Wakeboarding Farmer Turned Viral Video Into a Platform for Agriculture

Quentin Connealy is a fifth-generation corn and soybean grower from Tekamah, Nebraska, right along the Missouri River. When his fields flooded in 2017, he made the most of the extra water and went wakeboarding. Years after a video of his hijinks went viral, he’s still known as the Wakeboarding Farmer and uses his platform to talk about innovations in agriculture and life on the family farm.

Connealy’s interest in web programming led him to earn a degree in interactive media. He said this background has helped him adapt to and embrace the ever-evolving technology on the farm.

One thing he wasn’t prepared for, however, was the video he posted of himself wakeboarding in a flooded field getting more than 2 million views in a couple of days. Connealy said all the attention helped him become more comfortable with public speaking, including sharing farm life and information about ag technology on …