Neal Mims discusses growing up in Jacksonville FL, looking up to Caine Gayle, having part of his calf muscle amputated, drinking at a young age, coming to California for the first time and skating with Jeremy Wray, getting on Platinum Skateboards, leaving Platinum to skate for Deca Skateboards, filming for the Transworld video “Feedback”, still drinking, skating for World Industries, finding out he had an 8 year old daughter back in Florida, driving a Taxi Cab, getting sober after asking a friend for help, starting the Neal Mims skate Academy, being a coach/mentor for some team USA skaters and much more!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #83 – 5Boro’s “Apt. 5B”, Versace Plug, #Shuvitcancer
We discuss the 5Boro’s “Apt. 5B” Video, Leo Valls and Tom Botwid for Film Trucks, Hyun Kummer’s “Versace Plug” Part, Hypebeast Diaries: Evan Mock, #shuvitcancer, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) won an Oscar, Chris Roberts & Roger Bagley Skate the Santa Monica Curbs and much more!
Scott Kane | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 179
Scott Kane discusses growing up in Long Beach CA, skating the El Dorado skatepark, getting on Monkey Stix, skating for Bootleg, filming for his 12 minute part in “Bootleg 3000”, why skating rails just clicked for him, getting on Vans, getting surgery after multiple ankle injury’s, bouts of panic attacks, why he left the skate industry, getting his Real Estate license, Kenny Anderson leaving him a voicemail that inspired him to get back into skating, his reusable drink-ware company Highland Peak and much more!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #78 – Zero “Damn It All”, Chris Roberts Skaters In Cars, Nestor Judkins
Jeron Wilson joins us as we discuss the Zero Video “Damn It All”, Children’s Hospital x Primitive, “Nestor Judkins The Motion Picture” Part, Chris Roberts Skaters In Cars and much more!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #77 – Nyjah Huston’s House, Nestor Judkins, Antihero
Jeron Wilson joins us as we discuss the Antihero Skateboards: Arbitrary Function video, Inside Nyjah Huston’s Laguna Beach Mansion and Private Skatepark, Henry Gartland: True Grit | Santa Cruz Skateboards, Place Presents: Mobina & Melika, Nestor Judkins part and much more! Also, we’re picking 3 winners for last weeks raffle of The Nine Club’s white elephant gift exchange. This weeks raffle is 2 “My First Skateboard” books written by Karl Watson and a very mini My First Skateboard deck.
Kyle Berard | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 175
Kyle Berard discusses growing up in Virginia Beach VA, getting sponsored the first year of skating, Hurley sending him to Europe at 15 years old, won Tampa Am then the next year won Tampa Pro, getting on World Industries, almost dying in a car accident, opening Cardinal Skateshop, moving to California, skating for Consolidated Skateboards then getting on Elephant Skateboards, going on tour with Lil Wayne, starting his skatepark landscaping business Front Rock and much more!
Paul Schmitt | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 174
Paul Schmitt discusses growing up in La Crosse Wisconsin, moving to Tampa, selling rails made of Wood and Fiberglass, making the first plastic rails, how Schmitt Stix was created, making boards in his bedroom, moving to Costa Mesa to make boards for Vision and Schmitt Stix, leaving Vision to create The New Deal with Steve Douglas and Andy Howell, forming PS Stix, tailoring boards to a skaters needs, how “Nano Tubes” affect your pop, what goes into making a single skateboard deck, his Create A Skate program for schools and much more!
Dakota Servold | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 173
Dakota Servold discusses growing up in Phoenix Arizona, getting on Toy Machine flow, skating for Dekline Footwear until it went out of business, turning pro for Foundation Skateboards, living with Leo Romero, getting sober, his new slip on colorway for Emerica, going on tours with Mike Sinclair, filming for a new Emerica Video and much more!
Alec Majerus | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 171
Alec Majerus discusses growing up in Rochester Minnesota, skating 3rd Lair Skatepark in the winter, winning Tampa Am, getting on Volcom, skating with Louie Lopez, getting on Flip Skateboards, moving to California, leaving Vans to ride for Adidas, breaking his leg on King Of The Road, getting a staph infection and needing emergency surgery on his leg, filming a new part and much more!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #70 – Diego Najera “April”, Yaje Popson, Chico Brenes
Jeron Wilson is back as we discuss April Skateboards’ “DIEGO” Video, Mike Blabac – Family Portraits, Out There: Chico Brenes, Untitled 004 Yaje Popson, Mark DelNegro, Kris Brown, Kevin Liedtke & Joey O’Brien, Skateboard Like a Girl | Pushing Forward, “Nihilist” – Carhartt WIP x Pop Trading Company, Pushing Boarders, CBD Balm – Birdhouse x CannaHemp, picking 3 winners for last weeks raffle of the Ben Raemers Books – a collection of everyone’s favorite memories of Ben (100% of the donations in this super chat will be donated to The Ben Raemers Foundation and The Nine Club will match the donations), this weeks raffle is a Toy Machine “Programming Injection” Prize package!
Axel Cruysberghs | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 170
Axel Cruysberghs discusses growing up in Poperinge Belgium, speaking 4 languages, entering contests in Europe, getting on Etnies, skating for Volcom, winning Damn Am, moving to California, turning Am for Toy Machine on King Of The Road, leaving New Balance for Vans, turning pro for Toy Machine on the Huntington pier, filming for Toy Machine’s “Programming Injection” video and much more!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #68 – Candyland, Chico Brenes’ “7×7”, Leo Romero
We discuss Leo Romero’s “Programming Injection” Toy Machine Part, Monster Children & adidas Skateboarding Present: Temptation Suppression, Quartersnacks – Came To Sicily For Nothing, JENKEM – Eli Reed and His Mom Show Us Some of Their Art, Public Housing Skate Team | Off the Top NYC | StockX, Toy Machine’s “Programming Injection” Montage, Jeremy Leabres’ “Programming Injection” Toy Machine Part, CANDYLAND, Chico Brenes’ “7×7” Part, picking a winner for last weeks raffle of the Real Skateboards and Spitfire Wheels package, this weeks raffle is a limited edition Street Plant Mike Vallely Barnyard board signed and numbered!!