Kris Markovich | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 244

Kris Markovich discusses growing up in Florida, getting on Dogtown & going pro, quitting G&S in while he was in Europe, filming for the 101 video, shooting with Dan Sturt, having a Foundation Ad while still on 101, kick flipping the big Carlsbad gap & the cover of Transworld, what happened with the floating wheel on the cover of Big Brother, quitting Element for Foundation, why he left so many sponsors, what exactly happened with Hollywood Skateboards, riding for Blind & filming for What If, the one sponsor he regrets ever leaving and much more!
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Links we talked about in this episode:
Switchflip Switch Manny: • Chris Roberts | Switch...
G&S Winona Ryder: • Kris Markovich G&S Win...
101: • 101 WWII Report 1992
Color: • Kris Markovich Color 1992
Transworld 4 Wheel Drive: • Kris Markovich in TWS ...
Element Third Eye View: • Kris Markovich - Eleme...
Foundation Arts Bars: • Classics - Kris Markov...
Adio One Step Beyond: • Kris Markovich - One S...
Blind What If?: • Chris Markovich "What ...
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:34 - Filming for the 101 video
00:04:50 - Shooting with Dan Staurt
00:09:08 - The beginning of the sponsor troubles
00:12:01 - Having a Foundation Ad while still on 101
00:31:10 - Getting on & going pro for Dogtown
00:44:59 - Quitting G&S in Europe
00:50:55 - The mention of possibly getting on Plan B and getting on 101
01:01:23 - Kickflipping the big Carlsbad gap & the cover of Transworld
01:11:24 - The floating wheel on the cover of Big Brother magazine
01:14:27 - Why he left so many sponsors
01:19:52 - The loss of his father and the effect it had on him
01:21:06 - Skating for Element
01:27:00 - Quitting Element for Foundation
01:57:15 - Skating for Blind & filming for What If
02:01:20 - The one sponsor he regrets ever leaving
02:07:17 - The slow fade into obscurity
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#skateboarding #krismarkovich #interview

[@Golfingflaco]

Dude is SO nice! Years back I bought a painting off Kris off of instagram. Fucking guy hand delivered it to my work! Made it an extra special, SPECIAL piece of art

[@WhatNotandWhatHaveYou]

Was it a painting of faces or a painting of faces?

[@topdeckdog]

you forgot a special

[@RicosTinFoilSombrero]

I worked in a skate shop in Memphis where the owner had a painted deck done by Kris for the shop. Pretty good dude. I probably have sleeves because of him.

[@gooutsideasfollows9105]

Are u late because of him also

[@jdmresearch]

Time to bring Natas to the 9 Club.

[@jessiemartinez3056]

Yes and Gonz

[@jdmresearch]

@@jessiemartinez3056 And Jesse Martinez.

[@jessiemartinez3056]

@@jdmresearch yes jess the mess a legend

[@villiantwo]

@@jessiemartinez3056 natas seems to be a very recluse individual. much like mullen, im sure they've tried. .. cardiel needs to get on there also. matt hensley is a OG that needs a feature also

[@hoodybeatz]

Matt Hensley

[@NittyGritty420]

His part in art bars was my favorite. He skates so fast and aggressive. Must of watch that part a million times when I was younger.

[@cheothegeo2742]

@@schmidtty1387 yea that song was so good lol

[@Bilistix-bc3tu]

It's not a cover its a live version

[@schmidtty1387]

@@Bilistix-bc3tu noice, did not know that. Sounds pretty rocking for berlin

[@filmbuff4]

I watched that part on Fuel TV back in the day a bunch. still resonates with me.

[@MrBank325]

Yeah love that video and song was perfect.

[@brokenoutline]

Such an honest and passionate conversation. This is what I love about the nine club, pure skateboard history by those who created it. No politics .. no gimmicks … no lipstick .. Just skateboarding.

[@geburar]

yesssssss

[@RicosTinFoilSombrero]

Well said!

[@blazeupyounghomey6820]

Slowly moving out of the “nice club”???

[@scottttttttttttttttttt]

Well it starts off fumbly. Do some research like “the bombhole” does

[@dcross8382]

@@scottttttttttttttttttt Maybe the Bombhole can research "self control when using sound effects"

[@EDDIEM0NS00N]

Kris is a treasure to skateboarding. Always remained true to himself & his skating. He bounced around a lot of companies but he gave everything & his all to each & every one of them. Glad to see him back where he belongs & still ripping with that awesome speed style & bag of tricks which still amaze me ❤️❤️❤️

[@byronsmail1766]

I just want to say as a former skateboarder, I haven't skated In 20 years. I loved skateboarding. I love watching your program. Chris you are great at doing these shows. Keep up the great work. It's great to give these old legends a place to share there stories!

