The show that has skateboarders talking – Josh Stewart discusses growing up in Florida, picking up his first video camera, being asked by Jamie Thomas to go on a “Welcome to hell” tour, filming “Cigar City”, his first “Static” video, making the Adio video “One Step Beyond”, deciding to make more “Static” videos, starting his distribution company Theories Of Atlantis, will there be a “Static 6” and much more!
Mini Top 5 with Rick McCrank and His Van
Our very own “All-Season Outdoor Player” Rick McCrank breaks down his Top 5 favorite things about his van.
Lee Spielman – “Foundation” Mini-Doc
Watch Lee Spielman Talk Building a New Kind of Community in L.A.
“A lot of kids are lost and looking for somewhere to go,” says Trash Talk frontman Lee Spielman in the latest episode of Foundation, a series of mini-documentaries from FADER and Alpha Industries. “There’s kids kicking around Hollywood that have nothing to fucking do. But they can come here, skate, and be themselves.”
Here is Babylon LA, a combination “skate shop, gallery, hangout, and youth center” that Spielman founded in 2012 as a way to give the community of kids, punks, and outsiders that surrounded his band a real home – the kind of home that shaped him growing up. As Lee tells it, “For me right now, it’s all about taking the things I loved as a kid, and using the resources we have now to do my own version of it.”
“If we could inspire kids to go out and just do whatever the fuck they want, that’s amazing. We all had that spot when we were a kid. And hopefully this spot is that for these kids.”
Shot on site on the L.A. streets that surround Babylon, the documentary captures the energy and spirit that led a legendary local punk band to become an essential part of their community, now and for years to come. Watch the full vid above.
Alex Olson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 81
The show that has skateboarders talking – Alex Olson discusses growing up in Santa Monica/Malibu CA, his dad Steve Olson, being un-schooled, getting flowed by Black Label, Toy Machine, Foundation, Jason Dill asking him to get boards from Alien Workshop, getting on Lakai & Girl Skateboards, almost getting on Gravis Footwear, leaving Lakai for Vans, then leaving Vans for Nike, moving to New York, starting his own companies Bianca Chandôn & 917, becoming vegan and much more!
The Nine Club EXPERIENCE | Episode 14
This week on The Nine Club Experience: Callers run the show, Roger’s curb sesh, paranormal activity, Olympic talk, love line and much more!
Manchild’s Corner: Not Again-Da – Crailtap
Crailtap took Manchild down to Agenda for the day to interview superstars, legends and everyone in between.
Bill Strobeck | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 80
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Bill Strobeck discusses growing up in Upstate New York, getting his first vx1000, filming for the Alien Workshop video “Photosynthesis”, almost getting killed filming Mark Gonzales, what the Supreme video “Cherry” was originally going to be called, his denim phase, why the “Cherry” video was black and white, “Joyride”, a new Supreme video in the works and much more!
Marc McKee | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 79
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Marc McKee discusses growing up in Marin County CA, going to art school at UCLA, meeting Steve Rocco, working for World Industries in the early 90s, creating classic board graphics, his involvement with Big Brother magazine, how he created Flameboy, Wet Willy and the Devil man graphics, World Industries being sold for 43 million dollars, cease and desist letters and much more…
The Nine Club EXPERIENCE | Episode 13
This week on The Nine Club Experience: Catching up with Torey Pudwill, wig’n out with MJ, sponsoring kids at a young age, flatbar frenzy, back tail tips, new Grizzly pro and much more…
Spike Jonze | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 78
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Spike Jonze discusses growing up on the East Coast, how shooting BMX lead him into skateboarding, starting “Dirt” magazine with Andy Jenkins, moving to LA, filming his first video for World Industries “Rubbish Heap”, what it was like filming Blind “Video Days”, how he got into making music videos for bands like Sonic Youth, The Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde, Weezer and so many more, starting Girl Skateboards with Rick Howard, Mike Carroll & Megan Baltimore, Winning an Academy Award for his movie “Her” starring Joaquin Phoenix, car trouble in SF filming “Goldfish”, Blowing shit up for the Lakai video “Fully Flared” and much more!
Christian Hosoi | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 77
The show that has skateboarders talking – Christian Hosoi discusses growing up in Hollywood CA, growing up skating Marina Del Rey Skatepark, getting sponsored by Stacy Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta with the hopes of turning pro for Dogtown only for them to go out of business, Brad Bowman hooking him up with Sims Skateboards, Turning pro for Sims, Meeting Mark Gonzales for the first time, Leaving Sims for Alva, designing one of the first shaped boards, skating in Lingerie, starting Hosoi skates at 17 years old, the rivalry between him and Tony Hawk, going to prison for Crystal Meth possession, finding god while in prison and much more!
Let It Flow – Boo Johnson – Desillusion
At 24-years-old, Boo Johnson is one of the most in-demand names in the industry. But it’s more than his massive pop and raw energy that has helped him carve a genuine presence in modern skateboarding culture. His ability to tread an impossible line between being intoxicatingly laid-back yet incredibly switched on is at once alluring and inspiring. The embodiment of a soulful skater, Johnson lives life to it’s fullest and skates the sidewalk of a flawed society.