{"id":15669,"date":"2025-08-26T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=15669"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:00:17","slug":"pro-wakesurfer-advocates-for-electric-watersports-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=15669","title":{"rendered":"Pro Wakesurfer Advocates for Electric Watersports Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Pro Wakesurfer Advocates for Electric Watersports Boats<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bhz4nQA9imc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"wxuzj5efbz\" src=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.dragonforms.com\/wxuzj5efbz\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nobody rides a wave like Austin Keen. A world champion and innovator, the Georgia native is known as one of the most creative riders in water sports. He\u2019s spent his career pushing the limits, and that spirit is exactly why we\u2019re excited to welcome him as Arc\u2019s first athlete ambassador.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Style All His Own<\/h2>\n<p>Austin grew up in Savannah, Georgia, skimboarding the tide pools and shorebreaks off Tybee Island. Videos of Laguna Beach legends riding Aliso Creek\u2019s famous waves pulled him west as a teenager, chasing the chance to ride alongside the best. Soon after, he started competing in pro contests and was crowned world champion after an epic run spanning Mexico, Brazil, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Curious as ever, Austin picked up wakesurfing \u2014 a natural extension of his style. A clip of him \u201chijacking\u201d a boat wake on his skimboard caught fire online and landed him on <em>SportsCenter<\/em>. Since then, he\u2019s continued to evolve, riding at the highest level while using his massive online following to teach and spread wake sports beyond their traditional roots.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>Austin\u2019s focus on progress makes him a natural fit for the <a href=\"https:\/\/arcboats.com\/arc-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arc Sport<\/a> \u2014 an electric wake boat at the cutting edge of marine technology.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBeing on the forefront of innovation and doing new things has always been a driving factor for me,\u201d he says. \u201cI really see that with Arc. It\u2019s clear they\u2019re doing something groundbreaking \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t hurt that the wave is super fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re excited to collaborate with Austin on original content, product feedback, and live demos to bring the electric experience to more riders firsthand. \u201cIt\u2019s the coolest experience I\u2019ve had on a wake boat \u2014 and it\u2019s only getting better,\u201d he says. The boat will also feature in upcoming episodes of his Celebrity Surf Series, where he teaches athletes, musicians, and creators how to ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/arc-boat-optimizes-electric-power\/\">Arc Boats Optimizes Electric Power<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can follow Austin\u2019s adventure with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/austinkeen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/austinkeen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@austin_keen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> \u2014 stay tuned. To experience the Arc Sport yourself, request a <a href=\"https:\/\/arcboats.com\/demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/water-sports\/pro-wakesurfer-advocates-for-electric-watersports-boats\/\">Pro Wakesurfer Advocates for Electric Watersports Boats<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/\">Boating Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Bdaugherty<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/water-sports\/pro-wakesurfer-advocates-for-electric-watersports-boats\/\">Go to boatingmag<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Wakesurfer Advocates for Electric Watersports Boats Nobody rides a wave like Austin Keen. A world champion and innovator, the Georgia native is known as one of the most creative riders in water sports. He\u2019s spent his career pushing the limits, and that spirit is exactly why we\u2019re excited to welcome him as Arc\u2019s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5960,126,3023,685,1422],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-15669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arc-boats","category-boatingmag","category-electric-boats","category-water-sports","category-water-sports-boats","tag-boatingmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}