King12, you're right on that someone paid a lot for this testing and the production of the video explaining the test results. Even though our government wastes a lot of money on a lot of stupid studies, I can't see government funding go toward research deciding which $100,000 boat has a better surf wake.
If we rule out the government, that leaves sources like Consumer Reports or Wake World. But if they did the test, I'm thinking they would want the public relations perk of saying "look at this great test we did for y'all."
Having ruled out government other non-biased funding sources, the two boat manufacturers who had boats featured in the study come to mind. If this was a Malibu-funded study, I'm thinking they would bury the results rather than spend additional money producing a video that concludes that their surf system is no good. That kind of leaves MasterCraft.
Or maybe I'm just cynical.
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