Wakesurfing
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Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a surfer trails behind an inboard ski boat, surfing the boat's wake without being directly attached to the boat. The wake from the boat mimics the look and feel of an actual ocean wave. Wakesurfers ride these wakes just like an ocean surfer.
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[edit] Boat setup
Wakeboard boats are generally the boats of choice for this sport. Owners of these boats place ballast, such as extra water, lead weights, cement, or other heavy objects in different sections of the boat in order to weight the boat down and create a larger wake.
People should never wakesurf behind a boat were the motor sticks out the back because many people have died this way.
[edit] Boards
There are a number of wake-surfboard manufacturers that make wake specific boards. These include:
- Inland Surfer
- Hyperlite
- CWB
- Liquid Force
- Phase Five
- O'Brien
[edit] Inboard ski-boats
Boats used in the sport include:
- Malibu Boats
- Master Craft
- Centurion
- Correct Craft (Nautiques)
- Tigè
- Calabria
- Sky Supreme
- Moomba.
[edit] Variations
A variation of this sport is tanker surfing. In the gulf of Mexico surfers follow large tanker ships and surf on the waves they create. The wakes created by these large ships can be a mile long, providing a great ride for surfers.Tanker Surfing
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