The Nine Club Experience with Chris Roberts (Show)

BoardRap, Website, http://www.boardrap.com/the-nine-club-behind-the-scenes-on-skateboardings-best-video-podcast/, November 2016.

An extension of the Original Nine Club, the Nine Club Experience bring their audience and guests together. On-top of all of the good the new show does for the audience, it’s also a way to generate money for the creators to keep the original show free and bring new things to life for the viewers.

Austin Amelio | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts — Episode 45, April 24. 2017, Chris Roberts, Roger Bagley, Kelly Hart, Eric Longden, Austin Amelio. YouTube.com/TheNineClub

The Original show is a talk show where Pro Skateboarders, Chris Roberts, Kelly Hart and filmmaker/industry legend Roger Bagley interview other pro skateboarders, legens, along with famous people who happen to skate such as Lil’ Wayne, and Austin Amelio from the Walking Dead. The show covers each skaters life from the first time they’ve picked up a skateboard to what they do now, how they look at skateboarding in its current state, what’s next for them and general “Skate Shop Talk” where they just joke around giving anecdotes from their adventures in life.

Lil’ Wayne | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts — Episode 25 , Nov 28. 2016, Chris Roberts, Roger Bagley, Kelly Hart, Eric Longden, Lil’ Wayne. YouTube.Com/TheNineClub.

The Nine Club Experience follows the same outline but now other pro skaters can call in to ask questions to the guests, add stories they have about the guest and join in on the conversation either through FaceTime or a phone call. And so can viewers! Plus, they play games with the guests or give away product over the phone.

This experience gives its audience (skateboarders) the dream we all had growing up: the ability to casually talk to our favourite people from the skateboarding world whether it be a pro skater, filmmaker, photographer, industry giant, etc. in a “Skate Shop” environment.

The people involved are all skaters and are all just looking to connect because that’s how skateboarding culture is. Skateboarders are the nicest people to other skaters. That said, often, when you meet a pro skateboarder in real life, its not as genuine as the connection the show creates. Skateboarding is a very niche culture that has a tight knit community. Yet, in the last few years it has become part of the mainstream culture and now certain events are attended by people other than skateboarders. Hence, when the pros meet someone in real life it’s hard for them to know if the person they’re meeting is a true fan or someone following mainstream culture. This means that they may act distant. On the other hand, when you call the show the guests immediately know you are a true fan. Already, you have something in common. And that makes them to open up more then they now would in real life.

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