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  • Gavin Stuckey | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 69

    Gavin Stuckey is easily one of the biggest names in cable wakeboarding right now, meaning one of the Stuckey brothers is an odds on favorite to win just about every contest they enter. However, Gavin has separated himself from his brother Trent in both his riding style as well as the videos he puts out. After having an incredible 2023 season, the rumors started swirling whether or not Gavin would leave the brand he has been with his entire career, Ronix. After some back and forth, Gavin ended up moving over to Liquid Force, and we dive into the “why” behind that decision. We’re also talking Gavin’s early influences, Points Chase, the Stuckey custom Unit feature, Status, Grounded, his relationship with his brother, competitive mindset, and how the Stuckey’s afford to travel throughout the year. Hear all that and much more in Episode 69 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 3:00 Intro
    5:00 3 Types of rail hits
    8:50 Getting into wakeboarding
    13:00 Points Chase
    16:00 Early Influences
    17:50 Guest Question from the Cohen Brothers
    39:20 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    52:30 Custom Unit Feature
    56:00 Guest Question from Momma Stuckey
    1:07:45 Ronix
    1:21:00 Breakout years
    1:23:40 Status
    1:30:15 Guest Question from Johnny D
    1:36:40 Leaving Ronix
    1:50:00 Setup
    1:55:00 Relationship with Trent
    2:03:30 Guest Question from Trent Stuckey
    2:12:00 Contests
    2:19:00 Flipping couches
    2:21:40 Patreon Questions
    2:28:00 ROTY Board
    2:32:00 Thank You’s

    Links:
    Sincerely Trent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3MPpLs93Zg&t=483s
    Status: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxTL1wDKbtg
    Forty Eight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afaAkZ-G1NM
    Grounded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDEwKZ7YRY

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    2 hr 36 min
  • Parks Bonifay | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 68

    It would be hard to argue that anyone single person has done more for the sport of wakeboarding, both on the water and off, than Parks Bonifay. You can tell he lives, eats, and breathes this lifestyle, and it shows. Parks was the youngest person to ever waterski, invented several tricks, filmed tons of video parts, won even more contests, and has pushed the boundaries of what is possible on a wakeboard. While a lot of riders might step away from the scene as they end their riding career, Parks has embraced the sport, continuing to keep up with the evolution of wakeboarding. You can feel the passion in his voice when he speaks about riding, Parks is truly a gem in the watersports industry. Ski baby, ugly board graphics, Byerly, knee injuries, getting banned from the masters, MTV cribs, Jackass, video parts, barefooting behind an F1 car, Ronix, Wakelab, and the future of the sport. Hear all that and much more in Episode 68 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

    Follow Parks: https://www.instagram.com/parxxx/

    Chapters:
    00:00 - 2:00 Intro
    2:20 Ski Baby
    10:00 Why is Parks still involved?
    12:00 Shifting from athlete to ambassador 
    13:50 Why is wakeboarding special?
    16:00 Waterskiing
    17:20 Ski baby
    21:00 First time wakeboarding
    27:00 First sponsors 
    30:00 X-Games
    33:30 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    38:20 Freemotion
    44:40 Hyperlite
    47:10 Shane Bonifay
    52:20 Byerly influence 
    56:50 Biggest win
    59:55 Knee injuries 
    1:10:00 Contests
    1:13:00 Banned from Masters
    1:18:40 Question from Raph Derome
    1:25:30 Wakelab
    1:28:30 Rail riding
    1:39:30 MTV Cribs
    1:42:10 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    1:43:00 Parents inspiration 
    1:49:20 Jackass
    1:54:45 Ronix
    1:58:25 RedBull
    2:11:00 Currently
    2:14:10 Setup
    2:22:00 Future of wakeboarding 
    2:29:30 Thank you’s

    Links:
    Parks Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjqjl0Qal44
    Wakelab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpcZJDcFkWw
    Incomplete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W-SKoK8zrI
    Shane Bonifay Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNnN6UOeVOo&t=7685s

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    2 hr 33 min
  • T.J. Giesey | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 67

