Jeff Grosso | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 85

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week This week Jeff Grosso discusses growing up in Eagle Rock CA, moving to Arcadia, quitting high school a credit short a month before graduation, his first sponsor Variflex, getting on Powell Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta to turn pro for Schmitt Stix, his heavy drug use, smuggling a ball of hash through airport security for Hosoi, partying on Robitussin, nearly killing Ross Goodman, leaving Santa Cruz for Lucero Limited which turned into Black Label, overdosing and almost dying multiple times, working normal jobs to get by, getting on Vans and Antihero, how he feels about skateboarding in the Olympics, Love letters and much more!

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The Nine Club EXPERIENCE | Episode 16

This week on The Nine Club Experience: Catching up with Bam Margera, his recent DUI and finishing rehab, Tom Schaar turning pro for Element, DVS loosing riders, Marc Suciu’s ADV II part, Sebo Walker leaving Lakai, Chris Haslam winning 2up, Raven Tershy’s back smith, Habitat welcomes Flo Mirtain, Daan Van Der Linden on Nike SB and much more!

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Jon Buscemi | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 84

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jon Buscemi discusses growing up in growing up in Long Island NY, getting his first board at a bike shop, coming out to California with Gino Iannucci, John Lucero picking him up at the airport, getting a job on Wall Street, becoming a road sales rep for Fourstar & Clae Footwear, moving in with Eric Koston at his MTV cribs house, working for DC shoes as a trend forecaster, designing iconic DC shoes, quitting DC to start his first company Gourmet, starting his second company GREATS, making luxury footwear and accessories with his brand Buscemi, Truff Hot sauce, opening Uncle Paulie’s Deli in Los Angeles and much more!

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Josh Stewart | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 82

The show that has skateboarders talking – Josh Stewart discusses growing up in Florida, picking up his first video camera, being asked by Jamie Thomas to go on a “Welcome to hell” tour, filming “Cigar City”, his first “Static” video, making the Adio video “One Step Beyond”, deciding to make more “Static” videos, starting his distribution company Theories Of Atlantis, will there be a “Static 6” and much more!

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Alex Olson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 81

The show that has skateboarders talking – Alex Olson discusses growing up in Santa Monica/Malibu CA, his dad Steve Olson, being un-schooled, getting flowed by Black Label, Toy Machine, Foundation, Jason Dill asking him to get boards from Alien Workshop, getting on Lakai & Girl Skateboards, almost getting on Gravis Footwear, leaving Lakai for Vans, then leaving Vans for Nike, moving to New York, starting his own companies Bianca Chandôn & 917, becoming vegan and much more!

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Marc McKee | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 79

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Marc McKee discusses growing up in Marin County CA, going to art school at UCLA, meeting Steve Rocco, working for World Industries in the early 90s, creating classic board graphics, his involvement with Big Brother magazine, how he created Flameboy, Wet Willy and the Devil man graphics, World Industries being sold for 43 million dollars, cease and desist letters and much more…

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Spike Jonze | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 78

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Spike Jonze discusses growing up on the East Coast, how shooting BMX lead him into skateboarding, starting “Dirt” magazine with Andy Jenkins, moving to LA, filming his first video for World Industries “Rubbish Heap”, what it was like filming Blind “Video Days”, how he got into making music videos for bands like Sonic Youth, The Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde, Weezer and so many more, starting Girl Skateboards with Rick Howard, Mike Carroll & Megan Baltimore, Winning an Academy Award for his movie “Her” starring Joaquin Phoenix, car trouble in SF filming “Goldfish”, Blowing shit up for the Lakai video “Fully Flared” and much more!

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Aaron “Jaws” Homoki | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 76

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Aaron “Jaws” Homoki discusses growing up in growing up in Phoenix AZ, Tony Hawk calling him to skate for Birdhouse, what he thinks a do-able height is for a gap, Turning Pro for Birdhouse, how skating the Lyon 25 went down, skating for Weedmaps, getting on CCS, what almost went down on El Toro and much more….

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