Danny Gonzalez | The Nine Club #376

Danny Gonzalez discusses moving from San Antonio to San Francisco to follow his dream of being a pro skateboarder, learning the hard way not be the home town hero, one wheel manuals, doing freestyle when he was younger, the kickflip melon down Wallenberg, being intimidated going on Globe tours with Rodney Gershon & Chet, quitting skating professionally after re-hurting his knee, getting back into skating & doing the upside down wallride, the new release of his Gas Mask Chapman deck and much more!

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Daniel Haney | The Nine Club #375

Daniel Haney discusses moving to West LA from Arkansas, choosing to skate handrails, breaking his ankle on the Fairfax rail, getting on Foundation, the craziest slams he’s ever taken, how Donny Barley coined the nickname Danrail Haney, the pressure he felt skating with his peers, skating for Jason Rogers company Arcade, hitting every rail at Slam City Jam and much more!

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Steve Douglas | The Nine Club #373

Steve Douglas discusses growing up in London & skating in the 70s, did Steve Rocco help start New Deal, Paul Schmitt’s secret factory producing Blind boards, Vision’s biggest mistake was calling their distribution Vision, Selling Element Skateboards, Steve Rocco opening the door to skater run companies, the blank board debacle, starting 411 Video Magazine, the car accident that almost ended him, Bam Margera asking them to distribute CKY Landspeed, Sidewalk Distribution’s heritage collections and much more!

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Gustavo Ribeiro | The Nine Club #371

Gustavo Ribeiro discusses growing up in a small town in Portugal, his dad opening a skate shop, Shane O’neill being a big inspiration, staying at Micky Papa’s house with Yuto, winning Tampa Am, his SLS strategy, leaving Jart & getting on Thank You Skateboards, skating for Red Bull, his dream trick, his thoughts on the format of the Olympics and much more!

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Matt Bennett | The Nine Club #370

Matt Bennett discusses how the Bennett Grind came to be, Billy Marks getting him on Toy Machine, why he has the key to the city of Madison Alabama, Toy Machine’s “Suffer The Joy”, Dekline Footwear, how hard was it managing a huge team like Vans, how he got the Monster team manager position, the best Bennett Grind he’s seen and much more!

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Bam Margera is back! | The Nine Club #369

Bam Margera discusses a decade of getting Larry’d Up, why filming skate tricks for MTV became a waste of time, back in Tony Hawks Pro Skater game, skating for Nike back when he was 16 years old, making the first CKY video & made enough money to save his parents house, getting a DUI and ended up in 8 days in the hole, TWS Feedback, people that didn’t know who he was thought he was crazy and much more!

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Carlos De Andrade | The Nine Club #368

Carlos de Andrade discusses winning Slam City Jam in 1996, moving to America, Chet Thomas getting him on World Industries & Darkstar Wheels, Ty Evans asking him if he wanted to film a part for a TWS video, buying properties in Brazil with his money from contests & sponsors, moving back to Brazil after they sold World Industries, skating in the latest Tampa Pro contest and much more!

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