Wtf is up with the nine club

[KindaBoard]

Interested to hear what stories Selema tells for a skateboarder majority audience!

The Bomb Hole podcast has an almost four hour long interview with Selema that highlights most of his life story and a lot of snowboard stories.



Hawk vs. Wolf had Selema where they share some funny stories from the Gigantic Skatepark Tour amongst other things.

[matt_2993]

Did Selema do stuff other than announce and host contests and tv?

[Kook Me Amadeus]

Selema Masekela discusses moving to Carlsbad California, falling in love with surfing, working at Transworld, becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear, starting Alphanumeric Clothing, why he first turned down announcing for X Games, getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour, Tony Hawks 900, breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10”, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela and much more!

Timestamps
00:00:00 Selema Masekela
00:02:37 Finding skateboarding
00:05:47 Moving to Carlsbad California
00:10:21 Falling in love with surfing
00:11:19 Selema's first job in skateboarding
00:21:30 Our Sponsor: AG1 Athletic Greens
00:23:06 Getting back into skating heavy because of Transworld
00:25:13 Moving up the ladder at Transworld
00:29:32 Working for Planet Earth
00:31:17 Becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear
00:32:42 The Rhythm video
00:35:20 Meeting Alyasha Owerka-Moore
00:38:25 Team manager for Reebok's Boks program
00:40:51 Starting Alphanumeric
00:46:19 What happened with Alphanumeric?
00:50:42 Getting into television work
00:52:16 Announcing contests and demos
01:01:49 Getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour
01:02:13 Tony Hawk's 900
01:12:37 Leaving and returning to X Games
01:22:45 Working for E! entertainment
01:25:27 Dealing with taxes
01:28:31 Breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10"
01:42:19 Selema's father Hugh Masekela
01:47:10 The beauty of working in the thing you love
01:52:10 Olympic broadcasting
01:57:22 The future of womens skateboarding
02:00:07 Being back at X Games
02:07:10 Snowboard lingo
02:10:35 Selema's dad the musician
02:16:28 Skaters doing things that aren't skateboarding
02:20:57 From Selema to Sal back to Selema

[lamfordie]

Definitely one of the best episodes in a long time. I wish Alphanumeric would make a comeback.

[fulfillthedream]

what a cool episode. ill be honest i had 0 idea who this dude was til the episode. its cool to hear more behind the scenes peoples stories.

[formula420]

Havent watched the episode but he has to be related to earl sweatshirt, right?

[DCLOVE]

Havent watched the episode but he has to be related to earl sweatshirt, right?

Yeah he talks about it in the episode. It’s like a cultural ,family friends kinda relationship. Cool story.

[Murge]

The Selema episode was really good.

Clyde’s was good too. Never thought I’d say it but I kinda think it was as good maybe ,dare I say better than the bunts. Maybe because it was longer.  Idk

[DeadSquidMask]

Did anyone else hang their head in embarrassment for Crob for ending the interview by calling him “sal?”

After the life-affirming discussion about identity and being oneself, and how reclaiming his name was so powerful in his journey through life.

We all make mistakes though, I’d hate to listen to myself talking for any length of time.

Cool interview, I thought. I feel like 9 Club is trying to sneak career advice in for the youngsters who may be better off having a job in the industry, rather than a job in front of a lens. I really wish we’d all heard this kinda stuff between ages 14-19.

[144p]

Did anyone else hang their head in embarrassment for Crob for ending the interview by calling him “sal?”

After the life-affirming discussion about identity and being oneself, and how reclaiming his name was so powerful in his journey through life.

We all make mistakes though, I’d hate to listen to myself talking for any length of time.

Cool interview, I thought. I feel like 9 Club is trying to sneak career advice in for the youngsters who may be better off having a job in the industry, rather than a job in front of a lens. I really wish we’d all heard this kinda stuff between ages 14-19.

I came here to post the exact thing. A great interview, so much history and depth. Poured his heart into having his name not be shortened to satisfy the masses and Crob just undoes it all with his brain dead retort.
Take a second Chris to digest what the guests are saying to you. This was an ultra important thing for Selema and you could tell he was bummed when it came out of Chris’s mouth. He even made a point tell the story to tell EVERYONE in his life never to call him Sal anymore. Doesn’t tarnish a great episode but what a smgdh moment.

[straight fucking edge]

i noticed that but i also noticed he called him selema two times three minutes prior to that while giving him the nine club stuff. chill with the pitchforks

[lord of weed]

that was one of the more entertaining episodes. i wish i had his life, it seems pretty perfect growing up around basically rocket power. southern california seems like the nicest place ever to live i fuck with the the flora

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

I fuck with this dude,

We've got a concept in our area of "Whats the Difference?" where the bladers and BMX guys hang and session with the skaters, and everyone snowboards in the winter, and we all roll spliffs together - everyone is welcome as long as you want to rip. Basically Rocket Power as the post above stated

His days at TWS seem in the same vein.

[Idk]

I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

[Fongstarr.]

I also thought it was a good episode. He's just a wells spoken guy so as far as an audio podcast is concerned, it ran very smooth in me killing some hours.

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[pizzafliptofakie]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

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Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

how do ya figure?

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

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Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[close]

how do ya figure?

yeah "just as easy" is hyperbole, excuse me on that, but I've watched it happen in-person so take that as you will. There's good technique and bad technique in both disciplines.

