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Wakeskating was a natural progression of wakeboarding and is increasingly popular in youth culture across the globe, being prevalent mainly in its country of origin, the United States. An aspect of wakeskating that draws many aficionados to it, as opposed to wakeboarding, is the scope of the sport for progression without the need for the large and enormously expensive boats that are necessary to create the wake for wakeboarders to achieve maximum air time. Wakeskating tricks are inherently more technical than wakeboarding and are based firmly in skateboarding as opposed to snowboarding.
Several tournaments and competitions exist throughout the world for the sport of wakeskating.