Tom Curran discuss moving to California from Ohio, getting Scarecrow boards from Russ Pope, getting a job at Vans, winning 800 bucks on a scratch off and moving to San Francisco, working for World Industries & meeting Ryan Sheckler, Globe buying Dwindle & having to fire people, leaving Dwindle for Red Bull, what a Red Bull budget looks like Vs a skateboard company's budget, changing directions and entering the agent role for skateboarders and much more!
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#262 - Tom Curran

The Nine Club is the show that has skaters talking. Each weekly episode hosted by Chris Roberts with co-hosts Jeron Wilson and Kelly Hart invite you into conversations with professional skateboarders, musicians, actors and artists that share a common passion for skateboarding.
Nine Club episodes air on YouTube every Monday at 6am (pst). Nine Club Live episodes stream on YouTube every Thursday at 5pm (pst).

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Spanish Mike in the House, Sole Tech sold to the Nidecker Group what now for eS, Emerica, Etnies, Arisa Trew first women to land the 900, Happy 50th Vern Laird Video Part, Toy Machine Real Life Sucks and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Nine Club Live #55
00:00:01 Spanish Mike in the House!
00:01:30 Spanish Mike was in Japan for the first time with Primitive
00:09:41 Superchat Appreciation Reminder featuring ultra corp York board
00:13:30 A Tale of two Muska Pods
00:15:00 Sole Tech sold to the Nidecker Group what now for eS, Emerica, Etnies?
00:27:00 The First DVS Skate Shoes
00:31:00 New Ways to make money in skateboarding and are any core skate clothing companies left?
00:40:00 Arisa Trew first women to land the 900
00:50:00 Toy Machine Real Life Sucks
01:22:00 Happy 50th Vern Laird Video Part
01:27:00 Budget or Buttery
01:49:00 Skatefolio
01:58:00 Superchat Appreciation Drawing
02:05:00 Thank You!
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Toy Machine Video, Arisa Trew's 900, Geoff Rowley | Nine Club Live #55

Chad Muska discusses why he moved to Ohio and bought a farm, his Groundhogs Dig Doug & Scarhead, focusing on building a company of his own rather than building companies for other people, how he shoots everything by himself from product shots to his lifestyle shots, What's his involvement with Shortys Skateboards now, his creative process from doing spin art boards to dipping his eS shoes in paint, fundraising to build a skatepark in his hometown of Lorain Ohio, Muska Footwear coming soon and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Chad Muska
00:05:22 Why he moved to Ohio and bought a farm
00:06:10 Making a company (has built up other peoples companies in the past, but never his own)
00:09:10 Previous owners helped him learn to take care of the property
00:10:58 Our Sponsor: Woodward
00:12:31 His Groundhogs Dig Doug & Scarhead
00:18:24 He didn't want to be "The Muska" anymore, he wanted to just be Chad
00:20:53 Why he hasn't skated since he broke his leg
00:21:19 While in LA skating down Sunset blvd people were shouting his name
00:25:20 His studio space is his basement or living room
00:25:59 Shoots everything by himself from product shots to his lifestyle shots
00:28:08 His main goal right now is financial stability & building his platform and empire
00:30:37 How brands grow, and the infrastructure grows with it....and eventually its their downfall
00:33:59 What is his involvement with Shortys Skateboards now?
00:40:46 The art pieces Chad is making from splatter boards to dipped shoes in paint
00:43:21 Always tries to look at the skate industry and ask whats missing
00:47:36 Dipping his eS shoes in paint
00:52:29 Muska Footwear coming soon
00:55:39 Our Sponsor: AG1
01:04:56 Trying to get things made in America but its very difficult
01:10:00 Doing a collab with Steve Olson
01:12:14 The longer you are with a company the less you get paid
01:15:21 New kid on Shortys Ivan Monteiro
01:19:21 Muska's intro clip in "Fulfill The Dream" at Jkwon
01:25:28 Fundraising to build a skatepark in Lorain Ohio
01:32:04 Has he thought about raising bees
01:36:27 Is he going to live out on his farm forever?
01:39:40 Portioned out Dig Doug & Scarheads food in baggies so his friend can take care of them while he's gone
01:45:15 He's learned a lot in a small amount of time maintaining his property
01:50:58 Watching Muska's journey as he documents in on Instagram
01:55:05 Happy Birthday Muska

