A wake boat and the sport of wake surfing make for the ideal family hack—that of earning loads of quality time with your teenage kids in the summer months. This is how you do it.

Sure, wakesurfing is cool, but don’t be tempted to skimp on safety by ditching the PFD. Not to be a buzzkill, but over 75 percent of boating accident fatalities were drownings. Besides, you can find ...