1) Duncan Zuur of the Netherlands rides a wakeboard across flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice, December 2, 2008.

2) SINGAPORE: Cable wakeboard is one of the sports being considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2020 Olympics.

3) A wakeboard looks like a snowboard, only shorter and wider.

4) Men dressed as Santa Claus wait for their wakeboard run at a water ski set on a small lake in Hamburg December 5, 2010.

5) A motorboat pulls the wakeboard rider through the water, traveling at around 20 miles an hour.

6) A task force has been set up by the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation, (IWWF), to drive the programme, andSingaporehas shown a keen interest to contribute to this effort.

7) Currently, Singapore's only cable ski park is located in East Coast Park but more cable wakeboard facilities could be built if the sport becomes an Olympic mainstay.