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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Selema Masekela | The Nine Club – Episode 290

Selema Masekela discusses moving to Carlsbad California, falling in love with surfing, working at Transworld, becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear, starting Alphanumeric Clothing, why he first turned down announcing for X Games, getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour, Tony Hawks 900, breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show “Daily 10”, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela 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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Salman Agah | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 265

Salman Agah discusses growing up in San Jose, the “don’t tell Salman skate jam”, skating for Real Skateboards, pioneering switchstance, getting on Powell Peralta, going from Real to The Firm then to Black Label, winning SOTY in 1993, why he was never a video part guy, leaving Black Label & going back to Powell, opening Pizzanista & having locations around the world, inducted into the Skateboarding Hall Of Fame and much more!

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JT Aultz | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 263

JT Aultz discusses meeting Jeron Wilson when he was a kid, filming with Tim Dowling & being in the Listen video, getting on Real Skateboards, kickflip nose manny down the Tom Penny chain bank, his OCD & Superstitions, being in medically induced coma for 3 days after slamming on a rail, leaving the rank of pro skater & going to work in manufacturing skateboards and much more!

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Jason Ellis | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 213

Jason Ellis discusses growing up in Australia, how he got into skating vert, coming to California for the first time and staying at Lance Mountain’s house, getting into hard drugs then getting sober, why he retired from skateboarding, how he started in broadcasting, why he got fired from SiriusXM radio, coming out as bisexual on the Howard Stern Show, getting into MMA and starting EllisMania, doing stand up comedy, his podcast with Tony Hawk “Hawk vs Wolf”, getting back into skating again and loving it and much more!

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