Kellan Rudnicki | The Grab Matters Podcast - Episode 61

What does the future of cable riding look like in America? In this episode we sit down with the Director of Operations at Aktion Parks, Kellan Rudnicki. Kellan got into wakeboarding at Ski Rixen, after initially trying to learn how to kiteboard and getting told he needs to hit the cable to learn board control first. Once falling in love with the sport, Kellan restarted the wakeboard club at his college UCF, then took a job out of the industry after graduating. Eventually an opportunity arose to get back into cable park ops, and Kellan worked his way back into the world of wakeboarding. Indian lines, ideal cable speed, industry infighting, decline of extreme sports, wake moms, profitability of cable parks, europe vs america, ski resorts vs cable parks, and grassroots events. Hear all that and much more in Episode 61 of the Grab Matters Podcast!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/Chapters:00:00 - 1:30 Intro4:30 Starting at Ski Rixen18:00 Out of industry work19:40 Patreon Question20:15 Aktion Parks21:35 Closing ECP25:00 Collegiate wakeboarding 28:20 Boat contests at OWC32:00 Dan Jarrett guest question 36:00 Oh come on man43:00 Why do people quit riding?46:55 Extreme sports52:35 LF’n Wheel of Questions 1:03:00 Offseason talk1:06:35 Driftline “Deserves Some Love”1:11:30 The Business of cables1:25:00 Issues with cables1:30:00 Park sponsors 1:37:00 The perfect cable park1:50:00 Decline of extreme sports1:52:30 Ski resorts vs. cable parks2:10:10 Setup2:14:00 The hub of wakeboarding 2:15:40 Patreon Questions2:21:10 Grassroots events2:31:20 Thank you’s Shoot 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