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The Pinkbike Podcast

Episode 160 - Rob Roskopp on Skateboarding, the Syndicate, & Leaving Santa Cruz

The Pinkbike Podcast

Pinkbike

Sports, News

4.8718 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Rob also talks about Specialized, how PON Holdings came into the picture, and if he's sold more Skateboards than Tony Hawk.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody and welcome back to another Pink Bike podcast.

0:13.0

I'm Mike Levy and I have Brian Park with me as well because today we're talking to Rob Rosscop who co-founded Santa Cruz bicycles back in 1994.

0:22.9

That's nearly 30 years ago now.

0:25.7

Rob, where in the world are you?

0:28.8

Yeah, I'm sorry.

0:30.0

Almost 60.

0:31.1

So, yeah, now you're making me really old.

0:33.2

I appreciate that.

0:34.1

Thank you.

0:35.6

Well, you've done a lot of crazy shit in that time, though, including co-founding Santa

0:40.4

Cruz bicycles, which is pretty amazing.

0:43.6

Yeah, thanks.

0:44.2

No, it's been a good ride for sure.

0:47.0

I've always said it's always about the journey, and it's been quite the incredible journey,

0:51.1

so no complaints here.

0:52.6

Before we get into this, where are you right now and how are

0:55.8

you doing i'm in a place in abtas below me is where all the devastation has hit in seacliff beach

1:05.1

and like we were talking about earlier capitola the pier got kind of in half, or a big chunk of it was taken out from the storms.

1:14.6

And then just down the way here, Seacliff, the pier, half of it's gone.

1:20.6

And the parking lot is basically decimated.

1:23.6

So, you know, it's been a tragic for a lot of people here.

1:29.2

And we wish them all the best.

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