Aaron Meza | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 90

Aaron Meza discusses growing up in South San Francisco CA, skating at EMB for the first time, James Kelch randomly asking him to film a line, making the fist FTC video “Finally”, filming for videos like “Questionable” and “Love Child”, making the second FTC video “Penal Code 100A”, working for Girl Skateboards, getting hired as the editor of Skateboarder Magazine, working for Vice and much more!

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Vincent Alvarez | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 89

This week on The Nine Club Vincent Alvarez discusses growing up in East LA, moving back and forth between Atlanta & LA, meeting Jake Johnson at Woodward, getting on Neighborhood but never got a box, working at a meat packing factory, winning the King Of LA contest, getting on Chocolate Skateboards, filming for the Lakai video “The Flare”, skating for Dickies, working on his part in the upcoming Transworld video “Duets” with Zack Wallin and much more!

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Jerry Hsu | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 88

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jerry Hsu discusses growing up in San Jose CA, ordering his first skateboard from the back of a Thrasher Magazine, making a 25 minute sponsor me video, getting on Maple Skateboards, moving out of his parents house at 18, Osiris’ “The Storm” video and the infamous Storm Flip, quitting Maple for Enjoi, filming for “Bag Of Suck”, the Tilt Mode videos, getting on Chocolate Skateboards, photography, starting his own brand Sci-Fi Fantasy and much more!

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Tim Gavin | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 87

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Tim Gavin discusses growing up in Phoenix AZ, getting his first board a Valterra Meltdown, his first sponsor H-Street, getting on Blind, flying to Los Angeles every weekend after school, skating EMB for his first time, Tim and Henry’s promotional video “Pack of Lies”, Stealing product, quitting Blind for Girl Skateboards, Starting DVS and Matix, leaving DVS (Podium Distribution), retiring from skateboarding, his Real Estate endeavor and much more!

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Jeff Grosso | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 85

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week This week Jeff Grosso discusses growing up in Eagle Rock CA, moving to Arcadia, quitting high school a credit short a month before graduation, his first sponsor Variflex, getting on Powell Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta to turn pro for Schmitt Stix, his heavy drug use, smuggling a ball of hash through airport security for Hosoi, partying on Robitussin, nearly killing Ross Goodman, leaving Santa Cruz for Lucero Limited which turned into Black Label, overdosing and almost dying multiple times, working normal jobs to get by, getting on Vans and Antihero, how he feels about skateboarding in the Olympics, Love letters and much more!

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Jason Dill | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 83

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jason Dill discusses growing up in Huntington Beach CA, seeing skateboarding for the first time at 8 years old, his first sponsor House of Kasai, skating for Blockhead then getting on Black Label, dropping out of high school, 101 days, filming for Snuff and 20 Shot Sequence, getting kicked off 101, opening a mag and reading that he was now on Alien Workshop, partying and drugs, starting Fucking Awesome and much more!

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Alex Olson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 81

The show that has skateboarders talking – Alex Olson discusses growing up in Santa Monica/Malibu CA, his dad Steve Olson, being un-schooled, getting flowed by Black Label, Toy Machine, Foundation, Jason Dill asking him to get boards from Alien Workshop, getting on Lakai & Girl Skateboards, almost getting on Gravis Footwear, leaving Lakai for Vans, then leaving Vans for Nike, moving to New York, starting his own companies Bianca Chandôn & 917, becoming vegan and much more!

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Christian Hosoi | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 77

The show that has skateboarders talking – Christian Hosoi discusses growing up in Hollywood CA, growing up skating Marina Del Rey Skatepark, getting sponsored by Stacy Peralta, leaving Powell Peralta with the hopes of turning pro for Dogtown only for them to go out of business, Brad Bowman hooking him up with Sims Skateboards, Turning pro for Sims, Meeting Mark Gonzales for the first time, Leaving Sims for Alva, designing one of the first shaped boards, skating in Lingerie, starting Hosoi skates at 17 years old, the rivalry between him and Tony Hawk, going to prison for Crystal Meth possession, finding god while in prison and much more!

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Aaron “Jaws” Homoki | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 76

The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Aaron “Jaws” Homoki discusses growing up in growing up in Phoenix AZ, Tony Hawk calling him to skate for Birdhouse, what he thinks a do-able height is for a gap, Turning Pro for Birdhouse, how skating the Lyon 25 went down, skating for Weedmaps, getting on CCS, what almost went down on El Toro and much more….

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