Darin Pashley, a junior at the University of Florida, attempts a flip while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Riley Hagman, 19, jumps over the wake while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Riley Hagman, 19, does a 360 while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Riley Hagman, 19, grabs the board while jumping over the wake in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Sofia Aguirre, the secretary of UFs wake club, jumps across the wake while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Caleb Ross, the president of UFs wake club, grabs his board on a jump while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Caleb Ross, the president of UFs wake club, catches air while doing wakeboarding tricks in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Caleb Ross, the president of UFs wake club, catches air while doing wakeboarding tricks in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Ashton Reinholz, a freshman at Georgia College, does a flip while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Graydon Swatsburg, a junior at UCF, jumps over the wake while wakeboarding in Cowpen Lake for UF's Wake Fest in Hawthorne on Saturday. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
Wakeboarders gathered in Hawthorne for Gator Wake’s annual Wake Fest at Cowpen Lake on Saturday.
The first Wake Fest was held in 2000 on the Univeristy of Florida’s private lake, Lake Wauburg. Twenty-four years later, the wakeboarding and wake surfing competition is still going on, and this year for the first time, it took place at Cowpen Lake.