Rodney Smith | The Nine Club – Episode 309

Rodney Smith discusses skating in the 80’s, meeting Tom Groholski, starting Shut Skateboards with Bruno Musso, going to the Cow Skates contest in Ohio with Mike Vallely, creating new shapes for skateboards out of necessity & hand making boards when Shut first started, starting Zoo York with Eli Gesner & Adam Schatz, selling Zoo York in 2001, the opportunity to work with Dave Chappelle but instead having to work with Ashton Kutcher, finally saying goodbye to Zoo York and much more!

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Sebo Walker | The Nine Club – Episode 308

Sebo Walker discusses moving in with Colin Provost in Huntington Beach, getting on Element Skateboards, living in a van around Stoner Park, going from Element to Stacks, getting into painting griptape, getting on Krooked Skateboards & skiing with Mark Gonzales, going bowling and turning pro, moving back up to the Pacific Northwest to raise a family, the Staples Center nollie flip manual and much more!

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Ben De Gros | The Nine Club – Episode 307

Ben De Gros discusses growing up in Vancouver, skating with his brother Ted De Gros, his struggles with addiction when he was younger, starting his YouTube channel, why he doesn’t do brand deals, his main job doing drywall & his other YouTube channel “The Vancouver Carpenter”, why he’s taking a long break from doing YouTube skate content, working with Real Skateboards designing a board shape and much more!

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