ADK Aquatics has been running private, captain-led watersports on Lake Placid since 2010, and they know the water as well as anyone in town. Book a session of wakeboarding, waterskiing, or wakesurfing and you get one-on-one instruction tailored to where you actually are, whether that means standing up on skis for the first time or fine-tuning a carve behind one of their Nautique boats. Tubing runs are built for the whole group, all ages welcome, and the pace of every outing is set by you rather than a clock.
Prefer to keep your feet dry? Their private lake tours take you past the historic Adirondack Great Camps with local commentary you won't find on a map. Watersports run from June through the warm months, and peak summer dates book up fast, so it's worth reserving ahead. Best of all, Lake Placid is about a ten-minute walk from High Peaks Resort, so a morning on the water doesn't even require getting in the car.
