Tim Dowling | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 101

Tim Dowling discusses growing up in Santa Monica CA, getting his first camera, being the occasional filmer for World Industries, filming the first Girl video “Goldfish”, everything you wanted to know about Guy’s part in “Mouse”, filming Gabriel Rodriguez for the Chocolate video “Las Nueve Vidas De Paco”, his Transworld “Cinematographer” part, the 20 year anniversary of his video “Listen”, working on “The Captain and Casey show”, being a camera operator on “The Deadliest Catch”, also working on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “Arrested Development” and much more!

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Tony Hawk | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 100

Tony Hawk discusses his brother giving him his first skateboard and that board ending up in the Smithsonian, getting on Powell Peralta, filming “The Search For Animal Chin”, starting Birdhouse, doing 50 tricks at age 50, the 900, why he started The Tony Hawk Foundation, Tony Hawks Pro Skater video games, getting on Lakai Footwear, the technique for doing the loop, getting slimed on Nickelodeon and much more!

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Johnny Layton | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 98

Johnny Layton discusses growing up in Murrieta CA, winning the BMX grand nationals at 10 years old, started skating at 11, going on tour with Role Model, giving his sponsor me tape to Ed Templeton, turning pro for Toy Machine, getting on Vans, the shower picture that went viral, the switch tre-flip that got away, losing both his sponsors within days apart, getting hired at Vans and much more!

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Vincent Alvarez | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 89

This week on The Nine Club Vincent Alvarez discusses growing up in East LA, moving back and forth between Atlanta & LA, meeting Jake Johnson at Woodward, getting on Neighborhood but never got a box, working at a meat packing factory, winning the King Of LA contest, getting on Chocolate Skateboards, filming for the Lakai video “The Flare”, skating for Dickies, working on his part in the upcoming Transworld video “Duets” with Zack Wallin and much more!

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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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