Julio De La Cruz | The Nine Club

Julio De La Cruz discusses growing up in Watts, Armando Barajas filming him, getting let go from New Deal & Started Neighborhood Skateboards, Neighborhood shoe brand in Mexico, moved to Brazil for a while, working for Paul Schmitt at PS Stix, where's all the money in skateboarding, Neighborhood stopped for 20 years but it's back now, running his own wood shop at his home in Mexico and much more!

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Timestamps
00:00:00 Julio De La Cruz
00:02:40 Grew up in Watts
00:07:32 Burnt his house burnt down
00:10:50 Armando Barajas filming him & got Julio on New Deal
00:18:59 Sold his skateboard for $50 then found out it was worth $200
00:23:35 Got paid $200 as an am & told everyone he was getting paid, forced New Deal to pay all the riders
00:26:23 "Dream Flip"
00:38:21 Friends with the police and gang members
00:41:18 Getting let go from New Deal & Started Neighborhood with help from Larry Balma
00:51:25 Moved to Brazil
00:56:52 Letting dudes go - just stop paying dudes
01:04:33 Stopped everything when he moved to Mexico
01:09:44 New Deal was funded by Rocco in the very beginning
01:20:25 Neighborhood shoe brand in Mexico
01:30:18 Almost got kidnapped in Mexico
01:43:29 Working for Paul Schmitt
01:53:27 Where's the money? 80% of boards are made in china now
01:59:17 Neighborhood stopped for 20 years, but it's back now
02:00:22 Socrates edited La La Land
02:03:14 Getting robbed - Danny Boy got his camera back from gang members
02:06:07 How he's dye'ing veneers
02:16:56 Trade Shows. The industry is not doing well
02:24:36 Julio thinks we need to clown people out of our industry
02:42:26 Who does he hang with in LA

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Producer/Editor: Roger   / the_breadcrumb_trail  
Photographer: JC   / justincrawfordphoto  
Graphic Design: Charley   / charleycamirand  
Co-Host: Jeron   / jeronwilson  
Co-Host: Kelly   / kellyhart  

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