Tag: Chris Roberts

Kent Uyehara & Ando from FTC | The Nine Club #413

Kent Uyehara & Ando discuss how FTC started inside his dad’s San Francisco ski shop, ordering decks out of a high school binder, Steve Olson being the first pro to walk in, moving to the Haight, the family vibe, Drake Jones, James Kelch & Mike Carroll hanging out, Finally an FTC video, the list of who still owes them product, bailing skaters out of jail, putting the team together, turning FTC into a clothing brand, five shops including Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, the 40th anniversary art show and much more!

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Brian Wenning | The Nine Club #412

Brian Wenning discusses coming back to The Nine Club eight years later, dealing with his substance abuse, doing drugs in skid row in downtown LA, hitting rock bottom, getting arrested October 27, 2021, detoxing in county jail, solitary confinement & hallucinations, getting sober, getting back on a board, still riding a 7.75, filming the DC video, the DGK guest pro model that sold out, his jail-tablet and much more!

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Brian Schaefer | The Nine Club #411

Brian Schaefer discusses 33 years of Skatepark of Tampa, what came first Tampa AM or Tampa Pro, faxing 100 contest flyers from a hot attic for a $1,000 Airwalk purse, how Paul Zitzer’s vert ramp and a trip to San Jose led to opening SPoT in 1993, his parents’ backyard Bro Bowl & Thrasher ramp plans, his parents taking a second mortgage to fund the warehouse, living in the warehouse, the Moat Race, slamming on the loop and waking up in the hospital, Bob Burnquist doing the first switch loop, bringing vert back, Tampa AM vs Tampa Pro, supporting local skate shops and much more!

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Julian Lewis | The Nine Club #410

Julian Lewis discusses being born in Korea and adopted into a family in Connecticut, moving to Long Beach to skate with his friends, cold-emailing random skate company’s as a kid, paying a filmer $60 for his first sponsor-me part, how Mike Sinclair and his Analog part got him on Foundation, finding out he got on Foundation from an Instagram post, Corey Glick calling him “kind of weird,” getting on Etnies through Aiden Campbell, recording skate sounds for EA Skate, working at Long Beach Skate and much more!

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CHANNEL NINE – April x Spitfire, GX1000 “Willow Remix”, Justin Eldridge is here!

Welcome to Channel Nine. This week Justin Eldridge joins Chris Roberts and the Nine Club to talk about Toby Ryan is PRO for REAL Skateboards part, The Nine Club Classic is this Sunday, Frame By Frame of the Eclipse shot featuring Gochie Estrella, APRIL X SPITFIRE video, GX1000: Willow Remix part and much more!

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Micky Papa | The Nine Club #408

Micky Papa discusses growing up in Canada, scheming to help his family, drinking when he was a teenager, jumping through the hoops to get sponsored, how Sluggo helped his family during the Christmas holiday, getting a commercial gig & paid his family’s rent, getting on Blind Skateboards, getting into SLS from the Tampa Pro contest, how quad tendinitis almost took him out, Yuto staying at his house early on in his career and much more!

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CHANNEL NINE – Chris Joslin’s “SOTY Rico”, Denny Pham, Matt Schlager slam

Welcome to Channel Nine. This week Chris Roberts and the Nine Club talk about Chris Joslin’s “SOTY Rico” video, Kelly’s Classic Clips featuring Matt Schlager, Ichpig’s “A*US” video, The Retail Report featuring Blue & Gold Boardshop in Anchorage Alaska, Denny Pham’s “Intersections” part and much more!

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