Not everyone who rides waverunners are redneck mulletheads. My husband and I ride them out in the gulf. Of course, we do not rent them and take them out ourselves. We just do the guided tours. But we always see people out on the waverunners running parallel to the beach, and we've never seen
anyone hit by a waverunner. And besides, some people may prefer a waverunner over a boat. It may not always be that they can afford a waverunner and cannot afford a boat, both are expensive. In our case, we couldn't afford either one.