thanks for the kind words 🙏🏼

Jonny Giger is an impeccably nice guy. Kudos for discussing him on The Nine Club Highlights

Come on 9 club... Invite Jonny for an interview! *Also, he deserves to be at the next BATB.

I thought it was a pretty thoughtful in open minded discussion about the KZfaq skaters.

I love how Johnny is finally getting recognized. Been watching his channel for years. He’s a different kind of ripper

Hey Nine Club! It would be really incredible to eventually interview Giger because not only is he outside the traditional skate industry bubble, as well as the LA/USA skate scene. Beyond that he is definitely pushing his skating towards the technicality of Mullen and carrying the torch for the next Gen doing freestyle tricks in the street. Regardless absolutely love all the content coming as a fan since Ep 1, keep killing it Chris, Rog, and Kelly!

jonny

Jonny you're the man!

The problem started when people tried to make rules in skateboarding. There are no such as rules in skateboarding, It's about freedom and creativity. Open your mind and don't think in boxes, such as Rodney opened his mind in his time!

get giger on the nine club i dont like most of the youtube guys but johnny giger is a straight savage

johnny deserves all the love. he's a great dude.

It’s funny how skateboarders always praise individuality and going against the flow....which is exactly what having your own KZfaq channel is in the skate world, yet skaters shit on that idea.

just for clarification, andy schrock has mentioned that revive does pay all of their skaters a regular salary.

His Rodney Mullen series alone is straight fire. Love it

I love that Jonny Giger does more skating in his videos than others. Others just spend their 20 min videos talking for like 15-16 mins and whatever time is leftover skating. Jonny Giger is the man!

I just watched this today, thinking it was referring to Jonny’s 2021 part 😅 Glad you’re bringing this modern alternative (new main stream) way of running things into the light.

Always keep in mind that Andy with the shredquaters and all the others (braille included) always tell their audience to support local skate shops and to rather request the boards there before they order online. I find that pretty fair.

Anecdotal obviously, but I spent many years working towards the goal of becoming a professional skate filmer. After just seeing how utterly poorly skate filmers were generally treated by skate media on the back end, I kinda made it a goal to do skate projects on my own terms. So I started this channel based on high-speed slow motion and started stepping outside of the skate industry for my income and career leverage. One of the best decisions of my life. Because of my KZfaq career I've found my way into projects with HBO, PBS, Discovery Network etc. I've co-founded channels that have gained millions of followers. My works have been seen by hundreds of millions of people across the globe. I've made a living that is leagues better than my previous path and more importantly with the skate stuff, because I had financial flexibility and my own platform I've been able to make all kinds of skate videos that I am personally stoked on and also have an audience to enjoy it. I've gotten to pay skaters to be a part of sponsored videos and thus get to feed back into the skate community as well. I love KZfaq man. I know the industry has always had hangups with people who are willing to talk to their camera, but at it's most core they are out there having fun and getting more people stoked to get out and skate. Jonny is both awesomely talented and in my experience a super nice human being. I'm stoked to see him getting more recognition. I also think it's rad you guys are willing to talk about social media in a manner that isn't so negative. God knows we've seen the brunt end of the clique mentality of skateboarding in full force. It's nice to be able to just speak eye to eye with other dudes who love skating as much as we do. Cheers!

I’m so happy Jonny was mentioned here! He’s so sweet, he deserves all the love! ❤️

Honestly I love the way Revive is doing it, and the channels are all entertaining and educational for younger kids starting out. It's a new biz model for sure but it seems to be working, and honestly there's no reason big brands can't go the same route.

Get 👏🏿 Jonny👏🏿 on👏🏿the👏🏿Podcast

I'm from Switzerland and he fucking shreds!

If you haven't seen Jonny Giger's: Flatground Project... You missed a part of skateboard history...

Chiming in as an old head (former mid 2000's skate rat). KZfaq and social media has done away with the mystique of the skateboarder. Back in the day, all you had were video parts and magazine coverage of these guys. Dudes like Andrew Reynolds, Erik Ellington, etc. all you got to see were those parts. Nowadays, you get to really see and know the skateboarder (at least with the new breed of vlogger skaters) as opposed to the old-school skaters that are on "highly pedigreed" brands today. There's also the question of skill. It's undeniable that a lot of these KZfaq skaters (while they're very good) are just not as good as the skateboarders on big brands. What I think will happen is you'll get a blend of the two. Skaters who are phenomenally good, stylish, and can dominate social media will be the true winners. Someone like Neen Williams comes to mind as this new breed.

Johnny's Flatground Project is pretty dope

Giger is a LEGEND

this is a hilarious video of old guys talking about the weird future.. i love this podcast. Giger is a super inspiring human. Mad respect.

i love jonny's stuff, he shows the time and dedication required to pull off complicated tricks. It inspiring. How many times have you seen a trick in a part and thought, there is no way i'll ever pull that off. watching jonny try a trick 100s times until he figures it out is awesome.

I know he gets some flak for not doing traditional cool tricks. But so fucking what. Rodney laid the foundation for skateboarding and he did what he wanted to do. The fact that Jonny Giger can even recreate some tricks let alone a lot of them just shows how gd good at skating he is. That's what skating should be. Your personal interpretation of fun. Or something like that. I don't care.

