Kneeboarding (towsport)
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This article is about the towsport. For the surfsport, see kneeboarding (surfsport).
Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where the participant is towed on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed behind a motorboat. In the usual configuration of a towsport kneeboard, the rider sits on his heels on the board, and secures himself to the deck with an adjustable strap. As in wakeboarding or water skiing, the rider hangs onto a tow-rope. The forte of kneeboarding vis-a-vis other towsports seem to be an easier learning curve, and not requiring as much speed from the boat to have fun.