#326 - Chris Russell

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

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4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Chris Russell discusses growing up in Hermosa Beach, Darren Navarrette getting him on Creature Skateboards, how different it is going from skating bowls & street to now skating vert, injuring his collarbone Tampa pro, getting into Jiu Jitsu, almost loosing his eye at Swampfest, turning pro while on KOTR, his Dad learning to skate with him, recently getting the cover of Thrasher and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Chris Russell 00:03:37 How different is it going from skating bowls and street to now skating vert? 00:06:44 Tampa pro run that injured his collarbone 00:09:10 Rehab'ing his shoulder, going to the gym 00:12:07 Ronnie Sandoval's broken knee... Went back and got the trick 00:13:40 How he got the cover of Thrasher 00:17:34 OJ wheels part coming at the end of the year 00:18:13 Grew up in Hermosa Beach 00:21:14 Would snake people when he was younger 00:23:33 Our Sponsor: Woodward 00:26:32 Contest changed the rules because of him 00:35:30 Darren Navarrette got him on Creature Skateboards 00:39:55 14 years on Creature 00:40:39 How was it being a kid growing up skating bowls and DIY spots 00:42:09 Burnside 00:45:04 Whats his favorite DIY 00:48:58 Daewon skating Channel Street 00:51:31 How did you get into Jiu Jitsu 00:54:15 Almost loosing his eye at Swampfest 00:58:17 Our Sponsor: AG1 01:01:53 By himself in hospital in Orlando 01:13:32 Turning pro while on KOTR 01:18:52 Skating Tony Hawks ramp 01:25:00 Sponsorship changes? 01:30:30 Winning Vans Park Series 01:33:53 Would he ever entertain a Red Bull or Monster sponsor again? 01:39:09 Rock climbing and jiu jitsu - take your mind off skateboarding 01:42:00 What's he doing with the 11 minutes of footage he has right now? 01:46:26 Mongolian throat music 01:50:01 Og's that still want to go on tour 01:52:13 His Dad learned to skate with him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is what you're known for doing on a skateboard and then like going and starting to suck at things again and stuff and then
0:06.1	Appreciating that you're appreciating the suck like that's a hard thing to like like I really appreciate the suck now and like I was like there was like
0:16.2	moments of where I wasn't down with that and it was like this like just you didn't
0:21.9	appreciate the suck no and it was just like I think it was like a
0:25.0	deep ego thing like it was just like I don't know yeah I think like I'm like so hyped on
0:32.1	skating on from all angles you know and I think that's the big
0:35.8	you just have to be a fan still you have to be so you have to be a fan and you have to be a people
0:40.7	still all right we are back, huh? We're back at the Nine Club everybody. Today we have a very
0:47.2	special. Special. Special guests, Mr. Chris Russell is with us.
0:56.0	How are you, dude?
0:58.0	Dude, I'm super stoked to be on here.
0:59.0	Bro, we're super stoked to have you here.
1:02.0	Thank you so much. how is everything pretty wild
1:06.2	honestly life's been crazy but like lots of like the last week I don't know man man, it's been crazy.
1:13.4	Like, uh...
1:14.4	I just, like, it was so weird, like, been mentally kind of up and down, just got injured
1:20.6	about like five weeks ago, so I've been in the dumps just kind of
1:25.2	Tampa pro right Tampa pro yeah finals run skating I think that was dude is
1:31.8	crazy I didn't compete before that for like almost four years
1:36.4	So it was like coming out of a four-year hiatus and you kind of grew up competing right
1:41.2	We were like kind of in the circuits here and there.
1:43.4	Yeah, yeah a little bit I was like a cat and also vans.
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