Tim Gavin | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 87

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Tim Gavin discusses growing up in Phoenix AZ, getting his first board a Valterra Meltdown, his first sponsor H-Street, getting on Blind, flying to Los Angeles every weekend after school, skating EMB for his first time, Tim and Henry’s promotional video “Pack of Lies”, Stealing product, quitting Blind for Girl Skateboards, Starting DVS and Matix, leaving DVS (Podium Distribution), retiring from skateboarding, his Real Estate endeavor and much more!

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Jeff Grosso | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 85

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week This week Jeff Grosso discusses growing up in Eagle Rock CA, moving to Arcadia, quitting high school a credit short a month before graduation, his first sponsor Variflex, getting on Powell Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta to turn pro for Schmitt Stix, his heavy drug use, smuggling a ball of hash through airport security for Hosoi, partying on Robitussin, nearly killing Ross Goodman, leaving Santa Cruz for Lucero Limited which turned into Black Label, overdosing and almost dying multiple times, working normal jobs to get by, getting on Vans and Antihero, how he feels about skateboarding in the Olympics, Love letters and much more!

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Jon Buscemi | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 84

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jon Buscemi discusses growing up in growing up in Long Island NY, getting his first board at a bike shop, coming out to California with Gino Iannucci, John Lucero picking him up at the airport, getting a job on Wall Street, becoming a road sales rep for Fourstar & Clae Footwear, moving in with Eric Koston at his MTV cribs house, working for DC shoes as a trend forecaster, designing iconic DC shoes, quitting DC to start his first company Gourmet, starting his second company GREATS, making luxury footwear and accessories with his brand Buscemi, Truff Hot sauce, opening Uncle Paulie’s Deli in Los Angeles and much more!

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Jason Dill | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 83

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jason Dill discusses growing up in Huntington Beach CA, seeing skateboarding for the first time at 8 years old, his first sponsor House of Kasai, skating for Blockhead then getting on Black Label, dropping out of high school, 101 days, filming for Snuff and 20 Shot Sequence, getting kicked off 101, opening a mag and reading that he was now on Alien Workshop, partying and drugs, starting Fucking Awesome and much more!

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Josh Stewart | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 82

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!

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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.

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