#350 - Christiana Means

#350 - Christiana Means

Author: The Nine Club December 9, 2024 Duration: 2:31:04
Christiana Means discusses growing up in South Carolina, first seeing Elissa Steamer in the Bootleg 3000 video, getting on the Philippines Olympic team, coaching team China, Women's Battle At The Berrics, winning Gold in the Asian Games, Suffering a major back injury in Japan, getting on Powell Peralta and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Christiana Means 00:02:38 Barcelona 00:08:49 Where did she grow up 00:14:50 Seeing Elissa Steamer in Bootleg 3000 00:16:55 Trying to hide the fact that she was a girl when skating around boys 00:28:25 Getting on the Philippines Olympic team 00:33:46 Coaching Team China 01:01:06 WBATB & Asia Games 01:12:45 Getting on Powell Peralta 01:30:01 Suffering a major back injury 02:04:15 Getting out of South Carolina & hustling in LA 02:11:46 Working on a new part Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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