#367 - Eric "Tuma" Britton

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

Sports, Society & Culture, Leisure, Hobbies

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Eric Britton discusses where his nickname "Tuma" come from, getting sponsored at 12 years old, leaving Dogtown for SMA, Kareem Campbell telling Skip Engblom to turn him pro for SMA, ending up in a coma from a mosquito bite, what it was like skating the Venice Pavilion in the 80's, starting "Tuma Skateboard Academy" teaching kids how to skate, his re-issue SMA board coming soon and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Eric "Tuma" Britton 00:00:27 Where did the nickname "Tuma" come from 00:03:56 Kareem Campbell told Skip Engblom to turn him pro 00:11:09 Got sponsored at 12 years old 00:15:18 Hanging out on Natas' street as a kid 00:17:34 Getting on Dogtown 00:20:29 Aaron "Fingers" Murray - Venice Pavilion 00:35:30 People filming and taking photos - Block, Chuck Katz & Ray Flores 00:36:32 Dogtown to SMA 00:38:00 Bit by a mosquito and ended up in a coma 00:48:06 Did he call jim Muir to quit Dogtown? 00:58:19 Malibu skate park coming soon 00:59:34 Skating for Vans but wearing Vision Street Wear shoes on Thrasher cover 01:04:11 Teaching kids to skate 01:33:17 What happened with him and SMA 01:40:51 Risk It part 01:42:18 Back on SMA - re-issue board coming soon 01:47:39 Venice Beach rich skate history 01:51:16 His re-issue SMA graphic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we are back home.
0:02.6	We're back at the Nine Club, everybody.
0:03.9	Today we have a very special.
0:07.3	Special.
0:10.8	Special guest Eric Britton, aka Tuma, is on the show, dude.
0:16.9	How are you?
0:17.5	I'm doing well, folks.
0:18.9	Thank you for having me on.
0:20.1	I appreciate you all. It's nice to be here, man. Dude. You doing well, folks. Thank you for having me on. I appreciate y'all.
0:21.2	It's nice to be here, man.
0:22.8	Dude.
0:23.3	You know, for real.
0:24.4	Thank you for coming on the show.
0:26.0	We appreciate that.
0:27.3	Of course.
0:27.9	I've known you for a long time, dude.
0:29.7	We've seen each other around the, you know, Venice, Santa Monica, you know. I never even knew where you got the nickname Tuma. Like where did that come from?
0:39.3	Where did the nickname Tuma came from?
0:41.3	Come from.
0:42.3	All right, so you know, like growing up in Venice, right?
0:45.3	It's everybody, we all have these nicknames that they're not necessarily kind or, you know, appropriate for the times, you know what I mean?
0:59.9	But so, for instance, my friend Josh, one of the only Jewish kids we hung out with, his name is Bagel.
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