#324 - Chad Knight

Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for "The Storm", how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT's, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Chad Knight 00:00:57 Getting right into Osiris "The Storm" video 00:01:57 Perception of the industry on San Diego skaters 00:05:30 Did he notice that Osiris was getting big 00:06:39 First pro model shoe with Osiris 00:09:43 Dave Mayhew was probably up late designing his shoe 00:12:01 How much were the shoe royalty checks for 00:12:18 Did team riders discuss contracts with each other 00:15:50 Our Sponsor: Woodward 00:20:40 Grew up in Ohio & got sponsored by H-Street 00:23:54 Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 13 years old 00:25:02 His sponsor me footage had him wrestling on it 00:29:16 Getting on Maple Skateboards 00:33:57 Switch backside flip Sand Diego Sports Arena double set 00:40:05 Josh Kasper's ollie over a gap & a DJ 00:41:34 The dark years - got hurt - broke his leg 00:46:27 Getting into shoe design 00:52:23 Jeff Taylor got him an interview at DC Shoes 01:09:38 Left DC and worked for Vans 01:12:30 Opportunity to work for Nike came up 01:16:06 How 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike 01:30:51 His 3D art and the rise and fall of NFT's 01:36:53 Our Sponsor AG1 02:02:50 How he got to compete in American Gladiator 02:10:27 Was his trick on a handrail an NBD at the time? 02:14:54 How he almost lost his eye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices