Gustavo Ribeiro | The Nine Club #371

Gustavo Ribeiro discusses growing up in a small town in Portugal, his dad opening a skate shop, Shane O’neill being a big inspiration, staying at Micky Papa’s house with Yuto, winning Tampa Am, his SLS strategy, leaving Jart & getting on Thank You Skateboards, skating for Red Bull, his dream trick, his thoughts on the format of the Olympics and much more!

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Matt Bennett | The Nine Club #370

Matt Bennett discusses how the Bennett Grind came to be, Billy Marks getting him on Toy Machine, why he has the key to the city of Madison Alabama, Toy Machine’s “Suffer The Joy”, Dekline Footwear, how hard was it managing a huge team like Vans, how he got the Monster team manager position, the best Bennett Grind he’s seen and much more!

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Bam Margera is back! | The Nine Club #369

Bam Margera discusses a decade of getting Larry’d Up, why filming skate tricks for MTV became a waste of time, back in Tony Hawks Pro Skater game, skating for Nike back when he was 16 years old, making the first CKY video & made enough money to save his parents house, getting a DUI and ended up in 8 days in the hole, TWS Feedback, people that didn’t know who he was thought he was crazy and much more!

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Carlos De Andrade | The Nine Club #368

Carlos de Andrade discusses winning Slam City Jam in 1996, moving to America, Chet Thomas getting him on World Industries & Darkstar Wheels, Ty Evans asking him if he wanted to film a part for a TWS video, buying properties in Brazil with his money from contests & sponsors, moving back to Brazil after they sold World Industries, skating in the latest Tampa Pro contest and much more!

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Eric “Tuma” Britton | The Nine Club #367

Eric Britton discusses where his nickname “Tuma” come from, getting sponsored at 12 years old, leaving Dogtown for SMA, Kareem Campbell telling Skip Engblom to turn him pro for SMA, ending up in a coma from a mosquito bite, what it was like skating the Venice Pavilion in the 80’s, starting “Tuma Skateboard Academy” teaching kids how to skate, his re-issue SMA board coming soon and much more!

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Tom Schaar | The Nine Club #365

Tom Schaar discusses growing up in Malibu & his vert ramp, being a Skatelab Lab Rat, how he get on Birdhouse, winning the Vans Combi Pool Party, what’s it like skating with Greyson Fletcher, the first person to do a 1080 at the age of 12, Bob Burnquists influence on him, shattering his shoulder when he tried the loop, filming for his new “Vert’s not Dead” Thrasher part and much more!

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Todd Huber | The Nine Club #364

Todd Huber discusses his journey of collecting skateboard memorabilia, opening Skatelab, Torey Pudwill as little grom skating Skatelab, Skatelab clothing in Macy’s, Target, JC Penny & Walmart, wanting to celebrate skateboarders & opening the Skateboarding Museum, if anyone actaully knows how old the oldest skateboard is, how the Skateboard Hall Of Fame chooses who gets inducted each year and much more!

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Lincoln Ueda | The Nine Club #362

Lincoln Ueda discusses the worst slam/collision he’s ever had with Pat Ngoho at the Combi, seeing videos of Hosoi and the Alva team skating while he was living in Brazil, going to the Munster contest in 89, coming to the States & tracking down Omar Hassan in Costa Mesa, starting to get paid & bringing all his money back to Brazil, being moved from Billabong to Hurley, going on tour with Tony Hawk & the Boom Boom Huck Jam, doing the loop for the first time, judging the Olympics and getting death threats and much more!

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Nate Sherwood | The Nine Club #361

Nate Sherwood discusses the pressure flip, hitting his head into the wall in p.e. class & was in a coma for 3 weeks, getting on Capitol Skateboards, when pressure flips went out of style, Airspeed shoes, his cameo in Girl Skateboards video “Yeah Right”, getting hip surgery, running his Eduskate Skateshop, people buying boards online then coming into his shop to put it together, nate’s skate language and much more!

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Bryan Herman & John Dilo | The Nine Club #360

Bryan Herman & John Di Lorenzo discuss Hours Is Yours Footwear, filming for Baker 3 & 360 flipping the Wilshire 15, Johns new shoe, running a skater owned shoe brand in todays industry, Bryans nollie inward heel down the Macba Big 4, Bryan getting dropped off at Reynolds doorstep when he was 14, John skating for Jacuzzi Skateboards, Beagle stories, skaters coming out of Florida, skateboarding tradeshows and much more!

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Mike Manzoori | The Nine Club #359

Mike Manzoori discusses his early sponsors Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz, Mark Gonzales and the ATM Click team left & Mike was basically handed the brand, Adreneline Skateboards, the Sheep video, working for Sole Tech & filming the Menikmati eS video, French Fred angles, Tom Penny’s cover of the Sidewalk magazine issue 1 and 100 and much more!

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