Carl Aikens discusses growing up in Chicago, Carls mom hosting house music parties in Chicago, getting his first Chocolate ad in a mag, filming for Chocolate’s “Bunny Hop” video, shoe company’s offering him contracts but choosing Adidas, Melon grab over Hollywood High’s fence, why he doesn’t watch too much skating content, his first contest ever was SLS, getting modeling gigs, FaceTiming pro’s for motivation to land tricks and much more!
Fabian Alomar | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 279
Fabian Alomar discusses how he acquired his first board, getting on Z Products & being in the “Devastation” video, first meeting Joey Suriel, his uncle telling the gangs at Lockwood to let Fabian & his friends skate there, meeting Mark Gonzales & getting on ATM Click, Kareem Campbell putting him on Menace Skateboards, getting into drugs & going to prison for 8 years, worrying that skateboarding would welcome him back after prison, getting out of jail & straight to acting, the YouTube show “Cholos Try”, his part in the new movie “Flamin’ Hot” and much more!
Jamie Thomas & Chris Cole | The Nine Club – Episode 278
Jamie Thomas & Chris Cole discusses how they first met, the mongo intervention, Chris getting on Zero but not getting a unanimous vote, the rumors that Jamie was dressing Chris to fit Zero, Chris’s Transworld “In Bloom” part, Jamie breaking the window in his “New Blood part, Jamie picking the music for his “Chomp On This” part, what exactly happened with Fallen Footwear, why Chris left Zero after 13 years then getting back on years later, Josh Kalis betting Chris $100 to backside flip the Love Gap, Jamie offering money for tricks, Chris’ new part, why Jamie used the same song for 2 different projects, why wasn’t Corey Duffel on Fallen after having an ad come out, Jamie’s last part he’s filming and much more!
Mark “FOS” Foster | The Nine Club – Episode 277
Mark “Fos” Foster discusses starting a brand called “Heroin Skateboards”, doing his first board graphics for Toy Machine, his process for making a skateboard graphic, the first Heroin Skateboards Egg for Daniel Shimizu in 2016, creating the Altamont & Deathwish logos, being the art director for Baker, doing Franky Villani’s first pro graphic for Primitive, Snot Wheels, the release of the 13 inch “Eggzilla” board, the eS x Heroin Skateboards colab shoe the “eggcel” and much more!
Mason Silva & Ryan Lee | The Nine Club – Episode 276
Ryan scouting out spots for Mason, Ryan filming Curren Caples newest part, Mason recreating the iconic Huf ollie photo, Mason’s Clipper trick in his newest part “Take A Lap”, the struggle with music rights in video parts, Mason’s SOTY trip, how Ryan ended up starring in an Apple commercial, Mason’s New Nike Blazer, Mason & Ryan filming for a new video project and much more!!
Daewon Song & Torey Pudwill | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 275
Daewon Song & Torey Pudwill discusses how Daewon got sponsored by World Industries, the first documented inward kickflip on film now known as the hard flip, Daewon and his Z-Rollers, Torey almost getting on Chocolate & Alien Workshop, Daewon breaking his ankle, the Rodney vs Daewon videos, Daewon wanting Torey to skate for Almost Skateboards, why they started Thank You Skateboards together, what it was really like skating for Rocco and much more!
Sewa Kroetkov | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 274
Sewa Kroetkov discusses growing up in Holland, quitting school to work & save money to go to the USA, winning the eS Game Of Skate, staying with Chris Chann during his first visit to the USA, getting on Blind Skateboards, calling himself for a redo on a toe drag thus losing BATB, what are some dirty tricks in a game of skate, starting a griptape company “Alveer”, and much more!
Harry Lintell | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 273
Harry Lintell discusses working at McDonald’s and dating the manager, dealing with the weather in the UK, winning the DVS “Hook Me Up” contest, knocking out his teeth, getting a part in the Sidewalk video, getting on Converse and Volcom early on in his career, fully getting on Real Skateboards & turning pro and much more!
DeAndre “Lil’ Dre” Thebpanya | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 272
Lil Dre discusses why he moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles, why early on he was being labeled an “Instagram Skater”, his younger brother also rips at skating, getting sponsored by Karl Watsons company Maxallure Skateboards & turning pro, his first time skating in a Tampa Pro contest, getting into the modeling world, his experience skating in Battle At The Berrics, working on a new part and much more!
Shane Heyl & Nikolai Piomobo | The Nine Club – Episode 271
Shane Heyl & Nikolai Piombo discuss Nikolai working for Shake Junt, how Nikolai got on WKND, who the very first Shake Junt team rider was, WKND x Them collaboration, skits in skate videos, Shrimp Blunt, coming up as a young skater nowadays, Shake Junt x Emerica collab and much more!
Jason Lee & Chris Pastras Return To The Table | The Nine Club – Episode 270
A Visual Sound Stereo SkateboardsJason Lee & Chris Pastras discuss the legendary session where Jason & Chris first met, skating for World brands together, calling 360 flips tre-flips, Jason leaving Blind & Chris leaving World, Jason getting into acting as Stereo Skateboards is coming up, vert skating in Blind “Video Days”, the best kickflips of all time, skateboarding duos, the days of iconic board graphics and much more!
Mike Sinclair & Billy Marks Together Again! | The Nine Club – Episode 269
Mike Sinclair & Billy Marks discuss how they initially met, why Billy doesn’t drive and Mike doesn’t fly, the sneeze the blew out Mikes back, them betting 10k on a trick, Billy’s product boxes mysteriously being sold on eBay, Billy getting Mike the job at Toy Machine, Mike going to jail in Miami for the weekend, Ybor city pizza food poisoning, Mike passing out in the bathroom in Tampa, Billy on judging SLS, Mike’s movie snack selection, the Mike and Billy Vice show that never was and much more!