The DNR recommended Wisconsin residents rely on local ordinances to restrict wake-enhanced boating.

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 new study focused on the effects that wake boats producing large waves have on sensitive lake beds. Late summer is peak season for powerboats. And in many lakes around the U.S., the subject of ...

The DNR denied a petition by state residents that would have required wake boats to be decontaminated before moving to another lake.

Young and budding electric boat developer, Arc Boat Company, has just unveiled its second model – a mass-market electric wake boat called the Arc Sport. With a massive battery and no shortage of ...

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The ban prohibits boaters from using devices to create bigger wakes on the lake.

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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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A new kind of powerboat is prompting a wave of local ordinances all over Wisconsin. Wake boats are designed to make bigger waves for water sports. Some residents of small lake communities worry about ...

About five years ago, Jim Hinsvark was out with a crew of dragon boaters with impaired vision on the Willamette River when a set of ocean-sized waves marched toward them. The swell came not from a ...