#290 - Selema Masekela

Selema Masekela discusses moving to Carlsbad California, falling in love with surfing, working at Transworld, becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear, starting Alphanumeric Clothing, why he first turned down announcing for X Games, getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour, Tony Hawks 900, breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10”, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela and much more! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Selema Masekela 00:02:37 Finding skateboarding 00:05:47 Moving to Carlsbad California 00:10:21 Falling in love with surfing 00:11:19 Selema's first job in skateboarding 00:23:06 Getting back into skating heavy because of Transworld 00:25:13 Moving up the ladder at Transworld 00:29:32 Working for Planet Earth 00:31:17 Becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear 00:32:42 The Rhythm video 00:35:20 Meeting Alyasha Owerka-Moore 00:38:25 Team manager for Reebok's Boks program 00:40:51 Starting Alphanumeric 00:46:19 What happened with Alphanumeric? 00:50:42 Getting into television work 00:52:16 Announcing contests and demos 01:01:49 Getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour 01:02:13 Tony Hawk's 900 01:12:37 Leaving and returning to X Games 01:22:45 Working for E! entertainment 01:25:27 Dealing with taxes 01:28:31 Breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10" 01:42:19 Selema's father Hugh Masekela 01:47:10 The beauty of working in the thing you love 01:52:10 Olympic broadcasting 01:57:22 The future of womens skateboarding 02:00:07 Being back at X Games 02:07:10 Snowboard lingo 02:10:35 Selema's dad the musician 02:16:28 Skaters doing things that aren't skateboarding 02:20:57 From Selema to Sal back to Selema Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices