Tag: Chris Roberts

Danny Garcia | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 61

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Danny Garcia discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, Rodney Mullen flowing him World boards then being put on All City, quitting All City in hopes of getting on Habitat, filming for the Habitat section of Photosynthesis, riding for Vita Shoes, Habitat ‘Mosaic’ Video, getting on éS Shoes, starting his music career as Reverend Baron, why he slowly faded out of the skate industry, His new album Rio View and much more…

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Boo Johnson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 60

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Boo Johnson discusses growing up in Tehachapi CA, getting hooked up with Pharmacy Boardshop, his first board sponsor Powell, filming for his first video part on Element ’Future Nature’, getting on DGK, starting his own company JHF, his years with Supra, skating for Weedmaps, Torrey hitting him up to ride for Diamond Footwear, designing his pro shoe the Boo J, riding for Hawkers and much more…

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Walker Ryan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 59

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Walker Ryan discusses growing up in Napa Valley CA, getting sponsored by Ron Allen’s company Energy, riding for 510 Skate Shop, going to College in San Diego, getting on Organika, switch backside flipping the Love Gap, Kerry Getz hitting him up to ride for DVS, starting his company Old Friends, Mikey Taylor asking him to ride for SOVRN, filming his new SOVRN part in 5 months and much more…

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Mark Appleyard | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 58

The show that has skateboarders talking – Mark Appleyard discusses growing up in Ontario Canada, his first Christmas complete, getting on birdhouse at Tampa Am, quitting Birdhouse for Habitat, Arto Saari cold calling him to get on Flip, shooting his first Thrasher cover, filming for the Flip video “Sorry”, winning Thrasher’s Skater of The Year, leaving Circa to ride for Globe, filming for the new Element video and much more…

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Sal Barbier | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 57

Sal Barbier discusses growing up in Louisiana, skating vert, putting on contests in his local scene, driving to California, meeting Mike Ternasky, getting on H-Street, skating for Etnies, going from H-Street to Plan B, filming for Questionable and Virtual Reality, designing his first shoe, moving over to éS from Etnies, starting his own companies and much more…

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Braydon Szafranski | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 54

Braydon Szafranski discusses growing up in Las Vegas, being on Kenny Anderson flow, moving to Los Angeles at 17, sleeping on the streets of Venice, Muska putting him on Shorty’s flow after watching one trick, starting Happy Hour Shades, bringing back Ghetto Child Wheels, skating for Weedmaps, Goods Mfg Co. and much more…

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Brian Wenning | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 53

The homie Brian Wenning discusses growing up in New Jersey, getting on flow for Alien Workshop, turning pro for Habitat, filming for Photosynthesis, getting asked by Brandon Biebel to share a part in Subtleties, contemplating whether or not to switch ollie El Toro, night terrors, checking himself into detox, currently living in a halfway house, getting back into skating again and much more…

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Mike Carroll | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 52

Mike Carroll discusses growing up in San Francisco, riding for H-Street, skating Embarcadero, what the EMB crew used instead of wax, quitting H-Street to ride for Plan B, starting Girl Skateboards with Rick Spike and Megan, how the name for Lakai came about, the proper names for tricks, the new Lakai video ‘The Flare’ and much more…

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Ryan Clements | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 51

Ryan Clements discusses his first time dropping into vert, starting his first business in his early twenties, how he started working at The Skatepark Of Tampa, getting fired from The Skatepark Of Tampa, starting his company The Boardr, managing skaters sponsorship deals and their finances, what goes into putting on skate events and much more…

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