#290 - Selema Masekela
Selema Masekela discusses moving to Carlsbad California, falling in love with surfing, working at Transworld, becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear, starting Alphanumeric Clothing, why he first turned down announcing for X Games, getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour, Tony Hawks 900, breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10\u201d, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela and much more!\nTimestamps:\n00:00:00 Selema Masekela\n00:02:37 Finding skateboarding\n00:05:47 Moving to Carlsbad California\n00:10:21 Falling in love with surfing\n00:11:19 Selema's first job in skateboarding\n00:23:06 Getting back into skating heavy because of Transworld\n00:25:13 Moving up the ladder at Transworld\n00:29:32 Working for Planet Earth\n00:31:17 Becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear\n00:32:42 The Rhythm video\n00:35:20 Meeting Alyasha Owerka-Moore\n00:38:25 Team manager for Reebok's Boks program\n00:40:51 Starting Alphanumeric\n00:46:19 What happened with Alphanumeric?\n00:50:42 Getting into television work\n00:52:16 Announcing contests and demos\n01:01:49 Getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour\n01:02:13 Tony Hawk's 900\n01:12:37 Leaving and returning to X Games\n01:22:45 Working for E! entertainment\n01:25:27 Dealing with taxes\n01:28:31 Breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10"\n01:42:19 Selema's father Hugh Masekela\n01:47:10 The beauty of working in the thing you love\n01:52:10 Olympic broadcasting\n01:57:22 The future of womens skateboarding\n02:00:07 Being back at X Games\n02:07:10 Snowboard lingo\n02:10:35 Selema's dad the musician\n02:16:28 Skaters doing things that aren't skateboarding\n02:20:57 From Selema to Sal back to Selema\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices