Category: Interview

Chris Russell | The Nine Club – Episode 326

Chris Russell discusses growing up in Hermosa Beach, Darren Navarrette getting him on Creature Skateboards, how different it is going from skating bowls & street to now skating vert, injuring his collarbone Tampa pro, getting into Jiu Jitsu, almost loosing his eye at Swampfest, turning pro while on KOTR, his Dad learning to skate with him, recently getting the cover of Thrasher and much more!

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Chad Muska Is Back! | The Nine Club – Episode 325

Chad Muska discusses why he moved to Ohio and bought a farm, his Groundhogs Dig Doug & Scarhead, focusing on building a company of his own rather than building companies for other people, how he shoots everything by himself from product shots to his lifestyle shots, What’s his involvement with Shortys Skateboards now, his creative process from doing spin art boards to dipping his eS shoes in paint, fundraising to build a skatepark in his hometown of Lorain Ohio, Muska Footwear coming soon and much more!

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Catching Up w/ Chase Mason of Gatecreeper – Santa Cruz

In the wake of Gatecreeper’s newest album Dark Superstition, which comes in at 37 minutes in length and is a death metal masterpiece, we go behind the black curtain with frontman Chase Mason as he gears up for their album release tour supporting In Flames. Follow along as we go skating, dig through their archives and see how Gatecreeper continues to maintain their DIY ethic as they continue to grow.

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Fred Gall & The Origins of One of New Jersey’s Longest Standing Board Brands

We met up with Fred Gall, Lou & Donny Binaco to discuss Metal, a skate brand they started in 1994 out of New Jersey that’s still running today. Birthed from one too many acid trips, late night skate sessions, and a desire to start a no frills, evil skate company out of the East Coast, Metal is a part of skateboarding history often forgotten.

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Chad Knight | The Nine Club – Episode 324

Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for “The Storm”, how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT’s, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more!

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