Grand Rapids Boat Show

Speakers & Events

Big Air Wakeboard Show and How-To Water Sports Clinics

Presented by Action Water Sports

Pro wakeboarders will be at the Huge Lagoon to show off their amazing sklils throughout the weekend.  Don't miss your chance to see this action sport up close! 

Immediately following the Big Air Wakeboard Show will be How-To Water Sports Clinics to learn from the pros!  Have you always wanted to get behind the boat and feel the water beneath your feet?  You see your neighbors out on the lake flipping over the wake and skiing the course and you want to be out there too.  Well, here's your chance to ask the water sports experts how!  Learn the basics of water skiing, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, or any other water sport activity.  Or if you want to know how to teach the kids to get up on skis, a wakeboard, a kneeboard or anything else, they can help you with that too.  Don't miss Action Water Sports' clinics right at the Boat Show!  The crew from Action Water Sports, Michigan's Foremost Water Sports Outfitter, will answer all your questions, give you some tips and give live in-water demonstrations.  Get ready for summer fun!

Boating Safety Certification Course

Get your Certification done in one day by the Kent County Sheriff Dept. Marine Division on Satruday, February 20, and be ready to hit the water this summer!  Typically these classes take multiple evenings.  Here is your opportunity to get certified, a legal necessity in order to command a motorized vessel without supervision for all those under the age of 16.  (And simply a smart thing to do!)  Also, if you are born after 1978, you must have this certification to operate a PWC.