Welcome back to The Water Ski Podcast for Episode 62 with none other than John Horton!

John is a competitive skier and well-known in the water ski community as the founder and person behind BallOfSpray, without a doubt the most visited water ski website out there! Matteo was hyped to interview John for two main reasons. The first one, of course, was the website itself and John's opinions about the state of the sport. However, the second equally exciting reason was to get John's story. Often, the personal story can shine light on the athletic and professional outcomes an individual achieves. This was definitely the case with John Horton!
Finally, John and Trent Finlayson host a video cast called "Distance From Center", where they provide news on upcoming and current water ski events. Check it out!

Sit back and enjoy it!
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Hang tight for the launch on February 5th, and use early bird code "TWSP" at checkout for 10% off for two weeks!

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo and Marcus published some more technical videos comparing pro skiers! You can see them here and here.

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Welcome to this new episode of The Water Ski Podcast.

This episode marks the launch of a series of podcasts trying to merge Matteo's expertise in sport psychology with water skiing.
This series will be called "Swerve Psyc".

In this episode, Matteo touches on Athlete Burnout, an unpleasant and long-lasting state characterized by sport devaluation, emotional and physical exhaustion, and a reduced sense of accomplishment. The goal of this episode is to understand what burnout really is, how it might look like in skiers, and what are some of the things skiers, coaches, and parents can do to prevent this condition.

Enjoy and please reach out to let Matteo know what you think about this or future Swerve Psyc episodes.
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Hey, want to get a head start to the ski season? I will be coaching at The Waterski Academy in Portugal on February 13-22. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to learn more :)

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo and Marcus published some more technical videos comparing pro skiers! You can see them here and here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

Welcome back to The Water Ski Podcast for Episode 60 with Marina Mosti!

Marina is a highly accomplished retired Pro Skier and among the very best Italian skiers of all time.

Matteo had to work hard to get this interview, as Marina is as modest as she was competitive on the water worldwide. With multiple accomplishments in all three disciplines, Marina was primarily known for her jump and trick skiing. Inevitably, that made her at any overall events, including the Worlds, the US Masters, Moomba Masters, and US Open to mention a few.

Sit back and enjoy this conversation, as Marina tells her story, the ups and downs of a career dedicated to be the very best water skier she could be. Marina also kindly shares her experiences as a coach, and her passion to pass on her knowledge and experience to younger skiers.
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Hey, want to get a head start to the ski season? I will be coaching at The Waterski Academy in Portugal on February 13-22. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to learn more :)

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

Welcome back to The Water Ski Podcast for this 2021. The first episode of this year full of hope is with Nick Adams.

Nick is a Pro skier and coach from Melbourne, Australia, who has been and is a constant threat at any tournament he attends. Tune in as Matteo and Nick cover Nick's journey into water skiing, his first events, the importance of Moomba Masters, and more experiences training and competing around the world. Listen to some of the things he learned from highly respected names in the sport and how he conceives good coaching to be. Get a sense of some of the challenges Nick faced, a few adjustments he has made to his skiing preparation, and why he values brand and sport culture so much.

This is a very rich conversation between two friends!
Sit back and enjoy it!
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Hey, want to get a head start to the ski season? I will be coaching at The Waterski Academy in Portugal on February 13-22. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to learn more :)

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
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Welcome to the last TWSP episode of 2020. As we all look forward to a better new year, hear what guests of the show are looking forward to for 2021.

Guests in order of appearance:

• Cole Grant
• Chris Parrish
• Ashley Stevens
• Corey Vaughn
• Giannina Bonnemann
• Coop Diddy
• Matteo Ianni
• John Waldron
• Nick Parsons
• Mario Pigozzi
• Manon Costard
• Robert Pigozzi
• Brittany Greenwood
• Marcus Brown
• Greg Desfond
• Will Asher
• Thomas Degasperi
• Elizabeth Montavon
• Keith Albritton
• Claudio Köstenberger
• Dane Mechler
• Freddie Winter
• Jaimee Bull
• Igor Morozov
• Vince Stadlbaur
• Candido Moz
• Thomas Gustafson
• Adam Pickos
• Daniel Zimmerman

Enjoy!
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This episode is brought to you by The WhisperFin Pro, the new iteration of the famous WhisperFin created by Jay Poscente (JaySki).
Order your WhisperFin PRO at FinWhispering.com and get family or friends Original WhisperFins for only $99 each, using promo code "TWSP".

This episode is also brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical aspects he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

This episode of The Water Ski Podcast is a long conversation with water ski ambassador Marcus Brown. After having covered Marcus' personal story in Episode 10, he decided to come back as part of the TWSP "Dock Time" series. These are just conversations about water skiing. On occasion, it will be just Matteo talking in front of the microphone about something that is on his mind. More often, it will be Matteo and another guests chatting it up!

