Parker Payne, a 22-year-old professional wake surfer from Dallas, is trailing an elegant Chris-Craft as he ollies, spins, and carves his way across the Sarasota Bay, spouting a plume of frothy water ...

Richard Phillips of Presque Isle is a self-described "recovering lawyer" and former Illinois resident who now lives full-time on a remote lake in Vilas County. Scott Rolfs, 57, of West Bend is an avid ...

Next month an international wakesurfing competition will crown the sport's world champions. Since the event was first held two decades ago, wakesurfing has become much more popular, and that's also ...

Wake surfing boats are no different than snowboarding being added to ski hills. Unfortunately, you do not see youngsters out water skiing much any more. Parents want to keep the lake new and relevant ...

SKIATOOK, Okla. — 918 Boats and Operation Wake Surf hosted the first day of July's Salute 2 Service event at Skiatook Lake. "We have our annual, second annual, Salute 2 Service event with Operation ...

Wake boats, designed to create large waves for surfing and tubing, are causing controversy in Wisconsin. Concerns include shore erosion, habitat damage, and conflicts with other lake users. Dozens of ...

Wake boats are specialized watercraft designed to create large wakes for wake surfing, wake boarding or tubing. Over about the last decade these boats have become increasingly popular among water ...

TOWN OF DAYTON (WLUK) -- Wake-surfing is an outdoor activity requiring the use of a boat with a special tank that creates wakes big enough to not need a rope. Recently, the use of those boats has been ...

GREEN LAKE (WLUK) -- The deepest natural inland lake in Wisconsin is the latest to take up the issue of wake boating. A wake boating advisory has been issued by the municipalities that surround Green ...

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