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Conflicting Freedoms

I have always felt that boating brought us a sense of freedom, whether you were sailing along in a stiff breeze, fishing in the early dawn, or cutting across on your slalom ski, boating has always brought a sense of glorious freedom to me. But we are seeing mounting opposition to the freedom we feel from our chosen activities and I think we need to be mindful that there can be gathering forces coming to impose limits on our activities. Even among power boaters, there can be conflicting points of view.

When wake surfing boats made their debut, Ron Huibers, then president of Volvo Penta shared his great enthusiasm for wake surfing, explaining to me that the boat was going slowly, passengers were close and within speaking distance of the surfer and best of all, with minimal instruction, weekend guests could usually get up on a surfboard and actually experience wake surfing. Riding a wake board was far more difficult and getting up was even harder on a slalom ski. (READ MORE)

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