If the NBA ceased to exist what would happen to the WNBA?

[Horton]

Imagine waterskiing is the WNBA and everything from tubes to wakeboard & surf is the NBA.

It is not a very accurate analogy but in a world of memes it is good enough

[Onside135]

I don’t think that’s a fair comparison, but this always makes me laugh…

[slow]

That’s a trick question. Everyone watches college basketball.

 

[Jody_Seal]

the answer to your poll is yes AWSA needs to reorganize,  redefine and pull away from USAWS.. 

 

 

 

and in less than 20 words..

[Mastercrafter]

I know what you’re getting at. My other post that I decided to delete was basically “damned if you do, damned if you don’t”

 Surf boats will be the death of inboards and wakes on public lakes, but without surf boats, we aren’t getting new ski boats from the big 3. 

New ski boats aside, surf boats are also going to ruin it for the tens of thousands of already built ski boats that are using public waterways without issue, property damage, or much concern. 

If Joe Public could differentiate between surf boats and ski boats, I would vote to ban them on our 700 acre lake- simply put, they are detrimental to everyone and everything but themselves. But, if I go to the city and state my case (and win) against surf boats,  the result will probably be a broad no-wake rule. Therefore, I keep quiet..ish

[ral]

Winter is coming?

[DW]

Surf boats may actually lead to the demise of ski boats, not be their savior.  If regulations pass to strangle the ability to enjoy waterskiing there won't be much of a market for a ski boat.  Perhaps the sport can survive on private ski lakes although that may be a high risk approach.

[1skinut]

The WNBA to water skiing analogy is a failure. The WNBA likely would not have existed without the establishment of the NBA.  Waterskiing was popular decades before wake surfing was ever dreamed of. Horton should consider a self-Panda for his posts on this subject. 
 

An idiom that is a better analogy of what the public lake users are so passionate about is Don’t throw the baby (water skiing) out with the bath water (wake surfing). 

Don’t support/establish laws designed to remedy the problems created by wake surfers when they also restrict/eliminate water skiing on public lakes. 

[Mastercrafter]

One interesting side note is that our lake is private, you need to live on it or have deeded access to use it. Except for a small number of surf boats, all of them on the lake are waterfront property owners.  So, their waves are impacting their own docks and shoreline as much as anyone else’s, but they’re also the ones with new hoists, docks, and seawalls that resist damage better. It’s ‘ol grand pappy with the wood dock, rock shoreline, and 1980s pontoon moored in the water that suffers the most. 
 

The number of surf boats compared to the number of pontoons and other watercraft is very very small.  As the saying goes, the few ruin it for the many. 
 

[Mastercrafter]

7 hours ago, DW said:

Surf boats may actually lead to the demise of ski boats, not be their savior.  If regulations pass to strangle the ability to enjoy waterskiing there won't be much of a market for a ski boat.  Perhaps the sport can survive on private ski lakes although that may be a high risk approach.

Right. Surf boats are currently the savior of new ski boat production, but IF there are future sweeping regulations to ban surfing that happen to ban skiing as collateral damage, it’s not just new ski boats that disappear, it’s the ability to use all existing ski boats. 
 

Things got really bad with surfing during 2020 when fake money was created, everyone was working from home (the lake) and everyone overextended themselves to buy a new surf boat. Hopefully water finds its level in a few years, things settle down, and we all continue on for decades to come. 

[Horton]

@1skinut

19 hours ago, Horton said:

It is not a very accurate analogy but in a world of memes it is good enough

 

[Inboardfix]

In todays world I think the answer to Horton's question is obvious:  Male NBA players would identify as female and play in the WNBA.  I would still choose $5 over having my favorite WNBA team win the title but then again I would choose $5 over having my favorite NBA team win the title.  

[aupatking]

Remember Correct Crafts ENTIRE marketing ad campaign in the early 90’s? No Wake Zone. Basically claiming their boat made “no wake”. This is a ad we need to familiarize them with and a distinction we need to drive home to lawmakers. 

[DW]

No wake boats put all the major players on the map.  Rob Shirley's patents are wake reducing ones.

[ALPJr]

WNBA thrives in the right markets, especially in the basketball capital of the world CT. Also in Vegas, Seattle, NY and others. The wake boats and their obnoxious operatives are just another thorn in our side. Guessing it points to the all mighty buck. 

[Horton]

well it's about to get worse

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1Hij5Rutta/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

 

[ALPJr]

Can’t wait to see the new ‘surfbort’.