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b'Rodney Smith discusses skating in the 80\\u2019s, 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!\\nTimestamps\\n00:00:00 Rodney Smith\\n00:01:52 Where Rodney grew up\\n00:10:43 Finding skateboarding\\n00:16:35 Our Supporter: AG1\\n00:18:13 Meeting another skater in his town - David Sadler\\n00:27:36 Meeting more skaters\\n00:35:57 Skating in the 80\'s\\n00:36:35 Meeting Tom Groholski\\n00:52:01 Starting Shut Skateboards with Bruno Musso\\n00:56:19 Going to his first trade show in California\\n01:00:19 Going to the Oceanside street contest\\n01:05:25 Living in California\\n01:12:11 Missing the East Coast and moving back\\n01:14:41 Doing Shut Skateboards out of necessity\\n01:15:59 Going to the Cow Skates contest in Ohio with Mike Vallely\\n01:20:25 Rodney vs. Rob Dyrdek "skate-off"\\n01:24:05 Creating new shapes for skateboards\\n01:33:21 Hand making boards when Shut first started\\n01:35:15 Billy Waldman stepping to Bruno & Rodney at the Brooklyn Banks\\n01:44:16 Shut partnering up with Cow Skates\\n01:50:02 Getting a call & an offer from Brad Dorfman\\n01:58:01 Jimmy George from Cow Skates tries to sue Shut Skateboards\\n02:01:58 The downfall of Shut Skateboards\\n02:04:08 Quickly bringing Shut Skateboards back in 1992\\n02:08:17 Putting Shut back to bed\\n02:09:33 Doing something new with Eli Gesner\\n02:13:22 Naming his new brand Zoo York\\n02:25:08 The origins of the Zoo York name\\n02:29:16 Selling Zoo York in 2001\\n02:38:22 Linking up with Ecko\\n02:49:20 Internal sabotage at Zoo York\\n02:52:52 The mass exodus from Zoo York\\n03:00:14 The opportunity to work with Dave Chappelle, instead working with Ashton Kutcher\\n03:03:05 Finally saying goodbye to Zoo York\\n03:10:14 The Zoo York mixtape video\\n03:14:03 Advice for the bedroom brands\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'