Wakeskate Wednesday

Leo is big part of the Wakeskate Wednesday family, his passion for wakeskate community knows no bounds, Taco sat down with him to catch up and talk about the past season aswell as whats next for 2025. We always have a great time siiting down with our brother Leo to chat. Socials: @LeoLabadens @WakeskateWednesday @WakeskateWeekend @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys Theme Musica by Dave Hanson @Dave_Endlessl...

The young French Phenom Yohan Nilias joins us on the podcast today, together with special guest host Leo Labadens we chat about how Yohan got started wakeskating, his competitive mindset, trying to figure out what tricks he has a hard time learning and more. Enjoy and see ya next Wakeskate Wednesday Social Links: @YohanNilias @LeoLabadens @WakeskateWednesday @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys Theme Music b...

We sat down with our fiend TJ Giesey to catch up and talk about what he has been up to recently from riding with an awesome crew of wakeskaters in Orlando to judging the 2024 season of the PWL. We also took this opportunity in the second half of the pod to soft launch a new monthly or bi-monthly (in the off season) series called "The Debrief" where we will gather some of our favourite cl...

After many months of shredding together here in Cape Town, South Africa. We sat down with Lukas Winkelmann, to chat about his time with us, how he got into wakeskating his new pro model with Heca Wakeskates and more...

Long time no hear friends, we are sorry we've been so quiet, we have alot of exciting projects on the go at the moment but we found some time to sit down with our good friend of the Podcast Leo to chat about life since we last spoke, The Wakeskate Cup and the plans for the next season. Enjoy

Taco sits down with Leo to chat about the Wakeskate Weekends passed and the next two coming up, aswell as all the details about The Wakeskate Cup coming up at the begining of September, whats gonna be happening at the event and who's gonna be there. Spots are going fast and there are only a handful left, and after listening to Leo you are definitely gonna wanna book you slot. Social Links @Wak...

It's been awhile, but we are back, or actually still here, we thought we'd give everyone a little update on what we have been up to and chat a bit about whats been going on in the wakeskate world as well as some upcoming events. We are testing out some new mobile podcast gear to use while we travel in this episode so please excuse a few crackles here and there. We are stoked to be podcasting again...

This episode has been along time coming and man, it’s taken us quite some time to get it going, from technical difficulties to hurricanes, but we finally managed to sit down with Travis Belsito and talk about the ins and outs of his wakeskate career, his new company paradigm and how he is just getting started! Due to some recording issues we had to record this in two sessions so it’s one of longes...

To wrap up our Wakeskate Weekend series we sat down with Leo Labadens and Pierre Atruz to look back on the last stop and the 2022 season, we also get into their plans for next year, including the launch of The Wakeskate Cup, a European wakeskate only contest for riders run by riders. We also got deep into the lock-in discussion with the release of Leo's guest board on Fattitesi and more.  Soc...

We are joined by a special guest host, can you guess who? to discuss whats been going on in wakeskating the last couple of weeks, recapping the first stop of the PWL at the spills and our predictions for the upcoming stop at Black Water Junction. Be sure to head to The PWL's instagram page and get the link to the live stream, its going to be an epic event. Social Links: @WakeskateWednesday @ThePWL...

Sat down with the crew from Wakeskate Weekend, Leo Labadens and Pierre Atruz to recap the session at South wakepark, as well as chatting about whats been happening recently in the world of wakeskating. Music by Dave Hanson Social Links: @WakeskateWednesday @WakeskateWeekend @Leolabadens @PierreAtruz @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys

We Catch up Bobby Sutherland ahead of the first stop of the 2022 Professional Wakeskate League's first stop at The Spills. Social Links @ThePWL @WakeskateWednesday @bsstl @mattibuys @dalenieuwstad 

We got another minisode coming at ya this week, catching up again with the boys from Wakeskate Weekend, Leo Labadens & Maxime Giry. They gave us a recap on the most recent event in Italy at Awake Sports Centre. Socials @Wakeskatewednesday @WakeskateWeekend @LeoLabadens @MaximeGiry @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys Music By Dave Hanson

In this minisode we sit down with the Wakeskate Weekend crew, Leo Labadens and Pierre Atruz and chat about the first event of 2022. @WakeskateWednesday @WakeskateWeekend @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys @LeoLabadens @PierreAtruz Music by Dave Hanson

This is a guest we have been wanting to get on for awhile, Telma Cester is the future of women's wakeskating, at only 16 she already has many titles to her name and has been making wakes throughout the international wakeskate scene with her progressive riding. We cant wait to see what she does next. A big thanks to my guest Co-host Leo Labadens for helping out while Matti was away at sea. Social L...

Happy 2022! We are back! A day late so it's #lateskatewednesday! We have a bunch to cover this week in the news and we caught up with Leo again for another chat about the past year in wakeskating, ROTY, The PWL, Wakeskate Weekends, his brand he co-runs with his friend, Scab and Pus and his plans for 2022. We also have a good time chatting to Leo, he has a real deep passion for wakeskating and want...

We finally got to sit down with French wakeskater Pierre Atruz, we spoke  about his start in wakeskating, winching, the up and coming French  talent, his involvement with Quantum wakeskates and more... 

We catch up with Bobby Sutherland AKA The Commish, and talk about the successful first season of The PWL, Wakeskate Trick of the Year partnership with The Wakeboarding Mag and the future plans for The PWL. The future for wakeskating is looking bright. Social Links @bsstl @ThePWL @WakeskateWednesday @MattiBuys @DaleNieuwstad Music By: David Hanson

Taco and Matti share some tips on what to do when you can't wakeskate, whether it be during the off season or a global pandemic. Socials @WakeskateWednesday @DaleNieuwstad @MattiBuys Music By: David Hanson

We are back from a short break due to many unforeseen circumstances to discuss and recap the last event of The Professional Wakeskate League at Valdosta Wake Compound. Bobby and the team at the PWL and VWC really put together an epic event! Social Links: @WakeskateWednesday @ThePWL @ValdostaWakeCompound @MattiBuys @DaleNieuwstad

We sit down and have a look at the riders list for the 3rd and final stop of the Professional Wakeskate League at Valdosta Wake Compound and discuss our predictions for the event.

We sit down with Andrew Roehm, the man behind, Istudiomo, Typical Supply, Project Wakeskates and now his new project, Water Child which launches today. We spoke about everything from his first board, traveling the world filming for Istudiomo, his new water adventure products brand, and more, we could easily have gone for another two hours, we will definitely have to get him back on. Hope you enjoy...

We did things a little different this week, we decided to record this podcast as an Instagram live video with Marcus Knox so we could get live feedback and have a discussion about the latest stop of the PWL which we think turned out pretty rad. We were also joined by TJ Giesey for a quick chat. While you can still find the video on our IGTV, we decided to make an audio podcast out of it aswell so...

We sit down and have a look at the riders list for the 2nd stop of the Professional Wakeskate League at Black Water Junction and discuss our predictions for the event.   

This week, we sit down with Tom Doran fresh off his AM division win at the first stop of the PWL, to talk about how him and his brother Trav got their start in wakeskating, the AMI crew, his travels, and his plans to host his own wakeskate event later this year. Tom is easily one of the most stoked people we have had the pleasure to talk to, and you can tell ho much he loves wakeskating by the inc...