Met Geoff in 2011 and then 5 months ago randomly at my local in the morning ! I was alone and he popped up ! Showed him the old 11 year old photo and he was so happy ! Went to his car and gave me his pro model board ! It’s hanging on my wall ! Love this dude
Yeah...Hendrix rocked that jacket most famously and that look associated with him - he was definitely inspired by the Beatles, but Hendrix served in the military and that was probably another reason why he rocked it
This episode is deep man. I can relate so much to what he was mentioning about the life’s path and continuing the love for skateboard. Fucking love skateboarding.
Geoff was my favorite. So much that I used his first name in German class convincing the teacher my transcripts were wrong. The whole class went along with it and I had her convinced for about 3 months. Signed papers, tests, etc.
@@kerryogrady3637 I convinced my teacher my real name was Geoffrey Rowley Follis. Just for fun. I basically had her convinced for about three months until she found out that wasn't my name.
Imagine all the stories Ed Templeton has that he could tell on the show. Dude has been around for the past 35 years. He’s seen it all with the industry and is still going. Get em’ on the show
I was at Radlands in Northampton UK in Autumn 1992 when it opened and there was this little gnarly kid who was about five feet tall who really stuck out and Radlands was fucking RAMMED,you could barely move so for this kid to stand out he had to have something about him. After a while.I was on the small mini ramp with about eight million other kids and this small kid Ollied off the roof of the shop into the mini ramp and almost shut the place down. That Kid was Geoff Rowley. I'm fifty years old now and a lot's happened in that time,a lot of friends have come and gone so to see Geoff still killing it blows my fuckin mind. Nice one Geoff. Ed Templeton,Jeremy Klein and Geoff Rowley. Or Nyjah Huston,Yuto Horrigome and Shane O Neil Hmmmm?
I remember the Flip Feast tour stopped by 3rd lair in Minnesota back in 2004 maybe….place was packed and my friends and I got stuck on a small quarter pipe to watch the demo. Rowley skated up the ramp, did a back nose blunt stall, and said “ how do you like the smell of my ass!….” And flew away to do some other epic trick. Instant legend.
This guy is such a legend. One of the best to ever do it. Looks amazing on the board and can back up anything he ever says because he fckin rips. Thanks Nine Club!
Met him in Brazil on Vans tour some years ago and showed him the mag with his first pic ever. Got happy. You have this mag? Hahaha...This dude was so amazing. Big respect ❤
I sold newspaper subscriptions in highschool and went to buster haltermans house. We started talking skating and he bought a subscription from me and gave me a pair of bones Swiss. Made my day.
Penny would be amazing but in reality, I don't think he's articulate enough to make it work, judging my the limited interviews he has done at least. maybe I'm wrong.
As a fellow hunter/skater I'm glad my latest pair of shoe is a pair of Rowley xlt. Only shoe the shop had in my size never been a vans fan but these shoe great. Im glad to see I supported someone elsho shares my love of the outdoors.
300k subs yo! been with you from 'nearly' the beginning - keep on... keepin on! word . blessings from Cape Town, South Africa. oh.. aaaaand.. than you for blessing us with the legend that is Geof Rowley once again!
Honestly, being from England and growing up in the late 1990s/early 2000s and realising that it is possible that skateboarding can be progressed not just for america changed my childhood. I owe my entire teenage years to Geoff rowley, tom penny and a guy called john fisher who skated for blueprint. I saw him skate our local shitty little skatepark in bromsgrove so smooth and it blew my mind forever. I was 13years old then, I'm 33 now. Skateboarding is incredible in so many ways. Stick with it forever
Honestly. Alot of pros these days need to take a page from Geoffs book. It's all about the skating. Skating skating skating. Not about your modelling career. Skating is the be all. Not a stepping stone to being some new york socialite. Him talking about what is gnarlyness in his last 9 club should be on the 10 commandments of skateboarding
havent skated now since I was 18 probably. 51 now. I absolutely love your show guys. The respect and camaraderie you bring to the skate scene is just amazing. Thank you and keep going! love from UK
This was an amazing couple of hours of Rowley talking lol seriously! Loved it! He's always been an inspiration and hearing him talk, he's a very sensible, driven, cool human
Legend. Nostalgia with my best homie Michael Chernikoff (R.I.P.)who got me hyped on Rowley almost 25 years ago. Thank you for keeping memories alive 9 Club.
