According to fire rescue, at 5:40 p.m., units were told that a wakeboarder had become separated from their tow vehicle, which was possibly a wave-runner.

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So at about 8:30 Tuesday morning, the filming began. Hedden had dragged along his neighbor Simon Elston, who among other things is a wakeboarder.

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72-year-old wakeboarder dies after rope drags him into boat propeller, deputies say Deputies in Oregon say a 72-year-old wakeboarder died after a rope dragged him into a boat propeller. (Source: KPTV) ...