The growing popularity of wake surfing is making waves of its own, splitting lake associations and pitting neighbors against each other as some lake country residents call for bans and states from ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. - A conflict is brewing on Wisconsin lakes as a new generation of powerboats is making big waves. That is setting the stage for a water war in Madison. With more than 16,000 ...

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 ...

Late summer is peak season for powerboats. And in many lakes around the U.S., the subject of wake boats and their impacts on water bodies remains a divisive subject. Many lake users, especially ...

Wake boats, designed to create large waves for surfing, are ill-suited for Wisconsin's lakes, which have defined shorelines and existing infrastructure. The large waves generated by wake boats cause ...

LAND O’ LAKES, Wis.—Keith Montgomery was standing on the public pier of a glacial lake here when he saw a boat cruising along the shore so slowly that he didn’t think it would kick up a wake. Instead, ...

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 ...