David Vervenne is the CEO of Unit Parktech, the #1 manufactured feature company for cable parks. David got his start riding behind the boat in Belgium, and even competed against some of the best in the sport in his early years. However, contests weren’t where he felt at home in the sport, and truly found his passion in freeriding, as it gave him the freedom that organized sports like soccer (football) didn’t. A renovated park in Florida, homemade vs. manufactured features, wake the line, the perfect cable size, working for Unit, the business of cable parks, benefits of speaking 4 languages, how often you should change your park layout, and what makes Unit different. Hear all that and much more in Episode 52 of the Grab Matters Podcast!
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- Liquid Force: https://www.liquidforce.com/
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Chapters:
00:00 - 1:50 Intro
1:55 New park in Florida
4:00 CEO of Unit
8:40 Favorite grab
9:20 Wakepants
11:00 Homemade vs. Manufactured features
13:40 Getting into wakeboarding
19:00 Soccer vs. wakeboarding
23:00 Contest riding
26:50 Oli Derome question
32:30 Park scene
36:00 What shows wakeboarding the best?
38:10 Wake the line
42:10 LF’n Wheel of Questions
47:20 Perfect cable size
48:40 Guest question
52:00 Dubai wakeboarding
58:00 Working for Unit
1:01:40 Speaking 4 languages
1:04:00 Features every park should have
1:07:00 Sliding surfaces
1:11:45 Europe vs. the world
1:18:40 Setup changes
1:22:00 Unit warranty
1:25:00 Unit business model
1:30:00 Competition
1:34:50 Driftline “deserves some love”
1:38:30 Custom rails
1:43:00 Setup
1:47:40 Air and style
1:50:00 Malibu Rider experience
1:59:00 Events
2:01:00 Munich Mash
2:05:00 What gets you stoked on wakeboarding?
2:09:00 Unit team
Links:
Horgasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sN0cOG1eao
Unit Parktech: https://unit-parktech.com/
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