Dean Smith | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 53

Dean Smith is a former professional wakeboarder from Australia, and has been known for being on a short list of riders who truly go "big". Dean got a later start than most when getting into wakeboarding, and never truly grew up with a consistent coach, rather just riding with friends and occasionally heading to ride at Black Diamond. After a somewhat surprising win at the Asian X-Games, Dean's career started to takeoff. Crashing a car and boat in one year, getting cut by his boat sponsor, P.E.D's, beef with Phil Soven, video parts, the future of contests, Wakestock, and retiring on his own volition. Hear all that and so much more in Episode 53 of the Grab Matters Podcast!Chapters00:00 -2:00 Intro2:30 Shirt over vest?4:20 Murray lookalike 6:20 Early days11:20 First sponsors 13:20 First crowmobe20:00 Asian X Games25:30 School or wakeboarding?28:00 First season in the US32:00 Sponsors35:50 Guest question37:00 Sinking a boat40:00 Totaling a car 45:30 LF’n Wheel of Questions48:00 Wakestock Canada51:00 Randall at Wakestock57:30 Events1:07:20 Biggest win1:15:00 PED’s1:20:00 Quitting wakeboarding1:23:45 Renting a car to buy a car1:37:00 Back 7’s1:40:50 Women’s riding1:44:00 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”1:50:00 J Star team movie 1:55:40 Phil Soven (coming up…)2:04:00 Patreon question2:15:10 Kicker session Radar lake2:20:00 Quiet Please2:22:50 Sponsors2:29:00 Getting cut2:36:20 30 Something 2:56:00 The Future2:58:00 Setup 3:00:30 Retirement 3:08:00 What gets you stoked?Links to InsertQuiet Please: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t7cya30 Something: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=606749092829941Day in the life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6BwJdbYTQUShoot 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