The Most Talented Waterskier of This Generation | Joel Poland - Episode 48

[Horton]

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

[Cooper_Trelawney]

The thing that blows my mind about Poland is that he slaloms with one foot in front and tricks with the other foot forward.  I actually think that ambidextrous skiing helps his jumping by being equally comfortable on his counter cut and his ramp cut.  Anyone else switch feet for slaloming and tricking? (I know, I know...not many trick skiers on BOS)

[Horton]

I am SO impressed with this podcast. Every fan of Poland or skiing in general should listen. 

[Broussard]

@Cooper_Trelawney Brittany Greenwood slaloms LFF and tricks RFF. Mariah Fields slaloms RFF and tricks LFF. I'm sure there are a few others. 

[ETskier]

Maybe some wakeboarders will be inspired to cross over from the dark side and try slalom skiing. 

[Cooper_Trelawney]

@Broussard and both Brittany and Mariah are really good jumpers.  Interesting. 

[Ski2000]

Joel is such a good example that the tool is not the limiting factor for 99% of us. 
Shoot he said he would forget and put his slalom ski on wrong foot forward, and then change in the middle of a set so he wouldn’t get yelled at. 
 

[BKistler]

Finally watched the whole thing. Great interview. Great stories. I was introduced to Joel at Matt Rini’s before he became well known. Love him for the joy of life that he brings to the sport.

Would love to see someone back a feature length film about water skiing. Hey Joel, you need to start hanging around some of the Red Bull powder skiers.