Bucky Lasek | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 238

Bucky Lasek discusses growing up in Baltimore Maryland, getting discovered by Stacy Peralta, staying with Tony Hawk in California, trick progression in his early days, being let go from Powell Peralta in the early 90’s, getting on Birdhouse and blowing out his knee, why he ultimately left Birdhouse, getting on (and off) of Element Skateboards, his return to Powell Peralta, his professional car career, what it was like going on the Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour and much more!
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:45 - Bucky's insane bowl he built at his old house
00:14:14 - Living in Fallbrook with Tony Hawk
00:17:08 - Getting discovered Stacy Peralta
00:27:14 - Shooting the Powell Peralta videos
00:31:43 - Trick progression in his early days
00:34:50 - Being let go from Powell Peralta in the early 90's
00:39:45 - Getting on Birdhouse and blowing out his knee
00:46:44 - Being a part of Birdhouse
00:49:59 - Filming the Birdhouse video "The End"
00:59:00 - Why he ultimately left Birdhouse
01:00:08 - Getting on (and off) of Element Skateboards
01:09:32 - His return to Powell Peralta
01:18:43 - Buckys youtube channel "Buck Yeah"
01:26:25 - His professional car career
01:34:44 - Being in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game
01:44:54 - Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour
01:55:51 - Ripping his knee open
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[@joshschwartz5140]

Bucky made me interested in skateboarding as a kid. Went to the Vans triple crown in Cleveland in 1999 and saw him win 2nd in vert. After the contest we saw Bucky walking behind the ramp and we walked over and asked for autographs. He was super kind and excited to sign our boards, he asked my older brother to hold his 2nd place trophy that he just won while he was signing our stuff. I'll never forget it. Bucky rules

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

🏆 👊 so dope

[@jspaulding4106]

Super sick.

[@fernandomaron87]

Cool story. he is my favourite skateboarder, so i love to know these stories about him and other skaters and surfers that i like, he's so chill and humble, what a great guy.

[@brandonschmidt9449]

Lol as a baltimore native, so glad to finally have him on... so stoked for this one, as always Nine Club killing it 1000%

[@danhoebbel2250]

Per-cent literally means out of one hundred (one cent is one one hundredth of a penny century is 100 years) etc

[@danhoebbel2250]

Permilli

[@theramplocal]

Bucky is all time, dude rules

[@dneck]

finally landed my first kickflip, only like 20 years in the making, on the bucky flight tortoise deck. Love that shape!

[@deem4019]

Fuck yeah !!!! Congrats 🤟🏿🤟🏿🔥🔥🔥

[@drbosommd]

That Ray Barbee Kickflip to 5-0 on the bench in Ban This was just beautiful . Still one of the smoothest trucks ever.

[@CSDonohue11]

Yes❕ I’ve been asking if We can get Ray Ray on Nine Club 🙏

[@mikaellofgren7]

Hawk's vert is made after the Hägernäs vert! That we skated at Eurocana Summer Camp in Stockholm in the 80's. McGill did his first McTwist on it and Hawk did his first 720 on it!! And today that vert is in Örebro, Sweden with new sheets of course!! 😀

[@darude]

What a dude, a legend! “Imma just do switch everything!” 🤣 Mad props!

[@robinziphood]

thanks for letting skateboarders come on and have conversations, instead of just getting interviewed. love to be reminded that some of these skaters are grown, intelligent people and bucky seems like a dude really at peace with himself. great episode

[@stevebanning902]

Used to work in ocean city MD - bucky is one of my favorites. Such a chill dude who's been around the block.

[@lilheirloom087]

Damn I wish this was longer!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Another GREAT episode!

[@teenoltae]

Bucky's level of longevity is beyond incredible.

[@ryanowen2195]

love bucky lasek, just got tony hawks pro skater 1+2 and brought back such old memories. Bucky was always my favorite in all the games and the real life board I had of his with the chicken racing go-karts and flipping off the guy who crashed behind was my favorite board of all time, I actually really miss it right now. peace and love brothers

[@subieracer005]

Such a great episode! Bucky is a true legend.... Got to meet him one time when he got his 1st Van's shoe.. He was going around to venders to do meet and greets.. I was a manager at GI Joes at the time and we all got free pairs.. it was sick!! Super nice dude! Met him again years later at rally.. I was a team manager for a Subaru USA team and they would always put us next tot he "big boys"...... still a chill dude years later!

