Chad Knight | The Nine Club - Episode 324

[@chadknight5791]

Thanks for the love friends! 🙌

[@meiphukingdiqq]

I just had to pause it at 17:39 to comment about why the fuck are they dogging the shit out of you and the Osiris guys right to your face on some weird passive aggressive shit. That's gotta be what these kids are talking about when they say "micro aggressions". You are a fucking LEGEND my G! You were one of the best skaters at that time, period. And so was your whole squad. I'm legit pissed at how they're on the low dogging you and your squad right to your face. WTF is that about??? SMFH

[@BriceFaubel]

This was so fun to watch. Bummed I missed those years at Sunsports. Peace, Chad.

[@joeschmoe5009]

​@@meiphukingdiqqwhat are you talking about? Get off your wierd pedestal, theyre talking about the past, which IS THE PAST

[@Johnnylightfoot99]

Thanks for doing what you did on a board 💪🏼

[@crewsvideo]

I was at Woodward that same week hanging with Danny and Mike! I was in Donnie's cabin. I remember you backside 360'n everything. Danny actually talked to my mom on the phone asking if I could stay longer at camp with them. She said yes, but Ozzie said no. Haha.

[@GeFarr]

That Ollie at sports arena is SOOOOOO next level The Kasper Ollie is also one of the gnarliest Ollie's ever done !! Have stood next to both spots❤

[@chrislewis5989]

Need Smollik more than ever!!

[@YouilAushana]

Jim greco too

[@seamusmulvey3663]

Hell yeah bring on ODS

[@Pegleg1979]

Hell yeah. Chad was a powerhouse back in the day. Such a rad dude.

[@Theskatenerdchannel]

the storm skate video was epic for its time.the music,the skaters, the chad knight hardflips.been a fan since then

[@kggregorie]

get Scott Pazelt on the cast, hows that for a Storm deepcut. One of the best parts

[@skatemobster]

Or Chris Dobstaff.

[@mrjmw84]

Was the GURU no Cassius

[@unagiandroe]

I want another episode with Chad talking about design. God damn that was great.

[@thomasrainbow]

Such a cool guy and amazing skateboarder! Would be cool if he fills in for a live show! Thanks guys

[@Thurston86]

A Maple Knight Deck was my first skateboard & will Never forget it! It was the one with knight across the bottom with chess pieces at the nose & tail. 🤘👽👽👽

[@leafdog341]

The storm changed my life! Thanks chad

[@zacfabian3046]

"Blackcat" was my 1st video ,. And Chad's part was a motivator for sure

[@normanl.6891]

I was at the premiere! Super underrated video.

[@alberthernandez4040]

Dude first video I bought and I still own that same tape 24 years later. Such a rad video and the animation was funny 🤘. Jerry's part was my favorite

[@fatdumplins]

@normanl.6891 La Paloma FTW. 🕊️

[@normanl.6891]

@@fatdumplinsyup! seen so many premiers there. The best.

[@brenttatara869]

​@@alberthernandez4040I have it still and I still watch.

[@sidezskateshop1556]

I used to see Chad around Mira Costa college around 2008, he’s the man!

[@ralph1666]

Sorry Kelly but your Osiris were the Cassius Josh Kaspers 😂

[@losingflo]

Hell yeah. Chad is a powerhouse. Such a rad dude

[@evmac]

Dave Coyne next week i hope :)

[@LacedBacon]

Chad Knight is a legend, he destroyed all the S.D. spots back in the day and showed bigger dudes like me that you can still rip on a skateboard and look good doing it! Props to you Chad!💯👊

[@markwarne5049]

I don't remember Chad being such a good skater the clips they showed of him were insane skills!

[@douglaherty8120]

Wow, awesome interview guys. I remember watching The Storm for the first time with my friends on VHS in my basement. I'm glad to see Chad is doing well.

[@Seph_vision]

Actually skated a contest with this dude. Replica of the sports arena double and this dude was straight killin it with huge pop everytime

[@bonjourdecember908]

Legend! Second to last part in "Seven steps to heaven" as far as i remember. One of the best skatevideos of all time!

[@emptysetowl9715]

Working at a skateshop in Madison - I felt that some kids found their brand and went with it. I don't think anyone was talking shit if you liked a certain brand. Another great interview. Storm was good. Kids would want it watch it on the TV in the shop.

[@klg9239]

Lmao hellllla kids talked shit about literally everything

[@pastradul]

The 6 stair rail chad did the big flip board is Montgomery middle school. It’s kinda by the kinda vista park.

