Co-Founder of Valdosta Wake Compound | Quinn Silvernale - Episode 58

Ready for 4 hours and 20 minutes of one of wakeboardings most passionate riders? Quinn Silvernale helps run one of the most unique and progressive wake parks in the world, Valdosta Wake Compound. Getting started wakeboarding behind the boat on a lake in Minnesota, Quinn knew he loved it. After highschool Quinn attended college at Valdosta State University in Georgia, and that’s where he began to winch much more. From ditches to ponds, Quinn and his friends rode just about everything you could. After more inspiration, him and his roommate Luke Tilt drafted up a business plan to open their own cable park, starting with a couple 2 tower systems, eventually turning into what we have today. Playing football, X Games beef, Lucas Magoon inspo, $800,000 in pool liners, flooding a boat show, sketchy rails, winching vs. cable riding, and what it takes to run a wakepark. Hear all this and much more in Episode 58 of the Grab Matters Podcast, the longest one yet.
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Chapters:
00:00 -1:00 Intro
2:00 Wakepants
2:50 Wakeboard stigma
8:40 Favorite grab
13:00 Gifts from Quinn
17:00 Early days
28:00 Football
33:00 College
40:00 Early winching
51:00 Rail riding
1:03:00 LF’n Wheel of Questions
1:10:00 Gravity research
1:23:00 FISE
1:30:00 Sponsors
1:48:00 Video parts
1:55:00 VWC
2:13:00 Aqua Park
2:18:20 Land gaps
2:22:40 VWC
2:27:00 Wakeboard vs. Wakeskate
2:28:00 Relationships vs. Business
2:40:00 Driftline Deserves Some Love
2:43:20 Real Wake
2:56:00 Getting a pro model
2:59:45 VWC
3:04:30 Movies
3:08:20 Argentina
3:16:20 TCTMTT
3:22:00 Winching
3:25:00 Sketchy rails
3:29:30 Boat show flood
3:48:15 Being a father
3:55:55 The future
4:14:00 Thank you’s
Links:
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[@MILKMANDELIVERIES]

Much appreciated Quinn and VWCs hospitality! Quinn involved in another park!?!?

[@stephenpliler5983]

Yessss

[@morganditaranto727]

I learn so much watching these interviews

[@grabmatters]

🙌🙌

[@LifetimeShred]

Tons of knowledge dropped in this episode. One of my favorite yet.

[@grabmatters]

🧠🧠🧠

[@joshhagan8638]

This took me on a trip down the glory days of water boarding🔥🔥

[@grabmatters]

Quinn’s got stories!

[@Tanarpig]

One of the coolest dudes in wake. Such a good episode 💯

[@grabmatters]

Quinn is the man! Need to get you in the studio sometime 😉

[@Tanarpig]

@@grabmatters I’m keen! I would love to kick it and chat sometime 🤙

[@SeanCebell]

Had some great times with Quinn at Koppert lake.

[@morganditaranto727]

Quinn is just a genius

[@grabmatters]

He’s the best!

[@Buywake]

The Boat Show story is and was wild in person. Regardless great episode and even better human.

[@skurtmcgurt8001]

“Get it on your chin. Bite it” -Quinn

[@LifetimeShred]

More thoughts... Very interested to hear new park news if in the US. Big news. On features as someone who flies to a few parks a year, I am looking for variety of both type and skill level. Need things to warm up on and new stuff I've never hit before. I like factory built as well as home built but if I'm feeling creases/screws on the home built, that's not the best. Also new arrangements go a long way if I have been to the park in the past. Lastly... do I spy some 2025 product in the background?

[@BraydenGeorge]

Cam nemeth mentioned 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@grabmatters]

Hahaha

[@Octopus13]

Hey Hunter, how long does it usually take for the sticker pack to arrive? Joined on 6/25. Maxwell Berry. Thanks, bro!

[@grabmatters]

Hmm, usually not more than a week or two. Just shipped another your way in case the first one got lost!