So happy Jonny got noticed :) dude is so humble and hard working. Have a bless one

Interesting topic, just realized I was doing the same thing as Jonny, but back then it wasn’t really acceptable. I was monitizing my own videos and parts and made some money but beared the harsh flak from the industry. Just glad to see the skaters having a more open mind in todays world. Thanks for talking about this Nine Club! Was a great listen!

I think these brands and skaters are more relatable to the everyday Joe skater, whereas, the superstars of the skate world are too far removed these days

Holy shit Giger on the 9 club. Look momma i made it to Forbes

Jonny's part is better than most of the traditional parts I ve seen - great editing and views, amazing music - super chilled life - that is what skateboarding is for me.

All i can pay attention to is that kickflip manny in the background

I love seeing you guys getting stoked on what these guys are doing. They're also genuinely some of the best people I've ever had the insanely cool pleasure of meeting.

Y’all putting Jonny’s name in the title is what drew my attention. I’m new to the community and haven’t come across your group yet - Jonny got you another subscriber!

Revive does put out full length part videos with the whole team, Jonny is the first to do a stand alone part while getting tricks for the next release, that’s why he got a special graphic.

I'm glad you compared it to independent music, that's where it's at, it's fuckin DIY build your own following on your own terms leaving that aside for a minute tho, Jonny's part was insane!

Best part so far this year. Nobody's going to put out as technical of a part even if they compile their entire career into 1 part. Doubt he gets mentioned for SOTY but nobody is going to touch his tech and his dedication to his craft.

I remember meeting Jonny at the Take Over The World video premiere at Ollie’s Skatepark. He was wasted. It was really surprising that one of the Revive riders would just be drunk af at the premiere. I’ll never forget that

So awesome to see Johnny get some love! I'm 34 and brand new and I'm a huge fan of this guy.

Thank you for discussing these people for those who may not be aware of this. Thank you nine club.

I just cant stop admiring that Stevie Williams Deck on the Wall.

Hey guys, love the show, found this interesting and wanted to quickly chime in. I’m an independent musician and it seems to me that the skateboarding world is going through a similar thing to what has happened within the music industry. Gone are the days of “having” to be signed to a label to get your music out there. They can still certainly help your exposure to larger audiences for sure, but they are not essential nowadays. You can accomplish a lot by just working hard and releasing your art on your own terms. There are pros and cons no doubt, but it kind of puts you in charge of your own destiny to a point. Keep it up, from way down in New Zealand 🇳🇿 Thought JG’s part was sick 🔥 1000%

I shopped revives site directly because of jonny giger's youtube. I love all yalls videos. Thanks for pushing. Both my daughters got their 1st boards this year and they both are constant with it.

Great discussion guys. Thank you.

Dude revive is killing it I love the path they chose and made happen.. but either way, surprising or not. They deserve so much credit. Big ups for revive

I searched your channel to watch your overall reaction to the madness of Giger’s tricks. Please make a new video for Giger and show his unstoppable technical skills. I’d love to see that, and I know Giger and his fans would all tune in!

How many great amazing skaters in the 90's that we never to got to see same a music but now we can . So good 👌🙌

2021 is his best yet.

Please have Jonny on the show, he’s such a smart kid

Great watch and objective conversation. Gained a sub. I’d encourage all who read this who haven’t watched Gigers flatground project, to do so. Insane stuff.

Yo homie in the MW hat was so on point with how he described these things

Yo, I'm all the way from South Africa, 16 years old, I understand what Steezus is saying about the board graphics taking a backside and all that and i fully get it cause with me most of the time i need to worry about the price and size before graphic and so on. Keep up the awesome informative videos love em.

here i thought you would review his part...

Thank you for being honest to the current situation.

May the switch flip manual on loop never stop. It's like an eternal fire.

*ACTUALLY* Revive in a way does have a personal channel, it's The ShredQuarters YT channel which is the name of their online store and warehouse skate park. It in a way is the company page, Andy and Brian I believe made it a year ago but unfortunately it didn't preform very well with views and subscribers. But none the less the idea of the channel was to post weekly updates and skate content from within the shop and team. But yes they all support and keep it afloat and take care of each other, frequently collaborating with each other on their various channels which boast different types of content while still keeping a heavy love for skateboarding.

To be completely serious, I would treasure a Nine Club interview with Jonny Giger. He is easily my favouite skater of the 'new school' as it were. We all watched Rodney Mullen and wished we could be like him. Giger put in the work and now he is.

The revive KZfaq web is what got me back into skateboarding as an adult. Pretty wild.

Jonny giger is legit

Would love to see Jonny on the show!

Giger completely rules and seems like a legit dude.

Shop over brand any day of the week. The community built within a shop is amazing, growing up in oklahoma skating I’ve seen many local shops die within a year. Shoutout to core board shop for keeping it real and being there when you need it.

Look at Jonny Gigers video thumbnails, now look at AndrewSchrocks thumbnails. Jonny you the real skate channel.

Man I've been watching giger for years. Good to see him getting more exposure he's put in so much work. BATB too shook to invite again

Really enjoyed the positive vibes here. I remember it used to be really easy to be labelled as a “poser” back in the day if you didn’t fit the popular mould of skater for the time. This always struck me as going against what skating is all about since skating is about doing whatever the hell you want. I like seeing the skate community evolving past the old hateful ways, especially from a group as badass as this.

Very interesting hearing your opinion about this subject!

4:20 I think this is a function of the era in which skateboarding matured, the late 80s and early 90s. Slacker culture was prevalent and self-promotion was kinda "lame"

Just some other points/things to add: I am not a skater and can’t even do a single trick, yet I follow Johnny Giger. His demographic is not just skater viewership, but people who admire/respect skill and good content. I would have never known about Revive and I would have never known many other pages (such as this one) that I now follow all starting around Mr. Giger. He is an incredible guy.

when i was younger always had toy machine and hook ups boards on my walls i loved there art and graphics, still do to this day just in the man cave now.

Jonny is cool and a positive vibe for the people who start skateboarding and he kills the berrics etc! He's so technical!

Andy Schrock’s channel is pretty much the official revive channel tbh

This is great.

Awesome that you put him in the spotlight! Please talk about Verso soon, once you've managed to wrap your head around the part :)

i was not ready for that white claw steezus shirt

That “ger” joke flew way over their heads.

“I bought my board on Amazon” lol ...if anything the Revive/Braille crew destroy kMart Amazon boards...

Super tech dude, love it

Wow how did i miss that? Great to see Jonny gets some little exposure from the "traditional" scene. You get to know people like Jonny a little when you follow them around on KZfaq. It's a little more personal, unlike a high quality cooperate commercial where you're no really sure if everything is genuine. Thinking about it, your regular podcast does almost the same for a big part. For example, before you had Leticia or Nyjah on the show i had no idea if they were entitled assholes or what. All i knew so far was pretty vague. After it i knew those people are cool but now i like them because they proved that they are nice humans, not because they are good a street contests or so. Maybe that doesn't convince a 16 year old, but i'll be 38 tomorrow and i would happily favour a Jonny Giger product board over something else, even if i thought the other one looked a little doper. 5 or 10 bucks on patreon? Sure, i can easily afford it and it's not like i don't get anything back. He get's to have some money and i get to watch a video once a week. Nothing more fair than that. For example i became an instant fanboy of Riley after you had him on. All i need to properly know who i'm dealing with and these KZfaq channels do exactly that for each of them. I think it is a super great way to have a (maybe little smaller) but very loyal fanbase.

He is doing something with algorithms too it seems, he appeared on my KZfaq feed one day. I’ve been inspired to start skating again at almost 46, I’ve got cancer so a couple of years of decline. The worst that can happen is I break a bone, I would’ve enjoyed breaking that bone. I’ve broken lots over the years, I could honestly handle one right now. I found you guys after him, so he is doing for people beyond your imagination.

Let's get Andy Schrock on an episode. Would make for some great conversation on the industry as a whole.

That respect was nice

It's kinda sucks hearing them say that he wouldn't be accepted in the traditional skate scene when isn't that the whole reason we all got into skating? Because we weren't accepted or didn't do the "cool" sports or shit. Props to all the guys on revive and similar skaters! if you skate hell yea!

Johnny is living the dream

They have a great point about the graffics on the boards and the artists who make them but there’s a lot of skaters that are fire but won’t be able to get that chocolate or deathwish sponsor I think this is a good way to make what we love to do which is skating profitable

desarmo board on the right 👍🏼💪🏼👊🏼 rolled my ankle a couple years ago at skate loft during the winter season in Toronto and Wade gave me a hand up! Never been so hyped off an ankle roll 😂 shout out to wade killin the game!

Love this gut!

There may not be 'Revive' as a page, but there is 'Braille Skateboarding', which is where they funnel people through

Revive and Braille are awesome got to check them out

get johnny on the podcast

6:54 well one reason johnny's talking to the camera is because the longer the video, the more ads you can have. i think if your videos is over 10 minutes long you can add however many ads you want. so johnny might have a strategy there

9:00 He so right with the Lambert comparison; they both have the same 'landing pose' where the look down at their board after they land the trick.

Our local skateshop has an emergency number. In case you snap your board at the spot, the staff will deliver you a board in your desired size right at the spot in a few minutes.

giger is a fucking beast and deserves to be on that podcast!

Jonny should make a podcast discussing how people that have barely put out any actual skate content in the last ten years still consider themselves pro skateboarders.

baker and death wish are still coming out with sick graphics in my opinion. I like how a lot of the team draws the graphics and of course neckface

I think anyway people can support themselves skate boarding is good for skateboarding itself. If skater's can support themselves and just skate that rules. i love the revive squad, and the braille squad. Braille inspired me to skate again after 10 years. its good shit.

if you live in smaller markets, not everything comes out to your neck of the woods. I live in a small city in Canada, even the shops that sell the brands I prefer, i usually have to special order the specific decks I want. I've contemplated ordering a board off of amazon, but only after all the skate shops in my city didn't have the board/couldn't order it (for whatever reason).