No need to check the wind and the waves any more – with water-skiing the boat makes the weather. This comparatively gentle and technically easy sport is accessible to everyone, or nearly everyone. Young children under 10 can enjoy scudding over the water – in maximal safety conditions – thanks to ‘baby skiing’.
Getting out of the water
The first time you manage to rise up out of the water is a special, very satisfying moment. Once you are up, let yourself be pulled along by the boat and start to control where you go. In Charente-Maritime there are many ways of learning to water-ski, from a simple taster to a course of several days.
Wakeboarding
Wakeboarding is pretty much based on the same principle as waterskiing, with a boat pulling the board over the water via a rope.
The difference between water-skiiing and wakeboarding is mainly the type of board used, with the two skis being replaced by a single board, a specially adapted snowboard.
Mixing water-skiing, surfing and snowboarding, wakeboarding is a way of enjoying all the pleasures of boardsports.
Getting out of the water