[@griizzd]

You’re still a skater…. What’s with this former bs. One kick flip a year keeps you poser clear

[@jakke69]

I'm really glad he managed to do the entire interview without dropping a single F-bomb! Impressive.

[@mirapilates]

"F**k You Checks". Lol

[@calstonjew]

These days F-bomb means something different.

[@chrismcginley6796]

Huge fan of this man. Huge fan of everything he’s done. Bought a one of a kind painted skated deck from him, shot the breeze a little bit about his mural at last year’s Tampa Am. This man is truly humble. It’s such a pleasure to see his gratitude and love and passion for where he is today. This one has indeed been a long time coming and thank you Nine Club for bringing this man on. May blessings continue to abound for you, Kris.

[@j-mac7401]

This was seriously epic.... Thanks K Mark for all the blood , sweat and tears you shed in order to have all of these great stories you shared on this episode.... Brutha you are up there with the gnarliest to EVER step foot on what Jeff Grosso would say " the wooden toy".... Keep Rippin.... And thank you.... ✌️For the rest of the night I'm watching Markovich footy...

[@tobieone4918]

I love when people are just honest. There’s a lot of people & companies in the skate industry that are assholes. I’m glad when people share their honest experiences with them.

[@jimmyloughnan9656]

I remember being at Martin Place back in 2004 and watching Kris film his first line in “What If”. It just blew my mind how creative he was in his approach to skating that spot. An underrated great.

[@terriblehappytalks]

Ive always felt he was underrated too

[@TattoosbyBealer]

Kris was one of my favorite skaters as a kid. stoked to see hes crushing it in st.pete, bummed i moved away from there a few years ago. and dope to hear Chris Parks is doing graphics for the board brand!

[@DaytonJoey]

I can’t believe how good he’s skating these days. It’s dope as F

[@1439of2000]

Kris Markovich - Prime fight fire with fire is my favorite part of all time. EPMD and big 360 flips

[@terriblehappytalks]

He does the best 360 flip ever in that vid

[@ktoescos]

@ Crankwalk STRAIGHT UP ! : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5WuY6SFZZqao8k 💯💪✊

[@marley1995]

Still have it on vhs

[@ktoescos]

@@marley1995 💎✨🍀👍

[@jasonschwartz9443]

Kris's T-Shirt is beyond on point as Kerala, India celebrates Onam at the moment. You Tube Kathakali and you will see what it is. Really touched my soul to be honest.

[@ryanellis7520]

Genuine. Rock solid. Good human. Not to mention a beast on a board. Stoked to see this new part. Blind what if, and Union RTS. So sick.

[@brendangreen6197]

That's one of the best episodes so far. Markovich is simply the man. Skating and persona. Its no joke smashing concrete at 50 years old either. So good he's still in the game. This is not getting old...good work fellas.

[@thomasrainbow]

Kris Markovich is a legend of skateboarding history and culture! Glad to see he's happy and doing so well and still ripping! ~ I remember watching a bootleg copy of Union Right To Skate video in the early 90s and my friend and I were blown away by the music and his insane skating. It has influenced me to work harder and be better even into my 40s. Pure skateboarding no nonsense bs from one of the best and the fastest to ever do it! Thanks Kris and Nine Club!

[@coneyisland1979]

YES FINALLY, so many good stories, Kris is skateboarding royalty

[@jthom1976]

The best, one of the most pure skateboarders to walk this planet. Go fast and go for broke. Thank you! 🤲

[@ktoescos]

This was a DOPE interview ! 💯 I still have my original VHS of the Color video.👍

[@StumpyMason_]

Bloody legendary episode!!

[@MycoMatty]

Fuck yes boys!! Been waiting for this one for a long time now. Markovich was fucking gnarly in his day without a doubt one of the first guys to skate fast and do flat ground tricks doing mach 1.

[@meyersguitars2196]

This was a treat! One of the OG street hero’s for me and he is only a couple years older than me. For your next order skaters to be on the show try and get Jeff Kendall and Rob Rosskop.

