Before Brandon Thomas was ever a sponsored rider he broke his femur while riding at OWC, where he was taken to the hospital where both his parents happened to be that same day. Shortly after arriving he was told that he would likely never be able to wakeskate again, that obviously did not turn out to be the case. BT has racked up some impressive wins, like at The Masters and Byerly’s Toe Jam, to name a couple. We’re talking with BT about hanging out with Dale Earnhardt, boat riding vs winching, riding for some of the industries biggest brands, ghost riding a jetski, winching in Las Vegas, Rockwilder, some Scott Byerly stories, and how he helped mentor Daniel Grant. Hear all that and much more in Episode 66 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

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Chapters:
00:00 - 2:00 Intro
2:10 Favorite Grab
3:20 Dale Earnhardt Junior
9:05 Getting into wakeskating
17:30 Breaking your femur
23:00 The Projects
27:50 LF’n Wheel of Questions
33:20 Toe Jam
35:30 Contest mentality 
40:00 Boat vs. winch 
43:50 Sponsors 
48:00 Getting dropped
52:45 Jetski ghost ride
54:55 From rider to filmer
59:50 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
1:01:50 Wakeskate popularity 
1:05:20 Setup/Bi-level board
1:07:20 Masters win
1:12:30 Filming
1:15:40 Drones
1:18:10 Daniel Grant
1:23:50 Scott Byerly
1:26:40 Final part?
1:30:20 Wakeskate beef
1:32:30 Rockwilder 
1:40:25 Las Vegas wakeskating 
1:45:00 Wakeskating now
1:47:30 Lake secrecy 
1:530:00 Thank you’s

Links:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Crib: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJWFmWjWJ8
Ghost Ride Jetski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obuDWl9xs38
Wakeglades with Guenther Oka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IADYwhuS1RM 
Rockwilder Wakeskating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ObyHmM9o8
Las Vegas Wakeskating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PY_3XEC6I

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