JENKEM headed from Huntington to LA to hear what type of shit the LA locals had to say about the state of skateboarding.
What Went Down at Oski’s New Contest in Malmo, Sweden – JENKEM
Olympian and all around good guy Oskar Rozenberg hosted a contest in Sweden last weekend dubbed the Oski Blast. This new contest was filled with numerous “challenges” where a bunch of Oski’s closest homies skated in a jam style event for all the locals to come and check out. It’s a perfect cap off to a summer that hopefully will become an annual tradition.
Shop Talk: Lurking Around Huntington Beach – JENKEM
Rather than stick around and watch every second of skating at the Vans Showdown in Huntington Beach, JENKEM decided to lurk around the boardwalk and talk to the locals and see what they were up to amongst all the hubbub.
Surprising Ali Boulala with an RC Car – JENKEM
Ali Boulala briefly disclosed his love for RC toys in his Epicly Later’d episode, but other pros have also shared accounts of Ali swinging by a hobby shop before a skate sesh and picking up a toy car or plane to fling around at the spot all day. While JENKEM was hanging with him in Stockholm, they had to try to re-spark that same childlike joy by surprising Ali with a toy car and try to capture the moment on camera.
A Studio Visit with Ali Boulala and his New Band – JENKEM MAG
JENKEM swung by Stockholm to meet Ali Boulala and watch his newly formed band record a track at the legendary Atlantis studio. Since his life changing accident in 2007, Ali has picked up piano and is finding a second wind through music – keeping him happy, inspired and focused.
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.
PREMIERE: Spud’s “SPUD” Part – JENKEM
In his self titled part Spud tries to prove that a city as blown out as Los Angeles still has some hidden spots if you look hard enough (and carry a rub brick around with you).
Shop Talk at Vans Space 198 – JENKEM
This year, to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day, JENKEM decided to skip the skating and instead headed over to Vans Space 198 in Brooklyn to bother their neighbors. The team had their doors open in celebration of the day, complete with a DJ spinning a bunch of Wu-Tang and a packed-out park. The locals we talked to in between spurts of rain had a lot to say about optimal skate video length, dream blunt rotations, and how to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day properly. Turns out there is no wrong way to celebrate – except maybe by sitting in the rain interviewing random people.
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.
Checking out the Historic Spots of Vienna, Austria – JENKEM
What do you know about Vienna? Probably not much. Compared to other Euro cities like London and Paris, you barely hear about skating in Austria’s capital. Paul Labadie, filmer for Vans Europe, was inspired by our video in Athens to show off the spots around downtown Vienna. Remember kids, just because it isn’t tagged on IG doesn’t mean it isn’t worth checking out. – JENKEM
Ground Glass: Aaron Herrington – JENKEM
Not every skater can just casually flow through the streets of New York City and clock some tasteful clips in a quick fashion, but Aaron Herrington has definitely made a career out of it. Settle in and get ready to watch some ultra-crispy skating caught on technology invented in 1923, and keep an eye out for more “Ground Glass” features from James on JENKEM.
G-FILES 001 – JENKEM
The Genesis crew out of Seattle has slowly become part of the Jenkem fam over the past couple of years, so they decided to ask filmer and editor Ian Ostrowski if he’d be down to film a recurring segment for the site while he finalizes Genesis 3 (which will be coming very soon). The result is our latest series dubbed “G-Files.” Take a peek into the Genesis world and let us know what guest skater we should throw into their van for the next episode. Featuring Dylan Clark, Caden Smith, Cass Bermudez, Jasper Levine, Darrian Williams, TJ Robinson, KJ Phanissay, Cole Hartman, Carl Depaolo, Nacho Ponce and Alex Lobasyuk.