[@amoeba_x]

My new favorite episode 🔥🔥 Kris Markovich is a super nice dude who carries great energy. I saw him at the South Beach park in Jax. Dude was ripping so hard I second guessed if it was really him haha shout out Fl!!

[@protestthisyouloser1093]

No one rips Jax like Clyde. End of story. A&P Curbs for life lol

[@mlombardo9]

First kick flip down Carlsbad!

[@christophermccartney7150]

Kris is skateboarding incarnated. More videos parts than anyone ever, still holdin it down and skating regularly in the Florida Gulf Coast heat. Big fan!

[@76spatterson]

I remember the G&S days, one of the greats for sure!

[@kryptomedicgaming]

Massive ups to Kris Markovich bro, always looked up to him, great to hear the stories, only wish he had shortly covered The Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour from his perspective, as for me, I was 14, 15 and 16 when those went down and it was so influential seeing skateboarding pushed to such heights and on ESPN and everything.... anyways tho, so many stories here I never knew of and mad happy to see where he is these days and how happy and content he seems via his socials currently. Go on Kris, go on!

[@Mogely]

Bro the amount of that I just learned was amazing felt like I just took a course in skateboarding history, what a legend, also a part at 50 👀😮‍💨 so much inspiration and motivation love this so much 🙌🏻

[@marcusbrown87]

Kris Markovich was my first favorite skater

[@tyhggb]

Kris Markovich, had one the sickest photo/ interviews in transworld magazine. That was so incredible for it’s time.

[@StevenMorris-zv5zm]

Was at the St Petes park last Winter and Kris was there... killing it!! He's definitely not lying about taking slams either - dude goes hard as anyone I've seen. and at his age, it's more than impressive! Im 45 myself and still get after it but definitely not like him! Props!!

[@scottgajewski3925]

What a legend! I was so happy when I woke up this moring and saw he was on. I had many of his boards but my favorite one was the Cindy Crawford one.

[@parkerleo14]

I skate with kris in st Pete every day he’s a rad dude

[@tyhggb]

Kris is somewhat responsible for street skating becoming fast and stylish. Anyone from that era appreciates his influence.

[@MycoMatty]

Absolutely. I mentioned it in my own comment. One of the first guys to skate fast as fuck and look good doing it. And it was at a time when the whole industry was kind of still learning and still going kinda slow. Especially when the small wheels hit.

[@mr.johnson460]

For sure!

[@destructo3915]

That story about the Element logo was priceless! Element's been my favorite company since I was a kid in 2004 and my first pro board was an Element. Cool to know after all these years.

[@rollingfunskateboarding561]

Met him at LV when he was on F and doing a tour with the T.Hawk tour and he must of been tired but was cool to do a small chat. He did mention that beagle told him that we came down from japan. It was an honor to meet the legend!

[@briansmith960]

Watched so many of his parts over and over again. Loved this guys skating.

[@robertblackmore703]

Badass. Shout out to all the heads who skate fast and rip. Markovich is sick.

[@brandenriddick6105]

LEGENDARY!!!! TY The Nine Club

[@deadheartcasper]

Met Markovich after school at La Canada High back before the world tour video, back smithed the 6 stair out ledge full speed and was the nicest dude after I broke my board from being so amped by how outrageously fast he was in real life. Brought me a board the next day unplanned, so classy.

[@granthannah883]

Truly one of the best to ever do it. A great inspiration to my career, super nice guy and very humble.

[@danmaki943]

Thank you so much. I was such a fan of Kris when i was younger, in fact he is the reason i bought my first element deck. That was a huge thing for me, my parents wouldn’t support skateboarding but the dude skated 100 mph!!!!!! God damn!!! I didn’t know he did art but i am going to try to find out if i can buy something from him. I love his stories & attitude towards the industry when he was younger. Very punk rock

[@BentMode1989]

Special…Special!! Guest!! Thank you Kris!! Some damn good behind the scene and stories. Some gnarly sk8 reality history. Love the Nine Club thank you 🙌🏽

[@clubscout1]

it wasn’t snuff or falling down, ww2 report is the first 101 video with Markovich

[@waltersobchek2465]

Yep 👍

[@bennyshambles]

Yes. Thank you. AKA - 101 Promo. It’s so frustrating that Chris Roberts (or even Kris Markovich) doesn’t know the name of the 101 videos. SNUFF was winter ‘93/‘94 after the Girl exodus and right before Gabriel Rodriguez left for Chocolate (only one trick in the video).

