The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

 Jamie Thomas discusses growing up in Alabama, working at Wendy’s, driving cross country with hotdogs and a microwave, sleeping at Embarcadero, his first board sponsor Experience, panhandling in San Francisco, riding for Invisible, getting a cold call from Ed Templeton to ride for Toy Machine, filming for Welcome To Hell, starting Zero, why he quit Emerica to ride for Adio, the rise and fall of Fallen Footwear, Straye Footwear, dealing with his “hoarding” of skate memorabilia, the scariest tricks he’s ever done and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Anderson discusses growing up in Connecticut, his first board being a Veriflex, driving out to California, getting on Toy Machine, talking to Rick Howard about skating for Girl Skateboards, getting on Axion shoes, flying to LA to quit Axion for Savier, filming for the first Nike Video, how the Viceland coming out film came about, skating for Anti Hero, working on writing his first book and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skin Phillips discusses growing up in Wales, coming up in the photography world, getting his first gig at Transworld, his first ever Spotlight with Carl Shipman, using video grabs for sequences, making his first video “Dreams of Children” that would soon inspire Transworld making their own videos, filming the infamous Tom Penny bank session and his wheels of fortunes, shooting Mark Gonzales, going on tour with Keenan Milton and Sean Sheffey, working for Adidas and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mikey Alfred discusses growing up in North Hollywood, what kind of kid he was growing up, making his first skate video “Spark of Life,” how he built IC into a massive brand, being a savage in business, how the Game totally dissed him, almost head butting Jay-Z, the new IC Cinema Tour and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Na-Kel Smith discusses growing up in Los Angeles, learning what he thought were tre-flips, getting his first box ever from Lakai, skating for Supreme, getting on flow for Real, having to quit Real to ride for Fucking Awesome, getting on Adidas, filming for Away Days, designing his own colorways, what his future goals are and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neen Williams discusses growing up in Chicago, skating for Uprise Skateshop, having to leave his hometown board sponsor Affiliate to ride for Deathwish, riding for Supra, getting on Circa and designing his pro shoe, skating for Altamont Apparel, dealing with injuries and sobering up, how he stays in shape now to skate forever and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were on location at the Adidas Skate Copa Court in Los Angeles. Who’s in the hot seat? Tune in to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Craig discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, beating his older brother in contests, getting on Grindking, showing off for Koston at the courthouse, skating for Society, getting on Blind, having a personalized song in The Blind Video, tearing his ACL, leaving DVS for Circa, becoming team manager for Dwindle, getting let go from Dwindle, his company smlwheels, starting his new job at The Boardr and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Garcia discusses growing up in Orange County CA, getting sponsored by Liberty Boardshop, Rodney Mullen flowing him World boards then being put on All City, quitting All City in hopes of getting on Habitat, filming for the Habitat section of Photosynthesis, riding for Vita Shoes, Habitat ‘Mosaic’ Video, getting on éS Shoes, starting his music career as Reverend Baron, why he slowly faded out of the skate industry, His new album Rio View (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/reverend-baron/id557897426) and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boo Johnson discusses growing up in Tehachapi CA, getting hooked up with Pharmacy Boardshop, his first board sponsor Powell, filming for his first video part on Element ’Future Nature’, getting on DGK, starting his own company JHF, his years with Supra, skating for Weedmaps, Torrey hitting him up to ride for Diamond Footwear, designing his pro shoe the Boo J, riding for Hawkers and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices