TPM Episode 75: Daniel Grant, Pro Wakeboarder
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Grant is a prodigy on a wakeboard. He's a 5 time 'Cable Park Rider of the Year' and he's only 20 years old. He moved to Thailand at a young age and was an 8-year-old kid at the skatepark when he found out about the local cable park. One day on a kneeboard hooked him and he has become the one of the greatest cable park riders of our time. He's been traveling the world on his own since he was 11 and tells the tales on the podcast.
Daniel Grant Show Notes
2:00: Daniels crazy travel schedule and who plans his life?
4:00: The differences between the USA and Thailand
8:00: Growing up in Thai, sports, school and getting into skateboarding and getting into wakeboarding
12:00: Wakeboarding without a boat and action sports in Thailand
17:50: Going pro at 13
19:03: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout)
RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)
21:30: Dropping out of school and focusing on riding, wakeskating and what's the most fun?
27:00: How does sponsorship progress for him, traveling the world solo and who sponsors him today? (Shark Energy, Liquid Force, Rip Curl, Sesitech, Thai Wake Shop, Hilleks )
34:00: Having an allowance, not knowing what he makes, what happened with Monster/Spy, and juggling X-Games, LFnAwesome and the Tao video projects
41:00: How much time does he have to spend in the States and being known for being in parks
43:00: Daniels fun facts and living like a sailor
44:30: Inappropriate Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, you're listening to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and for the next few weeks, I'll be talking to some wakeboarders. |
| 0:19.7 | This week, my guest is five-time cable park |
| 0:22.6 | rider of the year Daniel Grant. Daniel's only 20, but he's already done so much in wakeboarding, |
| 0:28.8 | and we'll talk about life in Thailand, traveling the world on your own at age 11, and a whole lot more. |
| 0:35.3 | As always, I want to thank you for listening to the podcast, |
| 0:38.6 | and I want to thank everyone who bought hats on the Powell Movement.com. |
| 0:42.7 | While they are limited edition, I still have more. |
| 0:46.1 | Before we get into the show, I need to ask you to please follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement, |
| 0:51.8 | share my posts on Facebook, and reach out to me with any questions or concerns you have. My email is Mike at the Powell Movement, share my posts on Facebook, and reach out to me with any questions or concerns you have. |
| 0:56.8 | My email is Mike at the Powell Movement.com. |
| 1:00.2 | I also want to thank my amazing sponsors who make the show happen. |
| 1:04.0 | They are Evo, Rescue Water, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. |
| 1:08.4 | Now let's head over to Thailand and talk with Daniel Grant. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, it's going pretty good. Just got home after like six weeks of traveling through |
| 1:20.5 | America and Europe. And so it was nice to come home for a bit and relax. And then I'm just getting |
| 1:26.2 | my games quite started. |
| 1:28.5 | Where were you in the States? |
| 1:30.8 | I flew into Orlando, like I normally do the hangout with D.T. Brandon Thomas. |
| 1:36.4 | And then from there, I went to Valdosta for the yard sale, second edition. |
| 1:42.5 | I would think when you come to the U.S., you go to Orlando, you might have an event in |
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