In the following two sports, water skiing and wakeboarding, the sail is replaced by the engine of a motor boat. Both are mostly practiced in the central and southern part of Lake Garda, because motor boats are prohibited in Trentino, where the northern end of the lake is located.

There are motor boat, water ski and wakeboard rentals and schools for all those who would like to try out this sport in the various ports on the eastern (from Peschiera to Brenzone) and western shore (from Padenghe to Gardone Riviera). The two sports of water skiing and wakeboarding differ wakeboard regarding the sports vehicles employed and the form of movement. When water skiing, you use two skis or one ski with designs that vary according to the chosen specialty: slalom skis with a mobile 5-8 cm deep aluminum fin, jumping skis with a hard, smaller fin and trick skis without a fin.

The board in wakeboarding is rather standardised and meets the requirements of skiers by modifying technical details or materials. Water skiing and wakeboarding are sports that are primarily practiced on a lake, i.e. in an environment with low swell. What is more, Lake Garda also offers a unique panorama.