Chad Knight | The Nine Club - Episode 324

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! #TheNineClub #ChadKnight #Osiris Become a member of the channel & receive special perks https://www.youtube.com/TheNineClub/join Thank you to our sponsors AG1 (Athletic Greens): https://drinkag1.com/nineclub LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/nineclub Skullcandy: https://www.skullcandy.com Woodward: Use NINECLUB at checkout: https://www.woodwardwest.com & https://www.woodwardpa.com Check out all of our deals & discounts https://thenineclub.com/pages/deals-a... Subscribe to our other channels More Nine Club:    / morenineclub   Nine Club Clips:    / nineclubclips   Chris Roberts:    / chrisroberts   Listen to The Nine Club on podcast https://thenineclub.com/pages/podcast Official Nine Club merch https://thenineclub.com/collections/all Social & Website Website: https://thenineclub.com Discord:   / discord   Instagram:   / thenineclub   TikTok:   / thenineclub   X (Twitter):   / thenineclub   Facebook:   / thenineclub   Chris Roberts: https://linktr.ee/Chrisroberts Links we talked about in this episode Switchflip Switch Manny:    • Chris Roberts | Switchflip Switch Manny   I'm Glad I'm Not Me:    / @chrisroberts   Chad Knights Instagram:   / chadknight   Maple Seven Step to Heaven:    • Chad Knight -Maple "Seven steps to heaven"...   Osiris The Storm:    • Osiris Footwear "The Storm" (1999) [Remast...   1031 Bleed for Me:    • Видео   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 Edited By: Roger Bagley