Luis Mora | The Nine Club - Episode 291

Luis Mora discusses moving to California from Nevada, filming skaters for companies and not getting paid, struggling in LA to make ends meat, meeting & working for Lamont Holt, taking the leap to build his own YouTube channel, helping to shine light on unknown skaters, his friends turning on him for doing YouTube videos, going to Japan for the first time, starting his brand Erased, his recent Lakai x Erased collaboration and much more! #TheNineClub #LuisMora #ErasedProject Become a member of the channel & receive special perks https://www.youtube.com/TheNineClub/join Thank you to our sponsors AG1 (Athletic Greens): https://athleticgreens.com/nineclub Manscaped: https://www.manscaped.com/nineclub LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/nineclub Woodward: https://www.worldofwoodward.com Check out all of our deals & discounts https://thenineclub.com/pages/deals-a... Subscribe to our other channels More Nine Club:    / morenineclub   Nine Club Clips:    / nineclubclips   Join The Nine Club discord   / discord   Listen to The Nine Club on podcast https://thenineclub.com/pages/podcast Official Nine Club merch https://thenineclub.com/collections/all Social & Website Website: https://thenineclub.com Instagram:   / thenineclub   TikTok:   / thenineclub   Kick: https://kick.com/thenineclub Twitch:   / nineclublive   Twitter:   / thenineclub   Facebook:   / thenineclub   Chris Roberts: https://linktr.ee/Chrisroberts Links we talked about in this episode Switchflip Switch Manny:    • Chris Roberts | Switchflip Switch Manny   Luis Mora YouTube Channel:    / @luismora   Luis Mora's Instagram:   / luismoravids   Timestamps 00:00:00 Luis Mora 00:01:14 How did Luis get to this point from YouTube 00:03:39 Erased in NYC 00:04:09 Copyright rules on YouTube and his 3 year old skater video 00:11:06 Helping shine light on unknown rippers 00:13:21 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens 00:14:56 Moving to California from Nevada and starting the YouTube journey 00:23:56 Why didn't Luis go the traditional route of filming skating 00:26:01 Filming skaters for companies and not getting paid 00:30:11 Breaking the news to his mom about leaving for California 00:33:59 Struggling in LA to make ends meat 00:38:13 Filming Jeff Dechesare 00:41:49 Popularity and cliques 00:48:30 Meeting Lamont Holt 00:52:59 His friends turning on him for doing YouTube videos 00:59:21 Taking the leap to build his own YouTube channel 01:06:26 Going to Japan for the first time 01:08:41 Starting his brand Erased 01:13:53 Why Japan was such a life changing experience 01:19:45 How YouTube analytics mess with Luis' head 01:24:07 What is Luis' demographic 01:34:47 The "hack" to getting views 01:46:05 Brand deals 01:47:24 What's the most Luis spent to make a YouTube video 01:48:41 YouTube and the rules about using music 01:58:24 Is there too much skate content being created and posted 02:07:53 Outdated business models 02:14:57 Kyonosuke Yamashita 02:24:10 Lakai x Erased collaboration Edited By: Tim Olson & Roger Bagley