Welcome to the 1st stop of the 2024 World Water Skier Overall Tour: the WWS Salmsee Cup in Linz, Austria, on July 27-28. Watch as the world’s top water skiers compete in the Slalom, Trick, and Jump disciplines, kicking off the tour with intense action and spectacular performances. Athletes will earn crucial Tour Points, setting the stage for the journey to become the 2024 WWS Overall Tour Champions. Next, join us in Saskatoon, Canada, for the second exciting stop on August 28-29. Enjoy the excitement and be inspired by these incredible competitors!
How do you navigate running a brick and mortar pro shop in today’s time where Amazon seems to run everything eCommerce? Bill Porter is the founder and owner of Performance Ski and Surf, located in Orlando, Florida. Being in the heart of the towed watersports scene, Bill’s shop is the “go to” pro-shop for everything wake and watersports. Although his mom initially tried to get people to convince Bill to not open Performance, he did it anyways, and has had a profound influence on both pro riders and beginners alike. Herb O’Brien’s influence, wakeboard tech, online operation vs. brick and mortar, customer service, the most important innovation wakeboarding has seen, selling snow gear, Nautique vs. Mastercraft, and the future of wakeboarding and Performance Ski and Surf. Hear all that and much more in Episode 60 of the Grab Matters Podcast!
Get into the highs and lows of water ski jumping with Ryan Dodd! Join Aj Ramos as he sits down with the incredible athlete to discuss what he’s learned and gained from the sport, and how he applies those lessons to his personal life.
Freddie Winter is one of the best slalom waterskiers in the world, and isn’t afraid to stand up for what is right within the sport. Having put his money where his mouth is when it comes to a unified Pro Tour, Freddie is doing a lot for the sport both on the water and behind the scenes. Growing up skiing at Thorpe Lakes in the U.K., Freddie was ecstatic to ski in college in America, and continued to progress his skiing until he became one of slaloms best competitors. Nerdy waterskiers, getting banned from the Masters, the best crasher on tour, Victor Wenbenyama, the Waterski Pro Tour, and what makes TWBC so good. Hear all that and much more in Episode 57 of the Grab Matters Podcast!
Join Marcus Brown on an adventure to Teton National Park, and a journey back through time with good friends and a few glassy turns.
“We are all born with superpowers…often, the hardest part is figuring out what they are. For me, however, I knew from the very beginning….I was born to Serve… by gathering, inspiring and uniting people through shared experiences, all over Mother Earth
I was created just for that very purpose…with the perfect blend of vision and passion…and a little bit of blood, sweat and tears I’m sure… I got to float many waters, teach new skiers and set world records,…but for a while the path forward got rough…and dark. I lost my way.
The world was moving on to brighter and better things…people were forgetting about the classics. But I always believed in my calling… And one day, I was reminded by one human, that it all mattered. That I mattered! And that’s all it took to find my sea legs again!
We are all One, at the deepest level: Because we all come from the Earth…and we’ll all return to the Earth What matters is what we do with the time in between.
The importance of Life doesn’t rest in finding a meaning or a purpose…meaning and purpose spring forth, out of those moments where we have an Experience of BEING ALIVE!
And that is what this revival story is… My story about helping folks find their own Experience of Being Alive… And in the process,…I rediscovered my own meaning and purpose for living, once again.” – Lil’ Lady
Independent perspectives on tournament water skiing
