2 hrs 30 min
#324 - Chad Knight The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
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- Sport
Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for "The Storm", how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT's, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Chad Knight
00:00:57 Getting right into Osiris "The Storm" video
00:01:57 Perception of the industry on San Diego skaters
00:05:30 Did he notice that Osiris was getting big
00:06:39 First pro model shoe with Osiris
00:09:43 Dave Mayhew was probably up late designing his shoe
00:12:01 How much were the shoe royalty checks for
00:12:18 Did team riders discuss contracts with each other
00:15:50 Our Sponsor: Woodward
00:20:40 Grew up in Ohio & got sponsored by H-Street
00:23:54 Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 13 years old
00:25:02 His sponsor me footage had him wrestling on it
00:29:16 Getting on Maple Skateboards
00:33:57 Switch backside flip Sand Diego Sports Arena double set
00:40:05 Josh Kasper's ollie over a gap & a DJ
00:41:34 The dark years - got hurt - broke his leg
00:46:27 Getting into shoe design
00:52:23 Jeff Taylor got him an interview at DC Shoes
01:09:38 Left DC and worked for Vans
01:12:30 Opportunity to work for Nike came up
01:16:06 How 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike
01:30:51 His 3D art and the rise and fall of NFT's
01:36:53 Our Sponsor AG1
02:02:50 How he got to compete in American Gladiator
02:10:27 Was his trick on a handrail an NBD at the time?
02:14:54 How he almost lost his eye
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Chad Knight discusses growing up in Ohio, getting sponsored by H-Street at 13 years old, Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 14, making the move to San Diego, getting on Maple Skateboards, designing his first Osiris pro shoe, filming for "The Storm", how the industry perceived Osiris & the skaters, switch backside flipping the Sand Diego Sports Arena double set, Jeff Taylor getting him an interview to do 3D design at DC Shoes, working for Nike & how 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike, his 3D art & the rise and fall of NFT's, how he got to compete in American Gladiator and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Chad Knight
00:00:57 Getting right into Osiris "The Storm" video
00:01:57 Perception of the industry on San Diego skaters
00:05:30 Did he notice that Osiris was getting big
00:06:39 First pro model shoe with Osiris
00:09:43 Dave Mayhew was probably up late designing his shoe
00:12:01 How much were the shoe royalty checks for
00:12:18 Did team riders discuss contracts with each other
00:15:50 Our Sponsor: Woodward
00:20:40 Grew up in Ohio & got sponsored by H-Street
00:23:54 Alf & Eric Koston staying at his house when he was 13 years old
00:25:02 His sponsor me footage had him wrestling on it
00:29:16 Getting on Maple Skateboards
00:33:57 Switch backside flip Sand Diego Sports Arena double set
00:40:05 Josh Kasper's ollie over a gap & a DJ
00:41:34 The dark years - got hurt - broke his leg
00:46:27 Getting into shoe design
00:52:23 Jeff Taylor got him an interview at DC Shoes
01:09:38 Left DC and worked for Vans
01:12:30 Opportunity to work for Nike came up
01:16:06 How 3D inspiration pieces are used to inspirer designers at Nike
01:30:51 His 3D art and the rise and fall of NFT's
01:36:53 Our Sponsor AG1
02:02:50 How he got to compete in American Gladiator
02:10:27 Was his trick on a handrail an NBD at the time?
02:14:54 How he almost lost his eye
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 hrs 30 min