Dan Mancina | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 226

Dan Mancina discusses growing up in Michigan, moving to Los Angeles, working at the skateshop ZJ Boarding House, getting diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa when he was 13 years old, starting to loose his vision at the age of 20, first getting flowed by Real Skateboards & Adidas, how he uses a white cane to skate, getting an Actions Realized board with Real Skateboards, starting his nonprofit “Keep Pushing” to get more visually impaired kids into skating, raising money to build the world’s first accessible skatepark in Michigan, filming for his new video part and much more!

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Madars Apse | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 225

Madars Apse discusses growing up in Latvia, selling flowers to buy his first board, getting on Element flow through his local shop, going to college in Barcelona, gettin on DC shoes, moving to London for a year to finish school, getting Kingpin Magazine’s European skater of the year award in 2012, turning pro for Element, filming for his Element “Peace” part, working on projects in Latvia to make skateboarding legal at some Museums and Library’s, his Red Bull series “Skate Tales” season 2 and much more!

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Mark Oblow | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 224

Mark Oblow discusses growing up in Hawaii, skating early on with Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Mark Gonzalez, Natas Kaupas, getting his photos published in Thrasher Magazine when he was in the 9th grade, skating for Vision Skateboards, why he turned down going pro, skating with Gator, working for Think Skateboards, filming and editing the Color video, Mike Ternasky being a mentor to him, creating Prime Skateboards along with Kris Markovich, why Vita Footwear ultimately went out of business, building the Quicksilver team, being with Dylan Rieder while he was battling leukemia, doing fashion photography, getting into chain stitching, his new upcoming line with RVCA and much more!

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Cairo Foster Spills The Beans w/ Andrew Cannon! | Santa Cruz Skateboards

Today Santa Cruz is stoked to introduce their new series SPILL THE BEANS! In this new talk show link up with some of their good friends in the skate industry and beyond to ask them questions sent in by YOU! Cairo is first up in the hot seat with Santa Cruz Brand Manager Andrew Cannon to discuss skateboarding, music, when Popwar is coming back and much more! Be sure to follow us on Instagram @santacruzskateboards to enter questions for our next guest!

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