Don Brown Is Back! | The Nine Club – Episode 337

Don Brown discusses being at Sole Tech for 33 years, Pierre-André started Etnies in the late 1980s, Sole Tech helped make the first DC Shoes, Nike’s strategic plan to take over the skate shoe market, the Sole Tech sale to The Nidecker group, companies now a days have F.O.G.O.B. fear of going out of business, being diagnosed with prostate cancer, getting sober and much more!

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Braden Hoban | The Nine Club – Episode 336

Braden Hoban discusses growing up in Encinitas, how he got on Toy Machine & turning pro, his “Real Life Sucks” Toy Machine part, his process of designing his new pro Emerica shoe, going on tours with Leo Romero & the Toy Machine crew, winning Street League in his hometown of San Diego, why 5050 cross lock is a hack on round rails, filming for his new part night part and much more!

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Hjinx And New Beginnings With Videographer Tristan Warren – JENKEM

Tristan is a young videographer from California who started gaining recognition from his independent video “Hijinx Unlimited”. It featured a talented new skate crew and a bunch of old school Hijinx that ended up being so controversial that he eventually took the video offline. Jenkem met up with him to see how his new company, Medieval Skateboards, is shaping up and grabbed an inside look into his world.

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Side Hustle: Eui Joo Denim by Julian Lewis

In this new series, Side Hustles, Platfrm explores passion projects, avocations, and other extracurricular pursuits. First up, we have Julian Lewis, who you may be familiar with for his big handrail skating from video parts in Foundation’s Splender, and is one of the Rockstar Energy VQS qualifiers. Skateboarding aside, Julian has grown an admiration for clothing styles and how they complement a person while on their board. Drawing inspiration from vintage clothing, Julian creates handmade and sown clothing under his Korean birth name, Eui Joo and has slowly progressed to become a niche purveyor of denim items. Check out how Julian hand-makes it all in his corner space in a studio to the clientele that seeks him out for alterations and how pants play a crucial aspect in his skateboarding.

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