Category: Interview

Gary Vaynerchuk | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 230

2,313 views May 23, 2022 Gary Vaynerchuk discusses growing up in Queens NY before relocating to Edison New Jersey, hustling as a kid selling lemonade and baseball cards, seeing skateboarding explode in the 80’s, starting his media company Vayner Media, his take on marketing in the skateboard world, making decisions that are conflicts between the business opportunity and what your all about, keeping your authenticity, why TikTok is surpassing Instagram & how to utilize it by adding value, core skaters vs YouTube skaters vs TikTok skaters, what he would do if he skated a skateboard company and much more!

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Vans Skateboarding Presents: LIZZIE | Skate | VANS

Vans Skateboarding is proud to present Lizzie, a short 35mm film directed by renowned filmmaker Greg Hunt. Unveiling a personal, intimate account of Lizzie Armanto beyond her skateboarding accolades and identity as one of the world’s most talented skateboarders, the film is the first to explore Lizzie’s life through the lens of those closest to her, including her mother, husband as well as skate legend Tony Hawk.

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Jimmy Wilkins | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 229

Jimmy Wilkins discusses growing up in Columbus Ohio, getting into skating by playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, having to drive 2 hours to skate a vert ramp, building a vert ramp in his backyard then being sued by the city, moving to San Diego when he was 17, getting on Creature Skateboards through Darren Navarrette, skating for Lakai Footwear, breaking both arms and his pelvis trying the loop, skating Tony Hawk’s ramp almost everyday, leaving Creature and not having a sponsor for over a year, how getting on REAL Skateboards came about and much more!

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Dew Tour Setups: Lizzie Armanto’s Pro Model Skateboard Gear

In this edition of Setups, Dew Tour caught up with Lizzie Armanto in Des Moines, Iowa, during some downtime between rain showers. Known for her expertise on vert ramps and bowls alike, Lizzie has a unique style and a deep bag of tricks that make her video parts and contest runs award-winning. Get the details from Lizzie as she explains features of her pro model Birdhouse skateboard, Independent trucks, Bones wheels, and as a bonus, covers some traveling tips on keeping your board dry and top sheet color corks.

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Mark Normand | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 228

Mark Normand discusses growing up in New Orleans, starting to skate around 13 years old, his local shop Humidity, going to film school at the New York Film Academy, starting to do comedy right after college, moving to New York, the many parallels between comedy and skateboarding, how he goes about writing his comedy bits, perfecting his jokes in front of a live audience, his skate footage getting lost during Hurricane Katrina, opening for Amy Schumer early on, Jerry Seinfeld seeing his Tonight show appearance and reached out him, keeping up with all the new skaters coming up and much more!

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Dave Swift | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 227

Dave Swift discusses growing up in Southern California, skating in CASL contests in the early 80’s, getting sponsored by Schmidt Stix, shot first photo in 1983 at Great Desert Ramp Battle, started working at Transworld in 1989 as a writer, asking Grant Brittain to borrow an old camera to start shooting photo’s again, getting his first photo printed in Transworld, shooting with Tom Penny when he first came to the states, the stories behind some of Heath Kirchart’s iconic photo’s & covers, switching from film to digital, Transworld magazine being over 400 pages, leaving Transworld to start The Skateboard Mag, how selling The Skateboard Mag to The Berrics came about and much more!

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Dew Tour Setups: David Gonzalez’s Skateboard Charges All Terrain

Dew Tour hangs with Colombia charger David Gonzalez. Famously known for sizing up massive handrails, gaps, stair sets, and while navigating through the rugged street terrain of his home country, David encompasses the pedal-to-the-metal side of skateboarding. We get a closer look at how David plows through it all as he explains his skateboard setup and specs!

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