Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP): How to Get Started

The fast-growing sport of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is a fun, easy way to go play on the water. With a minimum of equipment, you can paddle anything from ocean surf to lakes and rivers—no waves required. Paddleboarding offers an amazing full body workout and is becoming a favorite cross-training activity for skiers, snowboarders and other […]

Lakefront Living – Luxury Pontoon Boats

Over the last 10 to 15 years, pontoon boats have been a good general purpose cruising platform to explore freshwater lakes and coves. But because of their popularity (highest sales volume of any type of boat), the luxury choices for pontoon boat design and ammenities are over the top! Only the best for your lakefront home! Manufacturers […]

Lakefront Living – Deciding Where to Retire

It can be confusing making sense of the many “best places to retire” lists out there. In fact, it’s probably best to eye these lists with extreme skepticism. The way these lists are graded often misses the point: They don’t tell you much about what your life would be like if you lived there, because […]

Lakefront Living – Winning the War on Aquatic Weeds

There’s nothing worse that diving off your dock and emerging from the lake looking like Sigmund the Sea Monster (I’m dating myself). Here’s a simple but effective solution to control aquatic vegetation for your lakeshore. The WeedShear Pond and Lake Weed Cutter! A unique design with 49″ wide razor blade edges for cutting the ALL […]

Lakefront Living – Create Your Own Waterpark!

Want to have the best attraction on the lake? Wibit makes it easy with their spectacular modular Sports Parks. The modular system allows you to rearrange, exchange or expand your products as you wish. Due to the next to endless combination possibilities, you can create new exciting activities with the modular Sports Park at your […]

Thinking of a Vacation or Retirement Home? Buy It Now

When the economy was exploding in the early 2000s, many of us began to dream about purchasing that vacation home on the lake or securing a home in a more appropriate location for our retirement years. However, with the booming economy came skyrocketing house prices. Many of the homes we fell in love with quickly […]

Lakefront Living – 5 Common Boating Mistakes

5 Common Boating Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them By Vann Burgess, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Safety Division If you’re new to boating – or even if you’re not – it’s easy to make simple mistakes that may have serious consequences on the water.  Almost always boating errors are caused by being in a hurry, […]

Lakefront Living – Tips for Docking in the Wind

Geometry and a length of rope can help you dock in a wind. By Peter McDonald, from Boating Magazine We were caught in a hairy situation fraught with mayhem and angst. Were we being pounded by a squall or trying to run a dangerous inlet? No, this was worse. On a hot, busy weekend, the […]

Lakefront Living – 2013 Boating Buyers Guide App

iPad App: Find the best boat for you with Boating’s 2013 Boat Buyers Guide. Get behind the wheel of more than three dozen of the year’s best runabouts, pontoon boats and fishing boats through expert reviews, editor walkthrough videos, in-depth test data and Retina-quality interactive photo galleries. Once you’ve pinpointed your dream boat, take the […]