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Brink’s Show #3: Christine Flannigan Tells the Story of Her Marriage to Pro Skateboarder Chris Cole

Robert Brink3 skaters recommend it · 3 mentions, 2025 to 2026
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19K views · 1 year ago · Interview

Two-hour Robert Brink interview with Christine Flannigan about her marriage to Zero pro Chris Cole, including abuse she alleges and her 2014 Weekend Buzz appearance. Trigger warning for abuse.

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Linked in threads asking what happened with Chris Cole, as a first-hand account to get caught up on.

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u/ryan_herron · Full comment

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u/ryan_herron2025 · 63 points

Best videos for you to get caught up: Gifted Hater video (52min) [VIDEO] Rob Brink's interview with Christine (2hr) [VIDEO] If you'd rather read, the Slap thread [LINK] is best, and this Simple Magic post [LINK] is great.

u/dbellz762026 · 10 points

Brink's Show: Christine Flannigan tells her story [VIDEO]

u/itspsyikk2026 · 8 points

It's a...long story. (Hey that's funny I Googled the Zero team to get some more recent info and found out this is a Ryan Sheckler board... that's interesting) Firstly, he's sponsored and hid stuff about Chris Cole. Chris Cole was a long time Zero rider who was more or less beloved...until his ex - Christine (wait until you hear about *that)* came out with allegations (that at least some have been proven just by existing) of some serious spousal abuse backed up with text messages and tons of other shit. She claimed she reached out to Jamie for help and he "didn't want to get into the middle of it". First things first... there was some pretty weird age shit going on. She was 12 when "first had a crush on him" but then "met him" when she was 16 (and he was 20). More information can be found here. This interview is from 11 years ago. Pay attention to the reaction on the age stuff. [VIDEO] In *that same interview*, she talks about how Chris Cole "nicknamed her" Red. It's told in a joking manner, but she later came out and said how it was way more sinister than that. *Also*, in that same interview, she talks about a fight that they had where he put dents in the car from punching it. It's…

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