For the Love of Skateboarding
“In all the years I’ve been skating etnies park, I’ve never seen someone skate it the way Jake did, pure destruction,” said etnies Team Manager Aidan Campbell.
People are drawn to Jake’s funny, energetic, and free personality. That personality is truly expressed in his powerful and impromptu skateboarding style – he’s a talented wild card with a deep bag of tricks! Hear from Sheckler and Trevor on why they are glad he’s now part of the squad.
For the first episode of Jenkem’s new season of “Date A Sk8er,” they set up Ian Ostrowski, skateboard filmmaker, with Raven, a social media manager from Oregon, and let them wander the bars around Jenkem HQ.
The Nine Club comes at you live with Nick Garcia and Austyn Gillette!
Jason Ellis discusses growing up in Australia, how he got into skating vert, coming to California for the first time and staying at Lance Mountain’s house, getting into hard drugs then getting sober, why he retired from skateboarding, how he started in broadcasting, why he got fired from SiriusXM radio, coming out as bisexual on the Howard Stern Show, getting into MMA and starting EllisMania, doing stand up comedy, his podcast with Tony Hawk “Hawk vs Wolf”, getting back into skating again and loving it and much more!
Tore Bevivino keeps his Bones Swiss Bearings lubed up with speed cream to make them last longer than any other bearing. Filmed and edited by Bill Simpson.
Ryan Sheckler leaves Plan B, Eric Koston partners with Swag Golf, Eldy’s Pick Of The Week, Nick Mathews’ Venture x Uprise part, board madness, pushing mongo, Budget Or Buttery and much more!
All Indy Trucks are unique to each individual who puts them on a board, and nothing beats Grinding ’em Down to the axle.. Dig in with Fabiana Delfino for this Installment of “My Indys,” as she talks about riding 149 Stage 11 Hollows. The lighter the trucks, the better!
Chris Roberts and the Nine Club sit down and talk Ryan Sheckler, Nick Mathews, Eric Koston and more Live!
Today we are stoked to link up with Justin Sommer at Newark Skatepark for Santa Cruz’s latest installment of ‘What I’m Riding’! In this series we will be rapping out with your favorite members of the SC squad and dig in to their current setup to learn all about what is currently under their hood. What size board does Justin ride? Does Justin consistently skate a specific shape? How long does he skate his boards for?! All of these questions and much much more are answered in Episode 8 filmed by Joey Digital!
Nora Vasconcellos, Alexis Sablone as they roll through NYC, beyond, and talk about Nora’s latest Elite PROJs – Designed by Alexis.
Link up with Ariana Spencer for the latest installment of “My Grooves”! In this series, we meet up with your favorite Krux All-Stars as they breakdown everything on their setup from the specs to their truck grooves. How long does a pair of Krux last for Ariana? Which Krux Truck is Ariana’s favorite? What is Ariana’s earliest memory of Krux?! Tune in and find out!
With the best style ever, Jimmy Wilkins makes vert skating look like a breeze… from iDabble VM issue 8, the segment “hang time”.