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!

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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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