    Back to back weeks with wakeskaters on the pod? You're damn right. T.J. has been around the wakeskate scene for what feels like forever. Getting started wakeboarding behind a small Boston Whaler, T.J. quickly shifted to wakeskating once he realized he and his friends would need a much bigger boat if they wanted continue to progress on their wakeboards. From there T.J. made the move from Miami up to Orlando to continue to entrench himself in wakeskating. Riding with the likes of Andrew Pastura and Nick Taylor T.J. has had some impressive wakeskating in his own right, including a killer section in Human Rocket. Wakeskating.com, Sfumato, blunts on a wakeboard, winch etiquette, owning spots, The Wakeskate Tour, Suwannee, and kickflipping wakeboards. Hear all that and much more in Episode 67 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

    Follow TJ: https://www.instagram.com/tjgiesey/

    Chapters:
    00:00 - 2:00 Intro
    7:00 Getting into wakeboarding
    18:25 First wakeskate
    20:00 Wakeskating.com
    27:15 Sfumato
    28:30 First contest 
    36:00 Moving to Orlando 
    45:00 First time in Europe
    50:30 Best thing done on a skate
    52:12 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    1:13:30 Blunts on a wakeboard?
    1:15:40 Sponsors 
    1:19:00 Riding crew
    1:21:50 Riding with Andrew
    1:28:17 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    1:30:30 Water Monsters/Remote
    1:46:30 Suwannee 
    2:00:00 The Wakeskate Tour
    2:02:00 Suwannee build
    2:30:34 Wakeskating currently 
    2:38:20 Is wakeskating too hard?
    2:45:00 Winch etiquette 
    2:58:00 Best premiere 
    3:03:00 Winching “tips”
    3:09:00 Gas Vs Electric winches 
    3:16:30 Kickflipping wakeboards

    Links:
    Human Rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoEu0a3iWQ&t=921s

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    3 hr 32 min
  • Brandon Thomas | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 66

    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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    1 hr 56 min
  • Brooks Wilson | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 65

    Brooks Wilson was the brand manager of one of the biggest waterski brands in the industry, Radar. We sit down and talk with Brooks about his recent decision to leave that position and venture out on his own to start a business here in Florida. Before Brooks worked for Radar, he was a professional waterskier and has had a tremendous impact on waterskiing, and watersports as a whole. From basically learning to ski with legend Wade Cox to coaching at The Boarding School alongside industry icon Travis Moye, among others. Winching on a waterski, Wilson Bros, contests vs freeskiing, the best selling waterski, being a brand manager, Radar Lake, and skiing on a frozen lake. Hear all that and much more in Episode 65 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

    Follow Brooks: https://www.instagram.com/brkswilson/

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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 2:30 Intro
    3:00 Winching on a waterski (reel)
    7:00 Moving back to Florida
    8:50 Growing up on the water
    19:00 First sponsors
    21:30 College skiing
    24:00 Entrepreneurial spirit 
    29:00 Radar/The Wilson Bros
    40:00 Tournament skiing 
    44:30 Signing with MasterCraft
    53:00 Radar Nation
    1:01:00 End of Wilson Bros
    1:07:00 Brand Manager at Radar
    1:17:20 LF’n Wheel of Questions 
    1:32:10 Brand Manager “Role” 
    1:50:00 Industry talk
    1:58:30 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    2:06:50 Releasable Ski Binding
    2:10:00 Leaving Radar
    2:20:00 Currently 
    2:30:40 Cold water skiing 
    2:33:00 Rapid fire

    Links:
    Wilson Bros Ripping Radar Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxiK6Y_suKs
    Wilson Bros x MasterCraft: https://vimeo.com/186306728
    Stare: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1191711427544326
    Skiing on a frozen lake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i1hm5X5PGc
    100 consecutive wake crossings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu2iwfxHfJM&t=189s
    McConkey: https://unofficialnetworks.com/2024/05/13/the-unofficial-game-of-gnar-the-movie/

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    2 hr 52 min
  • Keith Lidberg | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 64

    Keith grew up in Minnesota, getting on the water during the short Midwest American summers when he could. But after a move down to Florida in his late teens for college, Keith found the cable and quickly became even more hooked on wakeboarding than he already was. Spending time at the projects, Keith honed both his rail riding and his boat riding, and almost beating Parks Bonifay in one of the biggest rail events of the time, The Carnival. A $3,000 phone bill, skinny stances, partying, the projects, riding for 4 board brands, CTRL, video parts, and the future of boat and cable riding. Hear all that and much more in Episode 64 of the Grab Matters Podcast. 

