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Steve Van Doren | The Nine Club – Episode 315

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Steve Van Doren discusses his dad working for another shoe brand prior to starting Vans, starting to work at Vans when he was 12 years old, where the Vans side stripe came from, working with Tony Alva and other skaters to develop the first Vans skate shoe, Vans appearance in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, the Vans Warped Tour, having to file a chapter 11 in 1984 then selling the company in 1988, Rowley’s Staple Center statue, VF Corp coming into the picture in 2004, The origins of the waffle sole and much more!

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Ron Allen | The Nine Club – Episode 314

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Ron Allen discusses getting his first skateboard in 1974, his first sponsor Gullwing Trucks, skating in his first contest, getting on Vision Street Wear, how much his first pro check was for, leaving Vision for H-Street & filming the “Shackle Me Not” video, starting Life Skateboards with Mike Ternasky, Sean Sheffey in the Life video “A Soldier’s Story”, starting Fun Skateboards, his Krooked guest board & video part, being “babysat” by Stacy Peralta and much more!

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Rune Glifberg | The Nine Club – Episode 313

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Rune Glifberg discusses growing up in Copenhagen, Moving to California with the Flip team in the early 90’s, Going pro for Flip, making his mark in the X Games, why he never got into the Mega Ramps, Kareem Campbell asking him to ride for Axion Footwear, being in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video games, finding Ali Boulala, Arto Saari & Bastien Salabanzi, skating in the Olympics and much more!

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