#381 - DJ Chavez

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 153 minutes

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DJ Chavez discusses how's business doing at his shop Kingswell, how he deals with costumers coming in with stuff they bought online, are boards selling, communicating with brands, skateboard trade shows, hard goods not selling, why board manufacturers lowered their minimums, how do we get the industry talking to one another again and much more! DJ Chavez: https://www.instagram.com/dirtychavezKingswell Website: https://www.kingswell.tvBecome a Channel Member & Receive Perks: https://www.youtube.com/TheNineClub/joinNew Merch: https://thenineclub.com Sponsored By: AG1: Get a free 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D3 + K2 and 5 travel packs with your first purchase. https://drinkag1.com/nineclubLMNT: Grab a free Sample Pack with 8 flavors when you buy any drink mix or Sparkling. https://drinklmnt.com/nineclubWoodward: Save $100 off summer camp with code NINECLUB. Join Chris, Kelly, Jeron, and Roger at Woodward West Adult Camp, Aug 11-16. https://www.woodwardwest.com & https://www.woodwardpa.comBear Mattress: Delivered to your door with easy setup. Use code NINECLUB for 40% off your order. https://www.bearmattress.comMonster Energy: https://www.monsterenergy.comSkullcandy: https://www.skullcandy.comYeti: https://www.yeti.comEmerica: Get 10% off your purchase using our code NINECLUB or use our custom link. https://emerica.com/NINECLUB Find The Nine Club: Website: https://thenineclub.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenineclub X: https://www.twitter.com/thenineclub Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenineclub Discord: https://discord.gg/thenineclub Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nineclub Nine Club Clips: https://www.youtube.com/nineclubclips More Nine Club: https://www.youtube.com/morenineclub I'm Glad I'm Not Me: https://www.youtube.com/chrisroberts Chris Roberts: https://linktr.ee/Chrisroberts Timestamps (00:00:00) DJ Chavez (00:00:39) How's business at his shop Kingswell (00:04:01) Kingswell Los Feliz was the original location for the Disney studio (00:18:56) Kids lurking at the shop (00:23:02) How to deal with costumers coming in with stuff they bought online (00:29:53) Are boards selling? (00:31:06) Albuquerque location is a different beast (00:46:50) Communicating with brands - trade shows (00:52:03) Hard goods is not selling (00:56:20) How did we get here (01:11:23) Why did manufacturers lower their minimums (01:23:16) How does he decide what he wants in the shop (01:31:50) What helps drive sales? (01:39:20) Do the pro's help sell the product or is it the brand itself (01:43:26) How do we save skateboarding right now (01:52:06) Do demos help (01:56:23) Instagram ruined skated tours (02:11:01) Getting the industry talking to one another again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right. We are just kidding. We got some new merch to tell you about before we get started with this episode. The OG circle logo. That's right. We got it on everything. Short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, hoodies. The short sleeve shirts come in black, burgundy, white, baby blue, forest green. It's got a left breast circle logo, kind of where the pocket would lie,
0:21.7	and then a big circle backprint so people can see you coming and going. Long sleeve shirts,
0:26.3	we got black and baby blue. Hoodies, we got black, white, burgundy, royal blue, and forest green.
0:31.7	All sizes, all the way up to triple XL. That's right heard it here first available on our website the nine club
0:38.7	com thank you for your support keep clicking that tail around all right we are back huh we're back
0:46.2	at the nine club everybody today we have a very special special special guest mr dj chavez is with us how are you do i'm good good you bud i'm great
1:00.7	dude thanks for coming we appreciate you thank you guys for having me appreciate it um it's awesome
1:06.5	dude because like i i feel we're going to get a lot of good skateboard talk because you've had a nice career in the skateboarding world.
1:13.0	And then after that, Kingswell, the famous Kingswell shop that you got opened up, you said earlier 12 years ago.
1:21.1	It would be 12 years in December.
1:22.9	Damn.
1:23.7	Yeah.
1:24.6	How is this year compared to all the other years as a skate shop owner?
1:28.8	I mean, realistically, every year is like a triumph when you make it through.
1:35.9	It's a celebration at the end of the year?
1:37.8	Yeah, no, 100%.
1:39.1	Quarter four, you get through and you're like, fuck, yeah.
1:42.0	You know, I think that we've been through, some definitely heavier circumstances and you think yeah i mean i'd say day one is always
1:52.1	way gnarly yeah yeah yeah um and now having i mean we we have the second shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico as well.
2:02.8	That's right.
2:03.7	How long has that been open?
2:05.8	We opened there on our 11-year anniversary in December.
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