The Nine Club #255 · Show notes.
Rob Dyrdek
About this episode
Rob Dyrdek discusses meeting Neil Blender and getting on G&S, getting on and helping form Alien Workshop, his first shoe on DC Shoes, Droors Clothing, the DC Video Featuring the Rob and Big skit, building the first skate plaza “The Rob Dyrdek / DC Shoes Skate Plaza” in his hometown of Kettering Ohio, Rob & Big on MTV, grinding the “square” rail in downtown for his DC commercial, creating the “Fantasy Factory”, how he came up with Street League, starting Ridiculousness, buying back DNA Distribution, SLS Trick Of The Year and much more!
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The guest
Rob Dyrdek
Rob Dyrdek’s career connects Alien Workshop, DC Shoes, television and the creation of Street League. He discusses how those projects developed.
Chapters
- - Intro
- - Applying systematic thinking to skateboarding?
- - Transitioning into a stunt career and the DC commercial
- - How he got into skateboarding
- - Meeting Neil Blender and getting on G&S
- - Getting on and forming the Alien Workshop
- - Droors Clothing
- - Living in Pacific Beach and growing the Workshop
- - DC Shoes
- - Drydek vs Markovich at the Carlsbad gap
- - Rob & Big
- - His Monster back tattoo
- - The trials and tribulations of Rob & Big
- - Starting Ridiculousness
- - Coming up with the Fantasy Factory
- - Rob breaks down his life model
- - Does he still skate?
- - How SLS came about
- - Why ETN was created
- - Buying back DNA Distribution
- - Rob's advice to young up and coming skaters
- - SLS trick of the year
Links
Talked about in this episode
Rob Dyrdek - 15 YEARS OLDEzequiel Rodriguez
Alien Workshop-Time Code (full length)Sigmund619
DC "The DC Video" (2003)Skate Video Vault
Alien Workshop "Mindfield" (2009)Skate Video Vault
Videos / Articles
People mentioned
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Jeff Tremaine
Johnny Knoxville
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