[@drinks_with_dave]

Now playing Bucky Lasek, Like a Prayer, from the Karaoke Nightmare hahaha love it!

[@jasonschwartz9443]

Bucky has a great KZbin Video at a Powell & Peralta spot with Stacey Peralta showing the process involved with putting the graphics on the boards. Definitely thought it was top notch quality. I really got a understanding for board graphics after watching that video.

[@marciano3258]

Bro Bucky was my childhood all those sick ass birdhouse decks with the bird homie on em so nostalgic always begged for one of those to the THPS games and videos in his backyard this dudes graphics and skating made me fall in love with skateboarding respect Bucky!! 🤝

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

🙏

[@kryptichands968]

Like Lance said, "the most punk rock thing you can do is take their money" , great to see Bucky on here!

[@leojh5990]

One of my first boards was a Birdhouse Bucky Lasek, a rooster reflection in a stick shift ball and it's still one of the coolest boards I've had!

[@kevinmitchell4205]

Birdhouse had amazing graphics! I had the Heath Kirchart voodoo doll board. so sick

[@MaynardMClark]

YES!!! Been waiting for this one for a while. Buck Yeah!! Skating, tortoises and cars! Thanks for having Bucky on but get him on for a part two! He's got more stories to tell. I now patiently wait for that Colin McKay episode.

[@nitrojunkie9027]

So stoked for this one. Glad you guys were finally able to make it happen. Buck yeah!!!!!

[@mc540flip]

Oh sick fellas! Looking forward to this one. Bucky’s been killing it for so long!

[@powpow50cal24]

Bucky Lasek 👁👁 legend alert ⚠️

[@sarahp9086]

I also have that between the shoulder blade and neck pinch atm. I feel ya, boys.

[@TheArts19]

You guys are triiiiiiping what about possibly being best ever Combi skater? So amazing. Miller is more basic, but Bucky's lines are your best acid trip. That's Wasabi

[@headphoneactivist]

Its crazy, 20 years later and I still get this hyped on Bucky. From THPS 1 and onward much love dude !

[@caterpillakilla]

same. his Bucky deck graphics back then were iconic

[@CSDonohue11]

OOO G❕ 🤙

[@rebusd]

Met him and Chet and Steve Saiz when they came up to Canada to do a demo summer 1990 and Bucky was a class act. Shot tons of footy; heard that Bucky kept crossing the street by the shop to trip out over cars stopping for a pedestrian. Skated behind him on route from shop to street demo course, and let me tell you, his street game was every bit as good as his ramp game. Hung out with him, Chet and the local team gods until 3am, listened to his observations about differences between canadian and american pronunciation and didn't even care about getting grounded. One of the greatest weekends of my life. I should put that stuff up on my channel, hope the tapes are still somewhat readable

[@Dave3rdEyeArt]

Bucky has been epic before I was born. One of my favorite skaters growing up, and my key choice in THPS! Still to this day one of my favorite skaters

[@Disoriented410]

Such an amazing episode listening to Bucky talk about his transition from company to company throughout his career it was very entertaining and a side of it all a lot of us have never known about.

[@chrisjones7281]

Greant Interview. Love Bucky. One on my favorite all time skaters. Still killing it at near 50.

[@codyclark2780]

That was a treat, guys! Awesome to have Bucky aboard !

[@MortenHansen]

I absolutely love Bucky and The Nine Club! But God I wish this was longer and with more information and history on his career and boards… Really wanted to hear how his graphics came to be on Powell Peralta! 🙌

[@NYRAD02]

Thanks Guys for the absolutely amazing show !! Really enjoyed this show , took a days leave and went for a session and a skater pulled in feeling down and helped him over some suicidal feelings ( Helped him feel better & happier ) ( i Lost my brother to suicide in 2004 ) and came home to this so thank you guys for the awesome show Much Love from South Africa ❤️🛹🇿🇦

[@4everhumbl36]

Salute to you brudda

[@randyrhodesjr1745]

Didn't expect this one another killer episode!💯🙏

[@InSKATANweTrust]

The re-learning trick part is so true.. all that work for just a «finally» You’re a true legend Bucky, love your innovating vert skating.

[@dumbstupid5065]

Bucky is the man. Love his KZbin channel and I don't know squat about Subarus. lol Was stoked to see him participating in the X Games this year.

