Back to back weeks with wakeskaters on the pod? You're damn right. T.J. has been around the wakeskate scene for what feels like forever. Getting started wakeboarding behind a small Boston Whaler, T.J. quickly shifted to wakeskating once he realized he and his friends would need a much bigger boat if they wanted continue to progress on their wakeboards. From there T.J. made the move from Miami up to Orlando to continue to entrench himself in wakeskating. Riding with the likes of Andrew Pastura and Nick Taylor T.J. has had some impressive wakeskating in his own right, including a killer section in Human Rocket. Wakeskating.com, Sfumato, blunts on a wakeboard, winch etiquette, owning spots, The Wakeskate Tour, Suwannee, and kickflipping wakeboards. Hear all that and much more in Episode 67 of the Grab Matters Podcast!
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Chapters:
00:00 - 2:00 Intro
7:00 Getting into wakeboarding
18:25 First wakeskate
20:00 Wakeskating.com
27:15 Sfumato
28:30 First contest
36:00 Moving to Orlando
45:00 First time in Europe
50:30 Best thing done on a skate
52:12 LF’n Wheel of Questions
1:13:30 Blunts on a wakeboard?
1:15:40 Sponsors
1:19:00 Riding crew
1:21:50 Riding with Andrew
1:28:17 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”
1:30:30 Water Monsters/Remote
1:46:30 Suwannee
2:00:00 The Wakeskate Tour
2:02:00 Suwannee build
2:30:34 Wakeskating currently
2:38:20 Is wakeskating too hard?
2:45:00 Winch etiquette
2:58:00 Best premiere
3:03:00 Winching “tips”
3:09:00 Gas Vs Electric winches
3:16:30 Kickflipping wakeboards
Links:
Human Rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoEu0a3iWQ&t=921s
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