they want all the guests like Koston but they won't show up due to scheduling but whenever Tony Hawk says "Hey wanna do my podcast?" they show up instantly lol. Though to be fair, when Hawk asks, you automatically do it.
Its no loss as far as I'm concerned. I met Koston at a Nike shoe release signing and was a complete c**t. Rolled his eyes at most people who greeted him and just acted like he didn't want to be there. Lost my respect for him that day. I don't think him and Crob are particularly close anyway.
It's amazing to hear how the scouse accent has adapted adapted for Americans to understand it. I'm from the very North West of England and have always wondered how much my accent or dialect would need to change for someone from somewhere else to understand it! For reference, Geoff would have sounded not too far from Paddy Pimblett back in the day. Much love to the north West.
I often reflect on his gnarly slam on Sorry right as the part opens, where he’s trying a front nose blunt on some kind of d of electrical box/transformer and slips out right into his face. It must’ve been a 6-8 ft drop. Such an amazing skateboarder and supremely talented. That Flip team of the early to mid 2,000’s was peak skateboarding for me in my life.
Not just your life. That was peak skateboarding. The late early to mid 2000s was a special time for skateboarding. The golden years. We will never get another experience like that.
XLT first run was my go to when I started on stairs and such. Heelflips were butter with the bulk of the shoe. (Bulkier shoes did that for me. They are harder for me in thin Vulcs I wear these days) The OG Rowley were better for my kickflips when I started learning tricks after getting comfortable on my board. ...totally ordering XLTs.
Props to him for still shredding, I had skated for 11 years and finally hit me to stop just recently last year. Just because I didn’t feel the love for it or the hunger to shred. I still push around and pop a few flat ground stuff but not like I used to.
Im a middle school film teacher still trying to make my first feature. I skate when I can after work... My Pops and I used to hunt the San Luis Valley of Colorado when I was kid, R.I.P. But really enjoying this episode!!! Im copping those Black Rowley Vans with the pink stripe come payday!!!
Koston will never do it he’s scared to be asked why he chose to go corporate and essentially be the final straw to kill skate companies I also remember being punched for calling him rollE and not row ley
I also think that beneath his snarky, cocky personality, Koston hasnt really got a lot to say. In the interviews I have seen him do, he just mumbles like a teenager. At the recent Yeah Right Reunion, he was so shy and reserved. Was hilarious. Put him in a semi serious situation and he crumbles.
@@JimP-tc7gg awkward and shy is fine I’m not a people person at all either but he doesn’t want to say anything and possibly ruin his legacy like a few others have he’s made it clear by his actions he’s not trying to answer anything publicly I mean Lakai had to do something to push a person that far
Imagine geoff rowley and tom penny didnt make that life changing trip to cali in the early 90s... i wonder what skateboarding would be like now without deathbox/flip 🙏
Regarding who can support skaters when they are looking down at their leg dangling from tissue and asking “is this the end?” Like I was. I reached out to the skate community and a friend urged me to do a Go fund me. She said if enough skaters see this and can chip in $2 or $5 it can go a long way. So I took her advice and did it, the community came though heavily and raised more money for my recovery than I would have ever thought possible. Having the video go viral on hall of meat helped but I don’t think I’d feel up to being on my skateboard in a similar sendy vein if it weren’t for the community saying “get back on your board and fucking go for it”.
