Last weekend I was pulled over by a King County Sherrif on Lake Sammamish while wakesurfing, there were numerous boats out there surfing at the time, I think he singled me out because I had so many people onboard (10 people, which is within the capacity limit of my boat). Anyhow, after running me through the ringer making sure I had life jackets for each person (which I did), and making sure I had my registration, fire extinguisher, and a few other things, he started to give me a hard time about my surfing and weighting one side of the boat. First he tried to tell me that wakesurfing is illegal out here now, I told him that I was aware that a new law had been approved in march making teak surfing illegal but that it didn't apply to wake surfing. He said that one had been passed June 6th regarding wake surfing but that he wasn't even sure of the exact regulation yet so it was at his discretion as to whether he enforced it (he didn't end up enforcing it). He also gave me a hard time about how much weight I had in the boat, I explained that the boat came from the manufacturer with all of the ballast I was currently using and that I hadn't filled any extra sacs because of the number of people I had on board. He asked me to empty out some of the water and then let me go and continue wakesurfing. All things considered, he was actually pretty cool about it. But, I searched online and couldn't find anything about any new wakesurfing regulations like he was saying. I found the new teak surfing regulations on the state website and NASBLA's website, but absolutely no mention of wakesurfing. I'd like to have something I could print out and have on board so if I get pulled over again for this, I have something I can show them about wakesurfing not being illegal. Anyone have anything?
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