| “Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques.
The rider is towed behind a boat; typically at speeds of 18-24 miles per hour depending on water conditions, rider’s weight, board size, and all depending on the riders comfort speed. But wakeboarding can also be performed on a variety of media including closed-course cables, winches, PWCs, and ATVs, and it is also slang for drinking” {read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakeboarding}
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“Wakeboarding arose in the late 1980’s after the advent of skiboarding. The actual sport of skiboarding is credited to Tony Finn (who invented the Skurfer in San Diego, CA) Jimmy Redmond (Austin, TX)later drilled holes in skurfers to affix bindings. The term “wakeboard” was coined by Paul Fraser(Vancouver, Canada), as well as the concept and design, along with his brother Murray and a Pro snowboarder they sponsored. Paul approached Herb O’Brien with the idea and the introduction of the “liquid force” wakeboard, named by Eric “The Flyin Hawaiian” Perez, laid the groundwork for evolution of the wakeboard throughout the 1990s.”
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