Roger Parks, your average 14 year-old saw his dad coming home from work and noticed he was carrying the materials that he had been waiting for! Finally, his childhood dream was becoming a reality, a small wooden fishing boat made with his own two hands. Ever since he could remember, he wanted to build boats, just like his dad. In this small town in Arkansas, the local boat plant was just about the only livelihood. In fact, it was quite a shock on a day when at age 10 or so, Roger realized that there were people that did not make their living building boats. That was fine for them, but not for Roger! With those final pieces of scrap materials, enthusiasm and determination, Roger’s career as a boat builder and the foundation for Blue Wave Boats had begun.