Elliot Sloan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 241

Elliot Sloan discusses growing up in New York, getting into vert skating then skating the mega, moving to California at 17 years old, getting sponsored by Birdhouse, building his vert ramp and mini mega in his backyard, his worst Mega ramp slams, leaving Rockstar for Monster, hosting the X Games at his house, the trials and tribulations of owning a mega compound, his new Fallen shoe, the toll that skating vert and mega has on his body and much more!

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Chany Jeanguenin | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 223

Chany Jeanguenin discusses growing up in Switzerland, skating in vert Swiss Cup contests, getting on Real distributer flow, coming to San Francisco for the first time not knowing that vert had died, focusing on street skating since no vert ramps were around, getting on Planet Earth then Rhythm Skateboards, filming for the Transworld video “Modus Operandi”, coming in hot with a 6 page ad introducing Expedition Skateboards, skating for Converse & the helium shoe, dealing with knee issues due to ACL surgery, studying Kung Fu, moving back to Switzerland, working at Alaia skatecamp in the Swiss Alps and much more!

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Jose Rojo | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 210

Jose Rojo discusses growing up in San Jose CA, skating transitions when he first started skating, meeting the Tilt Mode crew, Marc Johnson asking him to ride for Enjoi, skating for Savier Footwear, getting on Adio Footwear, surviving a crazy car accident while filming for “Bag Of Suck”, getting let go from Adio and getting on Etnies, why he retired from from Enjoi and much more!

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Bod Boyle | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 209

Bod Boyle discusses growing up in London, skating vert in the early 80’s, getting hooked up with G&S, turning pro for Santa Cruz, transitioning from being a pro skater to doing sales for NHS, working for Giant Distribution, leaving Giant for Dwindle Distribution, how to navigate photo incentive in the digital world, what moves the needle nowadays for board sales, how Dwindle is taking steps to reducing waste and making sustainable products and much more!

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Jacob Rosenberg | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 200

Jacob Rosenberg discusses growing up in Palo Alto CA, taking photos at an early age, going to Woodward and meeting Mike Ternasky for the first time, taking photos for a French magazine called “No Way”, how he got into filming, coming down to LA to film with Guy Mariano, Gabriel Rodriguez and Rudy Johnson, working on the first Plan B video “Questionable” then “Virtual Reality”, skating Embarcadero and filming Mike Carroll, why there was a Bling section in “Virtual Reality”, dealing with Mike Ternasky’s death, how he felt when everyone left to start Girl Skateboards, editing the Plan B video “Second Hand Smoke”, making a documentary on Danny Way called “Waiting For Lightning” and much more!

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Mike Blabac | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 194

Mike Blabac discusses growing up in Michigan, moving to San Fransisco, sending photos to Transworld, shooting his first ad with Scott Johnston, getting a job at DC shoes, shooting Eric Koston’s back noseblunt on Hubba Hideout, flying out to Philly to shoot Josh Kalis’ Tre flip over the bump to trashcan, being able to shoot some of DC’s ad campaigns, how he was able to shoot Josh Kalis on the Bay Bridge without any cars, shooting some of Danny Way’s iconic Mega ramp tricks including the Great Wall Of China and much more!

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