Jeff McKee | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 82

Jeff McKee is the Brand Manager for Slingshot, and has been around the industry for over 2 decades. Jeff has won a world championship (yes), seen trends come and go, products evolve, worked for Alliance, and been a part of several wakeboard films. Favorite grab, the covid “boom” and the covid “hangover”, Lipsmack, another Slingshot team movie, the importance of crews, product innovations, letting riders go, how to get sponsored, hear that and much more in Episode 82 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now live on all platforms!Follow Jeff: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmckee/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/GrabMattersPodcastThank you to this shows sponsors! Liquid Force: https://www.liquidforce.com/ Slingshot: https://slingshotsports.com/Chapters:00:00 - 1:30 Intro5:00 Favorite grab 6:00 Trends 11:30 Guest Question: Oli Derome20:00 Early days of Slingshot23:50 First time riding36:00 Winning Worlds40:30 Turning pro43:00 Working for Alliance46:30 Guest Question: Garrett Cortese54:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions1:11:20 Joining Slingshot1:15:20 Lipsmack1:18:50 Guest Question: Davis Griffin1:34:05 Guest Question: Chase Heavener1:45:00 Slingshot Silhouette Challenge1:50:30 Pushback on Slingshot/Success2:02:00 The importance of crews2:07:00 Innovation with Slingshot2:18:20 How to get sponsored 2:30:00 Slingshots brand identity 2:47:00 Lipsmack 2?2:54:40 Setup2:59:40 Guest Question: Adam Sinclair3:15:00 Patreon questions/thank you’sLinks:Oli Derome Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xazj_3CcVjY&t=37sTransgression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG2rwiFXTfg&t=295sLipsmack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn--qNuzI40&t=1514sShoot 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