The Wake Station

The Wake Station is a small water sports store focused on wakeboarding in Melrose, which is near Lake Santa Fe, a popular wakeboarding destination. In addition, the people who own The Wake Station also own Lake Area Water Sports: the latter company deals more in boats and the big-​ticket item side of wakeboarding while The Wake Station side deals in wakeboards, boardshorts, clothing, life vests, sunscreen, stickers – the softgoods and cute stuff side of things. I think Lake Area Watersports has a warehouse/​garage for the boats tucked away elsewhere in Melrose but if you drive up to the converted service station which now is The Wake Station, you’re likely to see some pretty sick boats pulled up in the parking lot, too.
Even though I said the store was «small», it certainly contains all you need for wakeboarding – from the boards to clothing by Quiksilver, Roxy, O’Neil, and Billabong to sunglasses by Spy Optics. I’m just getting into wakeboarding so I don’t know as much about the brands of wake-​specific stuff they carry, but it looked like a very good selection. We’re lucky to have a store like this in Melrose close to the heart of local wakeboarding action, plus, they give a lot back to their sport insofar as sponsoring wakeboarding camps and contests for kids. Good people for sure.