Alex Olson | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 81

[jorge]

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He's right about how pros need to be able to skate everything (transition).  Sorry Mike Mo.

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Mike Mo typifies why Crailtap are so boring these days - flavourless.

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If he had ever for one second given a shit about his career and didn't golf cart himself into retirement he'd be legendary.

Nah.  Tons of flatground and ledge wizards out there already.

[Big Skatefase]

  @ the joke about nyjah not texting alex back

[thespacewolf]

Dear' is so much better than 3D

[Harem]

Alex saying or not saying what we all think about this era of Toy Machine

[bawtawd5]

Its weird how normal AO actually is.

[Silky Johnson]

Dear' is so much better than 3D

imagine how rad that company could've been if staba would've let it unfold at it's own pace

[Robert Baratheon]

Dear is very affected. 3D was boring. We are all doomed. It's ok.

This interview is great. The story about the monitor was funny.

[Monkey_Mcpott]

I laughed when he said "rememberable" but then i looked it up and it was an actual word, fuck me. 

[White Owl]

kinda weird how mike mo is kinda irrelevant now and AO is very relevant

[darkslideoftheforce]

to his defence he did have that gnarly golf kart injury

[White Owl]

to his defence he did have that gnarly golf kart injury

Still the way skating changed and tech skating became less relevant. It is funny how it worked out in alex’s favor.

[Get fired up]

Another awsome interview.  After listening to this and his bunt interview, I continue to like Alex more and more. His self deprecating attitude is funny and he comes across as really self aware. He spoke pretty openly about reason for leaving his sponsors, espically girl and lakai.  I also like how he express his dissapointment with pretty sweet and Ty’s direction with skate videos. 

[sharkin]

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anyone know if theres footage of the dill trick he's describing at around 31 minutes?

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Pretty sure this is it:

Wow this is an awesome sequence. The frame with his nose practically pitching into the transition flat bottom is gnarly

[Abyss1]

wait did I hear A/O say how skateboard graphics arent good and doesn't matter anymore ..

[slappies]

wait did I hear A/O say how skateboard graphics arent good and doesn't matter anymore ..

I think he was more implying that they don't typically have the impact they did in the 80s/90s, but was talking in hyperbole to drive the point home... or maybe I'm rationalizing what he's saying because he's so handsome.

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wait did I hear A/O say how skateboard graphics arent good and doesn't matter anymore ..

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I think he was more implying that they don't typically have the impact they did in the 80s/90s, but was talking in hyperbole to drive the point home... or maybe I'm rationalizing what he's saying because he's so handsome.

lol...ahh I couldn't tell if he had to stop himself from going on a rant by re-adjusting to that comment.  Sounded like he wanted to go off , but didn't want to get into industry beef.

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

when alex says he 5-0ed the UCI rail with a crew but no one filmed or shot any of it

[knex]

I'm glad he admitted he has no idea what he's doing. The part where he's one the one hand saying he's working til sundown and the next second admitting he's essentially sending cliparts to the board manufacturer is pure gold.

This makes me like his business efforts more so than when everyone speculated in his pre-meditated contrived ways of going about his companies.

[Il Dio sotto la pelle]

I'm glad he admitted he has no idea what he's doing. The part where he's one the one hand saying he's working til sundown and the next second admitting he's essentially sending cliparts to the board manufacturer is pure gold.

This makes me like his business efforts more so than when everyone speculated in his pre-meditated contrived ways of going about his companies.

Loved the transparency on his part, made for a good laugh

[GAY]

kinda weird how mike mo is kinda irrelevant now and AO is very relevant

Well, one of them can bring it on the 1's and 2's while the other models wigs so...

[colt cannon lunchbox]

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I think Roger freelances with viceland at least to some degree. He filmed and edited the BA is BGAY thing.

I like AO a lot, I liked his Vans shoe (wasn't there at least a semi-cupsole version?) and have never seen one of his boards in person.

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They were half joking about getting meetings with spike a few episodes back. I wouldn’t be surprised if nine club ended up there. Also the Meza connection.

If it means the format doesn't change, and they still have complete creative control I don't see why they wouldn't do that. These dudes need to get paid. Skate media is boring in 2018, no one is reading the mainstream magazines, and skate footage itself comes and goes at such a rate that no one can keep up.

The nine club needs to capitalise on this.

[tortfeasor]

I guess I’m out of the loop but what does “termite kid” mean?

[Burt Ward]

I guess I’m out of the loop but what does “termite kid” mean?

Kid brand. Wack. Austin Gillette.

[SonictheHedgehog]

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I think Roger freelances with viceland at least to some degree. He filmed and edited the BA is BGAY thing.

I like AO a lot, I liked his Vans shoe (wasn't there at least a semi-cupsole version?) and have never seen one of his boards in person.

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They were half joking about getting meetings with spike a few episodes back. I wouldn’t be surprised if nine club ended up there. Also the Meza connection.

[close]

If it means the format doesn't change, and they still have complete creative control I don't see why they wouldn't do that. These dudes need to get paid. Skate media is boring in 2018, no one is reading the mainstream magazines, and skate footage itself comes and goes at such a rate that no one can keep up.

The nine club needs to capitalise on this.

I'm wondering how long they can keep up with the caliber of these guests, the past few weeks in particular has been filled with just legends.

Still would like to see:
Joe Castrucci
Tim O'Connor
Heath Kirchart
Scott Johnston
Tim Gavin
Kelly Bird
Zered Bassett
Tony Trujilo
Anthony Van Engelen

[augor]

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I think Roger freelances with viceland at least to some degree. He filmed and edited the BA is BGAY thing.

I like AO a lot, I liked his Vans shoe (wasn't there at least a semi-cupsole version?) and have never seen one of his boards in person.

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They were half joking about getting meetings with spike a few episodes back. I wouldn’t be surprised if nine club ended up there. Also the Meza connection.

[close]

If it means the format doesn't change, and they still have complete creative control I don't see why they wouldn't do that. These dudes need to get paid. Skate media is boring in 2018, no one is reading the mainstream magazines, and skate footage itself comes and goes at such a rate that no one can keep up.

The nine club needs to capitalise on this.

No way in hell Vice is devoting upwards of 90 minutes to a weekly skateboard talkshow no matter the connections to executives within the network. If they carry the show over to Vice it will die a slow 30 minute with 7 minutes of commercial death. It would be nice if there were "Specials" broadcast on Vice kinda like the Lakai Premier, but the show needs to stay on youtube.

[ice nine]

that was excellent, seems incredibly honest. loved the shit talking on ty and vans

[Silky Johnson]

that was excellent, seems incredibly honest. loved the shit talking on ty and vans

The jab at the toy machine team was funny too

[metsuri]

He seems rad and he's real straightforward. I like it that he doesn't pretened to have any idea what he's doing. A creative director who doesn't understand image sizes and "I can't work with schedules", now that's a recipe for a successful company. I love that.

[Allen.]

Alex’s impression of Dill’s rollaway is so fucking funny.

[excitableboy]

Alex seems much more tentative than his dad, but he sure has his knack for candor. Made for another great episode. We're in for a few duds I imagine.

Is a micky Reyes episode at all likely to happen? If stories by him match those about him, it should be good.