(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person shall not engage in wakeboarding or wakesurfing in the waters of Tennessee:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-9-221

  • Executive director: means the executive director of the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Wakeboarding: means :
    (A) To use a board with or without foot bindings on which a rider is towed by a motorboat across a wake. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
  • Wakesurfing: means :
    (A) To surf a motorboat's wake, regardless of whether the person is being pulled by a tow rope attached to the motorboat that is producing the wake. See Tennessee Code 69-9-204
(1) Between sunset and sunrise;
(2) On a body of water that is less than fifty (50) acres in size;
(3) On a portion of a body of water with a width, measured from the nearest shoreline to the second nearest shoreline, of less than four hundred feet (400′);
(4) Within two hundred feet (200′) of a shoreline, or a dock, pier, boathouse, or other structure located completely or partly on the water; and
(5) Without wearing a personal flotation device approved by the United States coast guard.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person shall not engage in wakesurfing in the waters of Tennessee using a motorboat that has a propulsion system that extends beyond the motorboat’s boarding or swim platform.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a regatta, race, trail run, parade, tournament, or exhibition on the waters of Tennessee for which an aquatic event application has been submitted to and approved by the executive director pursuant to § 69-9-211.
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