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This video was made in 2020 at a time when the large steep wakes generated by boats engaged in wakesurfing, wakeboarding, and tubing on the Willamette River were harming the environment, damaging shoreline property, and making other forms of recreational boating unpleasant, and at times hazardous. The goal of the video was to show the problems created by these boats and to bring needed attention to the stretch of the river that runs through the suburban cities south of Portland. In January 2021, the Oregon State Marine Board adopted rules that ban wakesurfing in this stretch and place limits on how close wakeboarding and tubing can be to docks and other structures. Although some issues remain, the curtailment of wakesurfing on this narrow part of the river has resulted in a vast improvement. Nonetheless, environmental harm, property damage, and the impairment of enjoyment by other boaters continues across North America on other water bodies that are inherently unsuitable for wakesports. Feel free to view my other videos that show how the wakesurfing industry is using deceptive practices to combat the efforts by community groups in over 30 states to protect their water bodies.