MEET THE INSTAGRAM SKATE CRITIC, TED BARROW

Ted's feedback Instagram account is every bit as hilarious, subjective, and occasionally dick as you’d expect crowdsourced skateboarding to be.

September 27, 2017/ Andrew Murrell & Steve Torres/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 22

CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR

Some small talk, some 2025 highlights and plenty of links to keep you busy.

December 26, 2025/ Jenkem Staff/ RANDOM CRAP/ Comments: 8

AN ORAL HISTORY OF TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK

An oral history of one of New York's most famous skate spots, TF.

May 13, 2024/ Alexis Castro & Justin Saltiel/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 7

ENJOY THIS TROVE OF EARLY 2000’S NYC RAW FOOTAGE

The footage captures a city that is gone now: Dill doesn’t have a mullet and Taji Ameen isn’t 3 feet tall anymore.

August 8, 2022/ Jenkem Staff/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 2

HOT TAKE: SKATEBOARDING IS NOT ART

Feedback Ted tries to put an end to the age-old question of whether skateboarding is art.

January 7, 2019/ Ted Barrow/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 61

WHAT WE LEARNED AT SKATING’S FIRST ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

Skate scholars agree: 8.25 is the optimal size.

July 31, 2018/ Christian Kerr/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 36

SKATEBOARDING NOW HAS ITS OWN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

If you think skateboarding would be better off not dressing up in tweed and getting overanalyzed, you’re too late.

May 30, 2018/ Nic Dobija-Nootens/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 23

SKATEBOARDING DIRT, GRASS, AND ROCKS WITH DONNIE MORTENSEN

When we got this video in our inbox, it took us about thirty seconds to agree that we had to run it.

November 15, 2022/ Jack Spanbauer/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 15