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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/30/2026 > jenkem-mix-163-alan-bell

JENKEM MIX 163: ALAN BELL

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (539+ words) March 30, 2026/ Alan Bell/ MIX SERIES A couple years ago New York experienced the Great Texas Takeover, a moment in time where The Late Nite Stars crew assembled in Brooklyn and swiftly started kicking ass. Since then, we've had the pleasure…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/26/2026 > preserving-skateboardings-outsider-era-with-the-past-participle

PRESERVING SKATEBOARDING'S OUTSIDER ERA WITH THE PAST PARTICIPLE

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (477+ words) March 26, 2026/ Wilson Lucas/ ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS The Past Participle has quietly become a living archive of early skateboarding when it was still considered counterculture. It shines a light on the regular folks skating purely for the hell of it, despite it…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/23/2026 > jamie-foy-brings-his-big-rail-expertise-to-kasso-a-japanese-skate-game-show

JAMIE FOY BRINGS HIS RAIL EXPERTISE TO THE JAPANESE SKATE GAME SHOW KASSO

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (780+ words) We've all seen Japan's neon-colored skate mouse trap called Kasso by now. Created by the people behind American Ninja Warrior, it's an obstacle course built to gamify skateboarding. Last weekend, Kasso had an event in Long Beach, California, marking the…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/16/2026 > the-final-days-of-widowdusk

DOES SCREAMO MUSIC BELONG TO THE YOUTH? THE FINAL DAYS OF WIDOWDUSK

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (552+ words) March 16, 2026/ Ian Ostrowski/ VIDEOS Have you ever noticed that the best board companies and bands are kinda similar? They are made up of friends, aren't formed with the goal of making money, and create independently from current trends. The only…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/12/2026 > what-exactly-happened-to-skateline-an-interview-with-gary-rogers

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO SKATELINE? AN INTERVIEW WITH GARY ROGERS

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1551+ words) March 12, 2026/ Ian Michna/ INTERVIEWS If you pulled the pin on a grenade and forgot to throw it, there's a chance you'd still be able to count the people who have been in a Thrasher video over 600 times on your charred…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 03/02/2026 > breaking-the-mold-of-traditional-oil-painting-with-skateboarder-andrew-barnes

BREAKING THE MOLD OF TRADITIONAL OIL PAINTING WITH SKATEBOARDER ANDREW BARNES

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (547+ words) Black ice formations swimming in dog piss, mummified gum forced between sidewalk slabs, a bedazzled crack pipe glimmering on torn trashbags. These are the scenes that inspire Andrew Durgin-Barnes, a traditional oil painter whose subject matter is far from the…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 02/09/2026 > check-out-the-zine-immortalizing-early-online-skatepark-fights

CHECK OUT THE ZINE IMMORTALIZING EARLY ONLINE SKATEPARK FIGHTS

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1253+ words) February 9, 2026/ Ian Michna/ ARTICLES Sidewalk pranks, music videos, and the inescapable Crazy Frog. Those are the things everyone remembers about exploring YouTube in the early 2000s. Well, that and the visceral, profanity ridden skatepark fight. Filmed on less than capable technology,…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 08/27/2025 > across-america-documents-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-skating-across-the-country

“ACROSS AMERICA” DOCUMENTS THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF SKATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1366+ words) A little over two years ago, we documented a feat of man. Chad Caruso, Long Island skater and friend of the mag, skateboarded across the country, from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach. That's 3,162 miles of rugged highway shoulders, fume spitting…...

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jenkemmag.com > home > 09/25/2025 > preparing-for-the-worlds-tallest-drop-in-with-sandro-dias

PREPARING FOR THE WORLD'S TALLEST DROP IN WITH SANDRO DIAS

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1502+ words) September 25, 2025/ James Lee/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 2 Every couple of years, skating has a big stunt moment. We've seen our fair share of loops, Las Vegas guitar jumps, Boom Boom Huck Jams, Sidewinders, and Megaramps. Now, in less than 24 hours, a 50-year-old…...