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 ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection should investigate what other states and local governments are doing to regulate wake boats. The State of Connecticut and local ...

Mar. 21—TRAVERSE CITY — A new proposal to regulate the use of "wake boats" on Silver Lake — and possibly other lakes in the area — is making waves. Talk about the recreational watercraft that uses ...

Six Adirondack Park-based environmental organizations welcome all to attend a webinar titled “Wake Sports in the Adirondacks: The Hidden Impacts and Dangers to Our Ecosystems” that will take place on ...

Wakesurfing has grown substantially in recent years. The sport relies on boats that move relatively slowly, but churn up large wakes that a person surfs on a short board without the use of a tow rope.

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Newly released proposed rules for the use of wake boats on Vermont’s lakes and ponds would be the most restrictive in the nation. But some say they don’t go far enough in regulating the large, ...

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Will wake enhanced boats be allowed on Lake Beulah? Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says ...

A debate over proposed rules for wake boats is stirring the waters of Vermont’s lakes and ponds this summer. Wake boats are large watercraft specially designed to create a rear wave big enough to surf ...

Wake-enhanced boats and cigarettes came to mind while musky fishing on an Oneida County lake. I gave up casual smoking 32 years ago, long before Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature passed a law ...

In the last few years, wake boats have skyrocketed in popularity. These boats are designed to create bigger waves than a typical motor boat and are often used for sports such as wake surfing, where ...