Davonte Jolly | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 193

Davonte Jolly discusses growing up in South Central LA, how he got into skating, why he starting to film, editing his videos and uploading to Youtube, Nigel Alexander putting him on the “Hit Squad”, getting his first check from YouTube, how he started to film for Illegal Civ, making the “Godspeed” video and getting over 3 Million views, why he called the video “Godspeed”, filming Alex Midler’s Backside 360 into the Car Wash bank and much more!

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Olympic Skateboarders Speak Out in Support of Public Skateparks

Pro Skateboarders turned Olympians explain why it’s so critical to have a skatepark nearby. From exercise to social cohesion, learn the value of skateparks from some of the best skateboarders representing countries all over the world: Andy Anderson, Sky Brown, Heimana Reynolds, Alana Smith, Jagger Eaton, Pedro Quintas, Julia Brueckler, Axel Cruysberghs, Jaime Mateau, Melissa Williams, Madeleine Larcheron, Danny Leon, Poppy Star Olsen, Julia Benedetti, Dora Varello, Cory Juneau, Pedro Barros, Rune Glifberg, Keegan Palmer, Oski Rozenberg, Manny Santiago and Leticia Bufoni.

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Nine Club EXPERIENCE LIVE – Harry Lintell, Undefeated: Monochrome

The Nine Club discuss The Undefeated: Monochrome, Mr Kinoshita Guest Board Short Documentary, Harry Lintell’s “Northern Grit” Part, Parliament Skateshop’s “Mai War” Video, Help Support Josiah Kassahun’s Family, Upcoming fundraiser for Ben Colen’s family and much more! Also, we’re picking 3 winners for the $200 gift card to the Cariuma website! This week’s raffle is a Heroin Skateboards package that includes a Mr Kinoshita guest board, a set of wheels, a beanie and some rails!

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Jordyn, Part Two presented by Toyota USA

Team Toyota athlete Jordyn Barratt grew up in Hawaii skating at Banzai Skatepark. There weren’t any other little girls skating at the park when Jordyn first began. At around 14 years old, Jordyn moved to California and realized there were more skaters just like her. But as she started to compete against some of the girls, she looked up to the competition grew fierce. Gnarly. Some of the older girls were pretty mean, an experience that Jordyn vowed to change for the future girls of skating. It’s not like that anymore, according to Jordyn, partially due to the expanded contest circuit, which has allowed a little more room for everyone to grow. She knows what it’s like to get picked on, so she’s made it a point to make any girls who are coming up feel welcome—the more, the merrier, in her opinion.

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Eli Morgan Gesner | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 192

Eli Morgan Gesner discusses growing up in New York, getting into art at a young age, how he got into skating, promoting the club Mars and bringing hip hop to the club scene, Russell Simmons asking him to help start Phat Farm, starting Zoo York, why he would put “gutter text” in all the Zoo York ads, watching Mike Tyson snatch a pigeon from mid air, his new documentary film “All The Streets are Silent” and much more!

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