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Wakeboards are the boats that are specially made to create wakes while floating in the water. A wakeboard is made after the model of a ski boat. It is specially manufactured in order to form wakes when it is drifting in the water. When a person is wakeboarding, he performs tricks on the wakes that the wakeboard boat has created while gliding on the water. To make it simple, most wakeboard boats are specialized inboard, v-drive boats. To place more weight at the back of the boat, the engines are placed at the rear of the boat. To create large wakes, many wakeboard boats use engines that have technology like Ballast, Wedge and Hull Technology. Most boats available today are equipped with features like full blast technology to make it a thrilling experience for the wakeboard rider. The ballast tanks are generally situated in the hull of the boat. The driver can operate the filling in and emptying of these tanks from his cabin where switches are placed for this purpose. Ballast tank technology, even while keeping down the weight of the wakeboard boat, enhances the performance. It enables the wakeboard boat to create larger wakes as it swims in the water. A wakeboard boat resembles the ski boat in the respect that both use their bulk to make wakes. The wakeboard boat uses wedges to push down the heavy weight with the help of the ballast giving way to large wakes. These wedges, present at the back of the boat, are pulled down producing more wakes. To shape the wakes according to convenience, there are plates fixed at the back of the boat, directly behind the propeller. A recent model of wedge was introduced. It is called the "power wedge". This device works on Hull technology. Also, it has many added innovations included by its manufacturers. Many people use the Hull technology on their wakeboard boats to create huge wakes. To render shape to the wakes, there is a component called "plates" that is assisted by Ballast technology to produce wakes. The plates function by lifting and lowering the plan of the boat. There are continual attempts by the wakeboard boat manufacturers to improve the performance of the boat. A famous manufacturer had included an automatic-plate operating system that helped in lifting and lowering the plates automatically without manual support. This has considerably eased the process of producing larger wakes. One of the most important features in a wakeboard boat is the wakeboard tower. This becomes the key feature in elevating the boats position. The wakeboard tower makes the downward and upward pulls favorable for the rider making them stay in the air for a longer time. If the wakeboard rider wants a downward pull, all one has to do is shorten the rope, and this, the tower does. In order to match the variety of wakeboard equipment, there are many wakeboard boat manufactures too. There is a wide range of choice in the technical features, upholstered benches or chairs, carpeted surface and the steering wheel. The demand for good wakeboard boats increases with the increasing popularity of wakeboarding. Learn wakeboarding and watch many wakeboarding videos on author's site - thefootersedge.com
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