Join in as Matteo and Marcus discuss:

• The Olympic pursuit and its downfalls
• Pro skiing in his heyday and Marcus' experiences as it declined
• The role of skiers in the resurgence of Pro skiing
• What is exciting about water skiing nowadays
• The cost and access of skiing as a hinderance to growth
• Comparing Brooke Baldwin and Allie Nicholson's styles (more on FPM YouTube channel soon)
• What the FlowPoint Method it and how it came about
• Marcus and Jenny's experiences in creating and running the Method
• The value of well-guided reps over new equipment
• How helping Terry Winter with his skiing is helping Marcus' brother through some hard times
• Matteo's project of skiing all around Lake Iseo in the memory of Josè Castelli
• Savoring moments and the advantages of long-format conversations

Enjoy the chat and come back next week for the end-of-the-year episode :)
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This episode is brought to you by The WhisperFin Pro, the new iteration of the famous WhisperFin created by Jay Poscente (JaySki).
Order your WhisperFin PRO at FinWhispering.com and get family or friends Original WhisperFins for only $99 each, using promo code "TWSP".

This episode is also brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical aspects he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

Episode 56 of TWSP is a great long conversation with Claudio Köstenberger!

Claudio is among the top Jumpers in the World, a master story teller, and straight up genuine guy! In this episode Matteo gets to learn more about the very early skiing days of Claudio, followed by a recollection of Claudio's junior and collegiate days that saw the two of them following a very similar path. The second part of the episode is more topic-based in nature. Here, Claudio speaks his mind about what he deems is wrong with the Zero Off system for jump, the ongoing quest for success at the European Championships, the limbo of choosing between a life in Austria or in the United States, and his thoughts about the US Masters after his participation in them.

Sit tight for this one ;)

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Hey! Want to get some ski coaching? Download GiveGo, upload a ski pass, and look up Matteo for some direct coaching ;-)
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This episode is brought to you by The WhisperFin Pro, the new iteration of the famous WhisperFin created by Jay Poscente (JaySki).
Order your WhisperFin PRO at FinWhispering.com and get family or friends Original WhisperFins for only $99 each, using promo code "TWSP".

This episode is also brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

Episode 55 of TWSP is the second part of Matteo's interview with Elizabeth Montavon.

Join in as Elizabeth covers her second place at the MasterCraft Pro, how she prepared for it, and what it meant to her. The majority of the episode consists of Matteo and Elizabeth chatting about the promotion of water skiing through content creation, particularly as it relates to social media. Make sure to check out Part 1 if you haven't :)

Enjoy!
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Hey! Want to get some ski coaching? Download GiveGo, upload a ski pass, and look up Matteo for some direct coaching ;-)
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This episode is brought to you by The WhisperFin Pro, the new iteration of the famous WhisperFin created by Jay Poscente (JaySki).
Order your WhisperFin PRO at FinWhispering.com and get family or friends Original WhisperFins for only $99 each, using promo code "TWSP".

This episode is also brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.
Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

Episode 54 of TWSP is the first part of Matteo's interview with Elizabeth Montavon.

Tune in as Elizabeth narrates her early days of skiing and her focus on trick skiing, which carried through her collegiate days. Speaking of college, Elizabeth shares her struggles through that experience with Matteo, including some mental health issues she had to face and how a commitment to slalom skiing helped her through that. Such commitment involved a process of "catching up" work and a full trust in her coach, the famous Chet Raley. The episode finishes with some of the more recent Pro tournaments Elizabeth skied in this year.

Enjoy this one and stick around for Part 2!
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Hey! Want to get some ski coaching? Download GiveGo, upload a ski pass, and look up Matteo for some direct coaching ;-)
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Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.

Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.

Episode 53 of TWSP is the second part of Matteo's interview with Gregoire Desfond.

This first part cover Greg's early exposure to a fun summertime activity called water skiing, and the much later discovery that it is a sport, and quite an exciting one. Greg's story might be quite different from most guests, but it has that underlying common factor of experiencing a sport like no other.

After covering Greg's from being in skiing to become into it, in this second part we cover the genesis of Waterski Nation, some of the projects he carried out through his platform, and promotion of water skiing in general!

One of those projects is the Waterski Journal, a free online water ski magazine. Read the first and second issue by clicking on the appropriate links.

Enjoy!
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Hey! Want to get some ski coaching? Download GiveGo, upload a ski pass, and look up Matteo for some direct coaching ;-)
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Take a few seconds to write a review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts, it really helps :-)
If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider a donation.
If you are interested in advertising on The Water Ski Podcast, please reach out.

This episode is brought to you by the FlowPoint Method, a revolutionary and holist approach to water skiing created by Jenny LaBaw and Marcus Brown.
Learn more about the FlowPoint Method by going to thewaterskipodcast.com/flowpointmethod.

Matteo recently discussed with Marcus some technical he has been working on for the FPM Podcast. You can check out the video here.