Tony Finn is widely known as the creator of the sport of wakeboarding. He invented the Skurfer in 1985. He was responsible for sales and marketing and successfully sold Skurfers to over 500 water sports stores domestically and to twenty foreign countries. Sales reached $500 thousand dollars in 1987. He also published the first wakeboard instruction manual with World Publications titled Skurfer's Guide to Water Ski Boarding.

 

 

Herb O'Brien is credited as the man who revolutionized wakeboarding as we know it today.