Chet Thomas discusses growing up in Huntington Beach CA, having a ho-ho battle with Guy Mariano, skating for Powell Peralta at age 15, acting in commercials, leaving Public Skateboards to skate for Channel One, starting Darkstar Wheels, the first pro on Volcom, XYZ Platinum, getting on the A-Team, turning Darkstar into a board company, his Globe shoe the CT4, his role at Dwindle Distribution, his real estate business and much more!
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#154 - Chet Thomas

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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Karl Watson discusses growing up in the Bay area, Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate, meeting James Kelch for the first time, getting on Think Skateboards, leaving Think to skate for World Industries, filming for the Love Child video but not being in Love Child, being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle then turning pro for them, getting on Expedition then starting Organika, working for adidas and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Karl Watson
00:03:23 Karl's younger years growing up in the bay area
00:10:10 Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate
00:11:02 Meeting James Kelch for the first time
00:13:35 Moving into Tommy Guerrero's old apartment and getting his boxes
00:16:17 Karl on Dogtown
00:17:57 Getting on Think Skateboards
00:20:52 Quitting Think to skate for New Deal then getting back on Think
00:22:59 Leaving Think to skate for World Industries
00:26:30 Filming for Love Child but not being in Love Child
00:34:29 Getting let go by World Industries
00:34:46 Getting on Stereo Skateboards
00:36:25 Going pro
00:37:26 Being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle
00:39:36 Being on Profile before Mad Circle
00:41:58 Jamie Thomas at EMB back in the day
00:43:32 The SF spots back in the day
00:44:40 Hubba Hideout
00:45:12 Going pro for Mad Circle
00:45:47 Karl's part in 5 Flavors
00:54:50 Getting on Expedition
00:55:52 Starting Organika
00:59:24 Karl's part in Alone
01:09:29 What happened with Organika
01:17:40 Hubba front nose pretzel out
01:21:44 Karl's appreciation for the younger generation
01:25:57 Working for adidas
01:28:19 Back at LRG
01:31:04 Passing up 10k a month to stay on iPath
01:47:06 Maxallure
01:56:48 Visiting the old sf spots
01:58:14 Rocco stories
01:59:57 Riding Jovantae's used board
02:03:54 Karl the author
02:19:52 Karl almost quitting skating
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#321 - Karl Watson

We're in New Orleans at the Redbull Terminal takeover with special guests Jake Wooten, Neen Williams, Humidity Skateshop owner Phillip Santosuosso & Margie Didal.
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Live From Terminal Takeover In New Orleans | Nine Club Live

Joey Suriel discusses growing up in Echo Park & getting his first board from Rip City, Meeting Fabian Alomar for the first time, skating at Lockwood, getting on Powell Peralta, leaving SMA & getting on ATM Click, going pro for 60/40, meeting Kareem Campbell, filming for 20 Shot Sequence & Trilogy, his Duffs shoe and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Joey Suriel
00:01:11 The short lived Menace Skateboards
00:06:05 Growing up in Echo Park and getting his first board from Rip City
00:13:08 Meeting Fabian Alomar for the first time
00:19:45 The Lockwood days
00:23:25 Getting on Powell Peralta
00:36:01 Joey's EMB story
00:44:03 Leaving SMA and getting on ATM Click
00:50:43 Going pro for 60/40
00:57:01 Meeting Kareem Campbell
00:58:20 Almost getting on Sister (Chocolate)
01:06:39 The popularity of Menice and being appropriately compensated
01:10:54 Why Kareem wasn't a face in Menace
01:14:08 20 Shot Sequence
01:17:06 Seeing Carroll's part in questionable and smashing his own footage
01:25:27 The Trilogy video
01:30:19 The City Stars era
01:33:30 Realizing when your pro career is over
01:44:21 Joey's Duffs shoe
01:54:48 Getting into realty
02:00:45 Menace's 30 year anniversary
02:13:10 Rodney driving the tour van
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#320 - Joey Suriel

Rat Rats "Who Said What" video, How high can you ollie? Who has the highest ollie out of the crew?,  Budget or Buttery, Mixing Songs to video parts using AI, Tampa Pro and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Nine Club Live #49
00:02:27 How high can you ollie? Who has the highest ollie out of the crew?
00:18:00 Rat Rats Who Said What?
00:29:22 Super Chat Appreciation 
00:34:50 Budget or Buttery
00:50:00 Mixing Songs (Jeron Wilson Straight outta Dubs)
01:03:00 Kelly Hart Living that California dream
01:18:00 Chris Roberts Skating Through Life
01:30:00 Prod 818 All Day
01:42:00 Jamie Thomas Streets of Asphalt
01:51:00 Kelly Recaps his Tampa Pro Experience
02:00:00 Ig and the Pop in a Puffy Jacket
02:06:00 Super Chat Appreciation Drawing
02:12:00 Found that Footy Channel Shoutout
02:23:00 Signing off
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Making Songs For Skate Parts | Nine Club Live #49

The Bunt dudes discuss how they got into podcasting, where did the name "The Bunt" come from, finally on putting their podcast on YouTube, how they prepare for their show, how they feel when their guests appear on other podcasts at the same time, what the hardest part of doing the Bunt is, their dream guests, Illegal tricks, reverse rapid fire, do they listen to The Nine Club and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 The Bunt
00:00:57 Who's the number one skateboarding podcast?
00:02:31 The Bunt finally on YouTube
00:05:59 Bunt/Nine Club parallels
00:11:55 The Vans sponsorship
00:12:49 Having the same guests
00:16:59 Sports talk on a skateboarding podcast
00:20:27 How did they got into podcasting
00:30:12 Where did "The Bunt" come from
00:30:59 The 3 bad B's
00:34:20 The message boards
00:41:01 The Bunt guys as skaters
00:48:15 The Bunt video
00:52:36 How does the Bunt prepare for their show
00:56:05 Favorite skaters...
00:57:04 Hardest part of doing the Bunt
00:58:41 Do the Bunt guys listen to Nine Club
01:00:06 Bunt dream guests
01:13:41 Doing special events
01:25:25 Kelly's talk button
01:29:42 Behind the scenes of the Bunt
01:35:16 The Bunt as a full time living?
01:40:52 First videos
01:41:21 How did the bunt start skating
01:43:59 Illegal tricks
01:46:08 The Phelps episode
02:00:09 Guest requests
02:03:10 Lost episodes
02:11:35 Money talk
02:17:01 Role reversal
02:24:31 Reverse rapid fire
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#154 - Chet Thomas

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