America's largest boating marketplace has brought back a second season of its award-winning, original streaming TV show series, Stomping Grounds that explores boat life across America. The 44th Annual Telly Awards named the show a Silver Winner in the online documentary series category on May 23, 2023. Other winners in the category included BET's "I Was A Soul Train Dancer S5", Hearst TV's "Hometown Tragedy", MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Portrait of a Queen" and NBC's "The Lost Story of Emmett Till".


About The Telly Awards


The Telly Awards recognizes outstanding achievements in video and television content across various platforms. Judges from leading video platforms, television networks, streaming services and production companies such as Netflix, A&E Networks, Nickelodeon, National Geographic Society, ESPN films and Vimeo evaluate the submissions for this prestigious competition.

This year the awards saw a record-breaking 13,000 entries from television and content creators including Disney, NASA, National Geographic Society, Netflix, Paramount, PBS Digital Studios, BET Networks, Airbnb, Audible, BritBox and numerous others who all added to the grandeur of the event.

Stomping Grounds Boating Docu-series


Season two of the popular boat-themed series is now available on many major streaming platforms including Tubi, Sling and Pluto as well as smart TVs including Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV and Chromecast, via the outdoor entertainment network Waypoint TV. The first episode of the second season premiered on May 19th and was screened at a watch party in Jacksonville, Florida where over 200 attendees watched the live YouTube stream on a big screen along the banks of the St. Johns River at the local Freedom Boat Club franchise.

Stomping Grounds TV Show

Above: A screenshot from an episode of Stomping Grounds in Tampa Florida during the annual Poker Run Race. Photo by Boat Trader.


Viewership Reflects Boom In Boating


The first season of Stomping Grounds featured various type of boats across the country and garnered over 1 million views and 4.3 million minutes watched on streaming platforms alone, plus nearly a quarter million views on YouTube. Episodes included famous guest celebrities such as country music singer Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Netflix’s Outer Banks creator/director Jonas Pate, legendary champion powerboat racer Reggie Fountain, Ernest Hemingway’s PILAR boat reproduced by Wheeler Yachts and many more.

Ryan McVinney Director of Stomping Grounds

Above: Ryan McVinney Director and host of Stomping Grounds TV show. Photo by Nautical Network / Boat Trader.



“We are honored to receive an award of this caliber for Stomping Grounds and to be included alongside so many notable creatives,” said Ryan McVinney, the director and host of Stomping Grounds. “This recognition underscores our dedication to showcasing boating as an integral part of our shared American heritage, highlighting the importance we place on producing content around the vibrant boating communities and lifestyles it fosters. We’re immensely grateful to all the boaters across the country who have warmly welcomed our dedicated production team and generously shared their unique stories.”

Episodes of Stomping Grounds can also be viewed online at StompingGrounds.TV and on the Boat Trader YouTube channel.

Written by: Emma Coady
Emma Coady is a freelance writer and marine journalist who creates content for many household names in the boating industry, including YachtWorld, Boat Trader and boats.com. She also writes for several boat builders as well as charter and rental companies and regularly contributes to Greenline Hybrid yachts, TJB Super Yachts and Superyachts Monaco. Emma is the founder of Cloud Copy and enjoys traveling around Europe, spending as much of her spare time as possible in or on the water.