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Tim Olson

Jake Wooten | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jake Wooten | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jake Wooten discusses growing up in Tennessee, his home life as young kid, how his uncle influenced his life, breaking his leg at 8 years old, meeting Mike Vallely at Woodward & getting on Elephant Skateboards, Elephant ending and moving on to NHS, officially getting on Santa Cruz Skateboards & turning pro, his new part “Big Sky" part and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

Bucky Lasek | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Bucky Lasek | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Bucky Lasek discusses growing up in Baltimore Maryland, getting discovered by Stacy Peralta, staying with Tony Hawk in California, trick progression in his early days, being let go from Powell Peralta in the early 90’s, getting on Birdhouse and blowing out his knee, why he ultimately left Birdhouse, getting on (and off) of Element Skateboards, his return to Powell Peralta, his professional car career, what it was like going on the Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

Ryan Sheckler | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Ryan Sheckler | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Ryan Sheckler discusses growing up in Southern California, starting to skate at age 2, coming up in the CASL contests, skating for World Industries, turning pro at 13 for Almost Skateboards, why he decided to quit doing his MTV show Life Of Ryan, winning Thrasher's Bust Or Bail contest, the El Toro backside flip, leaving Almost for Plan B Skateboards, skating the freeway overpass from the "You Good" video, 25 years with Etnies Footwear, breaking both ankles & crushing his L1 Vertebra during ETN's "Face Melters”, why he decided to leave Plan B, going to treatment for alcohol addiction & now being sober, starting his new company Sandlot Times, filming for his new Red Bull part and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

Jeff Tremaine | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jeff Tremaine | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jeff Tremaine discusses growing up in Rockville MD, going to school with Spike Jonze, moving to Los Angeles and getting a job at Freestylin Magazine, Jason Lee skating to his band’s song “The Knife Song” in Blind Video Days, getting hired at Big Brother Magazine, working with Steve Rocco, what it was like after Big Brother sold to Larry Flint, pitching Jackass to HBO executives, the bidding war between MTV and Comedy Central for Jackass, the early stages of filming Jackass and having the cops called on them, why they decided to leave MTV and start making movies, helping to create Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory and also Rob & Big, how Jackass Forever came about 10 years after Jackass 3D, the recent release of Jackass 4.5 and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

Jimmy Wilkins | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jimmy Wilkins | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Jimmy Wilkins discusses growing up in Columbus Ohio, getting into skating by playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, having to drive 2 hours to skate a vert ramp, building a vert ramp in his backyard then being sued by the city, moving to San Diego when he was 17, getting on Creature Skateboards through Darren Navarrette, skating for Lakai Footwear, breaking both arms and his pelvis trying the loop, skating Tony Hawk’s ramp almost everyday, leaving Creature and not having a sponsor for over a year, how getting on REAL Skateboards came about and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

Mark Normand | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Mark Normand | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Mark Normand discusses growing up in New Orleans, starting to skate around 13 years old, his local shop Humidity, going to film school at the New York Film Academy, starting to do comedy right after college, moving to New York, the many parallels between comedy and skateboarding, how he goes about writing his comedy bits, perfecting his jokes in front of a live audience, his skate footage getting lost during Hurricane Katrina, opening for Amy Schumer early on, Jerry Seinfeld seeing his Tonight show appearance and reached out him, keeping up with all the new skaters coming up and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley