TPM Episode 446: Shaun Murray, Pro WakeBoarder
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Shaun Murray is a legendary wakeboarder who, after 29 pro models, is working on his 30th...Insane! On the podcast, we talk about his Best Day "Can You Ride It" event at Sea-Fair, Darin Shapiro's Wakeboard "camp", Tony Hawk, and more. Before we do that, I chat with Best Day Brewing Founder Tate Huffard about life, business, and beer. It's a best of both worlds episode.
Shaun Murray/Tate Huffard Show Notes:
4:00: Tate Huffard: Phil Lesh, Pain McShlonkey, NA trends, NA globally, NYC, CA, Best Day, and work life balance
25:00: Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout
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Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar.
28:00: Shaun Murrray: Can You Ride It, staying young, snow, Shaun White, And1, Tony Hawk, Geraldo Rivera, and Andre The Giant
43:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.
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45:00: Darin Shapiro, rocking the boat in collegiate water skiing, taking a semester off of school in 1995 for the Pro Tour and never looking back
56:00: Covers, video parts, risk, pro products,
60:00: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, |
| 0:18.3 | and if you've been listening to the podcast lately, |
| 0:20.5 | you know my summer and my life right now has been parable. I'm your host Mike Powell, and if you've been listening to the podcast lately, you know my summer and my life right now has been parable. |
| 0:23.9 | I'm currently planning three parties for my dead wife, Ange, and it's just all surreal. |
| 0:29.2 | First, I can't believe she's dead. |
| 0:31.2 | I mean, what the fuck, man? |
| 0:32.6 | This was not supposed to happen. |
| 0:34.5 | And second, what was I thinking planning three different parties for her? |
| 0:38.0 | I should have just done one, but even one is going to be way too much for me. I mean, anytime someone |
| 0:42.9 | RSVPs or calls to say they can or can't come, it instantly makes me tear up and I just can't |
| 0:48.7 | make the tears stop. It's like everything around me is a reminder that Anne's is gone. So just like when she was sick, my simple |
| 0:55.9 | escape was to go walk my dog. Well, yesterday I took Chief on the normal route that we used to do, |
| 1:01.4 | the one when Andrew's alive and in the hospital and that homesick and whatever. The route that I |
| 1:06.2 | usually took every single day, it was like a good 45 minute walk. And I haven't taken it since |
| 1:10.8 | she passed. I just haven't done that one. So I did that again yesterday. And this time I get to this gas station where this guy, Big Dave, give Chiefs treats every single day. And I get there. I'm expecting to see Big Dave and he's going to love Chief. And then I see a memorial outside. And I'm like, what the fuck's going on here? and I walk in the gas station, I'm like what the fuck's going on here and I walk in the gas |
| 1:29.5 | station and I'm like what happened and they're like big Dave died and I was like I just break down crying |
| 1:34.5 | in the gas station I'm like what he's like no big Dave had cancer and I guess it came back and he died |
| 1:39.5 | and yeah I made me lose my shit and I'm sure they were wondering why this guy's crying in the gas station. So I had to let him know what was going on in my end. And it sounds like they're having a memorial for Dave the same night I'm having a memorial for Ann. Theirs is at the Admiral Pub. Mine is next door at the Admiral Benbow. And I'm definitely going to step out and go around the corner, get a beer at the Admiral Pub to celebrate Dave |
| 2:01.8 | because he really loved Chief. Anz really loved Chief. And man, they would have just loved on Chief |
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