#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”, returning to X Games, his father Hugh Masekela and much more!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Selema Masekela

00:02:37 Finding skateboarding

00:05:47 Moving to Carlsbad California

00:10:21 Falling in love with surfing

00:11:19 Selema's first job in skateboarding

00:23:06 Getting back into skating heavy because of Transworld

00:25:13 Moving up the ladder at Transworld

00:29:32 Working for Planet Earth

00:31:17 Becoming team manager for Planet Earth, Rhythm & Adio Footwear

00:32:42 The Rhythm video

00:35:20 Meeting Alyasha Owerka-Moore

00:38:25 Team manager for Reebok's Boks program

00:40:51 Starting Alphanumeric

00:46:19 What happened with Alphanumeric?

00:50:42 Getting into television work

00:52:16 Announcing contests and demos

01:01:49 Getting the call to go on Tony Hawks Gigantic Skatepark Tour

01:02:13 Tony Hawk's 900

01:12:37 Leaving and returning to X Games

01:22:45 Working for E! entertainment

01:25:27 Dealing with taxes

01:28:31 Breaking the Kim Kardashian sex tape story on his E! show "Daily 10"

01:42:19 Selema's father Hugh Masekela

01:47:10 The beauty of working in the thing you love

01:52:10 Olympic broadcasting

01:57:22 The future of womens skateboarding

02:00:07 Being back at X Games

02:07:10 Snowboard lingo

02:10:35 Selema's dad the musician

02:16:28 Skaters doing things that aren't skateboarding

02:20:57 From Selema to Sal back to Selema

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