Jimmy Wilkins discusses growing up in Columbus Ohio, getting into skating by playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, having to drive 2 hours to skate a vert ramp, building a vert ramp in his backyard then being sued by the city, moving to San Diego when he was 17, getting on Creature Skateboards through Darren Navarrette, skating for Lakai Footwear, breaking both arms and his pelvis trying the loop, skating Tony Hawk’s ramp almost everyday, leaving Creature and not having a sponsor for over a year, how getting on REAL Skateboards came about and much more!
Mark Normand | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 228
Mark Normand discusses growing up in New Orleans, starting to skate around 13 years old, his local shop Humidity, going to film school at the New York Film Academy, starting to do comedy right after college, moving to New York, the many parallels between comedy and skateboarding, how he goes about writing his comedy bits, perfecting his jokes in front of a live audience, his skate footage getting lost during Hurricane Katrina, opening for Amy Schumer early on, Jerry Seinfeld seeing his Tonight show appearance and reached out him, keeping up with all the new skaters coming up and much more!
Dave Swift | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 227
Dave Swift discusses growing up in Southern California, skating in CASL contests in the early 80’s, getting sponsored by Schmidt Stix, shot first photo in 1983 at Great Desert Ramp Battle, started working at Transworld in 1989 as a writer, asking Grant Brittain to borrow an old camera to start shooting photo’s again, getting his first photo printed in Transworld, shooting with Tom Penny when he first came to the states, the stories behind some of Heath Kirchart’s iconic photo’s & covers, switching from film to digital, Transworld magazine being over 400 pages, leaving Transworld to start The Skateboard Mag, how selling The Skateboard Mag to The Berrics came about and much more!
The Nine Club EXPERIENCE LIVE! 195 – Dan Mancina, Mike Anderson, Keep Pushing Inc
Chris Roberts and the Nine Club talk an Mancina, Mike Anderson, Keep Pushing Inc and more live!
Dan Mancina | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 226
Dan Mancina discusses growing up in Michigan, moving to Los Angeles, working at the skateshop ZJ Boarding House, getting diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa when he was 13 years old, starting to loose his vision at the age of 20, first getting flowed by Real Skateboards & Adidas, how he uses a white cane to skate, getting an Actions Realized board with Real Skateboards, starting his nonprofit “Keep Pushing” to get more visually impaired kids into skating, raising money to build the world’s first accessible skatepark in Michigan, filming for his new video part and much more!
Madars Apse | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 225
Madars Apse discusses growing up in Latvia, selling flowers to buy his first board, getting on Element flow through his local shop, going to college in Barcelona, gettin on DC shoes, moving to London for a year to finish school, getting Kingpin Magazine’s European skater of the year award in 2012, turning pro for Element, filming for his Element “Peace” part, working on projects in Latvia to make skateboarding legal at some Museums and Library’s, his Red Bull series “Skate Tales” season 2 and much more!
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!
Chris Chann | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 219
Chris Chann discusses growing up in Echo Pack CA, starting skating at 5 years old, how he got into making YouTube videos, going to college for kinesiology, getting his first check from YouTube, beating Chris Cole in Battle At The Berrics, feeling the stigma of being a “YouTube skater”, how he got sponsored by Adidas and eventually started getting paid, his channel getting demonetized, how he met Danny Duncan, filing skits with Jimmy Fallon and Casey Neistat, how he navigates brand deals, spending a year trying to land switch backside 360 flip on flat and much more!
Austyn Gillette | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 217
Austyn Gillette discuss growing up in La Habra CA, how he got on Habitat, getting on HUF footwear, starting his clothing brand Former, why he left Habitat, riding for WKND, returning to Habitat, getting on Globe Footwear, moving to New York, designing his new pro shoe and much more!
The Nine Club EXPERIENCE LIVE! 186 – Baker Video, Rick Kosick, Island Energy
The Nine Club goes live to talk Baker Video, Rick Kosick, Island Energy and more!
Mike Vallely – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 82
Mike Vallely Stops by and Chats with The Nine Club about moving to Des Moines, will he be adding pro’s and/or am’s to Street Plant, how skating has evolved over the past few years, designing his new Cariuma pro shoe, unlocking his character in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the story behind the Zero Two velcro shoes, how he ended up going on Tony Hawk’s Gigantic Skatepark Tour, what really happened leading up to the infamous fight video taking on four guys and much more!
The Nine Club EXPERIENCE LIVE! 183 – Nick Garcia, Austyn Gillette
The Nine Club comes at you live with Nick Garcia and Austyn Gillette!