Chase Heavener | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 62

He was given a 1 stop ban on the pro tour for hitting a pine cone with a wiffle ball bat? Chase Heavener is a former professional wakeboarder from Orlando, Florida, and has been around since the early days of the sport. Seeing it progress from "trick ski" style riding to where the sport is today has been a wild ride, and a ride that Chase had some influence in. When he got into the sport, he didn't feel as though the current contest landscape represented his crews style of riding, or their vision for the sport, and some feathers were ruffled in the pursuit of change. After his riding career, Chase went behind the scenes and helped create some of wakeboarding's most iconic videos. Getting banned from Wakeboarding Mag, the New Crew, running a 5 minute mile, Neptune, sinking a boat 4 times, and the current media landscape. Hear all that and much more in Episode 62 of the Grab Matters Podcast!Follow Chase: https://www.instagram.com/chaseheavener/Thank you to our sponsors:Liquid Force: https://www.liquidforce.com/15% OFF Driftline use "grab15" at checkout: https://tinyurl.com/yvksusym$50 OFF Skiboatcovers use "grab50" at checkout: https://www.skiboatcovers.com/15% OFF FatSac use "grab15" at checkout: https://www.fatsac.com/WSIA: https://wakeresponsibly.com/Chapters:00:00 - 1:30 Intro3:40 Tim Tebow Doc5:20 Disqualified from the PWT7:50 Running9:20 First time riding14:00 First sponsors18:00 Finless22:40 4x4 hole pattern23:30 Neptune27:00 New Crew38:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions43:25 Gnar ramp45:50 Mayday51:00 Getting into filming56:20 Erik Ruck question58:25 Attention Deficit 59:23 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”1:03:00 What makes a movie good?1:08:30 Pre Pop1:13:50 WSIA (Ad)1:14:40 Alliance Wake1:23:00 Fast Five by Fatsac1:30:00 Setup1:34:40 Banned from WBM1:39:00 X Games Judging1:44:00 Media landscape1:51:05 FoilingLinks:Byerly in Hit It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqpoqCLxxts&t=66sGnar Ramp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUEE2rZGxT4Decline of the waterski monopoly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvQjFfDQFk&t=1563sRave till dawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADe20Gns8QAShoot us a text!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GrabMattersPodcastWebsite: https://www.grabmatters.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grabmatters/videosInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/grabmatters/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grabmatterspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/grabmatters