The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
The Nine Club
#321 - Karl Watson
2 hour 34 minutes Posted Apr 22, 2024 at 6:00 am.
Karl Watson00:03:23 Karl's younger years growing up in the bay area00:10:10 Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate00:11:02 Meeting James Kelch for the first time00:13:35 Moving into Tommy Guerrero's old apartment and getting his boxes00:16:17 Karl on Dogtown00:17:57 Getting on Think Skateboards00:20:52 Quitting Think to skate for New Deal then getting back on Think00:22:59 Leaving Think to skate for World Industries00:26:30 Filming for Love Child but not being in Love Child00:34:29 Getting let go by World Industries00:34:46 Getting on Stereo Skateboards00:36:25 Going pro00:37:26 Being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle00:39:36 Being on Profile before Mad Circle00:41:58 Jamie Thomas at EMB back in the day00:43:32 The SF spots back in the day00:44:40 Hubba Hideout00:45:12 Going pro for Mad Circle00:45:47 Karl's part in 5 Flavors00:54:50 Getting on Expedition00:55:52 Starting Organika00:59:24 Karl's part in Alone01:09:29 What happened with Organika01:17:40 Hubba front nose pretzel out01:21:44 Karl's appreciation for the younger generation01:25:57 Working for adidas01:28:19 Back at LRG01:31:04 Passing up 10k a month to stay on iPath01:47:06 Maxallure01:56:48 Visiting the old sf spots01:58:14 Rocco stories01:59:57 Riding Jovantae's used board02:03:54 Karl the author02:19:52 Karl almost quitting skating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Karl Watson discusses growing up in the Bay area, Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate, meeting James Kelch for the first time, getting on Think Skateboards, leaving Think to skate for World Industries, filming for the Love Child video but not being in Love Child, being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle then turning pro for them, getting on Expedition then starting Organika, working for adidas and much more!Timestamps00:00:00 Karl Watson00:03:23 Karl's younger years growing up in the bay area00:10:10 Nick Lockman and Sam Smyth not bringing Karl to EMB until he could actually skate00:11:02 Meeting James Kelch for the first time00:13:35 Moving into Tommy Guerrero's old apartment and getting his boxes00:16:17 Karl on Dogtown00:17:57 Getting on Think Skateboards00:20:52 Quitting Think to skate for New Deal then getting back on Think00:22:59 Leaving Think to skate for World Industries00:26:30 Filming for Love Child but not being in Love Child00:34:29 Getting let go by World Industries00:34:46 Getting on Stereo Skateboards00:36:25 Going pro00:37:26 Being demoted to am when getting on Mad Circle00:39:36 Being on Profile before Mad Circle00:41:58 Jamie Thomas at EMB back in the day00:43:32 The SF spots back in the day00:44:40 Hubba Hideout00:45:12 Going pro for Mad Circle00:45:47 Karl's part in 5 Flavors00:54:50 Getting on Expedition00:55:52 Starting Organika00:59:24 Karl's part in Alone01:09:29 What happened with Organika01:17:40 Hubba front nose pretzel out01:21:44 Karl's appreciation for the younger generation01:25:57 Working for adidas01:28:19 Back at LRG01:31:04 Passing up 10k a month to stay on iPath01:47:06 Maxallure01:56:48 Visiting the old sf spots01:58:14 Rocco stories01:59:57 Riding Jovantae's used board02:03:54 Karl the author02:19:52 Karl almost quitting skating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices