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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James Craig – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 77

James Craig Stops by and Chats with The Nine Club about working for Dwindle Distribution for years, his new career working for Excel Management, switching gears from being a professional skater to working in the industry, what a manager/agent actually does for skateboarders, podcasting in skateboarding, reviewing his skate clips and much more!

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TJ Rogers | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 201

TJ Rogers discusses growing up in Whitby Canada, getting shop sponsored at age 13, moving to a new city living in foster care, skating contests growing up, getting on Blueprint Skateboards Canada, sending a sponsor tape to Blind Skateboards, coming to California for his first time and going to El Toro, hosting a yearly contest in his hometown Whitby Canada for the kids, Ketchup chips, moving to California, turning pro for Blind, getting on eS Footwear, how he got on Redbull, working on his new eS color way shoe, filming a new Redbull series documenting a cross country trip through Canada, working on a new video part and much more!

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Chris “Dune” Pastras | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 197

Chris Pastras discusses commentating skate events, how he got the nickname Dune, skating for Shut Skateboards, leaving Shut for World Industries, filming for Rubbish Heap & 2 World Industries Men, turning pro for World Industries, starting Blue Skateboards then Stereo Skateboards with Jason Lee, becoming Osiris Team Manager, getting into slappies and much more!

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