The Nine Club

Manny Santiago discusses being born in Puerto Rico & growing up in Lowell Massachusetts, starting skating at 15 years old, meeting Dave Bachinsky, getting on Think Skateboards, meeting Felix Arguelles & riding for Ammo Skateboards, how he got on Famous, starting his own company Fortune Skateboards, his website MSA, riding for Echo Clothing, filming for his concept video part “California”, getting his footage stolen and refilming his tricks, what happened to his front tooth, having a skatepark in his backyard, dating Christiana Means, skating in the Olympics and much more!

Chris Gregson discusses growing up in Irvine CA, winning Tampa Am vert when he was 14 years old, how he started filming, helping film Geoff Rowley for the Flip video “Extremely Sorry”, what’s it like filming contests, how he balances being a pro skater and filmer, turning Pro for Blood Wizard, being a stand-in for Tony Hawk, skating the pool Tony Alva did the first frontside air in, working for Thrasher Magazine, how he & his friend make the music for all the video parts he edits, how he goes about follow filming on Elliot Sloans mega ramp and much more!

TJ Rogers discusses growing up in Whitby Canada, getting shop sponsored at age 13, moving to a new city living in foster care, skating contests growing up, getting on Blueprint Skateboards Canada, sending a sponsor tape to Blind Skateboards, coming to California for his first time and going to El Toro, hosting a yearly contest in his hometown Whitby Canada for the kids, Ketchup chips, moving to California, turning pro for Blind, getting on eS Footwear, how he got on Redbull, working on his new eS color way shoe, filming a new Redbull series documenting a cross country trip through Canada, working on a new video part and much more!

Ricki Bedenbaugh Stops by and Chats with us about growing his hair out for three years to donate it to Wigs For Kids, filming a part for his 50th birthday, filming the Redbull Solus and other contests, what it was like to film motocross on street spots, witnessing so many tricks being done down El Toro, how many first try tricks he’s filmed of Nyjah, watching footage he filmed at a 1991 contest with John Cardiel, Eric Koston, Willy Santos & Andrew Reynolds, getting hit in the head with a board while taking photos in China, watching some of his memorable tricks he filmed and much more!

Tim Gavin Stops by and Chats with us about how the real estate market fluctuates, flying in from Arizona every weekend during the Blind days, meeting Jeron for the first time, seeing skateboarding in the olympics, why he retired from skating, help starting DVS and getting ownership, why he never skated switch, how he came up with the name for Matix Clothing, filming for “Tim And Henry’s Pack Of Lies, reviewing his skate clips and much more!

Daniel Castillo Stops by and Chats with us about working a 9 to 5 job, skating with Daewon, what shoes they were skating before DVS started, how he does inward heelflips, meeting Jeron for the first time, skating the World Park, getting shot in a drive by, filming for Love Child and much more!

We discuss the Maxallure "Born Free" Video, Joe Buffalo “Surviving the Horror of Residential Schools by Skateboarding”, DC Shoes “This Too Shall Pass”, OJ Wheels “OJs in the Bay”, Barney Page skating the length of the UK for The Ben Reamers Foundation and much more! Also, we’re picking 3 winners for the 2 signed Chris Roberts Chocolate twin Paddle boards!! This week’s raffle is signed Tim Gavin Blind reissue deck, Blood Wizard deck and custom made 60s skateboard by Skate Geezer.

We discuss the Escapist Skateboarding video “Our World”, Dickies' "Loose Ends" Video, Free Skate Mag’s “Charles”, Grosso Forever "The Loveletters Series Finale" and much more! Also, we’re picking 3 winners for the EA Skate limited edition board and a DELUXE package including a REAL board, Thunder trucks, Spitfire Wheels, hardware, stickers, bearings and more! This week’s raffle is 2 signed Chris Roberts Chocolate twin Paddle boards!

We discuss the Red Bull SŌLUS 2021 contest, the RVCA João Allen “Mischief” part, Shaun Paul “Freohammers” part, Tyson Bowerbank's "Passing Time" Almost Part, Core's Exposure X and much more! Also, we’re picking 3 winners for the Gopro package that includes a Gopro Hero 10 camera, El Grande Extension Pole and a SD Card!! This week’s raffle is an EA Skate limited edition board and a DELUXE package including a REAL board, Thunder trucks, Spitfire Wheels, hardware, stickers, bearings and more!