[@KiLLGRiD]

Being someone who has been doing game development and 3d art I found this so interesting knowing the tools and processes Chad talked about. Inspiring episodes!

[@RICKANDLOGANSHOW]

Awesome interview! Wasn’t expecting the direction it took, but it only got better + loved his Pink sneakers

[@Fortuna_716]

At 39 its awesome getting to see all these pros candidly I looked up to as a grom

[@jerrylcrawford3815]

As a street skater, the guy did a blunt fakie flip on vert. I salute you.

[@JoshPokestep]

Ohio stand up! This was such a good episode! Chad is sick!

[@diplenski]

i love the chunky shoe era, the globe chet IV was the best. dc boxers. never had osiris, but i saw a guy at the park recently skating some. saw a lot of d3s in the wild but not usually skaters.

[@PiriakaTrackwrecker]

The Tyrones they kicked off with were sick, great design!

[@mattimaranda9638]

All Systems Go!!! was one of my favorite videos growing up. I also enjoyed you on American Gladiators.

[@overtimemechanic1778]

Dude nine club seriously rules. Thank you guys so much for holding it down every fucking week. ❤

[@masonmcconnell9375]

Idk how people think the bunt is the best the 9 club is Mike's ahead of thoes guys not to say they can't get better but the 9 club is easily the best skate pod hate them or love them it's facts

[@Mforader1792]

Bro yall are putting it out faster than I can get it! Love it thanks mane. The storm krew was my ish. That video was nuts!

[@thesnapper84]

Chad was an absolute monster on 4 wheels back in the day... Always had killer photos and ads too.....

[@rossmoniz5032]

One of the first skaters I ever looked up too , loved this dude !!

[@seth_skates7336]

Hell yea. Looking forward to this. Possible Kristin Svitak episode in the future?

[@danielbazzy]

Need that

[@MikeMuellnerMD]

Big flip to fakie blew my mind in The Storm

[@2mb3]

Whats a bigflip to fakie ?

[@nickjenkins6755]

The absolute king of mini ramp.

[@ALightShiningInDarkness]

Chad Knight in Black Cat was my jam, that video is bomb.

[@JesseSprague-cc3sy]

Chad rips, I remember when he got on 1031, I was psyched. Loved that company.

[@mc540flip]

I met Chad at Desert West back in ‘97 I believe. He was super cool. A dude I knew was acting like a total douche at the park and Chad rolled up to us and said “that guy’s a dick.” He wasn’t wrong.

[@Burberrybrucebuffer]

Spent some time skating with him when I was a kid, when 1031 came to Maine on the turn up the hell tour

[@thomasrainbow]

23:55 Love how Crob's been dropping these Nardwuar-esque questions during interviews! - Leveling up your already great interviewing skills!

[@landonowens889]

I’m Cris Roberts I have to know these things 😂 That’s what he shoulda said 😂

[@citizenjubjub]

It's not nardwuar-esque; these guys obviously clowned on Chad and his San Diego crew back in the day and he's just throwing out all the shit he and his homies talked for validation. The whole interview felt like a prank that Chad wasn't in on and I feel bad for him. He's thinking "we're all grown ups now; we can talk about this stuff like it's the past" while jeron and Chris keep looking at each other like, "holy shit he's actually TALKING about this! how far can we go before he realizes that we're making fun of him?". Really disappointed in the three hosts for this one. Chad Knight got more clips in his day than all three of them combined.

[@routinelyrandom9409]

I remember as a kid in Maine we'd hear about Roger and this kid named Tim Battle. They were kinda known of by people that never met them. Some others too

[@daveybizzle]

Great episode. What a guy....

[@mikefilicky7961]

super sic combo of old and new so dope

[@michaelgibis]

Bros I love the shoe talk. This was so interesting 💯👌🏼

[@cedbea6135]

loved this episode , month of legends thanks again 🎉

[@DarthPops9]

