Christopher Hiett | The Nine Club #366

Christopher Hiett discusses skating in his garage for a year before he found out about his local skate park, when Powell Peralta tour “lets go skate” came to his hometown, having a life changing moment when he realized he didn’t want to go to college and that he only wanted to skateboard, Deville asking if he’d want live with him the last day of his trip to LA, his new pro board & a first graphic is sort of their signature on Powell Peralta, his current board set up, a Powell Peralta video coming soon & Fallen part coming this summer, dealing with severe OCD and much more!

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New Balance Numeric | Regarding Reynolds

With a professional career spanning three decades, Andrew Reynolds approached his signature shoe, the 933, with the same attention to detail he has applied to his video parts. Just like how he might refilm a single, difficult trick multiple times, the design process went through many iterations. After meticulous, hands-on feedback from Reynolds himself, the final version of the 933 earned his, and New Balance’s, illustrious stamp of approval.

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The Platfrm – Mark FOS Foster Documentary: Creator of Heroin Skateboards, Snot Wheels & Skate Art Visionary | Core

Meet the man behind the brands Heroin Skateboards and Snot Wheels, Mark “Fos” Foster. The artist, the owner and literally everything in between, Fos’ brain birthed these projects into existence but not without a life’s obsession with skateboarding, comics and art to fuel his concepts. Born about an hour outside of Manchester in Burnley, England, Fos first breathed life into his creations around 1998 while still based across the Atlantic Ocean before eventually relocating in California and finding a home with Baker Boys Distribution in 2011. But so much happened along the way, like creating some of skateboarding’s most recognizable board graphics for brands like Toy Machine, Baker, Deathwish and Creature just to name a few. He is also responsible for the aesthetic look and feel of the acclaimed and influential Altamont Apparel. So, how did he go from humble factory town worker to art school and eventually skateboard art industry elite? All that and a lot more in this episode of CORE: Mark “Fos” Foster.

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