Wtf is up with the nine club

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

Yes, seemed Chris put in the work or grew some balls.
Good to see.

[OctopusJack]

Same here, someone give me a link. I literally stopped watching and listening to the Nine Club afterwhile when every week it was just Steezus relentlessly hammering in his toxic positivity and promoting the most useless shit on the show

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Im liking the fact they 86'd that clown steezus, hes way too high and mighty for a "never was" funny how bitter he is for not being part of the nine club anymore when that is the only reason a handful of people know who he is these days.

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where can i see him being bitter about getting kicked off? that sounds like a good read/watch/listen

[Ty Evans Lightman]

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Im liking the fact they 86'd that clown steezus, hes way too high and mighty for a "never was" funny how bitter he is for not being part of the nine club anymore when that is the only reason a handful of people know who he is these days.

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where can i see him being bitter about getting kicked off? that sounds like a good read/watch/listen

I don't know of any specific moment but the moment he got dropped by the Nine Club he pretty much dropped off the skate map.

The only content I saw surface (besides a couple of tiktoks) was this bizarre Day in the life thing used as promotion for his new role as a talent for hire. The other thing I got from it was that you could hire Steezus to take you hiking???
He's wearing a "Fuck skating, let's dance" hoodie which felt like a real steezus way of bidding farewell to the skateworld.

Worth a watch to discredit the guy but it's 30 minutes you can't take back.

I add some spiel about him from the "talent agency" website too just for laughs.

https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/steezus/

A genuine inspiration to his peers, as well as to countless individuals across the world, DeWayne “Steezus Christ” McMurry has influenced an entire culture and inspired a new generation. Hugely influential in the skateboarding world, Steezus’s association with The Berrics, one of the world’s most popular skate websites, has introduced the general public to his Steezus Christ brand.

An infectious personality, Steezus became an instant hit after making his public debut on The Berrics site, quickly building a cult following due to his good energy and positive outlook on life. He has been an industry figurehead ever since, producing and creating original content behind the scenes as well as proving to be a truly enigmatic presence on-camera. An ideal ambassador for countless industry brands, including Skullcandy and eS Footwear, Steezus quickly transcended the skateboard world to become a notable figure in streetwear culture and in the sneaker industry.

Contagiously uplifting, Steezus’s own mantra, “Don’t quit your day dream”, has been the core principle of his unwavering passion for skateboarding and helping to keep kids from all over the world uplifted and inspired. He is a truly inspiring character and regularly connects with his legions of skater fans, via Twitter and Instagram, through his YouTube channel, as well as via his globally recognised podcast, The Nine Club Experience. You can also catch him regularly chatting about all things skateboard on twitch.tv

[Free hat]

Holy fuck. There’s so much yet so little to unpack here. Core values, wal mart x swiffer, effortlessly manipulating his audience to feel included in his inner circle. Thank the fucking stars this guy never got any real platform.

[work_lurker]

Yeah, gets the wackest endorsements and just hypes them the fuck up. You gotta pay the bills, but man you corny.

[Ty Evans Lightman]

The bit that always does it for me is the obvious Mercedes (rental) key on show dangling out his pocket at the $1000 oatmeal spot….

[diplodocus]

A grown man calling himself Steezus Christ is wild

[144p]

Steezus been gone for a while, best to just let him stay gone.

[Shortys Hardware]

I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

[work_lurker]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

Similar tactics got many of us through high school, so just blame the American education system on Crobs preparedness skills. At least he turned something in.

[EXTRA SPICY]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

[close]

Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

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Similar tactics got many of us through high school, so just blame the American education system on Crobs preparedness skills. At least he turned something in.

^^^ and that’s how to earn a gnar folks.

[shredflanders]

I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

[radcunt]

Hell yeah my dude

[Dirty_Dan90]

THE BUNT IS BETTER

[carcinisation]

THE BUNT IS BETTER

No. 1 podcast in skateboarding

[formula420]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

[Free hat]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

[close]

Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

You ever work at a job just a little too long and start to dissociate in order to mentally deal with having to go in everyday, then you’re sitting in the break area and a few coworkers who’re loudly talking about absolutely fuckall while nodding along and laughing about someone’s kid being late to baseball practice and you want to just take a bite out of a lite bulb in front of them? Thats what the nine club has become to me.

[versacekid420]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

[close]

You ever work at a job just a little too long and start to dissociate in order to mentally deal with having to go in everyday, then you’re sitting in the break area and a few coworkers who’re loudly talking about absolutely fuckall while nodding along and laughing about someone’s kid being late to baseball practice and you want to just take a bite out of a lite bulb in front of them? Thats what the nine club has become to me.

might be time to leave that job brotha

[work_lurker]

Hell yeah my dude

Dude is looking MOIST!

