The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Tom Schaar discusses growing up in Malibu & his vert ramp, being a Skatelab Lab Rat, how he get on Birdhouse, winning the Vans Combi Pool Party, what's it like skating with Grayson Fletcher, the first person to do a 1080 at the age of 12, Bob Burnquists influence on him, shattering his shoulder when he tried the loop, filming for his new "Vert's not Dead" Thrasher part and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Tom Schaar 00:02:56 The vert ramp he had in Malibu 00:04:07 Skatelab Lab Rats 00:12:39 Winning the Combi Vans Pool Party 00:18:09 Favorite vert skater 00:18:52 Skating with Grayson Fletcher 00:23:33 How'd he get on Birdhouse 00:25:16 Vert in the Olympics 00:33:28 The first person to do a 1080 00:35:10 Mitchie Brusco's 1260 00:38:30 As soon as he grew taller he lost all the crazy spins 00:40:19 Going from vert or mega down to tighter transition like a backyard pool 00:41:23 How long was he filming for his new part 00:46:48 Bob Burnquist's fakie 5oh fakie flip out 00:49:23 Reviewing his new part 01:20:21 What happened when he tried the loop 01:27:59 Did he get smoked filming for his part 01:41:33 Bob Burnquist's Extremely Sorry Part Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Huber discusses his journey of collecting skateboard memorabilia, opening Skatelab, Torey Pudwill as little grom skating Skatelab, Skatelab clothing in Macy's, Target, JC Penny & Walmart, wanting to celebrate skateboarders & opening the Skateboarding Museum, if anyone actaully knows how old the oldest skateboard is, how the Skateboard Hall Of Fame chooses who gets inducted each year and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Todd Huber00:01:12 Had most of his board collection before Skatelab started00:09:23 Buying boards was therapy for him00:14:02 Torey Pudwill came out of Skatelab00:20:09 Ran Skatelab for 21 years00:22:50 Skatelab clothing at Macy's, Target, JC Penny and Walmart00:35:05 The skateboard museum - Todd wanted to celebrate skateboarders00:43:16 IASK - International Association of Skateboard Companies00:54:15 How the Skateboard Hall Of Fame chooses who gets inducted each year01:00:22 Finding a new home for the museum01:16:40 Whats the oldest skateboard?01:20:28 Todd buys a lot of the boards with his own money01:27:08 Needs to find a permanent home for the museum01:33:29 Almost partnered with Salman Agah but lost the space01:49:48 Lab Rats & the Midler family donated 15K01:51:39 Donatations / Membership program for the Museum02:03:42 May 30th is The Skateboarding Hall Of Fame ceremony02:04:37 Inducting Eric Koston was a mistake?02:07:53 Limp Biscuit filmed a music video in Skatelab02:11:43 John Cardiel acceptance speech02:18:36 Go visit the Skateboard Hall Of Fame & Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julio De La Cruz discusses growing up in Watts, Armando Barajas filming him, getting let go from New Deal & Started Neighborhood Skateboards, Neighborhood shoe brand in Mexico, moved to Brazil for a while, working for Paul Schmitt, where's all the money in skateboarding, Neighborhood stopped for 20 years but it's back now, running his own wood shoop at his home in Mexico and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Julio De La Cruz00:02:40 Grew up in Watts00:07:32 Burnt his house burnt down00:10:50 Armando Barajas filming him & got Julio on New Deal00:18:59 Sold his skateboard for $50 then found out it was worth $20000:23:35 Got paid $200 as an am & told everyone he was getting paid, forced New Deal to pay all the riders00:26:23 "Dream Flip"00:38:21 Friends with the police and gang members00:41:18 Getting let go from New Deal & Started Neighborhood with help from Larry Balma00:51:25 Moved to Brazil00:56:52 Letting dudes go - just stop paying dudes01:04:33 Stopped everything when he moved to Mexico01:09:44 New Deal was funded by Rocco in the very beginning01:20:25 Neighborhood shoe brand in Mexico01:30:18 Almost got kidnapped in Mexico01:43:29 Working for Paul Schmitt01:53:27 Where's the money? 