Loveletters Season 8: Lance Mountain Part 1 | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

Back in 2009 Lance Mountain set out to make a TV show to pay respect to the generation of skaters from the late 1970’s. Guys like Bobby Valdez and Darrell Miller who didn’t become household names but nonetheless had a huge impact on Lance and skateboarding in general. The show never happened but we found all the footage and decided to cut the story together. Here it is… The Origin of the Love Letters with Lance Mountain – Part 1.

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James Craig | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 62

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week James Craig discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, beating his older brother in contests, getting on Grindking, showing off for Koston at the courthouse, skating for Society, getting on Blind, having a personalized song in The Blind Video, tearing his ACL, leaving DVS for Circa, becoming team manager for Dwindle, getting let go from Dwindle, his company smlwheels, starting his new job at the Boardr and much more…

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Danny Garcia | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 61

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Danny Garcia discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, Rodney Mullen flowing him World boards then being put on All City, quitting All City in hopes of getting on Habitat, filming for the Habitat section of Photosynthesis, riding for Vita Shoes, Habitat ‘Mosaic’ Video, getting on éS Shoes, starting his music career as Reverend Baron, why he slowly faded out of the skate industry, His new album Rio View and much more…

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Boo Johnson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 60

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Boo Johnson discusses growing up in Tehachapi CA, getting hooked up with Pharmacy Boardshop, his first board sponsor Powell, filming for his first video part on Element ’Future Nature’, getting on DGK, starting his own company JHF, his years with Supra, skating for Weedmaps, Torrey hitting him up to ride for Diamond Footwear, designing his pro shoe the Boo J, riding for Hawkers and much more…

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Walker Ryan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 59

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Walker Ryan discusses growing up in Napa Valley CA, getting sponsored by Ron Allen’s company Energy, riding for 510 Skate Shop, going to College in San Diego, getting on Organika, switch backside flipping the Love Gap, Kerry Getz hitting him up to ride for DVS, starting his company Old Friends, Mikey Taylor asking him to ride for SOVRN, filming his new SOVRN part in 5 months and much more…

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Mark Appleyard | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 58

The show that has skateboarders talking – Mark Appleyard discusses growing up in Ontario Canada, his first Christmas complete, getting on birdhouse at Tampa Am, quitting Birdhouse for Habitat, Arto Saari cold calling him to get on Flip, shooting his first Thrasher cover, filming for the Flip video “Sorry”, winning Thrasher’s Skater of The Year, leaving Circa to ride for Globe, filming for the new Element video and much more…

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