Wtf is up with the nine club

[Can he read]

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every show without fail his questions loop back to how much money people make

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crob would just not let it go. dude seems super thirsty. really annoying. you could tell rune was not interested in discussing his money

I wonder if shit like this deters guests from coming on knowing they’ll potentially say something that will be used as a clickbaity thumbnail for them

[Sick Duck]

All he cares about is sponsorships and money and kissing industry people’s ass. He wouldn’t even talk about skating if he had the choice

[ToySanta]

All he cares about is sponsorships and money and kissing industry people’s ass. He wouldn’t even talk about skating if he had the choice

And yet it is all he’s chosen to spend his life on.

[Allen.]

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All he cares about is sponsorships and money and kissing industry people’s ass. He wouldn’t even talk about skating if he had the choice

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And yet it is all he’s chosen to spend his life on.

Yes, his *checks notes* two video parts a decade apart.

[Mean salto]

Has anybody ever just reversed the question on Chris and asked how much he made at all the different times thru his career/on the nine club?

[Shuh]

Has anybody ever just reversed the question on Chris and asked how much he made at all the different times thru his career/on the nine club?

I mean he did go on Tony Hawks Podcasts

[JM]

Has anybody ever just reversed the question on Chris and asked how much he made at all the different times thru his career/on the nine club?

He would probably deflect and say something like

“Bro. Come on. At LEAST a few hundred dollars.”

[streetmeat]

Has anybody ever just reversed the question on Chris and asked how much he made at all the different times thru his career/on the nine club?

'no. look. i get it. look. you know. we're just skaters talking shop. its just FASCINATING you know......all of it. like, look. we're just doing our thing here ya know. its just fascinating because before youtube......you know???'

is that what you're looking for?

[Gunot]

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Has anybody ever just reversed the question on Chris and asked how much he made at all the different times thru his career/on the nine club?

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'no. look. i get it. look. you know. we're just skaters talking shop. its just FASCINATING you know......all of it. like, look. we're just doing our thing here ya know. its just fascinating because before youtube......you know???'

is that what you're looking for?

I can‘t believe I actually read that in his voice.

That was budget, man.

[Kook Me Amadeus]

Rune episode was super solid, dig how honest he was about his goals and how he felt about/approached his skating.  Consciously choosing to be a vert guy upon advice from Jeremy.  Doesn’t shy away from being a little competitive and talking about his business decisions too.  Pretty fascinating era in skating, great stories.

[Can he read]

Anytime York is on I’ll tune in. Wish he’d just be a full time co-host. If they had someone on every episode who wasn’t afraid to say something even moderately controversial it would really breathe new life into the show. You can tell he’s always trying to keep it mild but dude always has something funny to add.

[grandslam]

Chris’ fascination with salaries / finances is probably a personal interest of his, one that him and his crew talk about regularly. He needs to understand that getting the “nitty gritty” on skaters’ backstories is deeper than understanding how much money they made from video game royalties. There are so many far more interesting things to bring up.

Rune and Gary back-to-back tried to politely avoid the conversation

[djoekr]

Crob really out here trying to make everyone break the 1st Crack Commandment.

Rule numbre uno, never let no one know
How much dough you hold

[Badmeaningood]

A gentleman never tells!

[Kook Me Amadeus]

[fs1/2cab]

Crob really out here trying to make everyone break the 1st Crack Commandment.

Rule numbre uno, never let no one know
How much dough you hold

Gnarred for the Biggie reference

[DCLOVE]

Chris’ fascination with salaries / finances is probably a personal interest of his, one that him and his crew talk about regularly. He needs to understand that getting the “nitty gritty” on skaters’ backstories is deeper than understanding how much money they made from video game royalties. There are so many far more interesting things to bring up.

Rune and Gary back-to-back tried to politely avoid the conversation

I think if he went about it in a better way it’d be a great question as a stepping stone to have more transparency in skating pay and benefit everyone as whole but I’m talking pro worker reform and the corporate overlords don’t want us to have that.

[somedudefromnj]

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Chris’ fascination with salaries / finances is probably a personal interest of his, one that him and his crew talk about regularly. He needs to understand that getting the “nitty gritty” on skaters’ backstories is deeper than understanding how much money they made from video game royalties. There are so many far more interesting things to bring up.

Rune and Gary back-to-back tried to politely avoid the conversation

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I think if he went about it in a better way it’d be a great question as a stepping stone to have more transparency in skating pay and benefit everyone as whole but I’m talking pro worker reform and the corporate overlords don’t want us to have that.

ive been lurking tiktok for a bit now and one of the more popular pages is that Salary Transparency one for that reason exactly

[Kook Me Amadeus]

Ron episode is fucking great, had it on while doing some work, amazing rainy day entertainment.  Awesome stories as expected.  Dude is a livewire, like @radcunt presaged, it’s a few hours of turbo mode.  Also the last untimestamped 45 minutes of interviews tend to be pretty interesting, love all the general industry perspectives/commentary that come out once everything’s covered beyond the chronological life portions.

