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Mark Oblow | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 224

Mark Oblow discusses growing up in Hawaii, skating early on with Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Mark Gonzalez, Natas Kaupas, getting his photos published in Thrasher Magazine when he was in the 9th grade, skating for Vision Skateboards, why he turned down going pro, skating with Gator, working for Think Skateboards, filming and editing the Color video, Mike Ternasky being a mentor to him, creating Prime Skateboards along with Kris Markovich, why Vita Footwear ultimately went out of business, building the Quicksilver team, being with Dylan Rieder while he was battling leukemia, doing fashion photography, getting into chain stitching, his new upcoming line with RVCA and much more!

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Lee Smith | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 222

Lee Smith discusses growing up in San Fransisco CA, meeting Karl Watson at age 13, going to Embarcadero for the first time, staying with Mark Gonzales and getting on ATM Click, filming for the FTC video “A Fine Line Between Love & Haight”, skating for Menace Skateboards, filming for the City Stars video “Street Cinema”, turning pro for City Stars, riding for Santa Cruz, moving to Barcelona, starting his podcast “Mission Statement”, getting into oil painting and much more!

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Ryan Decenzo | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 214

Ryan Decenzo discusses growing up in Canada, coming up with his brother Scott, how he got on RDS, Chet Thomas asking him to skate for Darkstar Skateboards, how he prepared to Nollie El Toro, some of his worst slams, planning out his video parts, 360 flipping 18 stairs live on ETN, filming for his Transworld part, winning Tampa Am, going to the Olympics as an alternate skater and much more!

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Jason Ellis | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 213

Jason Ellis discusses growing up in Australia, how he got into skating vert, coming to California for the first time and staying at Lance Mountain’s house, getting into hard drugs then getting sober, why he retired from skateboarding, how he started in broadcasting, why he got fired from SiriusXM radio, coming out as bisexual on the Howard Stern Show, getting into MMA and starting EllisMania, doing stand up comedy, his podcast with Tony Hawk “Hawk vs Wolf”, getting back into skating again and loving it and much more!

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Vincent Milou | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 212

Vincent Milou discusses growing up in South of France, his hometown having no concrete, doing the contest circuit in Europe, coming to the States for the first time to go to Woodward Skatecamp, becoming friends and staying with Willy Santos, skating for Willy’s Workshop, how he got ready to skate El Toro, turning pro for Pizza Skateboards, getting 4th place in the Olympics, skating the Clipper hubba and getting knocked out, skating for Globe shoes since he was a kid and much more!

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