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Shota Tezuka’s favorite cover of Wakeboarding Magazine. #wakeboarding #wakeboard #japantravel #japan

Best day ever? Well…it sure was full of laughs 😂 Hear this story and much more from @trevorhansen on Episode 45 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms as well as available to watch on YouTube! Also available at grabmatters.com #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #wakeboard

Episode 45 with @trevorhansen is now live! Getting robbed while riding a camel in Egypt...? Trevor Hansen is a former professional wakeboarding from Groveland, Florida. Trevor started out behind the boat waterskiing at 6 months of age, yep, another ski baby. However, once he discovered wakeboarding, Trevor was hooked on standing sideways. After having an incredible season in 1999, Trevor went pro. Designing your pro model board, filming music videos, getting bit by a monkey, making your own lead weights, lazy susan  vs. tequila, and getting robbed in Egypt. Hear all that and much more in Episode 45 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #trevorhansen

No matter the action sport you’re into, your brain probably thinks this way. From handrails to benches to spillways, we see the world differently than most. Hear this story and much more in Episode 44 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all platforms, and available to watch on YouTube! #wakeboarding #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeskate #wakeskating #skate #skateboarding #nike #nike6.0

Who has the best kickflip in wakeskating? Hear this story and much more in Episode 44 of the Grab Matters Podcast with @mattmanzari, now streaming on all platforms, and available to watch on YouTube! #wakeboarding #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeskate #wakeskating #skate #skateboarding #benhoran

Episode 44 with @mattmanzari is now live! Matt Manzari is alive, and that statement alone is incredible. Having survived not one, but two life altering accidents Matt is truly an amazing human. But before these accidents lies a full professional career in wakeskating, one which holds NBD tricks and incredible video parts. Matt has made a proufound impact on the sport of wakeskating, even riding for Nike in his teen years. But tricks, video parts, or contest results don’t define a person, and Matt is a perfect example of this. NBD’s, video parts, thousands of pairs of shoes, team trips, pedicures, cracking your skull in 17 places, getting electrocuted, and over $500k in medical bills. Hear all that and much more in Episode 44 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #kylealberts #nebraska #wakeboardnebraska

When your family helps out on the winch missions 😤. @colevanthof and @guentheroka teamed up with @alliancewake to make the most out of the great Cincinnati floods. Full 🎥 linked in the story! 📸 @jeffshotthat Hear this story and much more in Episode 43 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all platforms, and available to watch on YouTube! #wakeboarding #wakeboard #videography #grabmatters #cincinatti

So, where is the movie Citrus…? Get the full scoop on Citrus and much more in Episode 43 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all platforms, and available to watch on YouTube! #wakeboarding #wakeboard #videography #grabmatters #citrus #movie

Episode 43 with @colevanthof is now streaming on all major platforms! Where is the wakeboard movie Citrus? Cole Vanthof is a videographer in the watersports industry and currently works at Alliance Wakeboard Mag. Getting his start wakeboarding in Georgia, Cole fell in love with being on the water, eventually moving to Tampa shortly after highschool to ride at McCormicks. After several years of riding and being in the industry Cole eventually took a job at Alliance, helping them to create wakeboarding related content, as well as other projects that help pay the bills. Getting your butt cheek sliced open on a boat cleat, working at Ambush and BuyWake, filming the best pro riders, a full length film, filming tips, and being a semi-pro paintball player. Hear all that and much more in Episode 43 of the Grab Matters Podcast! #wakeboarding #wakeboard #videography #grabmatters

@kalberts gives some seldom heard, but powerful advice when it comes to going out of your comfort zone. Hear this story and more in Episode 42 of the Grab Matters Podcast, streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #grabmatters #wakeboard #podcast

@kalberts vs. the morning news…just wait for that helmet toss 🪖 Hear this story and more in Episode 42 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #grabmatters #wakeboard #podcast #news

Episode 42 with @kalberts is now live! How hard is it to become a “Pro”? Kyle Alberts is a former professional wakeboarder from Nebraska, and has had a unique journey throughout his career in the sport. Getting his start riding in Nebraska, Kyle fell in love with wakeboarding as a kid, and found a solid community of riders in his local area. After choosing to pursue wakeboarding over basketball, Kyle moved to Florida and continued to chase his dream of being a pro rider, but it never quite panned out financially the way many picture it. Growing up in Nebraska, losing his father at a young age, wakeboarding at boat shows, driving the opening scene in Relentless, doctoring pink slips, jumping over a bus in Orlando, being on the news, JD Webb money, Four Lokos, and his last time wakeboarding. Hear all that and much more in Episode 42 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #kylealberts #nebraska #wakeboardnebraska

@rileydillonn talks about some challenges he’s faced while being a Canadian and pursuing a career in wakeboarding. Hear this story and more in Episode 41 of the Grab Matters Podcast, streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboarding #grabmatters #wakeboard #podcast

Wakeboarding or snowboarding? At a certain point @rileydillonn had to choose between the two, but that wasn’t completely well received among his peers. Hear this story and more in Episode 41 of the Grab Matters Podcast, streaming on all major platforms! 🎥 @cameronspalding / @gibbycorc_ #wakeboarding #grabmatters #wakeboard #snowboard #snowboarding #podcast

Episode 41 with @rileydillonn is now live! Riley Dillon is a professional wakeboarder from Canada. Riley has been around the cable scene for years, and has traveled the world both doing contests and filming full parts. We talk about how he got into snowboarding at a young age, and eventually making the decision to pursue wakeboarding instead of snowboarding, and the reasoning behind that. Action sports upbringing, two tower vs. full size cables, getting stuanched up and daunched up, injuries, air tricks, videos vs. contests, getting sponsored, Free Agent, Canadian struggles, and the Outhouse Crew. Hear all that and much more in Episode 41 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms and available to watch on YouTube!  #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #rileydillon

Started Episode 40 with @wesleymarkjacobsen off with some gifts 🤣🧊 See this and much more in Episode 40 of Grab Matters Podcast with Wes, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeboarding #spacemob #coalition #ice #iced #smirnoffice

How did @spacemob start, and where did the name come from? Hear this full story and much more in Episode 40 of Grab Matters Podcast with @wesleymarkjacobsen, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeboarding #spacemob

Episode 40 with @wesleymarkjacobsen is now live! WMJ is one of the most influential riders the sport of wakeboarding has seen in the past decade, and that hasn’t happened without hard work and dedication to the sport. Wes didn’t fully get into wakeboarding until he went to college, where he discovered the two tower cable system, and that changed everything. After spending some time at CWC in the Philippines, and then at Jibtopia wake park, Wes eventually found his home at Valdosta Wake Compound, where he resided to this day. Skinny stance, a tractor accident, the coalition edits, almost getting a felony for building a rail, the start of space mob, becoming a pro rider, designing board graphics, filming full length movies, having a baby, and space tapes. Hear all that and much more in Episode 40 of the Grab Matters Podcast, no streaming on all major platforms and available to watch on YouTube! #wakeboarding #podcast #grabmatters #spacemob #wmj

Parking cone or pylon? Either way, we love these clips from @rudy.talboys and @bennyheatle.y from their latest edit Gone West. Hear this full discussion and much more in Episode 2 of Grab Matters Shop Talk, now streaming on all major platforms! #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeboarding

We broke down @gavinstuckey new edit “Grounded” in the latest episode Shop Talk, needless to say @trentstuckey thought these gaps were gnarly. Hear this full discussion and much more in Episode 2 of Grab Matters Shop Talk, now streaming on all major platforms! 🎥 @trentstuckey #wakeboard #grabmatters #wakeboarding