The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Jamie Thomas discusses growing up in Alabama, working at Wendy’s, driving cross country with hotdogs and a microwave, sleeping at Embarcadero, his first board sponsor Experience, panhandling in San Francisco, riding for Invisible, getting a cold call from Ed Templeton to ride for Toy Machine, filming for Welcome To Hell, starting Zero, why he quit Emerica to ride for Adio, the rise and fall of Fallen Footwear, Straye Footwear, dealing with his “hoarding” of skate memorabilia and much more…
Brian Anderson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 67
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Brian Anderson discusses growing up in Connecticut, his first board being a Veriflex, driving out to California, getting on Toy Machine, talking to Rick Howard about skating for Girl Skateboards, getting on Axion shoes, flying to LA to quit Axion for Savier, filming for the first Nike Video, how the Viceland coming out film came about, skating for Anti Hero, working on writing his first book and much more…
Skin Phillips | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 66
Skin Phillips discusses growing up in Wales, coming up in the photography world, getting his first gig at Transworld, his first ever Spotlight with Carl Shipman, using video grabs for sequences, making his first video “Dreams of Children” that would soon inspire Transworld making their own videos, filming the infamous Tom Penny bank session and his wheels of fortunes, shooting Mark Gonzales, going on tour with Keenan Milton and Sean Sheffey, working for Adidas and much more…
Mikey Alfred | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 65
Mikey Alfred discusses growing up in North Hollywood, what kind of kid he was growing up, making his first skate video “Spark of Life,” how he built IC into a massive brand, being a savage in business, how the Game totally dissed him, almost head butting Jay-Z, the new IC Cinema Tour and much more…
Na-Kel Smith | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 64
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Na-Kel Smith discusses growing up in Los Angeles, learning what he thought were tre-flips, getting his first box ever from Lakai, skating for Supreme, getting on flow for Real, having to quit Real to ride for Fucking Awesome, getting on Adidas, filming for Away Days, designing his own colorways, what his future goals are and much more…
Adidas “Skate Copa Court” Los Angeles | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week we were on location at the Adidas Skate Copa Court in Los Angeles. Who’s in the hot seat? Tune in to find out!
James Craig | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 62
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week James Craig discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, beating his older brother in contests, getting on Grindking, showing off for Koston at the courthouse, skating for Society, getting on Blind, having a personalized song in The Blind Video, tearing his ACL, leaving DVS for Circa, becoming team manager for Dwindle, getting let go from Dwindle, his company smlwheels, starting his new job at the Boardr and much more…
Boo Johnson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 60
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Boo Johnson discusses growing up in Tehachapi CA, getting hooked up with Pharmacy Boardshop, his first board sponsor Powell, filming for his first video part on Element ’Future Nature’, getting on DGK, starting his own company JHF, his years with Supra, skating for Weedmaps, Torrey hitting him up to ride for Diamond Footwear, designing his pro shoe the Boo J, riding for Hawkers and much more…
Walker Ryan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 59
The show that has skateboarders talking – This week Walker Ryan discusses growing up in Napa Valley CA, getting sponsored by Ron Allen’s company Energy, riding for 510 Skate Shop, going to College in San Diego, getting on Organika, switch backside flipping the Love Gap, Kerry Getz hitting him up to ride for DVS, starting his company Old Friends, Mikey Taylor asking him to ride for SOVRN, filming his new SOVRN part in 5 months and much more…
Mark Appleyard | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 58
The show that has skateboarders talking – Mark Appleyard discusses growing up in Ontario Canada, his first Christmas complete, getting on birdhouse at Tampa Am, quitting Birdhouse for Habitat, Arto Saari cold calling him to get on Flip, shooting his first Thrasher cover, filming for the Flip video “Sorry”, winning Thrasher’s Skater of The Year, leaving Circa to ride for Globe, filming for the new Element video and much more…
Sal Barbier | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 57
Sal Barbier discusses growing up in Louisiana, skating vert, putting on contests in his local scene, driving to California, meeting Mike Ternasky, getting on H-Street, skating for Etnies, going from H-Street to Plan B, filming for Questionable and Virtual Reality, designing his first shoe, moving over to éS from Etnies, starting his own companies and much more…
Vinny Ponte | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 56
Vinny Ponte discusses growing up in New York and New Jersey, moving to Boston for college (Harvard?), getting banned from Woodward Skatecamp, turning pro for Treefort Skateboards, getting on Zooyork, first to ollie the Love gap on film, quitting Zooyork, being sober, starting a family and much more…