Karl Watson discusses growing up in the Bay area, Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate, meeting James Kelch for the first time, getting on Think Skateboards, leaving Think to skate for World Industries, filming for the Love Child video but not being in Love Child, being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle then turning pro for them, getting on Expedition then starting Organika, working for adidas and much more!
Steve Van Doren | The Nine Club – Episode 315
Steve Van Doren discusses his dad working for another shoe brand prior to starting Vans, starting to work at Vans when he was 12 years old, where the Vans side stripe came from, working with Tony Alva and other skaters to develop the first Vans skate shoe, Vans appearance in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, the Vans Warped Tour, having to file a chapter 11 in 1984 then selling the company in 1988, Rowley’s Staple Center statue, VF Corp coming into the picture in 2004, The origins of the waffle sole and much more!
Primitive AM Video, Blake Carpenter, | Nine Club Live #41
Chris Roberts and the Nine Club talk Primitive AM Video, Blake Carpenter and more Live!
Amelia Brodka | The Nine Club – Episode 304
Amelia Brodka discusses coming to the US from Poland when she was 8 years old, started skating at age 12, Jim Gray sponsoring her for Scarecrow Skateboards, turning pro for Arbor, founded Exposure skate in 2012 after making a documentary about women’s skateboarding called “Underexposed”, first place in the 2017 & 2018 European Park Championships, representing Poland in the Olympics for woman’s park, her now husband Alec Beck proposing to her at the Vans Combi pool during live broadcast and much more!
Jack Olson | The Nine Club – Episode 296
Jack Olson discusses growing up in Minnesota & skating 3rd Lair Skatepark, coming up skating contests, getting on Real Skateboards, best trick contests at Tampa, doing a switch feeble on the Hollywood 16 on multiple occasions, turning pro for Real Skateboards multiple times, opening a skate shop called After Hours in Minnesota, his new part “After Hours” and much more!
Selema Masekela | The Nine Club – Episode 290
Selema Masekela discusses moving to Carlsbad California, falling in love with surfing, working at Transworld, becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear, starting Alphanumeric Clothing, why he first turned down announcing for X Games, getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour, Tony Hawks 900, breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show “Daily 10”, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela and much more!
Ryan Sheckler Is Back! | The Nine Club – Episode 285
Ryan Sheckler discusses filming his new video part “Lifer”, the physical & mental battle to get his ender, sponsoring 8 year old Wyatt Hammond, what it was like for him growing up in the limelight, how much he got paid for the Axe deodorant Double Pits To Chesty commercial, how many deals he actually turned down. being back in SLS, working with Woodward Skate Camp, his new documentary “rolling away”, Ryan’s take on the Olympics and much more!
Ira Ingram (aka – CurbKiller) | The Nine Club – Episode 284
Ira Ingram discusses working his first live skateboarding event, Battle At The Berrics finals night live production, filming Red Bull’s “You Good” video & Sheckler’s drop in on a Taipei freeway overpass, the dangers of using a bungee, how he got the name CurbKiller, his curb part “Mid Life Crisis”, getting a guest board on Heroin Skateboards, Filming Ryan Sheckler’s new part “Lifer”, growing near El Toro and trying to grind the lesser known 22 stair handrail, getting fired from 411VM, working the live shows for ETN, the Zane Timpson documentary and much more!
Chad Caruso | The Nine Club – Episode 283
Chad Caruso discusses growing up in Long Island, getting sober, 50 tricks in 50 states, what the 50 tricks in 50 states budget looks like, skating 3,000 miles across the country alone, planning his route but not hotels, emergency bathroom breaks on the road, having to push switch when his leg got tired, a moth getting stuck in his ear, running out of water in the desert, editing a video a day at the hotel after skating 50 to 60 miles, enduring the elements and different types of paved roads, achieving a Guinness Book Of World Records for fastest crossing of America on a skateboard, raising money for “Natural High” a drug prevention nonprofit that inspires and empowers youth to find their natural high and develop the skills and courage to live life well, Chad Caruso day in Virginia Beach and much more!
Akwasí for Sci-Fi Fantasy • BATB13 | Nine Club Live #5 (July 6, 2023)
Chris Roberts and the Nine Club talks Akwasi, BATB13 and more Live!
Colin Kennedy | The Nine Club – Episode 282
Colin Kennedy discusses getting into film making, filming and editing for 411 Video Magazine, working for The Berrics & his first project being “Aberrican Me” the Ross Capicchioni story, getting hired by DVS & making the “Skate More” video, the inspirations behind the animations and graphics for “Skate More”, filming the Miles Silvas “One Stop” video in downtown LA, Austyn Gillette in “Quik”, filming Torey Pudwill & Daewon Song for “HOA”, making the “LA Boys” documentary, the current state of skateboarding videos and much more!
Carlisle Aikens | The Nine Club – Episode 281
Carl Aikens discusses growing up in Chicago, Carls mom hosting house music parties in Chicago, getting his first Chocolate ad in a mag, filming for Chocolate’s “Bunny Hop” video, shoe company’s offering him contracts but choosing Adidas, Melon grab over Hollywood High’s fence, why he doesn’t watch too much skating content, his first contest ever was SLS, getting modeling gigs, FaceTiming pro’s for motivation to land tricks and much more!