wakesurfing?

Can't you wakesurf in small chop water? It really wasn't that bad out at one of our local lakes in AZ, in the middle of the lake, and could have wakeboarded almost anywhere Saturday morning, but there were like 4 boats wakesurfing at 7am in the back of the lake (protected by wind) on GLASS water. It started destroying the water. I couldn't believe it.

I grew up surfing in Hawaii and am definitely not against it, but on glass water? I remember pulling my buddy at one point and couldn't see him wakeboarding behind the boat because we had to go over some HUGE wakes from wakesurfing. Never seen that before. Aghhhhhhhhh!