#376 - Danny Gonzalez

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

Sports, Society & Culture, Leisure, Hobbies

4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Danny Gonzalez discusses moving from San Antonio to San Francisco to follow his dream of being a pro skateboarder, learned the hard way not be the home town hero, one wheel manuals, doing freestyle when he was younger, the kickflip melon down Wallenberg, being intimidated going on Globe tours with Rodney Gershon & Chet, quitting skating professionally after re-hurting his knee, getting back into skating & doing the upside down wallride, the new release of his Gas Mask Chapman deck and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Danny Gonzalez 00:01:09 Goes to SF to follow his dream of being a pro skateboarder 00:10:08 Lavar Mcbride 00:16:13 Don't be the home town hero 00:21:02 One wheel manuals 00:24:44 Danny was a freestyler when he was younger 00:29:32 Kickflip melon Wallenberg 00:36:26 Sponsors started paying him and offering him deals after TWS part came out 00:39:12 Globe & Chapman 00:40:49 Quit skating professionally after re-hurting his knee 00:43:54 Going upside down wallride 00:53:37 Getting recognition from bowl skaters for the ceiling ride 00:57:40 Getting stuck doing the same tricks on tour because you want people to think you're consisent 01:01:17 Seeing Rodney Mullen skate for the first time at a demo 01:05:21 Being intimidated going on Globe tours with Rodney, Gershon & Chet 01:06:12 Andrew Reynolds asked him to get him on Baker before it was Baker 01:15:42 Danny interviewed PJ Ladd 01:19:22 Wallride Mctwist? 01:26:03 Moved back to San Antonio 01:31:02 Butterfly divot tool 01:42:21 Almost ended up skating for Bueno 01:54:03 Favorite skaters video parts 02:03:41 His Mount Rushmore of skateboarders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, listen up. We have a big announcement to make. Mark your calendars because the Nine Club Classic is coming to the Westlake Courthouse on August 2nd, 2025. It's a loose, fun, and totally laid-back event at the iconic courthouse located at 1633-P. Purdue Avenue in Los Angeles, California. We're kicking things off at 1 p.m. with the benches
0:21.2	skate jam. Cash and products are up for grabs for tricks. At 2 p.m. we got the very first of
0:27.0	its kind. The I got next game of skate in the fountain. Winners hold court until they're
0:31.3	dethroned. At 3 p.m., the invite only stage best trick contest heats up. And at 4 p.m. it's the out ledge best trick. That's right.
0:41.2	Some of your favorite pros are going to be there skating that long ledge with a $5,000 purse including
0:47.6	$1,250 in cash for tricks, $250 for the games champion, and top prizes of $1,000 for each best
0:57.7	trick on the stage at Outledge. Whether you're skating or just want to come kick it, don't miss it.
1:03.1	Head to the Westlake Courthouse August 2nd, brought to you by the Nine Club and supported by
1:07.7	Monster Energy. We'll see you there and keep clicking that tail around.
1:11.6	All right, we are back, huh?
1:14.1	We're back at the Nine Club, everybody.
1:15.1	Today we have a very special.
1:18.1	Special.
1:20.1	Special.
1:25.1	Special guests, Mr. Danny Gonzalez is with us.
1:28.7	How are you, dude?
1:29.7	I'm doing pretty good.
1:30.6	Thanks for asking.
1:31.5	You like how, did that make you feel a certain way, that pause?
1:36.3	You know, I tried to build the anticipation.
1:38.5	It did.
1:39.0	I loved it.
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