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Not taken as belligerent, no apology required. There is one simple fact about wakesurfing that differentiates it from all other watersports. There are times when you are surfing that you are traveling faster than the boat, and at those times injury can result. This is why handles that allow an arm or other appendage to fall thru are dangerous. Same being true if you are close to the boat, driving down the face towards the boat. If you can guarantee that the surfer never gets closer than 20 feet from the boat, there is probably little risk. I'm doubtful you can guarantee that, though. With a skiier, say being pulled at 25 mph and probably 60 feet back, there is almost never a time with the skiier is actually going faster than the boat, save for when they are whipped way out to the side, or the boat comes to rest with the skiier still afloat.
It's the surfers ability to overtake the boat, directly inline with the prop, while it is still moving (prop turning) that poses the risk and that isn't present in other towed watersports.
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