TPM Episode 185: Bob Soven, Pro Wakeboarder
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Bob Soven has been in the wakeboarding game since the sport was invented pretty much. His older brother Phil, aka Froggy, was one of the most dominant riders of the time and Bob, who was known as Robert or Tadpole, was the little brother that didn't want to be anything like his older brother. Bob was always the more likable Soven and over his career, he won, not as much as his brother but while his brother is done with wakeboarding, Bob is still one of the more influential guys in the sport.
Bob Soven Show Notes:
3:00: Hair, inclusivity, and Orlando
6:00: Jewish, ski shows, and growing up with pro friends/his brother
11:00: Dominating contests, pressure, and wakeskating
16:00: 2006 burnout, head injury, and recovery
20:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
22:00: Becoming Bob Soven, stuck on his sailboat, and video projects
28:00: The Pro Tour, partying, and school
31:00: Wake Bros Reality Show, social media, and influencers
40:00: Money, sponsors, signature products, and money management
42:00: Peter Glenn Sports
46:00: 2013 Rider of the Year
47:00: Inappropriate Questions from Harley Clifford
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Time to talk some shit. You listen into the Power Movement. |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week I'm back from Lake Life. |
| 0:18.9 | Yes, a vacation, and it was so nice to be out of Seattle. |
| 0:22.6 | This place is starting to suck more every day. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but I live five minutes from downtown, |
| 0:29.6 | and there's a bridge that takes me downtown when I go there. |
| 0:32.6 | That bridge got coronavirus in February, and they are saying that it could be years until it's open again. |
| 0:38.3 | So now, to get downtown, it takes at least 25 minutes. |
| 0:42.3 | It makes life such a hassle. |
| 0:44.3 | But I work from home. The people that work downtown, it's going to take them at least an hour during rush hour to get to and from work. |
| 0:51.3 | A lot of people will turn into bike commuters, which means that |
| 0:55.1 | a lot of people will get hit by cars because that's what happens to bike commuters in this city. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm of the opinion of saying, fuck it. Open the bridge back up and let's let folks risk it. |
| 1:05.2 | Treat this bridge like we do the virus. Tell me there's a chance the bridge could collapse at any |
| 1:09.9 | moment, but let me drive |
| 1:11.3 | over it as long as I'm wearing a seatbelt. But it's my choice to be safe. I wonder what would |
| 1:16.1 | happen. Would the bridge still get over 100,000 cars a day? Who knows? And it's not fair to compare |
| 1:21.7 | the coronavirus to an old eight-lane bridge. But I don't know. It's a shame that the country |
| 1:27.2 | that we are trying to |
| 1:28.0 | make great again proves time and again that we are fucking idiots. And the idiocracy is on full |
| 1:33.5 | display via social media. There are too many videos of morons at Walmart and other stores, but |
| 1:39.1 | mainly at Walmart, losing their minds because they are forced to wear a mask. People are |
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