Jenkem took a trip to the foreign land of Jersey City to visit NJ Skateshop to hear from some native New Jersians. The guests go from telling us that Ishod doesn’t claim Jersey enough to saying that Tik Tok is just for single moms in their 30s.
JENKEM – “Neighborhoods” with Eli Morgan Gesner
Jenkem welcomes to Neighborhoods, their new series where we revisit skaters’ old stomping grounds to see what the streets and spots can reveal to us about their early lives and maybe even their current selves. For the first episode, Jenkem visited Manhattan’s Upper West Side with Eli Morgan Gesner of Zoo York and SHUT fame. The neighborhood has undergone a lot of changes since its heyday in the ’90s when Eli was growing up there, right when it was the setting for popular sitcoms like Seinfeld and Friends.
PREMIERE: Orchard Skateshop’s “Angel & Star” – JENKEM
To celebrate Orchard Skateshop’s reopening in Boston, JENKEM is proud to share this new part welcoming their newest riders.
JENKEM – The Early Years of Jackass with Jeff Tremaine
Jenkem joined in on the promo bandwagon and talked through some of the early skits with Jackass’s head honcho, Jeff Tremaine.
JENKEM – Ducky’s Bag of Tricks
Ducky Kovacs is a California native who has been living in the SF Bay Area for some time now. As we all know, SF is known for its hilly streets so you never know when you might be in a pinch for some quick pain relief after getting speed wobbles on a hill bomb or need a hygiene check after stepping in human poop.
He dumped out his bag for us and got a little warm-up in to ham it up for the camera.
JENKEM – Date A Sk8er: Ian & Raven
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.
JENKEM – Meet the Enjoi Ams: Ryan
To wrap up Jenkem’s series, we have Ryan Connors who’s living out in Clairmont, CA in the heart of the Inland Empire. Louie and the crew take the drive out there to drink margaritas, skate Ryan’s local park, and “get bitten by a rattlesnake”.
JENKEM – Meet the Enjoi Ams: Gus
Jenkem took a trip with enjoi head honcho Louie Barletta to get to know the newest faces of the team, and prime you for the impending new video that we’re sure they’re working on very seriously. Next up is Gus Bus: Gus lives out in Orcutt, CA, in a house with his family that is clearly not meant to be skated on. The squad took the drive out there to see Gus’s artifacts, skate off the roof, and pay some respects to a good homie.
JENKEM – Meet the Enjoi Ams: Tony
JENKEM took a trip with Enjoi head honcho Louie Barletta to get to know the newest faces of the team, and prime yourself for the impending new video. First up is Tony Latham, who lives out in Martinez, CA, not too far away from enjoi’s San Jose roots. JENKEM took the drive out there to link, skate, grub, and get to know their fresh blood a little better.
JENKEM – Parts with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
“For our latest “Parts” episode, we broke the mold a bit and hit up J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. to give us some of his favorites. Obviously, J is no pro skater or even a big skate rat, but he’s played an important role in skate video history through his affiliations with Alien Workshop and skaters like Neil Blender.” – Jenkem
PREMIERE – Ben Koppl’s “EUROPART” for Film Trucks – JENKEM
Ben’s got a free-flowing and improvisational approach that pays no heed to “illegal” tricks. Enjoy his sometimes polarizing signature blend of technical, flowy, and playful rolled into one.
JENKEM – Ground Glass: Mark Suciu
Videographer James Thomson spent a couple of days with Mark filming this 16mm edit for our “Ground Glass” series that ditches the one-upmanship and stair counting, and focuses back on just some of the bits that make Mark special. Don’t think of this as yet another part of his “SOTY run,” but rather as a victory lap, and a showing of Jenkem’s appreciation for one of the best skaters of our generation.