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!

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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!

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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.

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Aaron “Jaws” Homoki | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 76

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Aaron “Jaws” Homoki discusses growing up in growing up in Phoenix AZ, Tony Hawk calling him to skate for Birdhouse, what he thinks a do-able height is for a gap, Turning Pro for Birdhouse, how skating the Lyon 25 went down, skating for Weedmaps, getting on CCS, what almost went down on El Toro and much more….

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Ty Evans | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 75

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Ty Evans discusses growing up in Simi Vally area, getting his fist VHS camera, working on his first video Silver, leaving Planet Earth & Rhythm to work for Transworld, making the switch from Transworld to Girl/Lakai, the behind the scenes & the struggles of making skate films, Fully Flared, We Are Blood, maxing out his Amex card to make his new film “The Flat Earth” and much more…

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Jovontae Turner | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 73

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jovontae Turner discusses growing up in San Francisco, Jason Lee & Mark Gonzales calling him to ride for Blind, quitting Blind to ride for Planet Earth, only skating 3 days a week his whole career, getting on World Industries, skating EMB, selling product on tour, riding for Girl Skateboards, why he quit skating, his Girl X Tae reissue capsule and much more…

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Bobby Worrest | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 72

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Bobby Worrest discusses growing up in Pennsylvania, as a kid having to move to Houston then Maryland, getting on Krooked, going on his first tour to Japan, switching from Etnies to Es, skating at Pulaski Park, ten plus video parts, riding cross country on his motorcycle, getting on Nike, filming for the new Krooked video and much more…

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Erick Winkowski Interview – CCS

Is it offensive to call Erick Winkowski a freak of nature? Because there aren’t many more ways we can think of to explain him to someone. Between balancing on one arm on top of vert ramps for what seems like hours and grinding massive rails on a board shape that was never meant to leave a ramp, Erick has been on a war path lately. We sat down with him to talk a little about his first pro model board for Santa Cruz and his video part from Right to Exist. We have a new batch of his boards coming in to the shop real soon here, but they’re gonna go quick so stay tuned!

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