Posts by James Lee
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CREATING REALITIES: COMPARING PRO SKATEBOARDING TO PRO WRESTLING
"Professionally made skate videos are really just jacked-up steroidal versions of street skating."
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THE BLE CREW ARE THE BACKYARD WRESTLERS OF SKATEBOARDING
WARNING: This video contains medieval style branding, backflips, and a guy stabbing his foot with a really big knife.
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HERE’S A BRANDON WESTGATE INTERVIEW NOT ONLY ABOUT CRANBERRIES
Yes, cranberries did pop up, but only because Brandon mentioned them.
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PEEP THESE TWISTED THRASHER COVER PARODIES
This sort of ’90s-inspired comic-idiocy is getting harder and harder to come by in skating.
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A FIRST LOOK AT ADULT INC.
A new skate company led by longtime Jenkem writer, contributor and overall good human, Anthony Pappalardo.
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HOW THE VX1000 INFILTRATED PORN
"People’s minds are the same in porn as they are in skating."
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UNCOVERING THE MYTHICAL POWELL RIDER GUIDE FROM THE 80’S
Believe it or not, we found the Powell team "employee manual" from the Bones Brigade days...
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AUSTYN GILLETTE TALKS HIS NEW CLOTHING COMPANY, FORMER
"I want it to be known that we're trying to involve everyone and not be so nichey in this nichey and elitist world"
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LISTEN TO “LEGENDS NEVER DIE” A 9 HOUR MIX HONORING 90S SKATING
Hands down the ultimate soundtrack to 90s skateboard videos.
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WILL TIKTOK BE THE NEW HOME FOR SKATEBOARDING ON THE INTERNET?
We called up some "skate TikTokers" to find out what they've learned and seen so far.
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PLOTTING THE LIFECYCLE OF A TRENDY TRICK
"Pressure flips are cool again. Actually, their second act has lasted longer than their first did."
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CHECKING OUT A HIDDEN DIY FINGERBOARD PARK IN QUEENS
When we heard about a mysterious concrete fingerboard park hiding in Brooklyn, we knew we had to go find it.
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH ILLEGAL CIV?
The Illegal Civ stuff feels like an ongoing soap opera, so to air out any confusion we talked to a few key characters.
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WE TALKED TO A SNEAKER BOTTER ABOUT THE STATE OF RESELLING
We tried to understand one of the most obnoxious new hustles.