[Abyss1]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

I feel like they all know Karl and they were asking good "era" questions.  Never heard that James Kelch story when Karl 1st went to EMB.

When I first met Karl in 2018 and I asked him about Ipath, he genuinely looked bummed talking about the company, said he really liked his 1st shoe tho

[Shortys Hardware]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

[close]

I feel like they all know Karl and they were asking good "era" questions.  Never heard that James Kelch story when Karl 1st went to EMB.

When I first met Karl in 2018 and I asked him about Ipath, he genuinely looked bummed talking about the company, said he really liked his 1st shoe tho

5:22

[Abyss1]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

[close]

Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

[close]

I feel like they all know Karl and they were asking good "era" questions.  Never heard that James Kelch story when Karl 1st went to EMB.

When I first met Karl in 2018 and I asked him about Ipath, he genuinely looked bummed talking about the company, said he really liked his 1st shoe tho

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They sort of were teasing him about how he made fun of Nick lockman and how that got him into skatings, Crob/JW basically were saying how it got him ready for EMB since a lot of EMB skaters did that back then...Karl just went into the kelch story.   Karls story was identical but yea dont think they intentionally hijacked TWS questions for their podcast

[kookdusoleil]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

[close]

You ever work at a job just a little too long and start to dissociate in order to mentally deal with having to go in everyday, then you’re sitting in the break area and a few coworkers who’re loudly talking about absolutely fuckall while nodding along and laughing about someone’s kid being late to baseball practice and you want to just take a bite out of a lite bulb in front of them? Thats what the nine club has become to me.

They really have not made any improvements to the flavor of light bulbs over the years

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

[close]

You ever work at a job just a little too long and start to dissociate in order to mentally deal with having to go in everyday, then you’re sitting in the break area and a few coworkers who’re loudly talking about absolutely fuckall while nodding along and laughing about someone’s kid being late to baseball practice and you want to just take a bite out of a lite bulb in front of them? Thats what the nine club has become to me.

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They really have not made any improvements to the flavor of light bulbs over the years

Bulbweiser > bulb light

[radcunt]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

That's his "thing" though, part of the dance, the ballet of podcasting, the poetry of collaboration between two brothers.  The fans love it.  He feels this every time.  "They would be loving this laugh, it is their food, it's for my fans". 

[shredflanders]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Speaking of refinement, he needs to change his "..special... special... SPECIAL..." intro. It's so played out and corny. I have to skip the first 15 seconds of episodes with guests I want to watch, because I can't hear it any more. From the jump, it's cringe central.

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For me, the intro is fine. The annoying part is that kelly laughs every single time. Its like a kid who is still surprised theres a jack in the box.

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That's his "thing" though, part of the dance, the ballet of podcasting, the poetry of collaboration between two brothers.  The fans love it.  He feels this every time.  "They would be loving this laugh, it is their food, it's for my fans".

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s something about the pauses between the “special”s. They just feel too long, almost perfectly highlighting his lack of comedic timing.

[Ty Evans Lightman]

I don't mind Kelly's laugh. The special special special intro has been grinding on my nerves almost since it's inception. It has to be one of the poorest podcast intros that exists.

[shredflanders]

I don't mind Kelly's laugh. The special special special intro has been grinding on my nerves almost since it's inception. It has to be one of the poorest podcast intros that exists.

Yeah it’s so mediocre but I get this feeling Crob thinks it’s genius. That’s the dude’s general vibe for most things though.

[TelethonJohn]

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I don’t watch regularly anymore but I watched Karl’s because I’m a huge fan.

Few things I noticed
• Chris did his research and it helped the episode move more cohesively
• Chris pushed back against Karl’s claims that an ipath employee had something to do with a team decision affecting Karl - while I think the people who lived the experience know best, I thought it was different for Chris to standup for someone he knows personally
• Chris pushed back on some answers / disagreed with some things - although a few times it felt contrived and just doing it to maybe practice doing it, I did appreciate the approach

I can imagine it is hard to get out of a routine and it takes practice and failure.
Will take a lot more refinement before I’m a full fledged listener again, but props for at least trying to change it up.

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Chris watched his Bobshirt interview or skimmed through to get the questions, and asked the same questions on the 9 club

Crob is a web harvesting, AI interviewer bot confirmed.

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i don't mind the crob special intro. it's kinda the signature and i'm cool with it. i prefer kelly's laughs because it lightens the mood and feels more friendly. also despite most comments here, i think crob is a good interviewer. tends to ask good questions aside from pushing on anything controversial. i think he just has to walk a fine line because he's too close to the industry. honestly, i like when he asks questions about money too. it's interesting how different skaters get paid in various eras, etc. it shows how it fluctuates SO much. the bunt is ok. i feel like they're more surface level but can ask the harder hitting questions bc they have no industry ties so they can get away with it. y'all can come for me with this take. i dont care.