Jenkem Magazine Explained

Jenkem Magazine
Commercial:Yes
Type:Online magazine
Language:English
Owner:Ian Michna
Current Status:Active

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.

Beginnings - A Jenkem Record

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]

Label: JenkemReleased: 2017
Format: Vinyl
Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic, Rock

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smith. Jonathan . Jenkem Is Making Skateboarding Fun Again . Vice . 30 April 2019 . 26 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Rinn . Natalie . 30 Under 30: Ian Michna, Founder of Jenkem Magazine and Skater. BK Mag . Northside Media Group . 30 April 2019. 18 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Jenkem Home Page . Jenkem Magazine . 28 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Ofiaza . Renf . 'Jenkem' Debuts Second Book Documenting the World of Skateboarding . High Snobiety . 30 April 2019 . 5 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Beginnings – A Jenkem Record . Discogs . 30 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Smith . Johnathan . The Best Blog in Skateboarding Made a Book . Vice . 30 April 2019 . 18 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Dubenko . Anna . Dozoi . Michelle . 11 Great Stories That Have Nothing to Do With Politics . The New York Times . 30 April 2019 . 2 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Cush . Andy . Skateboarding in a Rotting Psych Ward Is Just as Terrifying as It Sounds . Gawker . 30 April 2019 . 17 November 2014.
  9. Web site: Krastz . Roger . Skateboarder Trashes Yeezy Boost 350 . XXL Magazine . 30 April 2019.
  10. Book: Borden . Iain . Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History . 21 February 2019 . Bloomsbury Visual Arts . 9781472583451 . 35 . 1.
  11. Book: Lombard . Kara-Jane . Skateboarding: Subcultures, Sites and Shifts . 8 November 2015 . Routledege . 9781315737577 . 45 . 1 May 2019.
  12. Web site: Dobjia-Nootens . Nic . AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN MANCINA, THE FEARLESS BLIND SKATEBOARDER . Jenkem Mag . 2 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Michna . Ian . ALI VS. THE MEGARAMP . Jenkem Mag . 2 June 2019.
  14. Web site: Kerr . Christian . THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN SKATE PLAZAS . Jenkem Mag . 2 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Kanye West learns how to Ollie . Youtube . 2 June 2019.
  16. Web site: Hanging Out With . Jenkem Mag . 1 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Mix Series . Jenkem Magazine . 1 May 2019.
  18. Web site: Premieres . Jenkem Mag . 5 May 2019.
  19. Web site: Beginnings - A Jenkem Record . Discogs . 2 June 2019.

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