The Nine Club #307 · Show notes.
Ben De Gros
About this episode
Ben De Gros discusses growing up in Vancouver, skating with his brother Ted De Gros, his struggles with addiction when he was younger, starting his YouTube channel, why he doesn’t do brand deals, his main job doing drywall & his other YouTube channel “The Vancouver Carpenter”, why he’s taking a long break from doing YouTube skate content, working with Real Skateboards designing a board shape and much more!
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The guest
Ben De Gros
Ben De Gros is a skateboarder and the creator behind the Ben De Gros and Vancouver Carpenter YouTube channels. He discusses skating, drywall work and life in Vancouver.
Chapters
- Ben De Gros
- Internet skateboarders
- Taking a long break from the YouTube skate content
- Ben's drywall YouTube channel "The Vancouver Carpenter"
- Our Supporter: AG1
- Ben wanting to get sponsored
- Ben's brother Ted De Gros
- The problem with Battle At The Berrics
- Ben's idea of a successful video
- Working with Real Skateboards designing shapes
- Working with Sole Tech
- The brand deals (Cariuma)
- Being in LA and filming content
- Keeping up with the joneses
- Does ben fan out on people
- Ben's Mount Rushmore of skaters
- Negative commenters
Links
- Watch this episode
- Ben De Gros's Instagram
- Ben De Gros's YouTube channel
- Vancouver Carpenter on YouTube
- The Nine Club on Spotify
People mentioned
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