Kelly Bird | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 259

Kelly Bird discusses growing up in Houston, meeting Rick Howard and the Blockhead team, turning pro for New School Skateboards, getting on Real Skateboards, moving towards the industry side of skateboarding, working for DC Shoes, leaving DC and working with Rick Howard and Mike Carroll for Lakai Footwear, the Fully Flared video, going to work for Nike SB, what it’s like working for a huge corporation, pro shoes vs. colorways and much more!
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🔗 Links we talked about in this episode:
Switchflip Switch Manny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EejsdKHgwsU

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:06:58 – Growing up in Houston and finding skateboarding
00:15:32 – First sponsor
00:18:11 – Meeting Rick Howard and the Blockhead team
00:25:18 – Turning pro for New School Skateboards
00:31:49 – The mayor of EMB James Kelch
00:33:17 – Getting on Real skateboards
00:39:24 – Moving towards the industry side of skateboarding
00:43:08 – DC Shoe Co
01:03:00 – Working with Rick Howard and Mike Carroll for Lakai
01:10:42 – Dvs and Matix
01:18:42 – Fully Flared
01:28:13 – The negative effects of the Fully Flared video
01:36:50 – Going to work for Nike SB
01:48:17 – Working for a huge corporation
02:05:18 – The Janoski shoe
02:29:31 – Pro shoes vs. Colorways
02:43:54 – Celeb sightings at Nike HQ

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Edited By: Tim Olson & Roger Bagley
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