F ALL THE TOW SPORTS, WAKEBOARDING IS KING.
A cross between skateboarding and surfi ng with an emphasis on
maximum airtime, wakeboarding exerts the single greatest infl uence
on tow-boat design. In short: It’s cool, and seemingly everyone wants
to do it. But depending on how you go about it, the process can be
fun and easy — or a prolonged duel between rider, boat and driver. For
every rider who’s a natural and every boat driver who delivers the per-fect pull, there are countless others who struggle: riders who can’t get the hang
of the wakeboard start or sideways stance; kids who are intimidated to even give
it a try; and boat drivers who don’t do either any favors by messing up the water
when those riders fall, or by having a hot hand on the throttle.
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