Regarded by many as the “Thrasher” of wakeskating, Tad Mathews has done more for the sport than most realize. We sit down with Tad and guest co-host Jake Ramsdell and go over just how deep Tad’s involvement in wakeskating runs. Meeting Kyle Walton, filming, video premieres, winning VOTY, moving to Orlando, Rip City, More Than Machines, Van Life, Remote, Watermonsters, The Wakeskate Mag, ROTY, WeSubsist, pranks and a plethora of great guest questions, hear all that and much more in Episode 71 of the Grab Matters Podcast! Now streaming wherever you find your podcasts. 

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Chapters:
00:00- 1:20 Intro
2:30 Kyle Walton 
9:40 Favorite Grab
10:45 Getting into wakeskating 
16:45 Biggest inspirations 
18:50 Nick Taylor
21:20 Getting into filming 
23:40 Premieres 
24:50 Moving to Orlando 
27:50 LF’n Wheel of Questions 
31:20 Guest Question: Keaton Bowlby
34:25 Getting spots ripped
40:45 Attention to detail
44:50 Guest Question: Bammer Rehn
53:00 More Than Machines
56:20 Filming 
1:01:50 Choosing music for parts 
1:11:00 WeSubsist
1:18:30 Guest Question: T.J. Giesey
1:24:50 Van life
1:33:00 Crews 
1:35:00 Divise and conquer 
1:41:20 Filming Tips
1:44:00 Remote
1:49:20 The Wakeskate Tour
1:52:45 Guest Question: Reed Hansen
1:58:50 The Wakeskate Mag
2:04:00 ROTY
2:06:10 Favorite video parts 
2:07:50 Pranks
2:10:00 Resurgence in wakeskating 
2:13:40 Lip Tricks
2:17:00 Currently 

Links: 
More Than Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0V_HaQ3tg&t=829s
Groveland: https://vimeo.com/120557617 
Human Rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoEu0a3iWQ&t=901s

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