The Nine Club #216 · Show notes.
Rodney Torres
About this episode
Rodney Torres discusses growing up in Queens NY, getting on Rhythm Skateboards, help building the Maloof Money Cup Skate Park in Flushings, skating for Osiris Footwear, leaving Zoo York for Infamous Skateboards, skating for Official Skateboards after Arcade Skateboards went out of business, starting his company Torro Skateboards and much more!
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The guest
Rodney Torres
Rodney Torres grew up skating in Queens and rode for Rhythm, Zoo York and other teams before starting Torro Skateboards.
Chapters
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- Rodney Torres joins The Nine Club
- New York and California spots
- Meeting skaters and sharing spots
- Finding a community through skating
- Helping build the Flushing Meadows skatepark
- Getting support for a local skatepark
- Growing up in Queens
- Getting around Flushing Meadows
- Boards and early sponsors
- Bringing people to Flushing Meadows
- The neighborhood and baseball
- Simple Shoes and early footwear sponsors
- Sponsor changes and losing a place on a team
- When investors do not understand skating
- Being part of a New York brand
- Technical skating and new video parts
- Arcade and the early 2000s
- Rhythm, Planet Earth and distribution changes
- The ups and downs of a skate career
- Colombian family and cultural roots
- Appearing in different skate videos
- Working with filmmakers
- Skateboarding and Supreme stories
- Ideas, gratitude and new projects
- Visiting Colombia before the pandemic
- Getting stuck abroad during lockdown
- Torro’s Crudo video and new projects
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