The Golden Mic Podcast

Robert Absher is a historian with the Wake Sports Hall of Fame. Robert has hundreds of boards on display in his home museum, a temporary home for the collection until a proper brick and mortar location is built. He welcomed Dano to his museum in March 2021 for a full tour and to talk about the history of the sport.

Tommy Phillips is back for part 2 with Dano the Mano on episode 152 of the Golden Mic Podcast. Presented by Tommy’s Boats, the two finish their conversation and talk about the different personalities between the original Denver and Florida locations, founding and being honored by the Wakeboarding Hall of Fame, selling his business and much more!

Tommy Phillips joins Dano on episode 151 of the Golden Mic Podcast. In the first of this two episode series, the guys kick off “Tommy’s 40 years of Awesome” with conversation around how Tommy got started in towed water sports, opening his two industry-changing locations, being featured in a major Super Bowl commercial spot and the early days of wakeboarding.

Space Mob is in the house! Episode 150 features a one-on-one interview with Quinn Silvernale. From the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” to Valdosta, Georgia, hear the full story from one of wakes’ most influential riders.

Dano stops by the Valdosta Wake Compound to talk with owners and co-founders Quinn Silvernale and Luke Tilt about how they created one of the best wake parks in the world.

Videographer extraordinaire Jake Snider stops by the Golden Mic Podcast to talk about what is was like to film Keith St. Onge barefooting on the Chicago River, the current state of web edits and Instagram videos as well as how growing up in the Midwest shaped his love for the sport.  

JB ONeill stops by the Boat House Studio for his second full audio appearance on the Golden Mic Podcast to talk about how he was able to create one of the biggest YouTube channels in all of wakeboarding. The two take listeners along JB’s YouTube journey and share advice for riders looking to build a following.   

The original DanO — Dan Olson — invites the Mano and the Golden Mic Podcast to his office at Active Watersports newest location down in Central Florida to talk about growing up in a waterskiing family, bringing wakeboarding techniques into the world of freestyle jumping and how his battle with an autoimmune disease changed his life forever. The guys also talk about Dan’s charity efforts through his non for profit, The Olson Project.

Tyler Higham stops by the Golden Mic Podcast to talk about his decision to move to the West Coast as a kid and now to Florida, joining the Ronix family, competing in the X Games Real Wake and winning the 2019 Wakeboarding Magazine’s Wake Award for Best Boat Rider.

Hunter Hanson stops by the Golden Mic Podcast to talk about growing up in waterskiing, performing all over the world, working at the legendary Cypress Gardens and Sea World, and his contest accomplishments — including his World Championship Wake Park title in 2019.