Category: Video

VICE’s Taji Ameen Revisits His Skate Past – JENKEM

Over the past few years, Taji’s work with VICE and the upper echelons of New York Media took him away from his skateboarding past a little bit. We wanted to have him reconnect with skating and reminisce on those early days, so JENKEM met up with him and his old friend Billy to skate, catch up, and freestyle a little bit.

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10 years of the etnies Marana with Ryan Sheckler and Chris Joslin

In 2012, etnies launched the Marana with Ryan Sheckler, inspired by the goal of creating the longest lasting skateboard shoe. Today etnies celebrates 10 years of the shoe Ryan describes as timeless with a video and four limited-edition colorways of the Marana OG.

The Marana was designed piece-by-piece to blend strength, style, and high-impact cushioning. Sheckler says his adult years of trial and error in skateboarding and life have been lived in this shoe. Hear from Sheckler and Chris Joslin about skating the etnies Marana everywhere from the Cologne, Germany stair set to the Davis Gap

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Marina Gabriela | 2022 Red Bull Sōlus Entry

Red Bull Sōlus, one of the most mentally and physically challenging contests in skateboarding, is back for a third year. From the mind of Ryan Sheckler, this digital skate competition challenges 17 of the top pros and amateurs to deliver their best continuous line at Sheckler’s private skatepark, the SC Sandlot. Here is Marina Gabriela’s run.

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Dashawn Jordan | 2022 Red Bull Sōlus Entry

Red Bull Sōlus, one of the most mentally and physically challenging contests in skateboarding, is back for a third year. From the mind of Ryan Sheckler, this digital skate competition challenges 17 of the top pros and amateurs to deliver their best continuous line at Sheckler’s private skatepark, the SC Sandlot. Here is Dashawn Jordan’s run. Dashawn Jordan’s name is now synonymous with grinding UP hubbas and rails. It’s very fitting Dashawn joined Leo Romero on the Toy Machine squad in 2020. But if you think he’s good at skating up obstacles, just wait ‘til you see him skate down them in his Red Bull Sōlus entry.

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Kanten Russell | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 234

Kanten Russell discusses growing up in Southern California, his first photo in Thrasher Magazine that later became a T-shirt, skating for BBC Skateboards, getting on Sims then Chapter 7 Skateboards, why he didn’t get on Plan B Skateboards, starting Shaft with Oscar Jordan, shooting with Dan Stuart, turning down Tod Swank to ride for Foundation and getting on Voice Skateboards, meeting Peter Smolik for the first time, getting on Planet Earth Skateboards, filming for the Troubleshooters video, first pro Osiris shoe “The Defcon”, filming for the Osiris The Storm video, skatepark design for New Line Skateparks and much more!

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