They kind of left out a huge detail about NFTs... let's use that GTA 6 analogy.... say Rockstar creates a special weapon that can be purchased-but only 1,000 gamers (out of a population of millions) are lucky enough to get it. Yes, everyone can see it when I use it, can see it in pictures and video-but only 1,000 people ACTUALLY have it. What's more, each of the 1,000 weapons is issued a number 1-1,000... so yes, they are the same weapon, but their own uniquely IDd assets that the gamer actually owns that numbered weapon. That's what Chad was discussing about "the Blockchain"-which is like a giant database of who owns all these uniquely IDd assets. That's what an NFT is, except it's not a weapon in GTA, it's a piece of digital art or a digitized version of existing art. YES, it may look like the same picture you could print out or look at in pictures, but every NFT has it's own unique ID so you actually own it. In the case of a company like Funko or ABD collectibles, you buy packs of digital cards (the cards are the NFTs and each have a unique ID... yes, they look like the same piece of digital art as the next, but on the Blockchain they are different and can be owned/sold by different people)-but if you pull certain NFTs, ABD sends you a physical "reward" such as a real card from that set, Funko sends you a special POP you can't buy in stores. Now, moving away from video games and into that virtual reality Chad was describing. Imagine owning one of @chadknight5791 's MASSIVE digital art pieces (which have scope and size that span continents) and in that virtual world (whether something like Occulus or even a neural implant) you could enter that 3d space and move around in it-but ONLY if you possessed that uniquely IDd, limited piece of virtual art. Not trying to shill for NFTs (some people believe they are a scam... and some are), just providing a bit more context

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

He was super rad and this interview was great

[@BentMode1989]

2:05:38 I was laughing so hard!!! This Guy Chad effing Knight has elevated this episode so much!! I had to cancel my Debit and it cancelled my subscription!! Thank you Nine Club!

[@songs794]

Sunsports, one of the best memories of my youth. And Kenny was the man.

[@uloutdoors]

that was amazing, with the footwear design and stuff!

[@johnnystrahan]

Great episode! Keep up the hard work!! Nine Club 4 Life!!!

[@sanjose5278]

A good fill in for the live show 👌

[@briangemmet3567]

My first skate video I ever watched was Pig Wheels All Systems Go, Chad had last part, doing 360s down stairs 🤩

[@AdamArriola-ui8hu]

Loved Maple Black Cat growing up! Wasn't Lavar wearing The Gammas in Trilogy?

[@brianhance7372]

The rail he big flip Fs boarded is at Montgomery elementary in Linda vista (it’s close to the Linda vista skatepark)

[@Thurston86]

Holy Shit! The Maple deck I had is behind Crob! 🤘😬👽👽👽

[@KyleJett]

I asked for this one! Awesome

[@joeschmoe5009]

Chad could participate on Kasso, the japanese skateboarding wipeout tv show. Pretty fun to watch!

[@fooly691]

It’s that day of the week.

[@utterutternutter]

The Graff was a great shoe, might have to grab some of the reissues

[@jeremyschuh]

Hsu 1's and Graff were my two favorite shoes. Went through 5+ pairs of Hsu's but only had the chance to get one pair of Graffs. Just saw that they reissued the Graffs and got goosebumps immediately after seeing that. There's been nothing like it. I remember how narrow they felt to other shoes and loving them so much that they were pretty much shoe goo by the time I was done with them.

[@ryanrowe1975]

Great episode

[@chrisjr1247]

Sick episode!!!! Loved it thank you guys!

[@SolidTryThough]

Chad with the bleached tips! These kids want to bring back the 90s but they ain't doin that shit. Haha

[@TheBrechbuehler]

black cat still one of my favorite skate vhs!

[@Dumontsk8te]

Man Chad is Such a Rad Guy Man!

[@redlegs2338]

It's about time!!

[@lonewolfprogrammer8932]

loved this one!

[@bentbooster012]

This sounded more like a marketing podcast than a skateboarding podcast

[@maartenderyck1]

one of my og favorites !

[@BentMode1989]

2:19:51 I love the collaboration 🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@REGDORTNARG]

freaking awesome!

[@scottieskatan4219]

Gonna leave a comment before even watching and say this one farking rocked shite yeah top shelf again lads..... .....

[@abec6.6.6.]

Finna see every old skater in Cbus wearing the Fontanka

[@BentMode1989]

2:11:48 NBD Chad Knight, he slid and rolled away 🤟🏽

[@drtybrdy75]

FYI; evol was J Strickland’s tag. Tony Mag bought the name from him.

[@chadknight5791]

Really?

[@chadknight5791]

Here we go

[@themaker959]

had no idea you skateboarded Chad! You were a decent manager though. 😃

[@650AFTERHOURSOC]

He even bleached his hair to bring back that early 2000 look 😆

[@sandiaYpescado]

The most SD dude ever. Lance Bass called…

[@chadknight5791]

@@650AFTERHOURSOC unintentional grown out 😂

[@n.h.420]

Killer tips son!!!

