In his spare time, Covert likes to go wakeboarding in Tasmania and won the Tasmanian Celebrity Wakeboarding Championship in 2006 and 2011.
At the base, Scouts spend the week motor boating, large boat sailing, small boat sailing, water skiing, kayaking, snorkeling, rowing, and wakeboarding.
Shaun Murray is a four-time World champion wakeboarder, and the main character featured in Activision's video game "Wakeboarding Unleashed" (Working title Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder) in 2002, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance.