Mike Manzoori | The Nine Club #359

Mike Manzoori discusses his early sponsors Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz, Mark Gonzales and the ATM Click team left & Mike was basically handed the brand, Adreneline Skateboards, the Sheep video, working for Sole Tech & filming the Menikmati eS video, French Fred angles, Tom Penny’s cover of the Sidewalk magazine issue 1 and 100 and much more!

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Mitchie Brusco | The Nine Club #358

Mitchie Brusco discusses getting sponsors at such a young age, when he got into skating Mega Ramps, Tom Schaar doing the first 1080, doing the first 1260 at the X games, why he started Skate IQ, the most requested trick people want to learn, why he has no interest in doing the loop, will vert ever be in the Olympics, does he think the 1440 will ever be done and much more!

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Underground Skate Legend Bobby Puleo | Epicly Later’d

Bobby Puleo is known for effortlessly skating the seemingly un-skateable. In this episode of Epicly Later’d, he takes us from New Jersey’s rough ’90s streets to San Francisco’s emerging scene and back to New York, where he refined his signature style. Bobby unpacks his creative process, shares his take on conspiracy theories, and gets candid with peers about his journey.

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The Platfrm – Now / Then: Shiloh Catori’s Journey from Newcomer to Loyal Toy Machine Pawn

What’s changed in the seven years Shiloh Catori has been skateboarding? How about joining the loyal pawns at Toy Machine, taking a win at the 2024 Phonenix AM, and moving to California for skateboarding, just to name a few milestones. Shiloh details more changes from her favorite tricks, skaters, videos, and more in her latest Now / Then video.

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Pat Ngoho | The Nine Club #357

Pat Ngoho discusses colliding with Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest, skating empty pools around the LAX area, Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool, Steve Olson’s banked slalom at the Marina Skatepark, the Gold Cup, Stacy Peralta asking him to join Powell, going from skating pools to street skating, living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular, nose wheelies & manuals at the Savannah Slamma 3 and much more!

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From landing the First Women’s 900 to Olympic Gold with Arisa Trew! | Skate-a-rama

Paco the Skateboard welcomes Aussie gold medalist Arisa Trew to talk about her incredible Olympic journey, her record-breaking tricks, and what it takes to compete at the highest level!

She shares her favorite moments from the Paris 2024 Olympics, how she got into skating, and the insane tricks she pulled off at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert—including landing the first women’s 900!

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Steve Olson & Steve Alba | The Nine Club #356

Steve Olson & Steve Alba discuss meeting at the Fruit Bowl in Garden Grove CA, getting boards made by hand from school woodshops, Salba heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them a kicktail, skating against one another in the UASA contest, throwing trucks at the Sims van, the first sticker toss ever, the Big O contest, seeing tricks in the magazines and trying to figure them out, Hosoi’s backside airs at the OP demo in Huntington Beach and much more!

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The Platfrm – Then / Now: Dominick Walker Talks Early Skate Days to New Levels

What’s changed for Dominick Walker since his early days on a skateboard? Everything. New ride, new crew, new inspiration and new favorite tricks. Exactly how have these things changed? “[Skating] with Nyjah took it to a new level.” Domo breaks it down in detail and we have a few clips to back him up. Check in with Domo to hear how different things truly are in this episode of Then / Now: Dominick Walker.

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Matt Berger | The Nine Club #355

Matt Berger discusses growing up in Kamloops BC, coming up in Canada, Rodney Mullen calling him after receiving his sponsor me tape, Tony Hawk saying his local park was terrible so the city built a new one, having back and hip problems and getting experimental knee surgery, how he qualified for SLS, skating for Almost then Flip skateboards, stacking footage for a new part and much more!

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