Robert Neal | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 206

Robert Neal discusses growing up in Long Beach CA, getting his first board in second grade, not really starting to skate until 7th grade, why he loves snakes and animals, never filming a sponsor me video, getting flowed by Primitive by skating a best trick contest, how he got hooked up with Nike SB, turning pro for Primitive, what being sponsored by StockX consists of, filming for the new full length Primitive video and much more!

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James Craig – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 77

James Craig Stops by and Chats with The Nine Club about working for Dwindle Distribution for years, his new career working for Excel Management, switching gears from being a professional skater to working in the industry, what a manager/agent actually does for skateboarders, podcasting in skateboarding, reviewing his skate clips and much more!

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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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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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Chris Gregson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 202

Chris Gregson discusses growing up in Irvine CA, winning Tampa Am vert when he was 14 years old, how he started filming, helping film Geoff Rowley for the Flip video “Extremely Sorry”, what’s it like filming contests, how he balances being a pro skater and filmer, turning Pro for Blood Wizard, being a stand-in for Tony Hawk, skating the pool Tony Alva did the first frontside air in, working for Thrasher Magazine, how he & his friend make the music for all the video parts he edits, how he goes about follow filming on Elliot Sloans mega ramp and much more!

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