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Meet the most talented waterskier of this generation, Joel Poland. Growing up in England, Joel grew up wakeboarding and after a few years of that he got into waterskiing. After attending "Jump camp" in Orlando, Joel became extremely driven towards progression, practicing all 3 disciplines of waterskiing (slalom, trick, and jump). Grabbing your trick ski, sky flying, college waterskiing, getting banned from Australia, keeping skiing fun, competition vs. camaraderie, getting a boat sponsor, G.O.A.T. skiers, and getting wrecked on a dirtbike right before a tournament. Hear all that and much more in Episode 48 of the Grab Matters Podcast, now streaming on all major platforms!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Grabs
3:20 Wakeboard slalom 
4:30 Growing up in England 
8:00 Wakeboarding as a kid
10:00 First time visiting America 
13:50 What is 3-event skiing? (Highlight YT)
19:00 Life jackets and trick skiing
22:00 College in america
29:00 Brook Wilson Question
34:30 Giveaway 
38:00 Slalom setup
43:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions
47:00 Tournament talk
58:00 Banned from Australia 
1:07:00 Competition vs. Camaraderie
1:10:20 Driftline “deserves some love”
1:14:00 Boat sponsor 
1:18:30 Creating content
1:26:00 Style
1:29:00 “Reffing” in skiing 
1:34:00 GOAT
1:38:30 Stances
1:42:00 Dirtbikes

Ski Like the Pros: Malibu Open Finals, 2023 - Rob Hazelwood // A new series where MB takes a different approach to sharing knowledge, by breaking down and analyzing what some of the best in the world are doing (and not doing), all the way down to the most passionate amateurs!

Chapters

00:00 - Intro

00:35 - Big Thanks to TWBC for the killer coverage!!

01:00 - Rob 38 Off (11.25m)

01:56 - Rob 39 Off (10.75m)

03:10 - Compression through Transition

04:20 - Handle Control

07:38 - Why is MB doing this?

07:55 - 1 to 2 at 39, at half speed

08:25 - 1 to 2 at 39, full speed

08:50 - 41 off

09:18 - 41 off break down/analysis

09:38 - Importance of STANCE

11:51 - Two Hands on the Handle Comparison at 39 off: into 2, into 4, into 6

15:07 - Learn to find the things you do well, and leverage them to your advantage!

15:50 - Amateur Comparisons

23:39 - What Rob does better than almost everyone

24:12 - Centerline to Buoy: the most important part of skiing?

24:36 - Closing thoughts, and Do You Want to see More of This??

This is a preview of the new coaching platform. This system allows coaches to use the system however they want. Any coaches and elite skiers in the sport will be welcome to participate. BallOfSpray is simply the platform. Let me know if you would be willing to submit a test lesson.

 

As many of you have seen Horton just announced a platform for coaches to take on lessons. I was stoked to help him a bit with ideas and come to the final product. We took what was great about Givego and made it better. If you're in the market for coaching please feel free to submit a video. I plan on answering lessons with a voiceover your video to give you the best feedback I can. My coaching style is mainly to help build your overall knowledge and focus on improving your movements to help you run a more efficient line through the course and evolve your skiing. Looking forward to some lessons.