The Nine Club #408 · Show notes
Micky Papa
About this episode
Micky Papa discusses growing up in Canada, scheming to help his family, drinking when he was a teenager, jumping through the hoops to get sponsored, how Sluggo helped his family during the Christmas holiday, getting a commercial gig & paid his family's rent, getting on Blind Skateboards, getting into SLS from the Tampa Pro contest, how quad tendinitis almost took him out, Yuto staying at his house early on in his career and much more!
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The guest
Micky Papa
Micky Papa is a Canadian professional skateboarder who rode for Blind and qualified for SLS through the Tampa Pro contest. In this episode he says he is currently a free agent.
Chapters
- Micky Papa
- Learning fakie tricks
- Quad tendinitis almost took him out
- Practicing for PSL (Close Friends List)
- Getting into skateboarding
- Jumping through the hoops to get sponsored
- Online money making schemes
- RDS pass
- Tough up bringing, Drinking as a teenager
- Scheming to help his family
- Got a commercial gig for $3,500 & paid his family's rent
- Coming to the States
- Damn am & getting on Blind Skateboards
- Reverse engineering a goal
- Getting into SLS from the Tampa Pro contest
- Flew down from Canada to skate a gap in malibu
- He's a free agent
- Ted talk
- Yuto stayed at his house early on
Links
Videos / Articles
Micky Papa's "What's Going On?" Ricta Part2019 · ThrasherMagazine
Micky Papa's "Blinded" Part2015 · ThrasherMagazine
Micky Papa - Blind Skateboards | Pro Part2016 · The Berrics
Micky Papa — Side Hustle2024 · MickyPapa
Contest results & rankings
Selected career highlights, not a complete contest history.
- 1stDamn Am Select Series Chicago Finals: Presented by Nike SB2015Source
- 2ndTampa Am Finals2014Source
- 2ndMaloof Money Cup NYC AM Street2011Source
- 45thWorld Skate WSR — men’s streetNovember 6, 2026 (PT)Source
Ranking rows are current snapshots fetched November 6, 2026 (PT), not results from the episode date.
People mentioned
Matías Dell Olio
Ivan Monteiro
Yoshi Tannenbaum
Max Kruglov
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