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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 3:00 Intro
    3:40 Fise phone bill
    7:40 Transitioning out of riding
    13:50 Growing up in Minnesota
    24:30 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    36:50 Moving to Florida
    41:50 Old school cable riding
    43:15 The Projects 
    48:35 First sponsors
    1:03:00 Partying 
    1:09:35 Driftline “ Deserves Some Love”
    1:12:10 Video Parts
    1:27:20 Short temper
    1:30:10 Carnival
    1:39:00 Wake The Line
    1:43:15 CTRL Wakeboards
    2:00:00 Future of boat and cable

    Links:
    Transgression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqNVU99IeGE
    Hipnose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VUVBF3RI_c

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    2 hr 23 min
  • Darin Shapiro | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 63

    Who has won the most wakeboard contests? Who has invented the most tricks? Who has signed one of the largest contracts in wakeboardings history? The answer to all of those questions is Darin Shapiro. Darin got started in watersports before wakeboarding as we know it was even a thing. Starting at the cable, Darin took countless laps on a trick ski, and barefooting, but it wasn’t until “ski boarding” came around that he really started to find some success. Darin was flown out by Herb O’Brien to a contest in Hawaii in 1991, and from there Darins journey in the sport began and had no signs of slowing down. Winning over 70 pro contests, inventing countless tricks, starring in 2 video games, signing one of wakeboardings largest contracts, the speedball, and retiring twice. Hear all that and much more in Episode 63 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

    Follow Darin: https://www.instagram.com/darin_shapiro/
    Armada JiuJitsu: https://armadabjj.com/

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    Chapters: 
    00:00 - 1:40 Intro
    3:00 Darin's biggest contract
    5:40 Getting started at the cable
    14:20 First contest in Hawaii
    16:30 Inventing the raley 
    19:40 Skiboard prototype
    23:00 Modifying boards 
    27:40 Sponsors
    31:30 Biggest year
    33:15 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    39:30 Darin's video game
    41:30 Is winning everything?
    42:50 Wakeboarding unleashed  
    45:15 Video parts
    49:30 Tricks
    54:00 Triples
    58:10 Inventing tricks
    1:08:20 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    1:10:55 Scud
    1:11:50 Contests
    1:17:00 Mindset
    1:27:20 Being the “contest guy”
    1:32:05 WSIA (Ad)
    1:44:20 Retiring 
    1:48:00 Directional boards
    1:50:20 Darin's favorite board
    1:53:00 Back problems
    2:01:30 Jiu Jitsu

    Links:
    Hawaii Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8xt9-aVbk
    Resurgence: https://vimeo.com/104328103


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    2 hr 11 min
  • Shop Talk #6 | Erik Ruck, Guenther Oka, and Jake Pelot

    We start off the 6th installment of Shop Talk with the Mount Rushmore of Best Wakeboard Contests. After that the boys are talking all things wake, including going over events like Munich Mash, Copenwaken, and the most recent PWT stop. We also go over the new edit "Foama" from Felix Georgii and Dom Hernler, which is an absolute must watch. In addition to edits and events, were chatting about how harshly reverts should be punished in a contest run, the differences between boat and cable cultures, if pro's should pay for a pass to the cable, Herbs Cup, contest pay, Olympic wakeboarding, and streetjam. Hear all this and much more in the 6th Episode of Shop Talk!

