Wakeskating...
Is a water sport and an adaptation of wakeboarding that employs a
similar design of board manufactured from maple or from fibreglass.
Unlike wakeboarding, the rider is not bound to the board in any way. Fins
are constructed with three different kinds of materials: plastic, fiberglass
and aluminum. Shorter fins must be deeper to get the same amount of
tracking. A shallower fin will not track as good as a deeper one. But a
deeper fin will have more drag in the water, and it will not release from
the water as fast.
Wakeskating has become urbanized due to the advent of the "winch", it
being a mechanical device with a small horizontal shaft engine that holds
a spool of rope and pulls the rope in at riding speed.