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…
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!
Christian Hosoi | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 77
The show that has skateboarders talking – Christian Hosoi discusses growing up in Hollywood CA, growing up skating Marina Del Rey Skatepark, getting sponsored by Stacy Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta with the hopes of turning pro for Dogtown only for them to go out of business, Brad Bowman hooking him up with Sims Skateboards, Turning pro for Sims, Meeting Mark Gonzales for the first time, Leaving Sims for Alva, designing one of the first shaped boards, skating in Lingerie, starting Hosoi skates at 17 years old, the rivalry between him and Tony Hawk, going to prison for Crystal Meth possession, finding god while in prison and much more!
Beagle | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 74
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Beagle discusses growing up in Huntington Beach CA, getting his first VX, Murdy The Dawg, filming the Baker dudes, switching from standard def to high def, hijinx, The Baker 4 video and much more…
Zion Wright | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 69
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Zion Wright discusses growing up in Jupiter Florida, getting into skating at 4 years old, going to Woodward and getting flowed by Karl Watson’s Organika, moving to Long Beach, getting on Real Skateboards, non-stop traveling, skating for RedBull, Nike SB and much more…
Brian Anderson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 67
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Brian Anderson discusses growing up in Connecticut, his first board being a Veriflex, driving out to California, getting on Toy Machine, talking to Rick Howard about skating for Girl Skateboards, getting on Axion shoes, flying to LA to quit Axion for Savier, filming for the first Nike Video, how the Viceland coming out film came about, skating for Anti Hero, working on writing his first book and much more…
Mikey Alfred | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 65
Mikey Alfred discusses growing up in North Hollywood, what kind of kid he was growing up, making his first skate video “Spark of Life,” how he built IC into a massive brand, being a savage in business, how the Game totally dissed him, almost head butting Jay-Z, the new IC Cinema Tour and much more…
James Craig | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 62
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week James Craig discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, beating his older brother in contests, getting on Grindking, showing off for Koston at the courthouse, skating for Society, getting on Blind, having a personalized song in The Blind Video, tearing his ACL, leaving DVS for Circa, becoming team manager for Dwindle, getting let go from Dwindle, his company smlwheels, starting his new job at the Boardr and much more…
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…
Vinny Ponte | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 56
Vinny Ponte discusses growing up in New York and New Jersey, moving to Boston for college (Harvard?), getting banned from Woodward Skatecamp, turning pro for Treefort Skateboards, getting on Zooyork, first to ollie the Love gap on film, quitting Zooyork, being sober, starting a family and much more…
Andrew Reynolds | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 55
Andrew Reynolds discusses growing up in Florida, his first sponsor G&S, riding for Birdhouse, how much he got paid for being in Tony Hawks Pro Skater, running Baker Skateboards, frontside flips, winning Maloof Money Cup, madness, how he got on RVCA, winning Thrasher’s Skater of The Year, Baker 4 video project and much more…
Mike Sinclair | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 50
Mike Sinclair discusses his love for snacks, growing up in North Carolina, his top 3 North Carolina skaters, riding for Blockhead twice, judging contests, his team manager role for Tum Yeto, betting with Jamie Thomas to loose 50 pounds in 6 months, why he doesn’t fly no and much more…