[Banned from the room]

I've heard Rune is a sweetheart. I'm going to watch rn.

[Troubadour26]

The Ron Allen episode is so fucking awesome so far.

[Shuh]

Ron episode is fucking great, had it on while doing some work, amazing rainy day entertainment.  Awesome stories as expected.  Dude is a livewire, like @radcunt presaged, it’s a few hours of turbo mode.  Also the last untimestamped 45 minutes of interviews tend to be pretty interesting, love all the general industry perspectives/commentary that come out once everything’s covered beyond the chronological life portions.

It is good

[Frank and Fred]

I think the Ron Allen episode is my favorite to date. Tonne of energy. Funny as fuck. Mad respect.

[DakotaRed]

Ron's "business man" line was indeed dope. Episode had me thinking and laughing in the best ways.

[TelethonJohn]

I know this is a long shot, but Ron Allen had an essay about skating Oakland at night in one of the early issues of Slap. This was back when you could hit all the regular Oakland spots--Tech, Wells Fargo, the museum, Rockridge BART, etc.--and not see another skater. Anyone know if there's a scan of that somewhere?

Also, to the story about the cops fucking with him in Chicago, he talked about it at Skatercon with Bill Danforth, who was obviously in his cups that day. It's a lot funnier in this retelling at 19:20.

[radcunt]

Ron episode is fucking great, had it on while doing some work, amazing rainy day entertainment.  Awesome stories as expected.  Dude is a livewire, like @radcunt presaged, it’s a few hours of turbo mode.  Also the last untimestamped 45 minutes of interviews tend to be pretty interesting, love all the general industry perspectives/commentary that come out once everything’s covered beyond the chronological life portions.

Love Ron, can't wait to get immediately worn out listening to this!

[metsuri]

Ron Allen episode is pretty entertaining, loved the stories.

But I think he has his timelines warped at times: FUN was way earlier than 94/95 like he said. Keenan was on FUN and by 95 he was already on Chocolate. Paco came out in 95 so it was probably filmed in 94, and Keenan was on one of the Rocco companies in between FUN and Chocolate. So 92/93 is probably more accurate time period for FUN? I know that for younger people that sounds insignificant cause it was decades ago anyway but skating moved so fast in those times. 92 was a different era than 95.

Also, he said Media / Syndrome distribution offered him a deal when H-Street was starting in 87. That sounds off. I remember Media being around in 94 or so and it was definitely not a top tier company. Was Syndrome around in the 80's already? Did Syndrome do Zorlac? If they did, they could have been around then but Media in 87 sounds weird.

And he also said Koston was around when he signed his first H-Street pro contract in Vegas in 87 when the company was starting. That's like Shackle Me Not -era, sounds way too early for Koston. Surely Koston wasn't involved from the start of H-Street? He was like 12 years old at the time.

Timeline nerding aside, a good episode. I always wish to hear more from the early H-Street, Shackle Me Not / Hokus Pokus days.

[Ty Evans Lightman]

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Ron episode is fucking great, had it on while doing some work, amazing rainy day entertainment.  Awesome stories as expected.  Dude is a livewire, like @radcunt presaged, it’s a few hours of turbo mode.  Also the last untimestamped 45 minutes of interviews tend to be pretty interesting, love all the general industry perspectives/commentary that come out once everything’s covered beyond the chronological life portions.

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Love Ron, can't wait to get immediately worn out listening to this!

If you want the abridged version listen to Big Hongry’s Mondays and Tuesdays podcast. Same few stories in just over an hour.

[moonordie]

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Is it safe to assume it’s Appleyard he’s referring to getting back on flip?

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Appleyard, Rowley or Bastien are all possibilities...

My money is on Eric Fletcher though.

I put my chips on Apples since hew as wearing a Flip beanie recently in some skate shop best trick thingy.

[gumsole]

Crob really out here trying to make everyone break the 1st Crack Commandment.

Rule numbre uno, never let no one know
How much dough you hold

Haven’t listened in awhile but had the Neen episode running as background noise at work. The whole Joe Rogan talk was so awkward. Seeing so many comments about Chris’ infatuation with what people earn or how they’ve made a career off social publicity is so fucking cringe. He needs to seriously chill with those topic conversations before he has nobody willing to speak with him ever. It’s past the point of humorous now.