mDanny Amir aka Dano The Mano has been the voice of wakeboarding for a better part of 2 decades. He has been to and announced ore competitions than just about anyone else. We sit down with Dano and go over his midwest waterski roots and how he found himself living in Florida and getting into the announcing game. Living with Australians, riding OWC late at night, wake restrictions, his dad not liking wakeboarding, Feet On Fire, Twin Lakes Cornfest, The Golden Mic Podcast, Lake Lovers Club, life jackets, shoe skiing, and Dano’s list of his favorite watersports. Hear all that and much in Episode 73 of the Grab Matters Podcast! Now streaming everywhere you listen to podcasts. 

Follow Dano: https://www.instagram.com/danotmano/

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Chapters:
00:00 - 3:45 Intro
4:30 Favorite Grab
6:35 Wakepants
8:50 Midwest roots
18:20 Not allowed to wakeboard 
28:00 Moving to Florida 
37:00 Getting involved with the pro tour
40:30 Wild Australians
50:00 Early OWC days
52:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions 
1:00:00 Boat brands 
1:01:40 Wake restrictions 
1:12:00 Announcing
1:19:00 Making a career in the watersports industry  
1:31:00 Toe Jam Stories
1:34:30 Feet on Fire
1:48:00 Gifts from Dano
1:57:00 Lake Lovers Club
2:09:00 Guest Question: Oli Derome 
2:20:30 Guest Question: Kyle Alberts
2:33:00 Best moments announcing 
2:37:00 Golden Mic Podcast 
2:56:40 ROTY Board
3:05:20 Setup
3:08:50 Life Jackets
3:19:00 Power Ranking Watersports
3:22:00 Thank you’s 

Links:
Golden Mic: https://noiseofthenorth.com/category/golden-mic-podcast/
Feet On Fire: https://www.feetonfirebarefoot.com/
Twin lakes corn fest: https://tlcornfest.com/
Lake Lovers Club: https://www.lakeloversclub.com/
Decline of the Waterski Monopoly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvQjFfDQFk&t=1563s

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