DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Several lake associations are looking for Becker County to consider specific surface use ordinances to limit the use of wake boats in surf mode on their lakes. Research ...

As wake boats become more popular, advocates worry about the impacts on Wisconsin lakes. More Wisconsinites are using wake boats — designed to generate big waves for water sports like wake surfing — ...

In the dog days of August, snowboarding feels like a distant memory. While some get their board sports fix on a surfboard, catching a Washington wave entails a trek out to the coast or inland to ...

Passengers aboard a boat crash that killed a 10-year-old girl at Harris Lake showed wildlife officers cellphone videos of wake boarding that took place minutes before the incident, according to ...

Boats are expensive toys. Hence all the cliched, frequently-used quotes from boat owners and money, like the acronym: “Break Out Another Thousand.” Two teenage brothers nearly saw those thousands of ...

Late summer is peak season for powerboats. And in many lakes around the U.S., the subject of wake boats and their impacts on water bodies remains a divisive subject. Many lake users, especially ...

MINNEAPOLIS — For some Minnesotans, it’s the ideal way to spend a summer day on the lake: wakesurfing a perfectly curled wave behind a powerboat with no worries of getting tangled in a tow rope or ...

A boater at Discovery Bay was caught on video Sunday crashing into someone on a jet ski and then hitting other docked boats. Katie Hernandez said she heard the boat speeding into the harbor, and she ...

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 ...