Tom Karangelov & Matt Bublitz | The Nine Club – Episode 332

Tom Karangelov & Matt Bublitz discuss Matt board sliding El Toro when he was a kid & his dad filmed it, Tom K winning Thrasher’s “One in a Million”, Tom’s previous sponsors Zero, 3D & Skate Mental, Tom asking Jamie Thomas to edit his Cold War part, Matt working for Thrasher & filming SOTY trips, putting in the work to fix spots, coming up with the concept for the New Balance cardboard video & building the set and much more!

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Chad Knight | The Nine Club – Episode 324

Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for “The Storm”, how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT’s, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more!

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