Dashawn Jordan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 205

Dashawn Jordan discusses growing up in Arizona, watching his first skate video “Mindfield”, getting flowed by Zombie Skateboards, his first ad in a local magazine called AZ Thread, coming to California for the first time, skating for Darkstar Skateboards & Vox Shoes, getting his first Nike SB box, winning the “Make It Count” contest, skating for Sovrn Skateboards, quitting Sovrn and not having a board sponsor for 2+ years, connecting with Marc Johnson then getting on Business & Co, turning Pro for Business & Co, skating in Street League, his technique for Laser Heelfips, how he got on Toy Machine Skateboards, filming his part for Toy Machine “Vaccine”, his love for making music and much more!

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Jason Rothmeyer | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 204

Jason Rothmeyer discusses growing up in Long Beach CA, skating with Ron Chatman, driving up to skate Powell Skate Zone, skating for Santa Cruz, doing the contest circuit, leaving Santa Cruz for Foundation Skateboards, why he got kicked off Foundation, 90’s company beef, filming his 411 Profiles part, getting back on Santa Cruz, judging contests, working for New Balance Numeric, his animal photography and much more!

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Mikey Taylor – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 75

Mikey Taylor Stops by and Chats with us about skating Paul Rodiguez’s park for the first time, moving into his new office, working the TikTok angle for finance talk, when he started feeling comfortable talking about money, Youtube/Social Media skaters vs Industry skaters, communication between sponsors and skaters, watching his first video part ever, breaking down his skate clips and much more!

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Manny Santiago | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 203

Manny Santiago discusses being born in Puerto Rico & growing up in Lowell Massachusetts, starting skating at 15 years old, meeting Dave Bachinsky, getting on Think Skateboards, meeting Felix Arguelles & riding for Ammo Skateboards, how he got on Famous, starting his own company Fortune Skateboards, his website MSA, riding for Echo Clothing, filming for his concept video part “California”, getting his footage stolen and refilming his tricks, what happened to his front tooth, having a skatepark in his backyard, dating Christiana Means, skating in the Olympics and much more!

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Ricki Bedenbaugh – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 74

Ricki Bedenbaugh Stops by and Chats with the Nine Club about growing his hair out for three years to donate it to Wigs For Kids, filming a part for his 50th birthday, filming the Redbull Solus and other contests, what it was like to film motocross on street spots, witnessing so many tricks being done down El Toro, how many first try tricks he’s filmed of Nyjah, watching footage he filmed at a 1991 contest with John Cardiel, Eric Koston, Willy Santos & Andrew Reynolds, getting hit in the head with a board while taking photos in China, watching some of his memorable tricks he filmed and much more!

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Sober Living w/ Brandon Turner | Independent Trucks

Brandon Turner is a Professional skateboarder who really has been through it all when it comes to drugs and alcohol. He has been in and out of recovery and has shared near-death experiences as a result of his usage. Brandon is now living clean and working at Healthy Life Recovery as an Activities Director. Listen to Brandon’s story and how he helps others with similar experiences in our recent video “Sober Living with Brandon Turner”.

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