Category: Interview

Jake Darwen | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 243

Jake Darwen discusses growing up in New Zealand, getting into photography after getting hurt multiple times, coming up as a photographer in New Zealand, working with DC Shoes, moving to Los Angeles, getting a job at New Balance, his approach to photography, working with Shane O’neill & April Skateboards, what it’s like shooting with Yuto Horigome, getting help up at gunpoint, fisheye vs long lens and much more!

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Maurio McCoy | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 242

Maurio McCoy discusses growing up in Reading, PA, moving to Los Angeles, winning the Girl Skateboards Open House Contest, skating at Bam’s park, meeting Tom Asta & getting on Santa Cruz Skateboards, the support he has from his family, turning pro for Santa Cruz, getting second in SLS, his secret for noseblunt collie flips, the status of his shoe sponsors, the upcoming Saints & Sinners tour and much more!

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Dew Tour Setups: 12-Year-Old Chloe Covell Reveals Monarch Project Skateboard, Nike SB Gear, and More

Chloe Covell reveals her skateboard gear in her first ever Setups video as she makes her Dew Tour debut this summer in Des Moines, Iowa. The 12-year-old Australian hails from Tweed Heads, New South Wales, and is taking skateboarding by storm as she makes waves with each passing competition entered. As we saw at Lauridsen skatepark, Chloe controls a smooth and effortless style on all obstacles, big and small, including a few switch tricks. After she won third place in the women’s street final, Chloe left us wondering what size of Monarch Project board she rides, preferred tight or looseness on her Independent trucks, and her Nike fit that ties it all together. Find out all this and more as Chloe reveals it in her Setups video.

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Elliot Sloan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 241

Elliot Sloan discusses growing up in New York, getting into vert skating then skating the mega, moving to California at 17 years old, getting sponsored by Birdhouse, building his vert ramp and mini mega in his backyard, his worst Mega ramp slams, leaving Rockstar for Monster, hosting the X Games at his house, the trials and tribulations of owning a mega compound, his new Fallen shoe, the toll that skating vert and mega has on his body and much more!

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