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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Bill Weiss | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 211

Bill Weiss discusses growing up in Toronto Canada, taking a bus from Toronto to California at age 14, starting the video magazine Digital, how the naked 540 came about, skating with Tom Penny, retiring from pro skating to becoming the brand manager and team manager of Blind Skateboards, Blind winning Thrasher’s King Of The Road, starting his board company Madness, how he rebuilt Blind over the last 18 years, breaking his arm at the premiere of Clay Kreiner’s pro part and much more!

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Bod Boyle | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 209

Bod Boyle discusses growing up in London, skating vert in the early 80’s, getting hooked up with G&S, turning pro for Santa Cruz, transitioning from being a pro skater to doing sales for NHS, working for Giant Distribution, leaving Giant for Dwindle Distribution, how to navigate photo incentive in the digital world, what moves the needle nowadays for board sales, how Dwindle is taking steps to reducing waste and making sustainable products and much more!

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