Rodney Smith | The Nine Club - Episode 309Rodney Smith discusses skating in the 80’s, meeting Tom Groholski, starting Shut Skateboards with Bruno Musso, going to the Cow Skates contest in Ohio with Mike Vallely, creating new shapes for skateboards out of necessity & hand making boards when Shut first started, starting Zoo York with Eli Gesner & Adam Schatz, selling Zoo York in 2001, the opportunity to work with Dave Chappelle but instead having to work with Ashton Kutcher, finally saying goodbye to Zoo York and much more! #TheNineClub #RodneySmith #ZooYork 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 before January 31st: https://www.worldofwoodward.com Check out all of our deals & discounts https://thenineclub.com/pages/deals-and-discounts Subscribe to our other channels More Nine Club: https://www.youtube.com/morenineclub Nine Club Clips: https://www.youtube.com/nineclubclips Join The Nine Club discord https://discord.gg/thenineclub 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenineclub TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenineclub Kick: https://kick.com/thenineclub Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thenineclub_ X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thenineclub Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenineclub Chris Roberts: https://linktr.ee/Chrisroberts Links we talked about in this episode Switchflip Switch Manny: https://youtu.be/EejsdKHgwsU I'm Glad I'm Not Me: https://www.youtube.com/@chrisroberts Shut Skateboards Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shutnyc Shut Skateboards Website: ht