What’s what on the water
This may seem simple to some, but I get asked or see some confusion in the differences between wakeboarding, wakeskating and wakesurfing. I think most know what wakeboarding is, but when folks mention wakeskating or wakesurfing there are more people confused with them, so I figured a little sport definition might be in order.
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