Either way its grinding two hardened materials together, so some destruction is guaranteed. 

any biker who is having a sesh with has plastic sleeves on or is pegless IMO

[pizzafliptofakie]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

[close]

Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[close]

how do ya figure?

[close]

yeah "just as easy" is hyperbole, excuse me on that, but I've watched it happen in-person so take that as you will. There's good technique and bad technique in both disciplines.

Either way its grinding two hardened materials together, so some destruction is guaranteed. 

any biker who is having a sesh with has plastic sleeves on or is pegless IMO

That's like saying a sledgehammer and a spoon can both destroy something. It's technically true, but you gotta try a hell of a lot harder with one of them.

[friendly dave]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

[close]

Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[close]

how do ya figure?

[close]

yeah "just as easy" is hyperbole, excuse me on that, but I've watched it happen in-person so take that as you will. There's good technique and bad technique in both disciplines.

Either way its grinding two hardened materials together, so some destruction is guaranteed. 

any biker who is having a sesh with has plastic sleeves on or is pegless IMO

There's a BMX version of copers? I've never seen it.

[OhioGuy]

Selema is cool and he's also dating Lupita Nyong'o which is super rad. Actually, I low-key dislike him for taking my dream woman lol. Nah, he's still cool. Good episode.

[lemonchicken91]

I remember it not being the coping or rail as much as the concrete chips from bails on the park floor

[alex olsons back tail]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

[close]

Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[close]

how do ya figure?

[close]

yeah "just as easy" is hyperbole, excuse me on that, but I've watched it happen in-person so take that as you will. There's good technique and bad technique in both disciplines.

Either way its grinding two hardened materials together, so some destruction is guaranteed. 

any biker who is having a sesh with has plastic sleeves on or is pegless IMO

[close]

There's a BMX version of copers? I've never seen it.

Plastic pegs and sleeves have become more common than metal for bmxers over the past 10 years or so. Much quieter and grind smooth on rough surfaces. Although metal pegs are starting to come back heavy because they're loud and more "hesh"

Selema is the shit and as another comment said, growing up in Southern California is definitely like Rocket Power. Skate, surf, bmx, scoot(lol), blades, snowboard, moto. Doesn't matter what you ride as long as you're out there getting after it. Run what you brung type shit.

We're all just playing on our respective toys, ain't nobody cool.

[Tireeedd]

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I don’t mind roller blades but BMX riders fuck up ledges and spots with their pegs. Fuck them.

[close]

Yeah guy I've heard it before, I bust my BMX friends balls about it every time we hang out, while he tells me I poach his lines. The bit never gets old.

Fuck em if they fuck up the ledge, but if you know how to grind, you won't fuck up the ledge. Its literally just as easy chip edges if jam crookeds or 5-0s like you don't know what you're doing.

I've been on sessions w/ bikes and skates were I've watched the skaters chipping out the corner worse and more often than BMX

But I probably won't change your mind and that's fine, so have a nice day

[close]

how do ya figure?

[close]

yeah "just as easy" is hyperbole, excuse me on that, but I've watched it happen in-person so take that as you will. There's good technique and bad technique in both disciplines.

Either way its grinding two hardened materials together, so some destruction is guaranteed. 

any biker who is having a sesh with has plastic sleeves on or is pegless IMO

[close]

There's a BMX version of copers? I've never seen it.

[close]

Plastic pegs and sleeves have become more common than metal for bmxers over the past 10 years or so. Much quieter and grind smooth on rough surfaces. Although metal pegs are starting to come back heavy because they're loud and more "hesh"

Selema is the shit and as another comment said, growing up in Southern California is definitely like Rocket Power. Skate, surf, bmx, scoot(lol), blades, snowboard, moto. Doesn't matter what you ride as long as you're out there getting after it. Run what you brung type shit.

We're all just playing on our respective toys, ain't nobody cool.

yeah, it's kinda hard trying to explain that to all of us in southern california just kinda co-exist like people still shit on scooter kids but for the most of us nobody cares

[GauchoAmigo]

Only going to listen if he tells cool stories about his legendary dad - does he?

[E]

Has anyone else seen a plethora of roller skate chicks at their local parks? Not hating, just curious because they seem to be there every day now and weren't like a year ago.

[formula420]

Has anyone else seen a plethora of roller skate chicks at their local parks? Not hating, just curious because they seem to be there every day now and weren't like a year ago.

They are common in the denver area skateparks. Seemed to increase during pandemic.

[fulfillthedream]

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Has anyone else seen a plethora of roller skate chicks at their local parks? Not hating, just curious because they seem to be there every day now and weren't like a year ago.

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They are common in the denver area skateparks. Seemed to increase during pandemic.

seen em around LA. whats cool is a lot of people who roller skate say Spitfire f4's work the best. i think they're usually 52 or 53mm classics.

[carcinisation]

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Has anyone else seen a plethora of roller skate chicks at their local parks? Not hating, just curious because they seem to be there every day now and weren't like a year ago.

[close]

They are common in the denver area skateparks. Seemed to increase during pandemic.

be prepared to get owned

[camel filters]

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Has anyone else seen a plethora of roller skate chicks at their local parks? Not hating, just curious because they seem to be there every day now and weren't like a year ago.

[close]

They are common in the denver area skateparks. Seemed to increase during pandemic.

[close]

seen em around LA. whats cool is a lot of people who roller skate say Spitfire f4's work the best. i think they're usually 52 or 53mm classics.

DLX need to market to them if they're smart. They buy two sets every time they need new ones.