The Nine Club #262 · Show notes.
Tom Curran
About this episode
Tom Curran discuss moving to California from Ohio, getting Scarecrow boards from Russ Pope, getting a job at Vans, winning 800 bucks on a scratch off and moving to San Francisco, working for World Industries & meeting Ryan Sheckler, Globe buying Dwindle & having to fire people, leaving Dwindle for Red Bull, what a Red Bull budget looks like Vs a skateboard company's budget, changing directions and entering the agent role for skateboarders and much more!
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The guest
Tom Curran
Tom Curran worked across Vans, World Industries, Dwindle and Red Bull before moving into athlete representation. He discusses the business behind skateboarding.
Chapters
- Tom Curran
- Not the surfer
- Moving to California from Ohio
- Scarecrow flow from Russ Pope
- Getting a job at Vans
- Winning 800 bucks on a scratch off and moving to SF
- working for Dwindle
- Meeting Sheckler
- Rodney tells Tom about his plans for Almost Skateboards
- Kicking people off teams
- Going to work for Girl Skateboards
- Reconnecting with Sheckler at Etnies
- Moving on to Red Bull
- What a Red Bull budget looks like vs a skateboard company budget
- The Red Bull "hat thing"
- Leaving Red Bull
- Working as an Agent for Skateboarders
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