The Nine Club #281 · Show notes.
Carlisle Aikens
About this episode
Carl Aikens discusses growing up in Chicago, Carls mom hosting house music parties in Chicago, getting his first Chocolate ad in a mag, filming for Chocolate’s “Bunny Hop” video, shoe company's offering him contracts but choosing Adidas, Melon grab over Hollywood High’s fence, why he doesn’t watch too much skating content, his first contest ever was SLS, getting modeling gigs, FaceTiming pro’s for motivation to land tricks and much more!
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The guest
Carlisle Aikens
Carlisle Aikens, also known as Carl Aikens, rides for Chocolate Skateboards. He discusses his path and the projects that brought his skating to a wider audience.
Chapters
- Carl Aikens
- Chris & Carl meet after being on Chocolate together for 6 years
- How Carl started to get flow for Chocolate
- Young Carl coming up skating
- The shoe sponsors
- The New York connection
- Our Supporter: Athletic Greens
- Carl's mom famous in Chicago
- Carl's mom on a board
- Carl the model
- Pro skaters doing other things to make money
- Fully getting on Chocolate
- Carl's first Chocolate ad
- The portrait board
- Carl's "Bunny Hop" part
- The shoe company offers after Carl was dropped by Nike
- The Lost Kids record label
- Modeling for Erewhon
- Melon grab over the fence at Hollywood High
- Carl doesn't watch skateboarding
- The "Serena" video
- heading to Paris
- Does Carl follow Tony Hawk?
- What Carls working on now
- Facetiming pros for motivation to land tricks
Links
Talked about in this episode
Videos / Articles
Chocolate Skateboards "Bunny Hop"crailtap
Where The Hell Did This Guy Come From?! | Carl AikensThe Berrics
Crailtap's Slice of Life with Carl Aikenscrailtap
People mentioned
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Mike Carroll
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