After going around Helsinki and planting a tree at all their favorite skate spots, Jaakko and Eetu hit the Finnish backroads with fellow Element skater Kukka Suvioja and Pelago marketing manager Nikolai Alin for a week of biking, camping and skating. Filmed in the middle of the long Finnish summer, the video shows the crew going from spot to spot via country roads, all while making pit stops to swim and enjoy the outdoors.
E.S.P. VOL 2 EXPANDED : JAAKKO OJANEN – ELEMENT
Dip into the raw version of the video clip cache that made the ESP vol 2 video come to fruition. For the first instalment of this series, fix your gaze on the uncut clips that Element’s Finnish technician Jaakko Ojanen stacked around the world while filming his latest video part. This series is a rare look into the making of a full team skate video…This is ESP Expanded.
DC SHOES : TEKNIC S feat. JAAKKO OJANEN
A fan of subtle vulc styles, Jaakko Ojanen’s technical skating requires something that can match his progressive approach, so he chose a rich forest green Super Suede™ that stands out on DC’s first Teknic pro colorway. Shop the Teknic S HERE.
A Skate Tour of Helsinki with Eetu and Jaakko – JENKEM
Curious about skating in Finland? Eetu Toropainen and Jaakko Ojanen gave JENKEM an impromptu demo at spots all across the city that would shit on even the best Segway tour.
NATURE CALLS EXTENDED VERSION – Element Skateboards
Following all the positive energy from Element’s ‘Nature Calls’ release they are happy to present ‘Nature Calls: Extended Version’. Check out the new extended version to see what it took the crew to reach and discover some of these epic natural skate-able spots tucked away in the Pyrenes mountains, and all the way to the US, Finland, and Brazil. Featuring Phil Zwijsen, Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Nick Garcia, Rafa Cort, Leon Charo-Tite, Vinicius Costa, Vitoria Mendonça, Victor Cascarigny, Cesar Dubroca and Alex Amor.
Nature Calls – Element Skateboards
Phil Zwijsen assembled a crew of fellow curious minded skateboard friends, and head up to the great outdoors of the Pyrenees mountains. Check out their journey, exploring untouched natural terrains throughout the four seasons. Turning this video project into a global movement, he then invited some of his Element teammates to do the same at home in the US, Finland and Brazil, putting their own twist on their environment. Featuring Phil Zwijsen, Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Nick Garcia, Rafa Cort, Leon Charo-Tite, Vinicius Costa, Vitoria Mendonça, Victor Cascarigny, Cesar Dubroca and Alex Amor.
Red Bull Skate Africa: From Kenya To Ghana | Action Cut
Jaakko Ojanen, Jackson Pilz, Chennai Gwandure and Yann Horowitz brought the stoke energy to Accra and Nairobi on a skate trip that was inspiring and humbling in equal measure.
Exploring Street Spots In Guatemala, Belize & Mexico w/ Madars Apse, Jaakko Ojanen & Crew | RAW CUT
Road warrior Dani Millan’s Searching for the Mayas action remix follows pro skaters Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Angelo Caro and Zack Wallin on tour throughout Belize, Guatemala and Mexico!
Jaakko & Eetu – Element Skateboards
Did you know you could exit a back lip this way?
Will you ever look at a ping pong table the same?
Can Finnish disco funk sound tailor-fit for skateboarding?
Finland’s finest dynamic duet, Element pro Jaakko Ojanen and up-and-comer Eetu Toropainen, busted out the VX to answer these existential questions.
How Skateboarding Is Transforming The Lives Of Kenyan Street Youth | SKATE AFRICA Part Two
So, ladies and gentlemen, if you have not already had the pleasure then allow us to introduce you to George Zuko – a candidate for raddest human in the world today. As with Sandy Alibo in Ghana, George has been a talismanic figure in the development of skateboard culture here in Kenya.
How about this: George is a skater who helps run skate camps at an educational orphanage where the country’s first skatepark resides. Think about that for a moment. Children sleeping on the streets are by no means uncommon in Nairobi, and George introduced us to two young rippers who once slept right by the local skate spot – and started skating as a result. With George’s introduction of skating into their lives, The Keedz (‘the pair’) are off the streets, enrolled in school, and ripping.
Samuel Mwangi and Ezra Nyongesa – everyone calls him Balo, though – proved constant companions for Jaakko Ojanen, Chenai Gwandure, Yann Horowitz and Jackson Pilz as our joy bus spent a week rolling around with the skate scene of Nairobi. Sam even shot Balo’s front board photo from this feature on his first try with a camera. Fast learner!
The Shangilia association which runs the educational orphanage space where the radiant skatepark resides work with hundreds of such children every day. Watch Patrik Wallner’s superb documentary on Jaakko and friends’ skate mission with the local rippers of Nairobi above.
Meet The Local Skaters Of Ghana With Jaakko Ojanen & Crew | SKATE AFRICA
Skate scenes in their infancy often have a guiding light, a champion and pioneer who evangelises and develops and agitates at the absolute grassroots level, to try and make things happen for the new people skating hooks every day once they have access to it.
This is happening all over the world right now, and it is the purest version of skateboarding’s promise. As a counterpoint to all the upriver skate activity going on in the world today, wonderful though that doubtless is, shining a light not just on these nascent scenes but the builders of those scenes is a dollop of wholesome radness nobody can have too much of.
So, when South African skate evangelis Yann Horowitz, Chenai Gwandure and Jackson Pilz suggested continuing Red Bull’s drop- ins with the diverse skate scenes throughout the continent by heading to Ghana to meet Sandy Alibo and the Accra skaters, Jaakko Ojanen leapt at the once-in-a-lifetime chance to bring his magic feet to the party. What was created proved to be a pivotal skate happening for the Accra scene; one which will never be forgotten by anyone involved. Absorb Patrik Wallner’s awesome film from the tour up top there, and roll back around in a week’s time as the squad roll into Nairobi, Kenya!
Nine Club EXPERIENCE #106 – Jaakko , Mason Silva, Kareem Campbell
We discuss Jaakko Ojanen part in DC’s “Domino”, Mason Silva Nike SB “Mason” part, Jason Rogers has a new beverage company called “Yatta”, The Ghetto Bird Show with Kareem Campbell, Must have condiments in your fridge and much more!