Wakeboarding Accidents

Of all the ways to have aquatic fun in South Carolina, wakeboarding is one of the best. If you have always wanted to try water skiing or surfing but are not athletic enough, or if you have always wanted to snowboard but you cannot stand the cold, then a wakeboarding adventure might be just what you need. A wakeboard looks like a surfboard, except that it has foot straps that keep you attached to the board. Therefore, you can leap from the water into the air like you would with water skis or a snowboard without having to worry about being left stranded in the water on your own. As with water skiing, a small motorboat or jet ski tows the wakeboard through the water at the ideal speed for staying upright and attempting the jumps and stunts appropriate to one’s skill level. Some people go wakeboarding on the open water, but there are also aquatic parks with obstacle courses designed for wakeboarders. A South Carolina man has filed a premises liability lawsuit against an aquatic park after he suffered injuries that he claims were due to dangerous conditions at the park. If you got injured in a preventable accident while wakeboarding at a recreational area where you paid admission, contact a Columbia premises liability lawyer.

Injured Man Sues After Accident at Shark Wake Park

Shark Wake Park in Horry County has a wakeboarding course consisting of a series of floating structures through which wakeboarders can maneuver. Benjamin Tyler Greene, an experienced wakeboarder, visited the park on July 6, 2024. While he was riding his wakeboard on the obstacle course, an airborne object struck him on the head and caused him to fall into the water. According to the lawsuit that he filed in court in May 2025, Greene was unable to get out of the water on his own, because his feet were strapped to the wakeboard, and no employees of Shark Wake Park came to help him. News sources did not indicate how he got out of the water, but presumably other guests of the park helped him get out.

At the time he filed the lawsuit, he was still suffering from symptoms resulting from the head injury. In the lawsuit, Greene alleges that Shark Wake Park was negligent in several ways. First, the park failed to notify guests of the risk of airborne objects striking them. Second, the equipment at the park was poorly maintained. Third, there were no lifeguards supervising the wakeboarding area; if there had been, they could have responded promptly to Greene when he fell into the water. Premises liability laws protect wakeboarders in situations like Greene’s because he was a business invitee, meaning that he had paid admission. He would not be able to file a premises liability claim if he had been wakeboarding with his own wakeboard and his own jet ski on public land.

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The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you get adequate compensation after a wakeboarding accident.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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