[@stayawakeandwatch]

Sunsports remembers Chad Knight! 614 in the house. Chad Knight, Tim Simmons, Rob Case, Tony... ahhh the 90s

[@mpenxa]

What was Tony's last name? I've completely forgotten.

[@stayawakeandwatch]

@@mpenxa same here, lol

[@chadknight5791]

Montel

[@stayawakeandwatch]

​@@chadknight5791 ahh yeah. hey man, good to see you doing well... was a pleasant surprise to see you here on The Nine Club. I was the kid at the park (Sunsports) who was the unofficial employee helping Kenny. Keep rolling Chad! Thanks for the memories!

[@chadknight5791]

@@stayawakeandwatch wait, wait wait which kid?

[@The-skate-collector]

Just sold that the knight chess peice deck behind chris to obtain a 91 blind d way bladerunner 😢 went to a sick collector though and Chad knight is a beast!

[@chadknight5791]

@@The-skate-collector very wise. I support this.

[@j-mac7401]

No doubt there many, many, many club/rave kids rockin DC's... with their UnionBays and Luckys and Mossimo get ups...

[@losartista_]

Big fan!

[@RedonRedGutta923]

Buh….buh…buh…. Buttery!

[@rgar1322]

Watching Kelly working to comprehend these shoe samples and design terms is just kinda telling about what's happening at Soletech.

[@jvv1786]

Solid Dude

[@tyroneolson6120]

Yeah Chad

[@bentbooster012]

Get the rest of the baker crew on here !!

[@JacobSesh-bg5kz]

Hopefully Muska did an episode while he was there

[@joelmvasquez]

Didn’t Heath Kirchart do a Kickflip front board on a rail in 1994 on 411 issue 9?

[@obiseankenobi2056]

if 'creating' a shoe with ai makes you a designer then ordering pizza makes you a chef.

[@chadknight5791]

@@obiseankenobi2056 hopefully that’s not what you got out of what I said. What I was intending to say was that AI can be used as part of the creative process during concepting to discover new perspectives. Definitely would never imply that clicking some buttons makes you a designer.

[@rlans002]

Get skate nomad on the podcast.

[@PiriakaTrackwrecker]

I think maybe he didn't feel like he fit in with The Storm as it was bro'd out and kinda Jock vibes, and he seems like a super intelligent dude.

[@kenshiroFNS]

What dust are these guys smoking? The Storm is a legendary video and I think thousands of skaters were stoked on it. Smolik's part alone was blowing anyone out of the water. Stop the hate. I'm a World Girl dick rider as much as Chris here but come on

[@jaycedervall7695]

Legend

[@diplenski]

i love a good switch mongo push, idc what anyone says

[@maartenderyck1]

Love the designtalk chad!!

[@don_flamenco]

Good talk

[@meiphukingdiqq]

Yo why are yall dogging the shit out of Chad Knight and the Osirus guys? Is this what the kids call "micro aggressions"? Yall literally dogging the shit out of him and his whole crew right to his face on some weak ass passive aggressive shit. That man is a fucking legend! He was one of the best skateboarders at that time, and so was everyone else on that squad. WTF???

[@yikes6969]

Lmao

[@danggarcia3882]

Don’t think they are. If that’s the case, Chad is a humble man.

[@meiphukingdiqq]

@@danggarcia3882 Oh they definitely are, and Chad is definitely a humble dude to sit there and take it like that.

[@jasondashney]

Would you rather than lie to his face? They were honest in that they were on team Girl/Chocolate. Very few people were in both camps at that time. I rode for Osiris back then and I was Chad's team manager on Maple. I definitely got made fun of for skating D3's. The Osiris crew had this very boisterous feel to it, and a lot of people rolled their eyes at it and didn't like it at all. The skate industry was very fragmented back then. Massive politics behind the scenes. They could've been a little more gentle about it, like awkwardly laughing about it instead of borderline sneering, but I feel for the most part they were just being honest. I would way rather have that than them retroactively pretending they were down for some thing that they weren't, ya know?

[@meiphukingdiqq]

@@jasondashney They ain't on team jack shit. They're a podcast doing interviews of skaters from every generation and who rode for every team imaginable. And they literally never pulled this shit on anyone before. Unlike you, I was actually around for that era, and NO, there was never any Osiris/Girl Chocolate beef. And a LOT of companies had that "boisterous" feel in the 90's. It was the hiphop era for fuck's sake. They literally just had Muska on recently and didn't pull that shit on him. What the hell is the matter with you?

[@onedos23]

Oh yeah!