 "In the Wake" is a coming-of-age story featuring the extreme water sports of wakeboarding and wakeskating. The story follows Severance Moore s stressful, exhilarating, sometimes funny, and often charming journey to become the pro-wakeboarding champion -- in the wake of his brother s death, a tumultuous relationship with his father, his cousin s drug problems, a turbulent romance, and a newfound celebrity status. Consider it a cross between Blue Crush and the OC, on a wakeboard.