The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

• #358 - Mitchie Brusco

  Mitchie Brusco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchiebrusco84Mitchie Brusco discusses getting sponsors at such a young age, when he got into skating Mega Ramps, Tom Schaar doing the first 1080, doing the first 1260 at the X games, why he started Skate IQ, the most requested trick people want to learn, why he has no interest in doing the loop, will vert ever be in the Olympics, does he think the 1440 will ever be done and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Mitchie Brusco 00:01:47 Skate IQ 00:10:50 Invested his own money to go teach in Australia 00:18:04 If Mitchie taught Chris how to skate vert 00:25:07 What skate IQ offers 00:28:39 The most requested trick people want to learn 00:35:57 Getting sponsors at a young age 00:41:36 Parents getting him sponsorship deals 00:49:43 Did he understand money as a kid 00:52:49 When Mitchie got into skating mega ramps 01:03:19 Tom Schaar doing the first 1080 01:08:24 Why not the loop 01:17:20 The 1260 01:25:53 Will Mitchie ever do another 1260 01:35:55 Vert at the Olympics 01:40:30 Mom coaching him at contests 01:42:12 Filming video parts 01:55:41 What about the 1440 01:58:03 What does he eat before trying a big trick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• #357 - Pat Ngoho

  Pat Ngoho discusses colliding with Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest, skating empty pools around the LAX area, Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool, Steve Olson's banked slalom at the Marina Skatepark, the Gold Cup, Stacy Peralta asking him to join Powell, going from skating pools to street skating, living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular, nose wheelies & manuals at the Savannah Slamma 3 and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Pat Ngoho 00:01:13 Colliding Lincoln Ueda at the Combi contest 00:22:56 Skating empty pools around the LAX area 00:28:07 Boards from the '70s 00:30:36 Marina Skatepark - Steve Olson banked slalom 00:36:11 The contest circuit 00:45:52 Gold Cup - Billy Ruff 00:50:32 Stacy Peralta asked him to join Powell 00:57:40 Savannah Slamma 3 - nose wheelies & manuals 01:13:32 Going from skating pools to street skating 01:17:20 Bondi pool in Australia 01:21:57 Love and Guts art show 01:33:49 Living in Venice when skateboarding was becoming popular 02:00:36 Herbie Fletcher in 1963 skating a pool 02:04:59 The end of the Combi Bowl at the mall 02:11:16 Nukeland pipes 02:17:37 Jim Muir - Dogtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• #356 - Steve Olson & Steve Alba

  Steve Olson & Steve Alba discuss meeting at the Fruit Bowl in Garden Grove CA, getting boards made by hand from school woodshops, Salba heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them a kicktail, skating against one another in the UASA contest, throwing trucks at the Sims van, the first sticker toss ever, the Big O contest, seeing tricks in the magazines and trying to figure them out, Hosoi's backside airs at the OP demo in Huntington Beach and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Steve Olson & Steve Alba 00:04:17 Meeting at the Fruit Bowl - Garden Grove 00:07:41 Dudes that were ripping Pipeline - Dave Hackett 00:12:47 Getting boards made by hand from school woodshops 00:17:32 Skate Master Tate makes Olson a board 00:21:12 Salba talks heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them more kicktail 00:30:06 Logan Skateboards 00:33:40 Skating against one another in the UASA contest 00:35:32 Salba turned pro at the Spring Valley contest 00:45:08 The Hoffmans - Upland Skatepark 00:58:33 Competing in the early contests 01:16:36 Olson throws his board at the judges 01:21:39 Where and when did Olson turn pro 01:24:15 Big O contest 01:26:21 Olson & Dunlap doubles slam at Hester contest 01:44:24 Food fight / throwing trucks at the Sims van 01:52:19 Texas trip with no chaperone - madness on the airplane 02:04:24 George Powell hooks up Olson 02:09:10 First sticker toss ever - Amarillo Pipe 02:23:49 Bringing a medic with them on sessions 02:30:02 Inverts - seeing tricks in the mags and trying to figure them out 02:33:59 Edgers 02:35:57 Christian Hosoi's backside airs - OP demo Huntington Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• #355 - Matt Berger

  Matt Berger discusses growing up in Kamploops BC, coming up in Canada, Rodney Mullen calling him after receiving his sponsor me tape, Tony Hawk saying his local park was terrible so the city built a new one, having back and hip problems and getting experimental knee surgery, how he qualified for SLS, skating for Almost then Flip skateboards, stacking footage for a new part and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Matt Berger 00:00:52 Is that a Monster your drinking? 00:01:16 Recovering from injury - back and hip problems 00:08:32 Experimental knee surgery 00:19:36 Olympic experience 00:30:29 Coming up in Canada 00:35:57 Tony Hawk said his local park was terrible, so the city built a new one 00:38:19 Rodney Mullen is on the phone 00:44:36 What happened with Almost? 00:52:14 Qualifying for SLS 00:57:29 What happened with Flip? 01:10:39 China spots / Barcelona spots 01:15:16 Coming out with a video part soon? 01:28:24 Matt's YouTube channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• #354 - Kevin Perez & Joe Monteleone

  Joe Monteleone & Kevin Perez discuss when and how they started working for Dickies, Filming & editing the Dickies "Honeymoon" video, what it's like filming with Jamie Foy, Kevin getting a job filming for Primitive then for April Skateboards & then Dickies, starting a new board brand with Blake Carpenter called Vinyl Skateboards, how important full-length videos are in 2025 and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Joe Monteleone & Kevin Perez 00:02:35 Dickies Honeymoon video 00:09:03 When they started working for Dickies 00:15:50 Filming with Jamie Foy 00:26:59 Kevin getting a filming job at Primitive 00:31:53 Skating with & filming with Shane O'Neill 00:39:58 Kevin filming for April and then Dickies 00:41:41 Full-length videos & their impact 00:47:16 21 days for Jamie Foy to film a part 00:56:40 Their Editing process 01:21:19 Vinyl Skateboards 01:26:09 Blake Carpenter 01:31:36 The importance of having a media department 01:37:48 Art Cordova 01:40:22 Dickies ads coincide with video pieces - Guy Mariano 01:47:54 Just gonna have fun with Vinyl Skateboards 01:51:11 Pineapple on pizza? 01:52:17 Joe's favorite skater - Diego on Vinyl? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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