[@Infrared-6]

Just met Bucky couple days ago at a Subaru event, had to tell him dude I’ve been following you since skateboarding. Such a nice guy! Love you Bucky. Buck yea.

[@enochlightburst333]

Absolutely a blessing and great to see Bucky again thank you brother's! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Nina-wx4qm]

Loved the episode except the moment when Jeron started talking

[@rickingcrewny]

Another amazing show. Thanks for letting Bucky tell his story

[@jhomer38]

1:22:19 bucky, you can use audio sync , and multi cam editing mode in Adobe Premiere to edit all 3 shots at once cutting ur editing time in half.

[@sferguson1130]

Was hoping to maybe hear some old Bmore stories with Ed Fickert and Young Choi lol. They became close friends of mine, in the early 2000’s, and they had some great Bucky stories, from back in the day! Cheers from Baltimore 🍻

[@FBRacingV2]

man, before I got into street skating, i was BIG INTO transitions as a lil kid and bucky was my fav skater. FUN FACT- Bucky was the dude who was skating the vert making it look like eric on the movie "GRIND"

[@Drop9071]

Bucky has always been my favorite. While there are many great skaters, he will remain my favorite.

[@briansmith960]

Probably the first pro I fixated on. Had all his ads on my wall. Bucky is gnarly.

[@CSDonohue11]

This is The Man Righ Cheeah❕OOO G 🤙

[@EarthWalkerOne]

I couldn't get any skate videos growing up, and just had to wait for the x-games to be on tv. Bucky was always my favorite.

[@na8624]

Another legend. My favorite skater in THPS2 back in the day

[@sk8dad77]

Reach and Rude always getting a little love. Back in the day when the skate shops were in the malls, I miss that time.

[@lategod]

i used to play with him on tony hawk as a kid every time!

[@Nina-wx4qm]

I’m just glad Jeron wasn’t in the video game

[@ZacwalkslikeEnoch]

Bucky “I don’t know about that” best part of the video

[@Z17xMachine]

Glad Bucky is here. Now you need... Ken Park! Ken Park! Ken Park! Ken Park! Ken Park!

[@fatpossum619]

Need a few more hours of Bucky. Such a great guy 🤘🏼 Buckyeah.

[@DanHovington]

Nah bucky, we love it all on the channel, the skating, the driving, the vlogs, etc

[@dkylewhitley]

Awesome episode! Bucky is so right about how Birdhouse should be rereleasing some of those older boards. I'd totally pick them up.

[@walker2508]

Awesome to see Bucky on the show

[@spoot0590]

Giant Skatepark Tour 2001 at Woodward was the first time I ever lost my voice at an event. Awesome time. I still have the poster with all the autographs now hanging in my garage.

[@danbei2232]

Legend!! 👏🏽👏🏽 Need a part 2!!!

[@mikearts6836]

Bucky is the man. Always been a huge fan of him and his skateboarding!

[@rawxtir]

Hahaha!!! I knew next to nothing about dude. DAYUM. BIG UPS°°°° his car action is dope. So much more to watch/ listen to.

[@kevinconway2094]

absolute legend. bucky is the man. too cool.

[@johnnystrahan]

another amazing episode! thank you guys! nine club 4 life!!!

[@BobWeaver3000]

YES!!!!! been waitin for this one!!!! Thanks fellas!! buck yeah!!!!!!!!!

[@LOLATTEH]

As a skater and someone who loves racing and cars. I LOVE Bucky's channel.

[@teamcline1852]

Pretty clear you guys had never heard of Black Rifle Coffee, but man it sucks to hear that Bucky supports that brand and what they stand for.

[@liamgallagherrr]

This was a great episode, thanks Nine Club.

[@BRANANDOOOM]

Been following Buck Yeah! for a while now. Love his tortoises! Lol. Looking forward to listening to this episode in the morning!

[@ivangutierrez7019]

For real i hope he talks about his sulcatas

[@sandhanitizer15]

Buck Yeah! Lmao is that an actual nickname he has? It's amazing if it is lol

[@BRANANDOOOM]

@@sandhanitizer15 nah that's his KZbin channel name lol

[@sandhanitizer15]

@@BRANANDOOOM ah damn lol

[@rgbura]

10 min in, starting off so good with fish talk and the backyard bowl

[@GuyDudeman]

I like the addition of the time stamps!

[@johnneira]

I met Bucky in a SUBARU parking lot in Austin TX. STOP ! HE IS THIS GUY ON THE PODCAST. Just a REAL dude. PERIOD.

[@seanjamesjawns108]

My shop was wave dancer at the Towsen town center.

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

Bucky is one of my favorite vert skaters

[@ezekielmears2868]

Awesome episode, Fishing and Skating my 2 favorite things!!!

[@0oZaru_Gaming]

Never knew he had a KZbin channel. Instantly subscribed

[@timmanton_]

Great episode! Been waiting for this one for a while 👊🏼

[@BirdmanPRRT]

Another great episode. Well done crew!

[@tylerwilson8896]

great episode guys! I tore my ACL at 37 on a micro-mini just dropping in. It’s true it’s always when you let your guard down. 3 old dudes skating ramp for an hour and a half….I took “one last run.” I wish I hadn’t. free healthcare tho! 🇨🇦

[@uniteuntie2661]

Legend. Plain and simple!

[@yuth145]

man when i finally met him at the last ever warped tour i was one happy boy love bucky

[@theman5221]

Lmao can't wait for the gigantic jump rope tour! 🍻🙋

[@deomeslives]

Buck yeah!! 🙏🏽 Very alert was fucking sick!! 🔥🔥🔥 wish i could make it to the next one.😭

[@fantomenace302]

I remember back in the 80s I seen the Powell and Peralta team do a demo with a portable steel half pipe at Henry's Bike Shop in Wilmington, Delaware. I was so mad because I lost my rector knee pads with Tony Hawk's sig.

[@Jtron765]

I was born in 89 Bucky used to be my favorite growing up 💪

[@ScamLikely9327]

There is a wooden bowl at Asylum Skatepark in Chicago and they rebuilt it in concrete at a park in Indiana it’s so good. Hessville if anyones hunting for bowls in the Midwest.

[@scottieskatan4219]

It's laying on your guts with your arm under your head I do the same thing scared the shit out of me the 1st time with dead arm hahaha ,great show peeps been waiting for this bloody rippa you just made my day Bucky farking rips.....

[@marcelboogaard3809]

When I heard Bucky talk about Jeff Kendall and Frankie Hill I thought definitely worthy of an episode on the Nine club for them two.

[@Skatinsince1997]

This is the 238th time I'm going to ask for a Koston Episode! Lol.

[@Gunjaroo]

Fuck yeah! Just as I was panicking about no monday Hawk vs wolf the nine club bring in the big guns! 🤟🙏

[@robuhrigartfilmmusic4848]

Im literally working at the place they made tonys ramp now. It's TAIT towers In Lititz PA. I get called into TAIT all the time. This place is awesome!!

[@cristiansanchez4079]

Bucky riding for Black Rifle coffee company is the best of both worlds!

[@loonyprism7310]

Yesss!!!!!! Pure class as always 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

[@jammose6208]

One of the few older guys still killing it today.

[@jammose6208]

@Daniel Hollingsworth I meant as a proportion of skaters his age. There are a lot more who have retired completely or can’t do a fraction of what they used to be able to. Vert skaters seem to be the exception - must be a lot less wear and tear on the joints than street skating.

[@scottycrayon]

Bucky is one of the raddest.

[@kdc6]

“We don’t do that around here” got me crackin

[@wesnewcomb1]

I am strongly interested in your Bucky Lasek lecture, personal best.

[@TheBankofJosh]

Glad y'all talked about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, I'm still hurt about y'all not talking about it with Bob Burnquist 😩

[@ununseptium7961]

I really hope Bucky lives for another 24 years. His birthday will be 12-3-45.

[@jspaulding4106]

another 45 years would be great... just sayin

[@SHLO75]

My new favorite episode next to the muska one. Has Ed Templeton ever been on the show? Would love to see an interview with him im sure he has some legendary stories

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Big one boys, nice work!

[@jemiiam]

THIS EPISODE BOUTA BE BUCKKKK

[@michael3448]

Buck yeah! Great episode!

[@lukeadams8565]

i fucking love feasters went back and watched it a couple weeks ago takes me back to my childhood hanging with my friends in the basement sneaking smoking weed and watching it now this was like 5 years after it came out but my friends bro had great taste in movies lol peace love and light

[@astar-206]

Very cool hear how Bucky got on Powell.