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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WHAT WOULD MAKE SKATERS DITCH THE BIG SHOE BRANDS?
We asked younger skaters how small shoe brands could win back their business from the big budget behemoths.
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BRIAN SUMNER ON LEAVING THE SKATE INDUSTRY AND FINDING CHRISTIANITY
"People are going to hate you for different stupid reasons, but people shouldn’t be divided over the faith."
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SKATERS AND THEIR RAPPER EQUIVALENTS
Who would be the Drake of skateboarding? Has any skater ever dealt enough drugs to be compared to Pusha-T?
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HOW A GROUP OF WOMEN FOUGHT FOR EQUAL PAY IN CONTEST SKATING
The story of the women who banded together to change contest skating forever.
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A LOOK AT THE SKATEBOARD DROUGHT OF 2020
If you’ve walked into a skate shop lately, you may have had some difficulty getting your hands on the product you came in for.