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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HOW CAN WE HELP KEEP SKATE SHOPS ALIVE?
For years brands and skaters have blindly cried "support your local," but we asked shop owners about other ways we can all provide actual help.
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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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MY EXPERIENCES IN SKATEBOARDING
"I've been terrified of garnering the reputation of 'ramp-tramp' or 'pro-ho' just from spending time with skaters."
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UNDERSTANDING THE NEAL HENDRIX ALLEGATIONS & POWER DYNAMICS IN SKATEBOARDING
How can skateboarders within the industry do a better job of keeping each other in check?
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“DATE A SK8ER” EP. 5 – CHACHI & ABBY
The only blind dating show that's taking skaters from the streets to the sheets returns.