When professional wakeboarder Shaun Murray announced a new Seafair event, lake lovers Joan and Zach Horn started brainstorming. Could they ride a bathtub in place of a wakeboard? Devise an alien-themed parade float to pull behind a boat?
Seafair’s newest event, the inaugural Can You Ride It? showcase, asks just what it says it does. Creative folks have dreamt up (hopefully) rideable objects that make a hydroplane seem boring. Bespoke crafts will take to Lake Washington from 12–3pm on Saturday, August 2, complete with theme songs and costumes. The objects will be towed by a boat, similar to how a wakeboard works.
“Seafair is already such a celebration of boating,
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