Jenkem is an online skateboarding and culture magazine founded in 2011 and operated from Brooklyn, New York.[1][2] The website features interviews with professional skateboarders, industry professionals, graphic artists, and musicians, as well as video segments, mixtapes, podcasts, essays on skateboard history, and an online clothing store.[3] They have published two full length books of essays and interviews, and maintain a record label that features skateboarder musicians.[4][5]
History
Jenkem was founded in 2011 by Ian Michna in response to a perceived lack of unique content in skateboard media.[1] It first attracted attention after publishing an interview with professional skateboarder Jereme Rogers and its articles have since been mentioned in the New York Times, Vice, Gawker, and XXL.[6][7][8][9] It has published interviews with the professional skateboarders Andrew Reynolds, Mike Carroll, Bam Margera, and Marc Johnson and been one of a few magazines to cover LGBT professionals.[10][11] Other notable work includes interviews with Dan Mancina, a blind skateboarder, Ali Jusovic, who skateboards on his knees, a history of the decline of skateboard plazas within the United States, and a video of Kanye West skateboarding.[12][13][14][15]
Website
Jenkemmag.com features regularly updated columns, music mixes, and video premiers from throughout the skateboard community.
Jenkem magazine released a music compilation series titled "Beginnings - A Jenkem Record" in 2017. The series features bands fronted by skateboarders and was released on Vinyl.[19]