[@loonyprism7310]

Great dude, I have the MarkovicA deck hanging on my wall 🤘 great episode, amazing!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@marvinshenk]

Awesome episode. Markovich was one of the sickest gap skaters ever. I could never try to do what he did, but it was fun watching him do it.

[@bummerflip]

stoked for this!

[@jsmith10170]

love his art bars part, the song is so perfect

[@kdc6]

Love the honesty, been waiting for him heavy!

[@PoundshopRambo]

Been a fan of Kris since G&S days. Legend.

[@lolzpngwin]

Legend status. Original and authentic and a monster on a board.

[@flugit]

I met Kris about 20 years ago when the Hollywood team did a demo in olympia, I was a hang around at the shop that put it on and I knew the dudes well, I was 12 years old i got to ride in the car with the Hollywood team from the shop to the park they were doing the demo at. It was very memorable and Kris is a good dude, I'm glad he's doing good things and still skating.

[@Thrillionaire.]

The rapper he didn’t get all along with back in the day was probably Chris Gentry

[@oddtodd71]

I had a Dogtown shop sponsorship in 90 and got his Pro model from Dogtown always been a big fan.

[@B.Howly89]

LEGEND! Best episode, dont know how i missed this when it came out!🤙

[@evorobin]

Fantastic now please get Ocean 😎

[@KarlLind]

Ocean and Marcus, that would be 🔥

[@winstonmontag8824]

I skated with Kris when we were kids growing up in Gulf Breeze in the 80's. To this day I can still remember the exact moment I knew he was special. I was on top of a half pipe and he got sketchy on the coping doing a grind or something and i just knew he was gonna bail. I was watching his feet and saw him about to eat it and then magically he just got his feet back in the proper position on the board and rode it out and I knew even as a kid that no matter how much I practiced, i would never be able to do what he just did. It was just this natural reaction for him, but I knew every other person at that ramp would have crashed in that same position. I can't explain it properly, but I knew it was an important lesson for me in that moment. It was just an average recovery for him, but i knew that I could skate all day and I'd never be able to do that. I knew i had just seen a gift that none of the rest of us possessed. I wasn't jealous, just felt lucky to have seen it. Years later i played high school football with a guy who ended up on the Atlanta Falcons and it was that same feeling when i saw him run. I just knew that was the difference between regular people and a pro. Also, he was always really cool to us when we were younger. He was popular and a few years ahead of us, but he was always really nice and treated us with respect even as a teenager. He comes back home every once in a while and I've seen him from time to time over the decades and he's always been a nice guy.

[@screwheads]

Been waiting on this!

[@booitsnick]

This is the one we have been waiting for

[@nicholasballew9003]

Knoxville native here. So cool to hear kris talk about my local shop. Plutos, Bryan and all the guys down there are hella rad. I got so hyped when he brought up Ktown. Then he mentions Plutos and I had to pause the episode because I was so hyped. If any of y’all ever comes through knox for sure hit up Plutos. Love the show and keep clicking that like button

[@random__joe]

Him and Jeremy Wray planted the seeds to be a huge Led Zeppelin mark. Skating smooth and fast, so iconic

[@AS-hz8cv]

I remember seeing the Carlsbad gap kickflip cover and thinking that's not possible. Thank you The Nine Club.

[@ifnottoday]

This is fucking great!!!! thanks to everyone involved

[@grakkerful]

Whenever I think of Kris, the first thing that comes to mind is going so unbelievably fast.

[@poyao1167]

One of my all time favorite all terrain skaters of the 90’s ‼️‼️‼️

[@michaelponce6767]

Another great one! Thank you 🙏

[@tilen3870]

I know Heath Kirchart is a private dude, but damn would it be awesome to get him on this.

[@amirdeen355]

After rewatching his Epicly Later'd I very much agree! It'd be so interesting to see how his career and transition into retirement were from his point of view!

[@tilen3870]

@@amirdeen355 exactly! Everything about that guy seems so 'mysterious' and yet very down to earth. In my opinion best skating style for sure!

[@LavelWashington]

Thank you guys 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@chrisjeffery8783]

Kris was always one of my favorite skaters growing up. When I first started skating around age 12, I picked up the Tony Hawk trick tips video from my local shop on VHS and watched it over and over. I loved Kris's part in the video and he's probably the biggest reason I like skating 8in boards to this day, even though the trend seems to be getting wider.

