Ryan Lay | The Nine Club #387

Ryan Lay discusses just finishing a Vancouver to Mexico bike trip, though hiking, his crazy CCS endurance 100+ trick line, working class skater, how he got on Sci-Fi Fantasy & why h feels like he won the lottery at 34 with the sponsors he has now, messing up his knee on a bumpy hubba, choosing his song for his Sci-Fi “Endless Beauty” part and much more!

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Scott Oster | The Nine Club #386

Scott Oster discusses running away from home at 14 years old, learning to skate at the Marina Skate Park, what skating in Venice in the 80’s was really like, getting the cover of Thrasher doing a G-Turn, skating for Dogtown, skating in the Savannah Slamma contests, traveling with Christian Hosoi, how he started DJ’ing, designing night clubs, designing a skateable full pipe art piece in a department store and much more!

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Steve Steadham | The Nine Club #385

Steve Steadham discusses growing up skating spill ways & bank riding in Las Vegas, his first ride in the Dust Bowl, traveling to California on the Greyhound bus, Stacey Peralta asks him to join the team, why he thinks Hosoi should have won way more contests, starting his own comany Steadham Designs with Sure Grip International, when vert died his spirit for skating was done, The Steadham store in Las Vegas and much more!

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Down Straight Up Vol 4, Sandro Dias World Record Drop In, NB Numeric 770 – The Nine Club Live#93

In episode #93 Chris Roberts and the Nine Club talk about Monster Energy’s Down Straight Up Vol 4 video, New Balance Numeric 770 in Paris video, First Look at the New Balance 770 Shoe, Sandro Dias is attempting to claim a new world record for the highest skateboard drop in, Primitive Skate Proudly Welcomes Aimu Yamazuki, Tony Hawk raises $1,700,000 int The 900 Collection auction and much more!

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Jake Vogel | The Nine Club #384

Jake Vogel discusses being one of the first to kick it at EMB in San Francisco, meeting James Kelch for the first time, being called an “Embarcodarian”, the Dogtown demo that changed everything at EMB, watching Henry Sanchez & Mike Carroll’s progression, getting sponsored by Real Skateboards, why he never had a video part, the first trick done at Hubba Hideout and much more!

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Yuri Facchini | The Nine Club #383

Yuri Facchini discusses growing up in Brazil, getting hooked up with Blind Skateboards at 14 years old, coming to the states and entering Tampa Am, his Blind pro part turning into his welcome to Almost part, having no board sponsor for 2 years after leaving Almost, how getting on Shake Junt lead to getting on Deathwish Skateboards, his 180 nose grind at The Nine Club Classic and much more!

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Kevin “Spanky” Long Is Back!!! | The Nine Club #382

Kevin “Spanky” Long discusses having a nickname when you’re older, Figgy’s etch a sketch graphic, being a loyal rider to all his brands for over 20 years, his Jon Dickson impersonation, the worst airplane turbulence ever, the Tim Robinson x Baker collab, his RVCA “Spanky” collection, the recent Baker YouTube edits that have been coming out, his new Emerica pro shoe the “KSL 3” and much more!

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A Look into Skateboarding’s Road Culture | Life in the Van – The Platfrm

Get in the van! Life In The Van is a series documenting the most quintessential part of life as a professional skateboarder. Since the beginning, skateboarders have been packing into vans and taking to the open road in search of new towns, new spots, and places to stack clips—not to mention drop in for demos and autograph signings to stoke out the local skateboarders along the way. Skate, eat, sleep, and repeat. Whether it’s for a few weeks or a few months, the bonds formed and the footage captured are what make these trips so special. So, what’s it really like?

“It’s like a family experience,” says Chris Roberts. “You start to hate these people.” Sean Malto, Braden Hoban, and Greyson Fletcher explain the importance of a van’s seating chart, or hierarchy, while Tom Schaar, Georgia Martin, and Lazer Crawford describe some of their first van memories. And Felipe Gustavo poetically sums up his van experiences as, “That’s where your heart is.” Hear from each of them and get a look into the behind-the-scenes, the falls, makes, and more —slide open the side door and experience Life In The Van.

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