Wake shaping apparatus and related technology

An apparatus configured to attach removably to a hull of a boat, the apparatus comprising a blade and an adjustable base, the adjustable base having first and second end regions, the adjustable base having first and second side regions extending between the first and second end regions, the first end region having a first suction cup and a first lever coupled to the first suction cup so as to be operable to activate and release suction for the first suction cup, the second end region having a second suction cup and a second lever coupled to the second suction cup so as to be operable to activate and release suction for the second suction cup, the adjustable base having a top side and a bottom side, the first and second suction cups being on the bottom side of the adjustable base such that when the apparatus is attached removably to the hull of the boat the bottom side of the adjustable base faces toward the hull while the top side of the adjustable base faces away from the hull, the blade configured to attach to the adjustable base such that the blade projects outwardly away from the adjustable base, the apparatus having a configuration in which the first end region of the adjustable base, the second region of the adjustable base, the first suction cup, the second suction cup, and the blade are all centered on a common axis, the first end region having a pivot connection with the second end region, the apparatus configured such that:

• (i) rotational orientations of the first and second end regions of the adjustable base relative to each other change in response to pivoting the first end region about the pivot connection relative to the second end region, and (ii) rotational orientations of the first and second suction cups relative to each other change in response to pivoting the first end region about the pivot connection relative to the second end region.