Wakesurfing for all ! The democratization of towed sports.

Since the first water ski lift was installed in 1966 in Benidorm, Spain by Bruno Rixen and the company of the same name, water ski lifts have continued to spread in France and throughout the world.

The goal at that time was to pull water skiers in the same way as snow skiers. Skiing was becoming more and more popular and Bruno Rixen, a water skiing enthusiast, took on the technical challenge of pulling several riders at the same time at a speed of 58 km/h on the water.

During all these years the ski had the beautiful part on these water ski lifts then in the 80s the wakeboard made its appearance in Europe making even more ludic and less academic the practice of the towed sports.

Let's just remember that wakeboarding was born from the passion of surfing and water skiing. A surfer named Tony Finn developed the first "skurf", a surfboard with straps in the early 80s.

skurfer — Tony Finn with the Skurfer (1986)

The wake boom came in the years 2005-2007 with the development of modules or obstacles. These allow riders to develop their creativity by competing on solid surfaces but on water.

Le nombre de téléskis nautique depuis cette période n’a cessé de croitre. Je ne vous parle même pas du nombre de pratiquants qui aujourd’hui avoisine les 300’000 personnes en France (chiffre estimé par une étude de marché dans le secteur du wakeboard en 2016).

The water ski lift has allowed, without any doubt, to democratize wakeboarding by allowing riders to practice their sport regularly and at low cost. However, if you want to practice wake surfing, the boat becomes essential. Unfortunately, the cost, the maintenance, the logistics and the regulations are as many brakes to the acquisition of the latter.

wakesurf — Maximilian Kawlath (Wave Super Air Nautique G23)

In these conditions, we note that more and more riders are looking for solutions to share and mutualize these too expensive Wake Boats. In this spirit, and in order to allow the greatest number of riders, Nautic Force has developed a rental/sharing offer called Wiziboat allowing the 300,000 or so French riders to ride without limits and at a lower cost.

Wiziboat proposes a subscription offer that allows each enthusiast to ride on the boat of his dreams and that generates an additional income when the boat is not used. Great, isn't it?

For more information, you can visit www.wiziboat.com