The Nine Club #222 · Show notes.
Lee Smith
About this episode
Lee Smith discusses growing up in San Fransisco CA, meeting Karl Watson at age 13, going to Embarcadero for the first time, staying with Mark Gonzales and getting on ATM Click, filming for the FTC video “A Fine Line Between Love & Haight”, skating for Menace Skateboards, filming for the City Stars video “Street Cinema”, turning pro for City Stars, riding for Santa Cruz, moving to Barcelona, starting his podcast “Mission Statement”, getting into oil painting and much more!
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The guest
Lee Smith
Lee Smith grew up skating in San Francisco and rode for ATM Click, Menace and City Stars. His later work includes the Mission Statement podcast and oil painting.
Chapters
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- Lee Smith joins The Nine Club
- Injuries and returning to skating
- Making art and recurring characters
- Skating with Karl Watson as kids
- Family, freedom and skateboarding
- The spotlight on San Francisco
- Meeting Mark Gonzales at Embarcadero
- Getting on Menace
- The FTC part and Santa Cruz
- Moving between San Francisco and Los Angeles
- Making career decisions while young
- Starting brands and new opportunities
- Music in skate videos
- Friends, teams and moving abroad
- Winter in Barcelona
- Distance from sponsors
- Seeing a city through skateboarding
- Shoe sponsorship and expectations
- Starting Mission Statement
- Interviewing skateboarders
- Building the podcast set
- Producing episodes without a weekly schedule
- Life around the San Francisco skate houses
- The end of skating Embarcadero
- Street spots in San Francisco
- Shoes and sponsor obligations
- Making space for more skateboarding shows
- Painting and sharing artwork
Links
Talked about in this episode
Menace - TrilogyRolexLuger
Lee Smith - Street CinemaRolexLuger
Lee Smith Lost Tape 48 Blockscidraking
Santa Cruz - Out There (2005)CultureUnderground
Videos / Articles
People mentioned
Selected names and timestamped moments checked against the episode’s English auto-generated captions.
Mike Carroll
Jacob Rosenberg
Danny Minnick
Henry Sanchez
Lance Mountain
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