Category: Interview

Jack Olson | The Nine Club – Episode 296

Jack Olson discusses growing up in Minnesota & skating 3rd Lair Skatepark, coming up skating contests, getting on Real Skateboards, best trick contests at Tampa, doing a switch feeble on the Hollywood 16 on multiple occasions, turning pro for Real Skateboards multiple times, opening a skate shop called After Hours in Minnesota, his new part “After Hours” and much more!

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Dew Tour Setups: Grace Marhoefer’s Favorite Welcome Skateboard Shape and Board Tweaks

20-year-old Grace Marhoefer is known for her skateboarding forte in the park but doesn’t limit herself from taking creative approaches in the streets. This past summer, Grace landed two podium positions on terrain quite the opposite from each other, first at Cowtown’s Phoenix Am and a few months later at X Games Venture. Grace finally lets us in on her skateboarding gear as she breaks down her favorite Welcome skateboard shape and size, custom Independent truck tweaks, preferred Spitfire wheels, and more in her latest Setups video.

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Paul Rodriguez & Spanish Mike | The Nine Club – Episode 295

Paul Rodriguez & Spanish Mike discuss the banter between them, Paul’s Life reset series, Spanish manifesting his dreams, what visiting the Nike Campus is really like, Handling big sponsor deals, 20 years of Yeah Right, Spanish Mike pep talks, Paul leaving girl for Plan B, skating to Guy Mariano’s Video Day’s song in the City Stars video, Spanish Mike soakin’ up game, Paul wanting to ride for Zero after City Stars and much more!

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Tom Asta & Maurio McCoy | The Nine Club – Episode 294

Tom Asta & Maurio McCoy discusses being teammates on Santa Cruz, what happened with Mystery Skateboards, was Maurio looking at other companies before he rode for Santa Cruz, 50 years of Santa Cruz, Maurio back in Street League, Tom’s latest éS shoe, Maurio getting random unannounced drug testing from the Olympics, Santa Cruz Pokemon decks, what sparked Tom and Maurio to start their YouTube pages and much more!

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Omar Hassan | The Nine Club – Episode 293

Omar Hassan discusses staying at the Blockhead house, winning the Marseille bowl contests 4 years in a row, how the roll-in grinds in pools started, the first to do a padless 540 in a backyard pool, beating Tony Hawk in 1990 at the San Jose Mini-Ramp contest, Muska winning a demo by grilling burgers for the kids, Chicken and Screamin’ Squeegees, his backyard pool, going on Volcom trips, some of his gnarliest slam, the recent Independent documentary “30 Years and Grinding: The Omar Hassan Story” and much more!

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