The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Lincoln Ueda 00:00:30 The worst slam/collision he's ever had with Pat Ngoho 00:12:01 His son Raphae Ueda 00:22:40 Started skating in 86-87 in Guarulhos Brazil 00:30:34 Seeing videos of Hosoi and the Alva team skating 00:34:48 Going to the Munster contest in 89 00:37:30 Did skateboarding tank in brazil in the early 90s like it did in the USA 00:42:41 Bob Burnquist wins slam city jams & Lincoln gets back into skating in 95 00:49:41 Got invited to go to X Games in 96 00:58:07 Tracking down Omar Hassan in Costa Mesa 01:06:27 Formula One Skateboards 01:12:00 Meeting Don Brown & got on etnies 01:15:32 Started getting paid and bringing all his money back to Brazil 01:21:36 Being moved from Billabong to Hurley 01:25:12 Getting on New Deal 01:27:03 Getting on Hosoi Skateboards 01:30:22 Boom Boom Huck Jam & the Loop 01:45:14 Bob switch loop with the top off 01:54:12 Tom Schaar 01:56:12 Cory Juneau 01:57:40 Judging the Olympics and getting death threats 02:06:52 Coaching China's Olympic team 02:28:37 Life after the slam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Apr 2h 55min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Nate Sherwood 00:03:16 The Pressure flip 00:14:34 Got his head smashed into the wall in P.E. Class & was in a coma 00:21:55 When Pressure flips went out of style & getting on Capitol Skateboards 00:30:27 His cameo in Girl Skateboards video "Yeah Right" 00:44:09 His Big Brother cover 00:48:15 What his Favorite pressure flip is & hip surgery 00:54:18 Beating PJ Ladd in a game of skate 01:08:39 Eduskate Skateshop 01:11:07 Airspeed shoes 01:17:28 Doesn't carry Nike, Adidas or VF Corp in his shop 01:27:29 The Andy Anderson die hard fans that come to his shop 01:31:59 Two break-ins 01:37:32 Is he turning a profit from owning a skateshop 01:48:25 People buying boards online then coming in the shop to put it together 02:14:16 Getting advise from Jaime Thomas about opening his shop 02:22:30 Nate's skate language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Mar 2h 46min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Bryan Herman & John Di Lorenzo 00:00:37 Baker 3 & 360 flip Wilshire 15 00:03:53 Inward heel Macba Big 4 00:14:10 Hours Is Yours 00:22:46 Remaking Bryan's Emerica shoe on Hours Is Yours 00:24:07 Running a shoe brand in todays industry 00:29:56 The Dilo shoe 00:39:46 Baker 00:54:56 Skateboarding tradeshows 01:06:32 High ollie contest 01:08:08 Maloof Money Cup - contest 01:11:56 Tampa pro 01:24:41 Skaters coming out of Florida 01:42:48 Bryan getting dropped off at Reynolds doorstep when he was 14 01:53:18 Beagle stories 01:58:21 Murdy skatepark and the HB park 02:00:28 Bryan's Stay Gold part 02:06:46 Feeling the pressure to produce clips when on an overseas tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Mar 2h 21min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Mike Manzoori 00:03:45 UK companies like Blueprint & Flip 00:08:22 John Rattray & Danny Brady 00:11:18 His early sponsors, Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz & then ATM Click 00:23:30 Gonz and the team left ATM Click & Mike was basically handed the brand 00:26:32 The Sheep video 00:28:56 Adreneline Skateboards 00:37:24 Going from Sheep to Etnies 00:43:35 Working for Sole Tech 00:54:15 Metikmati & licensing the music 01:04:46 French Fred angles called Frangles 01:23:02 Going from the eS video to the Emerica video 01:32:36 Tom Penny's cover of Sidewalk magazine issue 1 and 100 01:51:30 Chris Joslin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Mar 2h 7min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Mitchie Brusco 00:01:47 Skate IQ 00:10:50 Invested his own money to go teach in Australia 00:18:04 If Mitchie taught Chris how to skate vert 00:25:07 What skate IQ offers 00:28:39 The most requested trick people want to learn 00:35:57 Getting sponsors at a young age 00:41:36 Parents getting him sponsorship deals 00:49:43 Did he understand money as a kid 00:52:49 When Mitchie got into skating mega ramps 01:03:19 Tom Schaar doing the first 1080 01:08:24 Why not the loop 01:17:20 The 1260 01:25:53 Will Mitchie ever do another 1260 01:35:55 Vert at the Olympics 01:40:30 Mom coaching him at contests 01:42:12 Filming video parts 01:55:41 What about the 1440 01:58:03 What does he eat before trying a big trick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Mar 2h 9min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Pat Ngoho 00:01:13 Colliding Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest 00:22:56 Skating empty pools around the LAX area 00:28:07 Boards from the '70s 00:30:36 Marina Skatepark - Steve Olson banked slalom 00:36:11 The contest circuit 00:45:52 Gold Cup - Billy Ruff 00:50:32 Stacy Peralta asked him to join Powell 00:57:40 Savannah Slamma 3 - nose wheelies & manuals 01:13:32 Going from skating pools to street skating 01:17:20 Bondi pool in Australia 01:21:57 Love and Guts art show 01:33:49 Living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular 02:00:36 Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool 02:04:59 The end of the Combi Bowl at the mall 02:11:16 Nukeland pipes 02:17:37 Jim Muir - Dogtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Mar 2h 30min

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! Timestamps 00:00:00 Steve Olson & Steve Alba 00:04:17 Meeting at the Fruit Bowl - Garden Grove 00:07:41 Dudes that were ripping Pipeline - Dave Hackett 00:12:47 Getting boards made by hand from school woodshops 00:17:32 Skate Master Tate makes Olson a board 00:21:12 Salba talks heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them more kicktail 00:30:06 Logan Skateboards 00:33:40 Skating against one another in the UASA contest 00:35:32 Salba turned pro at the Spring Valley contest 00:45:08 The Hoffmans - Upland Skatepark 00:58:33 Competing in the early contests 01:16:36 Olson throws his board at the judges 01:21:39 Where and when did Olson turn pro 01:24:15 Big O contest 01:26:21 Olson & Dunlap doubles slam at Hester contest 01:44:24 Food fight / throwing trucks at the Sims van 01:52:19 Texas trip with no chaperone - madness on the airplane 02:04:24 George Powell hooks up Olson 02:09:10 First sticker toss ever - Amarillo Pipe 02:23:49 Bringing a medic with them on sessions 02:30:02 Inverts - seeing tricks in the mags and trying to figure them out 02:33:59 Edgers 02:35:57 Christian Hosoi's backside airs - OP demo Huntington Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Feb 2h 47min

Matt Berger discusses growing up in Kamploops BC, coming up in Canada, Rodney Mullen calling him after receiving his sponsor me tape, Tony Hawk saying his local park was terrible so the city built a new one, having back and hip problems and getting experimental knee surgery, how he qualified for SLS, skating for Almost then Flip skateboards, stacking footage for a new part and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Matt Berger 00:00:52 Is that a Monster your drinking? 00:01:16 Recovering from injury - back and hip problems 00:08:32 Experimental knee surgery 00:19:36 Olympic experience 00:30:29 Coming up in Canada 00:35:57 Tony Hawk said his local park was terrible, so the city built a new one 00:38:19 Rodney Mullen is on the phone 00:44:36 What happened with Almost? 00:52:14 Qualifying for SLS 00:57:29 What happened with Flip? 01:10:39 China spots / Barcelona spots 01:15:16 Coming out with a video part soon? 01:28:24 Matt's YouTube channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Feb 1h 41min