80% of boards are made in china now01:59:17 Neighborhood stopped for 20 years, but it's back now02:00:22 Socrates edited La La Land02:03:14 Getting robbed - Danny Boy got his camera back from gang members02:06:07 How he's dye'ing veneers02:16:56 Trade Shows. The industry is not doing well02:24:36 Julio thinks we need to clown people out of our industry02:42:26 Who does he hang with in LA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lincoln Ueda discusses the worst slam/collision he's ever had with Pat Ngoho at the Combi, seeing videos of Hosoi and the Alva team skating while he was living in Brazil, going to the Munster contest in 89, coming to the States & tracking down Omar Hassan in Costa Mesa, starting to get paid & bringing all his money back to Brazil, being moved from Billabong to Hurley, going on tour with Tony Hawk & the Boom Boom Huck Jam, doing the loop for the first time, judging the Olympics and getting death threats and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Lincoln Ueda00:00:30 The worst slam/collision he's ever had with Pat Ngoho00:12:01 His son Raphae Ueda00:22:40 Started skating in 86-87 in Guarulhos Brazil00:30:34 Seeing videos of Hosoi and the Alva team skating00:34:48 Going to the Munster contest in 8900:37:30 Did skateboarding tank in brazil in the early 90s like it did in the USA00:42:41 Bob Burnquist wins slam city jams & Lincoln gets back into skating in 9500:49:41 Got invited to go to X Games in 9600:58:07 Tracking down Omar Hassan in Costa Mesa01:06:27 Formula One Skateboards01:12:00 Meeting Don Brown & got on etnies01:15:32 Started getting paid and bringing all his money back to Brazil01:21:36 Being moved from Billabong to Hurley01:25:12 Getting on New Deal01:27:03 Getting on Hosoi Skateboards01:30:22 Boom Boom Huck Jam & the Loop01:45:14 Bob switch loop with the top off01:54:12 Tom Schaar01:56:12 Cory Juneau01:57:40 Judging the Olympics and getting death threats02:06:52 Coaching China's Olympic team02:28:37 Life after the slam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate Sherwood discusses the pressure flip, hitting his head into the wall in p.e. class & was in a coma for 3 weeks, getting on Capitol Skateboards, when pressure flips went out of style, Airspeed shoes, his cameo in Girl Skateboards video "Yeah Right", getting hip surgery, running his Eduskate Skateshop, people buying boards online then coming into his shop to put it together, nate's skate language and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Nate Sherwood00:03:16 The Pressure flip00:14:34 Got his head smashed into the wall in P.E. Class & was in a coma00:21:55 When Pressure flips went out of style & getting on Capitol Skateboards00:30:27 His cameo in Girl Skateboards video "Yeah Right"00:44:09 His Big Brother cover00:48:15 What his Favorite pressure flip is & hip surgery00:54:18 Beating PJ Ladd in a game of skate01:08:39 Eduskate Skateshop01:11:07 Airspeed shoes01:17:28 Doesn't carry Nike, Adidas or VF Corp in his shop01:27:29 The Andy Anderson die hard fans that come to his shop01:31:59 Two break-ins01:37:32 Is he turning a profit from owning a skateshop01:48:25 People buying boards online then coming in the shop to put it together02:14:16 Getting advise from Jaime Thomas about opening his shop02:22:30 Nate's skate language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Herman & John Di Lorenzo discuss Hours Is Yours Footwear, filming for Baker 3 & 360 flipping the Wilshire 15, Johns new shoe, running a skater owned shoe brand in todays industry, Bryans nollie inward heel down the Macba Big 4, Bryan getting dropped off at Reynolds doorstep when he was 14, John skating for Jacuzzi Skateboards, Beagle stories, skaters coming out of Florida, skateboarding tradeshows and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Bryan Herman & John Di Lorenzo00:00:37 Baker 3 & 360 flip Wilshire 1500:03:53 Inward heel Macba Big 400:14:10 Hours Is Yours00:22:46 Remaking Bryan's Emerica shoe on Hours Is Yours00:24:07 Running a shoe brand in todays industry00:29:56 The Dilo shoe00:39:46 Baker00:54:56 Skateboarding tradeshows01:06:32 High ollie contest01:08:08 Maloof Money Cup - contest01:11:56 Tampa pro01:24:41 Skaters coming out of Florida01:42:48 Bryan getting dropped off at Reynolds doorstep when he was 1401:53:18 Beagle stories01:58:21 Murdy skatepark and the HB park02:00:28 Bryan's Stay Gold part02:06:46 Feeling the pressure to produce clips when on an overseas tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Manzoori discusses his early sponsors, Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz, Mark Gonzales and the ATM Click team left & Mike was basically handed the brand, Adreneline Skateboards, the Sheep video, working for Sole Tech & filming the Menikmati eS video, French Fred angles, Tom Penny's cover of the Sidewalk magazine issue 1 and 100 and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Mike Manzoori00:03:45 UK companies like Blueprint & Flip00:08:22 John Rattray & Danny Brady00:11:18 His early sponsors, Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz & then ATM Click00:23:30 Gonz and the team left ATM Click & Mike was basically handed the brand00:26:32 The Sheep video00:28:56 Adreneline Skateboards00:37:24 Going from Sheep to Etnies00:43:35 Working for Sole Tech00:54:15 Metikmati & licensing the music01:04:46 French Fred angles called Frangles01:23:02 Going from the eS video to the Emerica video01:32:36 Tom Penny's cover of Sidewalk magazine issue 1 and 10001:51:30 Chris Joslin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchie Brusco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchiebrusco84Mitchie Brusco discusses getting sponsors at such a young age, when he got into skating Mega Ramps, Tom Schaar doing the first 1080, doing the first 1260 at the X games, why he started Skate IQ, the most requested trick people want to learn, why he has no interest in doing the loop, will vert ever be in the Olympics, does he think the 1440 will ever be done and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Mitchie Brusco00:01:47 Skate IQ00:10:50 Invested his own money to go teach in Australia00:18:04 If Mitchie taught Chris how to skate vert00:25:07 What skate IQ offers00:28:39 The most requested trick people want to learn00:35:57 Getting sponsors at a young age00:41:36 Parents getting him sponsorship deals00:49:43 Did he understand money as a kid00:52:49 When Mitchie got into skating mega ramps01:03:19 Tom Schaar doing the first 108001:08:24 Why not the loop01:17:20 The 126001:25:53 Will Mitchie ever do another 126001:35:55 Vert at the Olympics01:40:30 Mom coaching him at contests01:42:12 Filming video parts01:55:41 What about the 144001:58:03 What does he eat before trying a big trick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pat Ngoho discusses colliding with Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest, skating empty pools around the LAX area, Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool, Steve Olson's banked slalom at the Marina Skatepark, the Gold Cup, Stacy Peralta asking him to join Powell, going from skating pools to street skating, living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular, nose wheelies & manuals at the Savannah Slamma 3 and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Pat Ngoho00:01:13 Colliding Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest00:22:56 Skating empty pools around the LAX area00:28:07 Boards from the '70s00:30:36 Marina Skatepark - Steve Olson banked slalom00:36:11 The contest circuit00:45:52 Gold Cup - Billy Ruff00:50:32 Stacy Peralta asked him to join Powell00:57:40 Savannah Slamma 3 - nose wheelies & manuals01:13:32 Going from skating pools to street skating01:17:20 Bondi pool in Australia01:21:57 Love and Guts art show01:33:49 Living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular02:00:36 Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool02:04:59 The end of the Combi Bowl at the mall02:11:16 Nukeland pipes02:17:37 Jim Muir - Dogtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Olson & Steve Alba discuss meeting at the Fruit Bowl in Garden Grove CA, getting boards made by hand from school woodshops, Salba heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them a kicktail, skating against one another in the UASA contest, throwing trucks at the Sims van, the first sticker toss ever, the Big O contest, seeing tricks in the magazines and trying to figure them out, Hosoi's backside airs at the OP demo in Huntington Beach and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Steve Olson & Steve Alba00:04:17 Meeting at the Fruit Bowl - Garden Grove00:07:41 Dudes that were ripping Pipeline - Dave Hackett00:12:47 Getting boards made by hand from school woodshops00:17:32 Skate Master Tate makes Olson a board00:21:12 Salba talks heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them more kicktail00:30:06 Logan Skateboards00:33:40 Skating against one another in the UASA contest00:35:32 Salba turned pro at the Spring Valley contest00:45:08 The Hoffmans - Upland Skatepark00:58:33 Competing in the early contests01:16:36 Olson throws his board at the judges01:21:39 Where and when did Olson turn pro01:24:15 Big O contest01:26:21 Olson & Dunlap doubles slam at Hester contest01:44:24 Food fight / throwing trucks at the Sims van01:52:19 Texas trip with no chaperone - madness on the airplane02:04:24 George Powell hooks up Olson02:09:10 First sticker toss ever - Amarillo Pipe02:23:49 Bringing a medic with them on sessions02:30:02 Inverts - seeing tricks in the mags and trying to figure them out02:33:59 Edgers02:35:57 Christian Hosoi's backside airs - OP demo Huntington Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices