#391 - Lance Conklin

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Lance Conklin discusses getting on Powell because of Mike Daher, Rocco putting him in a Ghetto Wear ad without him knowing about it, seeing Mark Gonzales do Noseblunt slide for the first time, everything sucks, Disneyland with Slayer & jumping into the water at the submarine ride, shooting photos with Dan Sturt, his brother Scott getting on Alien Workshop, Rumble in Ramona and much more! Lance Conklin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lander71Become a Channel Member & Receive Perks: https://www.youtube.com/TheNineClub/joinNew Merch: https://thenineclub.com Sponsored By: Bubs Naturals: Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For A limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code NINECLUB at checkout. https://www.bubsnaturals.comAG1: Get a FREE Welcome Kit worth $76 when you subscribe, including 5 AG1Travel Packs, a shaker, canister, scoop & bottle of AG Vitamin D3+K2. 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. https://www.woodwardpa.comMonster Energy: Monster Energy’s got the punch you need to stay focused and fired up. https://www.monsterenergy.comSkullcandy: Feel the music with Skullcandy’s custom-tuned audio—from the lyrics in your soul to the bass in your bones. https://www.skullcandy.comYeti: Built for the wild, Yeti keeps you ready for any adventure. https://www.yeti.comRichardson: Custom headwear for teams, brands, and businesses crafted with quality in every stitch. https://richardsonsports.comEtnies: Get 20% off your purchase using our code NINECLUB or use our custom link. https://etnies.com/NINECLUBéS Footwear: Get 20% off your purchase using our code NINECLUB or use our custom link. https://esskateboarding.com/NINECLUBEmerica: Get 20% 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) Lance Conklin (00:01:09) Started skating in 1983 (00:04:12) Got on Powell because of Mike Daher (00:06:28) Getting sponsored by Powell Peralta (00:11:23) Turning pro (00:16:28) Rocco put him in a Ghetto Wear ad and he got in trouble for it (00:18:50) Moved to California ’94 (00:19:41) Feeling like he was too old to skate in his mid-20s (00:23:00) Mark Gonzales Noseblunt (00:25:43) Guy leaving Powell for Blind (00:29:28) Hurricanes flooding his house (00:35:45) First trip to Europe with Powell (00:37:17) Ramp at Tony’s house and watching him skate (00:42:06) La Grand Bornand contest 1990 (00:46:20) “Everything Sucks” T-Shirt (00:51:08) Markovich Big Brother cover (00:53:02) Disneyland with Slayer (00:59:50) Still banned from Disneyland (01:05:04) Getting paid to jump into the water (01:08:57) Dan Sturt early morning mission (01:12:33) Shooting photos with Dan Sturt (01:15:58) Powell team disbanded slowly after he got on (01:18:50) Brother Scott was on Alien Workshop (01:23:04) Scott Conklin Alien part (01:28:31) Judge for X Game, Danny Way belly-flop trying a 900 back in 1996 (01:32:22) Car stuff / Rumble in Ramona (01:44:40) Leticia Bufoni (01:51:10) Used to do tattooing, messed up his arm (01:53:05) Hit by a car (01:56:50) Reissue (01:57:30) Flogging Molly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	that tail around all right we are back home we're back in the nine club everybody today we have a
0:37.0	very special, special,
0:40.8	special guest, Mr. Lance Conklin is with us. How are you, dude? How are you? I'm excellent,
0:48.5	dude. How are you? I'm stoked. Yeah. I do. This is so rad. I get to come and hang out with you guys and talk about
0:56.0	the old days the old days which is crazy because listen i mean i started skating 91 geron
1:03.3	really 91 yeah i was a late bloomer i was like 15 years old really show my age right now but
1:08.4	it's okay first two minutes of the episode
1:11.0	let's let's let's let's let's lay it all out there sure you know might as well been drawn you
1:15.0	started when 80 something 87 87 so a little bit before me but like it's so crazy to think that
1:22.8	those times went by slowly also like the world era was only a few years and that like everything was
1:29.7	really quick but slow for us but now to think back like oh 30 plus years ago 20 plus it's like what
1:37.4	the where has the time gone dude yeah propaganda oh my god 19, 91? 90. 90. Like, because was it 89? I think you're right. I think you're right. 90. Yeah. Yeah. 1990. Was it really? Yeah. Yeah. There was propaganda. I started skating in 83. 83. Okay. Okay. And what got you, what got you? Let me see. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. So you were pretty, I mean, six or seven years, you were already, you were already in there. You're turning pro and everything. Yeah. It's funny because I went, like, skateboarding, uh, I'm going to put this. We we were skating back i had these neighbors because i surfed before i skated oh in florida in florida i know it sounds like we do have waves small there's nothing to right home too but um we've we were skinboarding and surfing and then we had these neighbors my buddy Eric Ibel and he's
2:37.1	I think he was his brother but like literally like from um remember uh what's that movie with uh
2:44.2	Sean Penn uh fast times fast times when they came out the van you and I was like coming out
2:50.1	and these dudes were just like that one dude had a a fucking Superman cape on. And St.D. went up and did a rock and roll on a curb. I'm like, okay, that looks cool. It was literally Spacoli and his... Before the movie, though. It was funny because I just be like, oh my God. Like, that's real. Wow, dude. And so that was the... that got you. It's so funny, man. We hear this story time and time again, how it could just one incident of a skateboard. Like, for me, it was just kind of like my friends were doing it. Like, they started to pick it up. And so I just kind of followed suit. It wasn't anything like crazy where I saw it and was like, oh my god, this guy all eat up a curb I needed to know.
3:25.5	Right.
3:25.9	It's so funny how like a lot of people have that like one moment in time.
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