#290 - Selema Masekela

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 7 a.m.

b'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'