The "Thrasher Mag" of Wakeskating | Tad Mathews - Ep. 71

Regarded by many as the “Thrasher” of wakeskating, Tad Mathews has done more for the sport than most realize. We sit down with Tad and guest co-host Jake Ramsdell and go over just how deep Tad’s involvement in wakeskating runs. Meeting Kyle Walton, filming, video premieres, winning VOTY, moving to Orlando, Rip City, More Than Machines, Van Life, Remote, Watermonsters, The Wakeskate Mag, ROTY, WeSubsist, pranks and a plethora of great guest questions, hear all that and much more in Episode 71 of the Grab Matters Podcast! Now streaming wherever you find your podcasts. Follow Tad: https://www.instagram.com/madtathews/ Follow Wesubsist: https://www.instagram.com/wesubsist/ Thank you to our sponsors: Liquid Force: https://www.liquidforce.com/ Grab Matters Merch | https://www.grabmatters.com/shop Website | https://www.grabmatters.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/grabmatters/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@grabmatterspodcast Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/grabmatters Hunter Thane | https://www.instagram.com/hunterthane/ Chapters: 00:00- 1:20 Intro 2:30 Kyle Walton 9:40 Favorite Grab 10:45 Getting into wakeskating 16:45 Biggest inspirations 18:50 Nick Taylor 21:20 Getting into filming 23:40 Premieres 24:50 Moving to Orlando 27:50 LF’n Wheel of Questions 31:20 Guest Question: Keaton Bowlby 34:25 Getting spots ripped 40:45 Attention to detail 44:50 Guest Question: Bammer Rehn 53:00 More Than Machines 56:20 Filming 1:01:50 Choosing music for parts 1:11:00 WeSubsist 1:18:30 Guest Question: T.J. Giesey 1:24:50 Van life 1:33:00 Crews 1:35:00 Divise and conquer 1:41:20 Filming Tips 1:44:00 Remote 1:49:20 The Wakeskate Tour 1:52:45 Guest Question: Reed Hansen 1:58:50 The Wakeskate Mag 2:04:00 ROTY 2:06:10 Favorite video parts 2:07:50 Pranks 2:10:00 Resurgence in wakeskating 2:13:40 Lip Tricks 2:17:00 Currently Links: More Than Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0V_HaQ3tg&t=829s Groveland: https://vimeo.com/120557617 Human Rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRoEu0a3iWQ&t=901s