The Nine Club or The Nine Club with Chris Roberts is a skateboarding podcast started in 2016 by professional skateboarder Chris Roberts and Roger Bagley.[1] The show is hosted by Roberts, Jeron Wilson and Kelly Hart.
Notable guests include (in order of appearance): Paul Rodriguez, Nora Vasconcellos, Andrew Reynolds, Jamie Thomas, Bam Magera, Christian Hosoi, Nyjah Huston, Tony Hawk, Riley Hawk, Geoff Rowley, Leticia Bufoni, Steve Caballero, Shane O'Neill, Chad Muska, Bob Burnquist, Lizzie Armanto, Axel Cruysberghs, Steve-O, Rick Kosick, Wee Man, Mark Suciu, Jason Lee, Ryan Sheckler, Bucky Lasek, Dave England, Alex Sorgente, and Nicole Hause.
History
editIn 2016, Chris Roberts started The Nine Club, an interview program hosted by Roberts, Roger Bagley, and Kelly Hart. The show, which has over two-hundred episodes and reached its one-year anniversary in June 2017, has interviewed accomplished personalities in professional skateboarding, including Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Chad Muska, Bam Margera, Andrew Reynolds, Tony Hawk, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson, and Paul Rodriguez.[1][2]
The program has the tagline "the show that has skaters talking."[1] Guests often provide humorous and historically insightful stories and anecdotes about skateboarding culture and history through their own unique experiences and perspectives.[1] Guests have commented on the show's intellectual and historiographic merits, highlighting the program's value as an oral history archive of skateboarding, and compare it to programs such as the Smithsonian's Innoskate program.[3]
Notable guests
editThe Nine Club featured rapper Lil Wayne, who is a recreational skateboarder, in late 2016, garnering over 350,000 views.[4] The entertainer's appearance on The Nine Club circulated across a variety of major music and television outlets, including MTV News, Billboard Magazine and BET.[5][6][7][8] Previously, Ben Harper appeared in episode #16. Actor Austin Amelio, best known for his role as Dwight on The Walking Dead, was a guest on episode #45.
Actor and former professional skateboarder Bam Margera was featured on episode #70. His comments about being sexually assaulted that appeared on the show were broadcast across specialty media platforms such as High Snobiety[9] and The Daily Dot.[10]
Filmmaker, actor, and director Spike Jonze was also featured in episode #78.[11][12]
Set and symbolic gifts
editGuests have provided symbolic gifts for the set. For example, in episode #36 Marc Johnson provided the set with a digital picture frame that plays Roberts' world-famous switch kickflip, switch manual at the West LA Courthouse, looping the trick on repeat. In episode #43, Erik Bragg provided the hosts with a vintage styled The Nine Club neon sign. Both artifacts are prominently displayed on set and are visible throughout subsequent episodes. Brian Wenning also provided Kelly Hart with one of his original Habitat pro model decks on episode #53.[13][14][15][16][17]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Smith, Jonathan. "The podcast documenting skateboarding's history in real time". The Outline. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "The Nine Club With Chris Roberts". www.stitcher.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NINE CLUB". Jenkem Magazine. July 19, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ The Nine Club (November 28, 2016), Lil Wayne | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 25, retrieved June 24, 2017
- ^ "Lil Wayne Has A Cryptic New Project On The Way". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Is Lil Wayne Releasing 3 New Albums This Year?". Black America Web. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Wayne Teases a New Project Called Funeral Is 'Coming Soon'". Vulture. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Wayne Announces New Music Project, 'Funeral'". BET.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Bam Margera Recounts the Time He Was Sexually Assaulted". Highsnobiety. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Bam Margera on notion than women can't rape men: 'It happened to me.'". The Daily Dot. November 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Spike Jonze on The Nine Club: discussing Video Days, Academy Awards, Fully Flared & more". Kingpin Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "SPIKE JONZE – The Nine Club Interview". The Berrics. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Geoff Rowley – Stop And Chat, retrieved August 10, 2020
- ^ "Skateboarding's Greatest Podcast – The Nine Club". www.lowluck.co. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "In The Nine Club". powell-peralta.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Nora Vasconcellos "Stop and Chat" with the The[sic] Nine Club". Yeah Girl. July 13, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Brandon Biebel : The Nine Club". DLXSF.COM. November 7, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2020.