David Vervenne is the CEO of Unit Parktech, the #1 manufactured feature company for cable parks. David got his start riding behind the boat in Belgium, and even competed against some of the best in the sport in his early years. However, contests weren’t where he felt at home in the sport, and truly found his passion in freeriding, as it gave him the freedom that organized sports like soccer (football) didn’t. A renovated park in Florida, homemade vs. manufactured features, wake the line, the perfect cable size, working for Unit, the business of cable parks, benefits of speaking 4 languages, how often you should change your park layout, and what makes Unit different. Hear all that and much more in Episode 52 of the Grab Matters Podcast! 

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Chapters:
00:00 - 1:50 Intro
1:55 New park in Florida 
4:00 CEO of Unit
8:40 Favorite grab
9:20 Wakepants
11:00 Homemade vs. Manufactured features 
13:40 Getting into wakeboarding 
19:00 Soccer vs. wakeboarding 
23:00 Contest riding 
26:50 Oli Derome question 
32:30 Park scene 
36:00 What shows wakeboarding the best?
38:10 Wake the line 
42:10 LF’n Wheel of Questions
47:20 Perfect cable size
48:40 Guest question 
52:00 Dubai wakeboarding 
58:00 Working for Unit
1:01:40 Speaking 4 languages 
1:04:00 Features every park should have 
1:07:00 Sliding surfaces 
1:11:45 Europe vs. the world 
1:18:40 Setup changes 
1:22:00 Unit warranty 
1:25:00 Unit business model 
1:30:00 Competition 
1:34:50 Driftline “deserves some love”
1:38:30 Custom rails 
1:43:00 Setup
1:47:40 Air and style 
1:50:00 Malibu Rider experience
1:59:00 Events 
2:01:00 Munich Mash
2:05:00 What gets you stoked on wakeboarding?
2:09:00 Unit team 

Links:
Horgasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sN0cOG1eao
Unit Parktech: https://unit-parktech.com/

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