“TOUR STAR” is a full-length documentary following the Adidas team across the USA. Jenkem filmed them sleeping in the van, doing demos, signing autographs, warming up—hell, practically everything except dropping a dookie.
JENKEM Gave Away $999 in Skateboarding’s Only Hot Dog Eating Contest
Birthed on the baseball diamond by frat boys and alcoholic fathers, the 999 is a contest consisting of eating nine hot dogs and drinking nine beers in the span of nine innings. Being the geniuses Jenkem is, they replaced the innings with tre-flips and gathered at Brooklyn’s Blue Park to watch the chaos ensue.
The Search For Skateboarding’s Most Famous Car – JENKEM
JENKEM tried to find the crashed car at the end of the iconic skate video, “Video Days” released in 1991 by Blind Skateboards.
The UPS Driver Giving Out Free Skateboards | Locals – JENKEM
Jenkem’s “Locals” series focuses on the often overlooked characters in and around skateboarding. For the latest episode, they bring you Killian Pryor, the skateboarding UPS driver. He’s known in the Phoenix, Arizona area for spreading joy through his love of skateboarding to families all along his delivery route. Playing part philanthropic local, part plain-clothed Santa Claus, we had to know more.
PREMIERE: “Prosperity” A Video By Noah Letcavage – JENKEM
Noah’s new full-length shines light on some of New York’s more under-appreciated skaters, of which there are many. Featuring footage from Shawn Powers, Jason Byoun, Nate Penn, Asante Morris, Stevie Szu, and more, “Prosperity” is a construction-filled, car-weaving collection of New York skating.
Getting To Know Sal Barbier, The Man Behind One Of Skating’s Most Iconic Shoes – JENKEM
If you aren’t familiar with Sal, he’s a pioneer from the 80s and 90s who has his own trick (The Sal Flip) and is credited for being the first person to kickflip boardslide a handrail. His shoe, the Etnies Sal 23 is one of the most recognized and iconic skate shoe silhouettes. Despite all this rich history, we barely know anything about the guy, so Jenkem met him in his hometown to fill in the gaps.
Unearthing 90s Skate & Hip-Hop Footage With Jacob Rosenberg – JENKEM
Craving a history lesson but don’t feel like paying for a museum ticket? An afternoon with Jacob Rosenberg that’s part career retrospective and part house tour just might satisfy that itch. You might know Jacob from his historic run with Plan B, creating videos like Questionable, Virtual Reality, and Second Hand Smoke, but did you know about his work with Del the Funky Homosapien, De La Soul, and other quintessential 90s rappers?
Hanging Out With Andrew Huberman, Skateboarder Turned Neuroscientist – JENKEM
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist who exploded in popularity through his podcast, where he breaks down complex science topics in a digestible way. If you’ve tuned in before, you may have also heard inklings about Andrew’s skateboarding past. Jenkem was curious to learn more about it and see the guy outside of the stuffy podcast studio they’re accustomed to, to get a sense of what he’s like when he’s not “on.” After a couple of texts, Andrew invited us over to his home in LA, where we were welcome to attempt his sauna and cold plunge, check out his old mags, and muck around his backyard.
What’s In The Bag… Marcello Campanello – JENKEM
After Marcello’s European journey to wind down Summer JENKEM linked up with him when he returned to his hometown of Queens to get the rundown on all his travel essentials and do some skating.
Reimagining The Skate Video, A Talk On Mike Ternasky At Museum Of The Moving Image – JENKEM
The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY celebrated the opening of its new exhibit “Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos” last month. Curated by longtime skate videographer Jacob Rosenberg and Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland, filmmaker and daughter of Plan B’s Mike Ternasky, the show focuses on the videos defining skate videography’s stylings.
JENKEM Checked Out The $2000 Game of Skate in Tompkins Square Park
Last week FA and Cons threw a $2000 game of SKATE called “The FA Flatground Entertainment Invitational”. In the end Myles Underwood, Dylan Clark and Salomon Cardenas all fought valiantly against flatground final boss Antonio Durao for their shot at walking away with a thick envelope. Watch along as cancel flips, switch lasers and other rare tricks stack up on Tompkins freshly painted concrete.
Hunting Down a Remote Quarterpipe in an Abandoned Desert Town – JENKEM
Two hours outside of LA is a place called Bombay Beach. This area was a popular resort town for beachgoers and celebrities until the ’80s but due to a destroyed ecosystem what’s left these days looks closer to a Mad Max scene than anything else, with streets populated by loners and outcasted creatives. Jenkem caught wind that someone was building some DIY skate spots out there, so they decided to let their imagination get the best of us and checked it out.