Kevin Staab | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 260

Kevin Staab discusses skateparks in the 70’s, discovering urethane wheels, seeing Mike McGill do a McTwist for the first time, the first to do a blunt fakie, getting on Powell Peralta, skating Del Mar for the last time during the filming of Thrashin’, board sales in the 80’s, leaving Powell for Sims, the death of vert in the early 90’s, touring with Lalapalooza in the 90’s, breaking his femur, the Vert Alert demos and much more!

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Kelly Bird | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 259

Kelly Bird discusses growing up in Houston, meeting Rick Howard and the Blockhead team, turning pro for New School Skateboards, getting on Real Skateboards, moving towards the industry side of skateboarding, working for DC Shoes, leaving DC and working with Rick Howard and Mike Carroll for Lakai Footwear, the Fully Flared video, going to work for Nike SB, what it’s like working for a huge corporation, pro shoes vs. colorways and much more!

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Zack Wallin | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 257

Zack Wallin discusses growing up in San Jose & meeting the Tilt Mode Crew, getting flowed by Real Skateboards, his part in Tilt Mode Bonus Round, getting on Enjoi, working construction while being pro, nollie back 180 wallenberg, being on DVS and touring with Jeron, the Transworld kickflip cover, getting on New Balance, ruining his achilles in a hot dog suit, Thrasher’s King Of The Road, leaving Enjoi and much more!

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Vern Laird | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 256

Vern Laird discusses venturing out into downtown Philly for the first time as a kid, discovering Love Park, Philly dudes coming up in the early nineties, when Brian Wenning & Anthony Pappalardo came on the scene, announcing Tampa Am contest’s, filming for 411, working for Satori Wheels and moving on to Bones, working on “1st And Hope” with Brian Lotti, almost getting a Transworld cover and much more!

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Mike McGill | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 254

Mike McGill discusses growing up on the east coast & getting into skating, how he got on Powell Peralta, his fist published photo in a magazine, inventing the Mctwist, opening his shop and getting his park built, filming The Search For Animal Chin, being a stunt double for Christian Slater in “Gleaming The Cube”, seeing Alan Gelfand do a ollie for the first time, Vert Alert and much more!

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Kevin White | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 253

Kevin White discusses how ESPN got him into skating, getting his first clip ever with the crew from Rukus Skateshop in Louisiana, moving to South Central Los Angeles, getting flowed by Mighty Healthy & HUF, skating for Spider Skateboards, how he got on Illegal Civ, having a small role in the movie Mid 90’s, turning pro, officially getting on Adidas right after the Godspeed premiere, what it’s like traveling with the Hardies crew, why he decided to leave Illegal Civ, recovering from his recent knee injury and much more!

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Chris “Cookie” Colbourn | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 252

Chris “Cookie” Colbourn discusses trying to get sponsored through Myspace, moving to Los Angeles, getting on Element Skateboards, why he didn’t have a part in the Element “Peace” video, leaving Element & getting on Worble Skateboards, filming for Ty Evans video “We Are Blood”, how he got sponsored by Mnt Dew, what it’s like skating with Man Ramp, skating for New Balance Numeric, working on a new VX part in his neighborhood and much more!

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