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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 00:20 Intro
    00:30 Mt. Rushmore of Contests
    20:17 LF’n Wheel of Questions 
    24:40 Laces in or out?
    25:50 Reverts?
    31:15 PWT
    33:18 Herbs Cup
    36:34 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    43:50 Life Jackets
    46:30 Boat vs. Cable worlds
    50:00 Foama
    55:40 Fatsac Fast Five
    1:02:30 Munich Mash
    1:04:20 Copenwaken
    1:09:00 Contest pay
    1:12:00 Wakefest
    1:19:00 New products
    1:24:00 Free passes to a cable?
    1:27:30 Olympics?
    1:31:00 Streetjam
    1:33:40 Events

    Links: 
    Depth Charge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQONJbAGng
    Foama: https://www.redbull.com/hu-hu/videos/foama-felix-georgii-dominik-hernler-unchained-
    Victor Copenwaken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evum3CYgUQU
    Graham Slam: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9I43bABOFo/
    PWT Team Challenge Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imh6hCz_ixc


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    1 hr 45 min
  • Chase Heavener | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 62

    He was given a 1 stop ban on the pro tour for hitting a pine cone with a wiffle ball bat? Chase Heavener is a former professional wakeboarder from Orlando, Florida, and has been around since the early days of the sport. Seeing it progress from "trick ski" style riding to where the sport is today has been a wild ride, and a ride that Chase had some influence in. When he got into the sport, he didn't feel as though the current contest landscape represented his crews style of riding, or their vision for the sport, and some feathers were ruffled in the pursuit of change. After his riding career, Chase went behind the scenes and helped create some of wakeboarding's most iconic videos. Getting banned from Wakeboarding Mag, the New Crew, running a 5 minute mile, Neptune, sinking a boat 4 times, and the current media landscape. Hear all that and much more in Episode 62 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 1:30 Intro
    3:40 Tim Tebow Doc
    5:20 Disqualified from the PWT
    7:50 Running
    9:20 First time riding
    14:00 First sponsors
    18:00 Finless
    22:40 4x4 hole pattern
    23:30 Neptune
    27:00 New Crew
    38:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    43:25 Gnar ramp
    45:50 Mayday
    51:00 Getting into filming
    56:20 Erik Ruck question
    58:25 Attention Deficit 
    59:23 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    1:03:00 What makes a movie good?
    1:08:30 Pre Pop
    1:13:50 WSIA (Ad)
    1:14:40 Alliance Wake
    1:23:00 Fast Five by Fatsac
    1:30:00 Setup
    1:34:40 Banned from WBM
    1:39:00 X Games Judging
    1:44:00 Media landscape
    1:51:05 Foiling

    Links:
    Byerly in Hit It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqpoqCLxxts&t=66s
    Gnar Ramp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUEE2rZGxT4
    Decline of the waterski monopoly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvQjFfDQFk&t=1563s
    Rave till dawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADe20Gns8QA


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    2 hr 4 min
  • Kellan Rudnicki | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 61

    What does the future of cable riding look like in America? In this episode we sit down with the Director of Operations at Aktion Parks, Kellan Rudnicki. Kellan got into wakeboarding at Ski Rixen, after initially trying to learn how to kiteboard and getting told he needs to hit the cable to learn board control first. Once falling in love with the sport, Kellan restarted the wakeboard club at his college UCF, then took a job out of the industry after graduating. Eventually an opportunity arose to get back into cable park ops, and Kellan worked his way back into the world of wakeboarding. Indian lines, ideal cable speed, industry infighting, decline of extreme sports, wake moms, profitability of cable parks, europe vs america, ski resorts vs cable parks, and grassroots events. Hear all that and much more in Episode 61 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

    Thank you to our sponsors:
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    Chapters:
    00:00 - 1:30 Intro
    4:30 Starting at Ski Rixen
    18:00 Out of industry work
    19:40 Patreon Question
    20:15 Aktion Parks
    21:35 Closing ECP
    25:00 Collegiate wakeboarding
    28:20 Boat contests at OWC
    32:00 Dan Jarrett guest question
    36:00 Oh come on man
    43:00 Why do people quit riding?
    46:55 Extreme sports
    52:35 LF’n Wheel of Questions
    1:03:00 Offseason talk
    1:06:35 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
    1:11:30 The Business of cables
    1:25:00 Issues with cables
    1:30:00 Park sponsors
    1:37:00 The perfect cable park
    1:50:00 Decline of extreme sports
    1:52:30 Ski resorts vs. cable parks
    2:10:10 Setup
    2:14:00 The hub of wakeboarding
    2:15:40 Patreon Questions
    2:21:10 Grassroots events
    2:31:20 Thank you’s


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    2 hr 36 min

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