Its funny because the world of backcountry trekking, hunting, and hiking seem so alien to the 9 crew, which is completely understandable. Being from NW Montana near Glacier National Park, everything Rowley is talking about is the norm up here. There is something so incredibly special but hard to explain about being deep in mountains.
It is weird though. Cow. Row. Why the hell is it different? And Chris, great job clearing this up, I didn’t see the previous one and had wondered why you pronounced his name that way. 😂😂 perfect way to start the show.
50:07 wow what a phychotic thing to say. And everyone laughs. Safe to say animals are and will remain a commodity to our trash species. Don't know how often I've heard Crob say "we love animals" on the podcast, but let's be clear, that's obviously not true.
You’re very out of touch… I encourage you to develop a relationship with nature… get out of the city, and learn about conservation… the North American model is the best one.. it involves hunting… hunting is the most human thing we can do… get a grip bro… your so civilized you forget that people still hunt for food on this earth. I should also clarify that he said when everything dies, and they have a 100% success rate he is speaking more to the fact that they do not lose any of the animals that they hunt which happens in the field. That goes to show the professionalism and ethics outfit that he is a part of. It came out wrong, but he was speaking more too successfully, recovering animals and not letting wounded animals get away.
@@mattacedo I will never accept hunting from anyone who isn’t indigenous or who’s life depended on it. It’s a perverse hobby where it’s so called necessity is kept alive artificially.
This is my thing. WHY are they doing it and what is the overall purpose? To teach to hunt? I get that if shit hits the fan, it will be a necessity and you need the food or skin for survival, not solely if you understand farming and agriculture as well, but if it's for sport, its fcking cruel. I feel the same about fishing...if I'm not eating it or using it to survive, what the fck is the point?
@@antman0719 @nikokaapa based on the North American model of conservation if we were to stop hunting or intervening in the environment (conservation efforts such as building water catchments and monitoring harvested animals for disease) then the animals would literally die off… animal harvesting helps keep species number in check so they don’t boom out of control and eat all the available food or get into animal people conflict (animals getting hit by cars/ animals having conflicts with livestock) … if the animals run out of food they die anyway and the species is significantly more challenging to recover.. I understand how you guys feel but you need to separate feelings from science and understand that this is the truth, it’s an evidence space practice, it works, and it’s also being used in Africa and that’s why African animals and certain areas are protected and valued because of hunting opportunities. Those preserves only take out, small numbers which allows the overall populations of the animals to grow year by year. Put this into perspective every single one of your ancestors hunted and someone is still killing so you can chomp down your cheeseburgers. It is significantly much more ethical to hunt for your food and to support conservation efforts, even if it involves hunting. If hunting isn’t your thing, then you can volunteer or purchase products where a portion of those items go directly into conservation. Hunting is a very small portion of conservation and it’s the most human thing that we can do. Enjoy your fast food boyz. You do not have to be indigenous to hunt- I am Yaqui Indian and I approve this message
@@mattacedo 1. Sounds like animal population control...which in short: "conservation". Which I do understand. It brings about a bigger issue of human population, and how we've utilized land for our benefit with barely any thought into how the animal kingdom(not so much a kingdom anymore) can flourish unless it's for our benefit. I guess I'm being a bit of a pacifist which is why 2. I've been vegan for about 10 years now. No animal byproduct in my food, clothing, accessories as much as I can and be aware of since there are plant-based & man-made options. Thanks the paragraph mate. Genuinely enjoyed the read and appreciate your time to explain ✌🏿~
When i was first skating, my friends and i would call him Ge-off Rowl-ie lol we got the WHOLE shit wrong 😂 😅 He is one of the greatest ambassadors for skating I've ever seen. I feel like nobody dislikes Geoff, which is rare for someone as famous as he is. I feel like all those guys from the Sorry videos are pretty universally loved by people from all of the diverse community
His extremely sorry part was when I realized he figured out how to be a real pro it was mature but still gnarly it represented his personality and that’s what it’s really all about
