Once rooted in Miami, the Zuupack members have now spread out across the country, with Maxx being one of the last to remain where the group started. While Maxx might not claim himself to be the leader of the Zuupack, it is clear that his creative vision has helped the crew get to where they are today. Recently taking more trips internationally, and spending a good bit of time exploring the United States (including a 7700 mile road trip), Maxx has a lot of experience both as a rider in the industry, as well as getting a look behind the scenes when he worked at a dealership. Euro scene vs. American scene, the creation of the Zuupack, getting in with Slingshot and Mystic, events in the states, content, Argentina, and a 7700 mile long trip across America. Hear all that and much more in Episode 91 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Danny Harf was the first rider to ever land a 1260, won the X Games 3 times in a row (4 total), invented the Blind Pete, won ROTY, and racked up countless other accolades over his 2 decade career in wakeboarding. We talk with Danny about the years with the stacked Hyperlite team of the early 2000’s, riding with Randall Harris, the switch to Ronix, 6 figure contracts, creating the One board, landing the 1080 and 1260, and switching from an athlete but remaining in the industry. Hear all that and much more in Episode 90 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

From directing and producing Lipsmack to becoming a YouTuber and day trader, we are sitting down with a very outspoken guest today Patrick Wieland. Growing up in Florida Patrick was initially hooked on wakeskating and everything it had to offer, quickly picking up a camera after dogging on how all of the current videos looked. After getting an in with the industry, Patrick worked his way around, filming with some of wakeboardings best riders, making friends, and enemies, along the way. Being an internet troll, Nike, working at Alliance, shooting at the Projects, Shredtown, Lipsmack, Mugshots, leaving the industry, and day trading. Hear all that and much more in Episode 89 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Hunter and Dylan kick off this pod with recapping what the return of BROstock was like, sparing no details on the road to brostock, as well as the event site, riders, welcome dinner, and much more. After that, Hunter sits down with the brand director of Liquid Force, Don Wallace, to chat about what it was like to bring back this historic event, why BROstock was first created, and everything that went into the planning and execution of BROstock 2025. We cap the pod off with a quick chat with one of the judges from Munich Mash, Alex Aulbach, and poke his brain on what when down this past weekend in Germany. Hear all this and more in Episode 88 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Dave AV is the best drone filmer in wakeboarding, and has racked up an impressive resume of both riding, and filming. Getting his start in the UK both on a wakeboard and with a drone, Dave quickly solidified himself as the go to guy for drone filming. Working with the biggest names in our sport like Pedro Caldas, Parks Bonifay, Graeme Burress, and Trent and Gavin Stuckey just to name a few. Oh Come On Man, spiderman at CWC, quitting his office job to pursue filming, drone tips and tricks, NBD's, board trends, the current state of wakeboarding, and hot takes. Hear all that and much more in Episode 87 of the Grab Matters Podcast with Dave AV.

Gibby Corcoran is a snowboarder from Grand Rapids, lapping the tow ropes of Cannonsburg in the winter and taking countless laps at Action Wake Park in the summer. Gibby snowboarded for his first time on a plastic step in board at a local sledding hill, then quickly progressed the following years. Dry start disasters, spot selection, how winching is viewed in the industry, why more snowboarders don't wakeboard, filming with Sinister, sitting on clips, heavy slams, and the dunk that never was. Hear all that and much more in Episode 86 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Mark Heger is a wakeboarding and all around enthusiast of towed watersports. Forging his roots in Texas, Mark initially began boat riding, quickly forming an obsession with the sport. After years of riding Mark realized wakeboarding was a lifestyle he loved, and never wanted to leave it. Being a man of faith Mark has decided to merge both aspects of his life, faith and wakeboarding, into one, and created Wakewell. Hear all this and much more in Episode 85 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Freddie and Joel both just won masters, so you know we’re talking about that, but we’re also getting into a bunch of other topics. Like how to make money waterskiing, trick skiing scoring/trick values, who we think has the most “on water” time, waterski media and how it compares to wakeboard media, social media/influencers values to brands, onlyfans, and a whole lot more. Plus, the guys rip smelling salts to start the pod, and eat a Malort candy midway through. Hear all this and much more in Episode 84 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Have you ever spent tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours on a film, only for it not to be met with the reaction you thought it would have been? Today we chat with Sean Kilgus, the producer of countless wakeboard films, including The Butter Effect, Defy, and Prime. We are talking with him about how he got into film making, how much a high production value movie costs to make, how he navigated his career, some good Randall Harris stories, and ultimately why he decided to step away from film-making. Hear all that and much more in Episode 83 of the Grab Matters Podcast!

Langenfeld Open is going down this Saturday, May 17th and the boys are diving deep into the layout of the event, some of our picks, and a whole lot more, including an interview with Wasserski Langenfelds very own Benni Suess! Join Guenther Oka and Daniel Johnson as we go over not only LAO, but do a preview of the PWT this year, watch the new edit “Elsewhere”, recap Maps of Florida, answer a bunch of your Patreon and Instagram questions, and get into much more in Episode 10 of Shop Talk by Grab Matters.