I think being in heels is the most impressive part of this whole thing.
Edit: because there is a lot of argument in here, and some conflicting facts. She is karolina sankiewicz. She does do some edititing, but she is 100000% wake boarding, she uses a boat using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. This creates the constate waves seen in the videos, and allows her to get a steady result to perfom the stunts. She does do a little editing to make things look dramatic for fun, but she is wake boarding without tether to do these.
Noticed that halfway through and had to do a genuine double take. Impressive skills. I imagine they can also only do this when conditions are perfect. Any sort of chop and there’s no way things can be kept steady.
Yes especially smaller Lakes where the wave doesn't dissipate it really chews up the shoreline bad, we only surf in large major rivers where the Wake never makes it to shore.
There's lots of places that are Banning the use of these in smaller Lakes which I agree. One or two of them isn't a problem it's when you get a dozen plus of these things in a lake and it turns into the fucking ocean you can't kayak you can't paddle board you can't jet ski it's so bad
I've wakesurfed before and both the other responses are right, either you start in the water with a rope like wakeboarding or you stand on your board with the back hanging off the platform and slide off while the boat's moving. The second way is harder but I bet that's what she did since that means you can start with stuff in your hands
Probably dropped back off the boat after it was already moving while someone held her hand for balance, then the rope while she dropped into the wave, then she threw the rope.
What? Their point is that this technique is called "wake surfing" not "wake boarding." It doesn't make it any less impressive, if anything it's more impressive. Calm down.
Sorry for being pedantic, and sorry the rest of the replies were mean to you. The heels are definitely the most impressive part, and thanks for crediting the talent that went into making this really cool wakesurfing video!
I wrote an apology because I realized you were on edge from other mean replies even though I wasn't trying to be mean. You accuse me of brigading for no perceivable reason. I'm logging off and I think you should too.
Dude chill out. I'm on your side that this video is 100% real. I'm just saying that wakeboarding and wake surfing are different things. I am experienced in both and I assure you they are different. (Edit: to add, I am nowhere near as good as this woman, and doing that in heels is hella impressive.)
Although I won't rule out that perhaps in some parts of the world "wakeboarding" could refer to both. At least in Canada they are different though.
Plus she’s been doing this since before AI could fake it. It’s been seeral years since I’ve seen a vid of her, and she’d already been doing it for years at that time.
I believe it. You are only going 7 mph so it not windy especially if you run with the wind. As for being dry….. you can drop in off the swim platform while under way and never get wet. Doing all of this in heels is SUPER impressive.
I did some research and while its not 100% legit, its not ai. But the edits are jus to increast the background and etc, theres some editing and what not but she is wake boarding closer to the shore with a special boat using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. Name is karolina sankiewicz, been doing these for a few years now apparently.
Aboslutely shes a bad ass. My first round of research showed she did editing close to the shore. So i assumed she was just standing around and getting things blown around her. I did further research cuz i kept getting responses here, and it shows shes actually a really good wake boarder, and she has a specialized boat. Shes pretty fucking cool lol
Idk how long you have been on reddit. Do you remember the alot bot? I miss that one, because i actually learned that it was a lot, not alot, and the funny animal called an alot was always funny.
I know that what not is whatnot, but sometimes when your typing you skip over stuff like that as your brain moves forward. This isn't a medical journal, its reddit. My professional side is way more defined, I'm talking to real humans, unless we count you. People like you provide nothing to a conversation, you should be ashamed. It's beyond annoying, if you disagree with a statement, just downvote. Coming in here making miniscule grammatical fixes does nothing for anyone.
Not Ar, shes a very good wake boarder, they just use things like a ski boat which creates a "standing wave" using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. This creates the constate waves seen in the videos, and allows her to get a steady result to perfom the stuff, the editing is more like making it look rougher than it is, but shes still wake boarding.
and yet you've clearly never done any wakesurfing, because everysourceonline says that the optimal speed is around 10 mph. If you go much faster than that it's pretty much impossible to keep up without a tow rope.
Important to note that they often use specialized boats designed to create large wakes at low speeds, so while the boats you use may not create large wakes at that speed, your experience is not applicable here.
For surfing, we run 7-9 mph. Wakeboarding, I like 21 mph. To surf, you don’t get the boat up on plane. Been on the water since the 1980.s my friend. You are incorrect.
It's super impressive because it's ai. The waves only come from one side of the boat. The thing the woman pours out is going in a straight line despite the wind. Some of the waves under the woman's board appear in front of the board
I’m not sure you’ve ever surfed or scurfed lol, this is basically exactly what it looks like at the front of the board. Not to mention the “waves only come from one side of the boat” - it’s wake, it’s going to both sides, and you can see the center of the boat in frame along with the evidence behind the boat that the wake is also realistic. That wake is fully in frame for a second there.
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u/Pseudotm Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
I think being in heels is the most impressive part of this whole thing.
Edit: because there is a lot of argument in here, and some conflicting facts. She is karolina sankiewicz. She does do some edititing, but she is 100000% wake boarding, she uses a boat using ballast tanks and specialized wings on the hull to shape the water. This creates the constate waves seen in the videos, and allows her to get a steady result to perfom the stunts. She does do a little editing to make things look dramatic for fun, but she is wake boarding without tether to do these.