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#325 - Chad Muska

Sean Parker’s SIGNAL Video Part, Etienne Turnbull Vague part, Avril Lavigne x Crob, Budget or Buttery, Wake up Massi, Tanner Napper Crazy Drop in IG Clip, Mark Such Nine Days, Gabriel Summers White Flag Zero Part and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Nine Club Live #54
00:01:00 Super chat make up announcement and Topic Rundown
00:02:40 Super chat drawing
00:05:02 Mystery box announcement
00:09:00 Back in action
00:10:50 Sean Parker’s SIGNAL Video Part
00:23:44 Our Sponsor: Woodward
00:26:00 Etienne Turnbull Vague part
00:34:00 Avril Lavigne x Crob
00:41:00 Budget or Buttery
00:59:00 Chad Knight was on the Nine Club this week!
01:04:00 Wake up Massi
01:37:00 Tanner Napper Crazy Drop in IG Clip
01:41:00 Mark Such Nine Days
02:00:00 Gabriel Summers White Flag Zero Part
02:25:00 SOTY Board update
02:33:00 Storage and Shed 4/20 drop
02:36:00 Super Chat Mystery Box
02:43:00 Sign Off’s
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Gabriel Summers, Mark Suciu, Wake up Massi | Nine Club Live #54

Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for "The Storm", how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT's, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Chad Knight
00:00:57 Getting right into Osiris "The Storm" video
00:01:57 Perception of the industry on San Diego skaters
00:05:30 Did he notice that Osiris was getting big
00:06:39 First pro model shoe with Osiris
00:09:43 Dave Mayhew was probably up late designing his shoe
00:12:01 How much were the shoe royalty checks for
00:12:18 Did team riders discuss contracts with each other
00:15:50 Our Sponsor: Woodward
00:20:40 Grew up in Ohio & got sponsored by H-Street
00:23:54 Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 13 years old
00:25:02 His sponsor me footage had him wrestling on it
00:29:16 Getting on Maple Skateboards
00:33:57 Switch backside flip Sand Diego Sports Arena double set
00:40:05 Josh Kasper's ollie over a gap & a DJ
00:41:34 The dark years - got hurt - broke his leg
00:46:27 Getting into shoe design
00:52:23 Jeff Taylor got him an interview at DC Shoes
01:09:38 Left DC and worked for Vans
01:12:30 Opportunity to work for Nike came up
01:16:06 How 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike
01:30:51 His 3D art and the rise and fall of NFT's
01:36:53 Our Sponsor AG1
02:02:50 How he got to compete in American Gladiator
02:10:27 Was his trick on a handrail an NBD at the time?
02:14:54 How he almost lost his eye
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#324 - Chad Knight

JP Souza’s Tropical Flavor Part, Red Bull Terminal Takeover, Jeron was on the Bunt, Temu has Eś ripoffs, Nike SB Futura Laboratories video, Budget or Buttery, Adidas presents Hejtor (Heitor Da Silva}, We're ditching Twitch and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Nine Club Live Episode #53
00:00:40 We're ditching Twitch
00:04:00 Looking back at the first episode of The Nine Club
00:08:00 Topic rundown
00:08:40 JP Souza’s Tropical Flavor Part
00:24:00 ABD Yuto Horigome Superchat recap and Mystery box announcement 
00:28:00 Supported by: Woodward Skate Camp 
00:31:00 Red Bull Terminal Takeover
00:43:00 Jeron was on the Bunt
00:53:00 Nike SB Futura Laboratories
01:17:00 Temu has Eś ripoffs
01:23:00 Budget or Buttery
01:43:00 Adidas presents Hejtor (Heitor Da Silva}
02:02:00 Mike York’s Ultra Corp x Nine Club Jabba Deck
02:09:30 We forgot about Phillup The Bucket.. We'll pick next episode
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#262 - Tom Curran

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