Paul Rodriguez & Spanish Mike | The Nine Club – Episode 295

Paul Rodriguez & Spanish Mike discuss the banter between them, Paul’s Life reset series, Spanish manifesting his dreams, what visiting the Nike Campus is really like, Handling big sponsor deals, 20 years of Yeah Right, Spanish Mike pep talks, Paul leaving girl for Plan B, skating to Guy Mariano’s Video Day’s song in the City Stars video, Spanish Mike soakin’ up game, Paul wanting to ride for Zero after City Stars and much more!

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Omar Hassan | The Nine Club – Episode 293

Omar Hassan discusses staying at the Blockhead house, winning the Marseille bowl contests 4 years in a row, how the roll-in grinds in pools started, the first to do a padless 540 in a backyard pool, beating Tony Hawk in 1990 at the San Jose Mini-Ramp contest, Muska winning a demo by grilling burgers for the kids, Chicken and Screamin’ Squeegees, his backyard pool, going on Volcom trips, some of his gnarliest slam, the recent Independent documentary “30 Years and Grinding: The Omar Hassan Story” and much more!

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Clyde Singleton | The Nine Club – Episode 289

Clyde Singleton discusses growing up in Jacksonville Florida, going “pro” for Acme Skateboards, The Chronicles Of Piff Huxtable & Clydes Corner, impersonating John Montesi on the phone to get on Vision Street Wear, ruining Jamie Thomas’ purple Planet Earth pants, meeting Natas and Gino and getting fully on 101, staying with Fabian Alomar, passing up the opportunity to ride for Menace, leaving 101 for Sal Barbier’s company 23, falling off a bridge in Prague & waking up in ICU, the beginning & end of Aesthetics, the move to Zoo York, his Minority Report video, going to culinary school, the return of Aesthetics, his podcast “WCRP on Skateboarding” and much more!

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Jamie Foy & Patrick Praman | The Nine Club – Episode 288

Jamie Foy & Patrick Praman discusses how Patrick got on Real Skateboards, their approach to skating big rails, Patrick’s turning pro surprise, Jamie’s New Balance SeaDoo ad, what’s it like skating Hollywood High 16, Jamie’s Sonic The Hedgehog slam aka The West Coast Humbler, Patrick’s arm breaker slam, the overcrook argument, what are Jamie & Patrick working on now and much more!

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NKA Vids – Nigel Alexander | The Nine Club – Episode 287

Nigel Alexander (NKA Vids) discusses getting his first job & sponsor by 118 Boardshop, meeting a young Paul Rodriguez, getting his first camera, making the Forecast video, starting skatesite.com, making a push on his YouTube channel & working with Network A, his first check from YouTube, finding skaters for his youtube videos, working for Powell Peralta, dealing with YouTube comments and much more!

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Patrick O’Dell | The Nine Club – Episode 286

Patrick O’Dell discusses growing up in St. Louis, moving to San Francisco, getting a job at Thrasher Magazine, starting his blog called Epicly Later’d, how he came up with the name Epicly Later’d, going on his first tour with Baker, working for VBS.tv, writing into his contract that he cannot be fired from his own show, why some people got mad about their Epicly Later’d episode, the end of his Epicly Later’d show & Vice going bankrupt, going down the Mississippi in a boat with Heath Kirchart, directing the Big Brother documentary “Dumb”, 25th anniversary for Nixon watches Documentary and much more!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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