Shamefully admitting I still watch the nine club. Not a diehard, episodes have tanked, but when someone like Tyler surrey pops up I tune in.
There aren't a ton of places doing hour+ interviews with pro skaters.
Nine Club gets shit on for not "asking hard-hitting questions" but if they grilled all their guests about random shit from their past or tried to get them to trash talk others in the industry...they'd get a lot more people refusing to go on the show.
The Bunt try to stir up drama with their rapid fire questions, but for every one person who gives a controversial answer you get 9 who just give softball answers, eg "Last person I want on the sesh? The Cops!" and "Worst brand? Uhhh...Z-Roller!", "Worst style? Skinny jeans!".
It makes sense because if you're a pro skater why the fuck would you want to arbitrarily burn bridges in your profession? Also you probably have friends who skate for the "lame companies" and don't want to make them feel bad, or you know you'll see that guy who has bad style around and probably don't want to deal with that kind of awkwardness.
I don't love the Nine Club by any means, having fucking Gary Vee on was the kookiest shit I've ever seen. But I don't think there's anything wrong with watching or even enjoying an episode from time to time.