#324 - Chad Knight

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

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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