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Wakesurfing: Why It Suits Most People, and the One Boat Rule
No rope, low speed, soft landings. Wakesurfing is the most accessible tow sport there is, provided you never do it behind the wrong kind of boat.
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Things to Do in Rock Hill, SC: A City That Bet on Sport
A South Carolina city of 75,000 that deliberately built itself into a national sports destination, and kept its best two attractions free.
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Things to Do in Tennessee: What Each One Actually Costs
The free-entry national park charges for parking, the state parks charge for nothing, and the music sites are the expensive part. Here is the real cost structure of a Tennessee trip.
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Wakeboard Life Jackets: The Labels Changed, and Most Guides Have Not
From January 2025 the label on a life jacket stopped saying Type III and started saying a performance level. If you are buying a vest, this is the thing to understand first.
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Things to Do in Provo: Skip the Lake, Take the Canyon
The lake on Provo's doorstep is under a swimming advisory for much of most summers. The canyon behind the city is not, and that is where the good days are.
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Lupa Beach: Budapest's Artificial Coastline, and What It Costs
Hungary is landlocked, so it built a coastline. Lupa Beach is a reclaimed gravel pit with imported white sand, and it is where Budapest goes to swim between June and August.
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Beaches Near Orlando: The Drive, the Parking Fee, and Which Coast
Every beach near Orlando is a drive. The question is which direction, and what you pay when you arrive, which ranges from nothing to $25 for the same afternoon.
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How to Wakeboard: The Getting-Up Sequence, and the Speeds That Make It Work
Almost every failed first wakeboard session comes down to two things: the boat is too slow, and the rider is trying to stand up rather than letting the boat do it.