[@Nothing-qq4hd]

The color part was my go to every morning before school and every afternoon before heading out to skate back in 94

[@gtorphins]

#Sweetness

[@IlirSopa]

1:41 « It’s a good assumption! ». High up there with the Mike V. one among many others… skateboarding history is just amazing and K.M. is in the 9,99 club for sure! thank you so much! ❤ from Brussels.

[@adamcarpenter1869]

“ I quit Gullwing and I never rode for them.” 😂

[@MatthiasKrumm]

One of my favourite skaters back in the 90s. And, well, still today.

[@randomname3715]

So many legends lately.

[@brick_steen5514]

awesome video once again ! great to see kris m. again :)

[@adrianho7520]

awesome episode. thank you!

[@thomaslaird2309]

Kris told me to buy duffs Strombolies and a prime board when I went to xyz in Carlsbad. Thanks man!! It was rad seeing him around so much then. Do John Drake next!!!

[@adamturner1563]

Long Time Fan. KM is an absolute icon. He looks very good for his age

[@chrishendricks1160]

RESPECT..I love how he mentioned Hosoi.

[@maxxangel1900]

Kris Markovich was always my favorite skater his skating was and still inspirational art bars was my favorite part

[@thetruthishidden6039]

Really loving when you guys have the OG guys from before 2000.

[@randyrhodesjr1745]

Unexpected! Got to meet him at my local park at the time like in '07/'08 this show is THE SHIT ! LOVE Y'ALL!

[@randyrhodesjr1745]

Back when crimson was still a thing.

[@dtaylor5206]

The video is WWIi Report. 1992. Adam Mcnatt skates to Speed Demon by The ....Mentors pretty sure and Markavich had last part skating to Hendrix . Snuff was a later. After the Falling Down video. It's a blur to the people who were the most involved on one side of the lens and unforgettable to everyone else sometimes.

[@drdefi54321]

Crazy, I was just thinking about this guy the other day and that monster 360 flip he did off a curbcut at the end of his Prime 'Fight Fire with Fire' part and I see this interview pop up, man, this is the best channel. That 360 flip is forever burned into my brain, it blew me away when I seen that.

[@emsea42]

I was at Benicia the day he got that photo and had just got on Dogtown. If I remember correctly, that was the day he was going to be pro for Dogtown? I'm pretty sure though, because the buzz that day at the park was all about him. And from what I was seeing, well deserved!!

[@WolfWould]

Holy Chit!! Well I had a Color board of his. Weird cool colors and had an elephant and donkey? Or something. Had to be late 90's

[@nekorogers]

3:30am just got home from the bar and this is a nice treat to have freshly released. 🙏🙌 Bouta enjoy the AF outta this 😁

[@rawxtir]

Y'all did good with this one. DAYUM

[@JoeShitTheRagMan_GravelGurdy]

I had to look up the bigbrother cover. Took a while before I saw it but yeah, there it is, the floating wheel :D

[@loonyprism7310]

This is amazing!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@samgreen9752]

SHOUT OUUT Dan Sturt the only guy I know who doesn't mind getting on the ground in the middle of trader Joe's to explain a story. .....❤❤❤❤❤🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kalmdown8271]

dope interview

[@dcross8382]

Jeron looking mad high in this episode.

[@theramplocal]

Simon Woodstock is the Gallagher of skateboarding. LMAO, incredible

[@alanbrady9609]

It was Ramblas, I was there with him at the gate to the Olympic stadium. He had Green hair! And he was talking to us about his Mom’s company T-Bags. NSA was so jacked that they had not issued him credentials, so he was stuck outside with us. Alan Petersen came up with strawberry hair and they both laughed at each other. Eventually they let us all in. We were with a Spanish shop team. Kikoskate, but they didn’t want the Am’s and the pros skating the course at the same time. Great event in Barcelona 91!

[@Outlawed1]

Kris is the Man, great skateboarding (to this day) great artist, great father and Husband (if he’s not married he sure treats his S.O. Like he is) super fuckin humble. The dude is a legend and his career speaks for itself. The longevity and determination is incredible! He’s a 100% skater! There’s a no bullshit way about him. I grew up skateboarding from 1998 till now but there was like 10+ years of always seeing a Kris add in thrasher or transworld and we all looked forward to seeing him it the magazines or the skate vids. Mad respect Kris!!!

[@JonB1991]

This is the gem interviews we need an honest noting to loose interview

[@alexcruz2631]

Yup my favorite skater in the early 90s ! Really went big and super technical! I use to by his skate jeans T bags