#229 - Jimmy Wilkins

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

Sports, Society & Culture, Leisure, Hobbies

4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Wilkins discusses growing up in Columbus Ohio, getting into skating by playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, having to drive 2 hours to skate a vert ramp, building a vert ramp in his backyard then being sued by the city, moving to San Diego when he was 17, getting on Creature Skateboards through Darren Navarrette, skating for Lakai Footwear, breaking both arms and his pelvis trying the loop, skating Tony Hawk’s ramp almost everyday, leaving Creature and not having a sponsor for over a year, how getting on REAL Skateboards came about and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The best gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.
0:07.0	It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,
0:13.0	it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing's shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so
0:17.0	a guest. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really low.
0:24.0	Enjoy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:31.0	Well, we are back, huh? We're back at the 9 Club everybody today. We have a very special, special.
0:39.0	Special guest, Mr. Jimmy Wilkins is with us. How are you, dude?
0:44.0	I'm doing good, thank you.
0:45.0	Hey, thanks for coming. And first and foremost, congratulations on the real, we got the board right here.
0:52.0	Look at there it is. New boards, smell good. You smell more usually crisp.
0:58.0	You smell more. Jimmy Wilkins, you're having a particular smell.
1:02.0	Yeah, I guess. It's okay.
1:05.0	But do you have one too, right?
1:06.0	I'm glad right here.
1:08.0	That's the bowl.
1:09.0	The artwork.
1:13.0	Oh, Chris Miller.
1:14.0	Chris Miller. Spacing it.
1:16.0	So bad. But dude, congratulations.
1:18.0	Oh, thank you. It's amazing.
1:19.0	Thank you.
1:20.0	And so you were like what, free agent for a while? What was going on there?
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