Nautique Boats brought the 2026 Nautique Wakesurf Masters Championships and Nautique Wakeboard World Championships to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, for the concluding weekend of its wake and surf series. The event drew 284 professional and amateur athletes representing 23 countries, giving the season finale a genuinely international field.
Robin Lake hosted the competition as riders pursued both world championship honours and overall Nautique Wake Series and Wakesurf Series titles. The combination of individual championships and season points made the weekend important beyond a single event result.
World titles behind purpose-built wake boats
In Pro Men Surf, Team Nautique rider Joey Harris won the world championship, with teammate Noah Flegel finishing second. The division was pulled behind the Super Air Nautique G23 Paragon, a purpose-built wake boat that sits firmly inside Leisure Boat Guide's under-12m coverage.
Wakeboarding and wakesurfing place unusual demands on towboats because wake shape, speed control and repeatability directly affect competition conditions. Major events therefore provide a useful view of how specialist leisure boats are being used at the highest level of their intended sport.
A global small-craft competition scene
Nautique says athletes accumulated points across the season before the Callaway Gardens finale decided the overall series titles. That structure gives professional and amateur riders a connected calendar while keeping towboat performance central to each stop.
Why the event matters to LBG
Wake and surf boats are a significant specialist segment of the leisure-boat market, combining family recreation with highly developed watersports systems. The 2026 finale shows the scale of that community, with hundreds of competitors travelling from around the world to race and ride behind sub-12m boats.