakes before and be of great help for further studies by the future researchers.
1.1.2
Descriptive research Descriptive study entails gathering information about the present and existing conditions for an investigator to analyze and describe the nature of a situation and explores the cause of the particular phenomena. It generally starts with a problem and creates a hypothesis. Hypotheses are questions needed to be answered through collecting data. To obtain descriptive information, the following are needed to be done: Observation. researcher The and communication the participants between chosen the for
investigation is the key and salient aim of this method. Use of devices. These devices are also called descriptive survey instruments whereas; these are used to conduct measurements from the identified participants. Moreover, several types of descriptive research shall likewise be used including the following: Case studies. It entails prelude to further and more indepth research about a unit over a considerable period
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of time that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. For the researchers specific project, a close observation of the current situation at the existing cable wakeboard park and resort shall be done over the summer period (April-May 2012). The observation and detailed description shall then be recorded for reference. Surveys Survey studies are done to gather relatively limited data from a relatively large number of cases. It involves determining information about variables rather that about individuals. It is a sampling or a partial collection of facts, figures, or opinions taken and used approximate to indicate what a complete collection and analysis may reveal. This method shall be used in this study in able to gauge the publics knowledge of water parks and resorts and how they will respond to improvements in wake board facilities, particularly in the application of modern technologies in the said project. Trend Analysis. This method will enable the researcher to know the peoples demands or needs in the future. In the case of this project, the researcher will be able to project what people seek more and what developments they want for its future use and
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incorporate those gathered data to his or her design of the cable wakeboard park and resort. This can be done by surveys repeated at intervals and considering the help of the experts. The existing trends and best practices abroad shall likewise be studied and assessed to know if they are applicable here in the country. The descriptive method is the most viable method for the proposed Cable Wakeboard Park and Resort for there is an existing underutilized cable wakeboard park that can be the perfect setting for present study.
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Participatory Research Method Participatory research is when a problem is defined in terms of the people who feel and think that something is a problem. The people themselves were those who develop their own theories and solutions to the problem. This method is conducted to gathering new knowledge with the people who are capable of defining that knowledge as the participants. The candidate participants of this method are those athletes, professional and non-professional, who are engaged in wakeboarding, and other hobby wakeboard riders who think that there are problems in existing cable wakeboard parks. Also included are the wakeboard trainers, wakeboard fans, and
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leaders or officials of any wakeboard associations. As part of the research, an interview and consultation with these people shall be made to know if they really see a problem and deficiency in the current designs of cable wakeboard parks.
1.2 Research Instruments It has been a part of the norm of any well-founded researches that different devices such as descriptive survey instruments are used to conduct measurements from identified participants. Listed below are the following instruments that are to be used in this particular research: 1.2.1 Photo Documentation The photo documentation will be used to capture visual reference of existing cable wakeboard parks and other related facilities to the project in the country. Of particular focus and significance is the Lago de Oro Water Ski Park and Resort in Batangas, Republic Wake Park in Laguna and the Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) in Bicol which are the most famous wakeboard parks in the country and has hosted the World Wakeboarding Competitions. 1.2.2 Library research In able to seek for more knowledge and pieces of information from secondary sources such as books, magazines, journals and
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other print publications, the researcher shall visit the following libraries: University of Santo Tomas-Miguel de Benavides Library National Library Online Libraries (for journals)
1.2.3
Internet Research The popularity of using internet to gather fast, accessible and updated information offering comprehensive details with
illustrations can help the researcher visualize the subject matter, regardless of its location anywhere in the world. For this particular project, these websites shall be much of help: http://www.cablewake.com (Worldwide Wakeboarding) http://www.cwcwake.com Complex) http://www.lagodeorobeachclub-calatagan.com de Oro Beach Club) http://www.philippinewakeschool.com/ Wake School) http://www.thewwa.com/ Association) http://www.engineering.com Generator Technology) (Designs of Wave (World Wakeboard (Philippine (Lago (Camsur Watersports
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1.2.4
Interviews and Surveys Interview and surveys are very essential in data collection especially in getting the needs and wants in the project. The possible respondents in this project can be professional and nonprofessional wakeboard riders, students, coaches, beginner riders, association leader and groups, wakeboard owners, wakeboard enthusiast and fans, sports analysts, or other who have not tried the sport but has enough knowledge and those who are interested and want to try it in the future. For this project, a series of interviews and surveys will be done in the countrys leading wakeboard parks where the possible respondents can be found. The survey shall have two types of sampling to arrive at both descriptive and inferential statistics. The first is accidental sampling, wherein whomever the researcher meets shall be subject to answering the survey. The second is through convenience sampling wherein the telephone and the Internet are used to conduct the survey.
1.2.5
Site Visit and Investigation It is very important that the researcher will see and explore the probable site first hand for it give him or her an actual feel of the place as well as the people in its periphery. It is also better if the researcher would have a personal experience of using the wakeboard facilities especially the cable wakeboard lake to fully assess the current situations on the place. The researchers personal
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observations and experience would give him or her possible recommendations and solutions to the projects problem and even improve the design for Philippine cable wakeboard parks.
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EL NUEVO LAGO DE ORO

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PIONEERING WAKEBOARD PARK AND RECREATION CENTER