JENKEM - Google Earthers Ep.7 - Exploring Crust in Detroit with OJ Wheels

[Sidewalk Funk.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFvg1iG_omM

Featuring:
Kevin Braun
Ryan Townley
Jake Keenan
Mike Krok
Alex Foy

[pizzafliptofakie]

I broke my wrist at that first metal bank spot they skated. The metal is very slick and the run up sucks so bad.

[potpie]

who is the guy that looks like the orchid thief

[Sidewalk Funk.]

I broke my wrist at that first metal bank spot they skated. The metal is very slick and the run up sucks so bad.

Yeah that metal bank is treacherous and has taken many people out. The key to making it less slippery is to pour some pop on it. Sorry to hear about the injury.

[pizzafliptofakie]

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I broke my wrist at that first metal bank spot they skated. The metal is very slick and the run up sucks so bad.

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Yeah that metal bank is treacherous and has taken many people out. The key to making it less slippery is to pour some pop on it. Sorry to hear about the injury.

That's actually brilliant.


The injury turned into quite an ordeal but I'm on the other side now. Probably won't be going back there anytime soon though, haha.

[MysticalTypeExperience]

Fun watch, love how they put it to some [presumably] Detroit techno as well. The birthplace of techno (the specific subgenre of electronic music).

[fredgallSOTY]

NORAAAAAAAAA

so proud of the homie

[Hash Slinging Slasher]

so from the looks of it, every skateboarder should relocate to detroit. that was so sick (but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

anyone in the know got local videos to share/recommend??

[RichardBarkley]

Fun watch, love how they put it to some [presumably] Detroit techno as well. The birthplace of techno (the specific subgenre of electronic music).

That's house in the video

Hotly debated if techno was created in Detroit. There was techno around before Juan Atkins / Cybotron. No matter how much they wanna take credit for it.

None the less Detroit is where the music really gained legs. Techno now is predominantly European thing.

[Sick Duck]

so from the looks of it, every skateboarder should relocate to detroit. that was so sick (but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

anyone in the know got local videos to share/recommend??

for real? I mean the skating was good but that’s the last thing i thought

[Hash Slinging Slasher]

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so from the looks of it, every skateboarder should relocate to detroit. that was so sick (but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

anyone in the know got local videos to share/recommend??

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for real? I mean the skating was good but that’s the last thing i thought

(but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

[Sidewalk Funk.]

so from the looks of it, every skateboarder should relocate to detroit. that was so sick (but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

anyone in the know got local videos to share/recommend??

Detroit has a great skate scene and one of the most unified and motivated skate communities around. Tons of spots and very few skatestoppers compared to most big cities. No doubt though that much of the ground and spots are pretty rough and more difficult to skate than they appear on video.

An all Detroit video that came out in 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoMTNFLxrM&t

[otherside]

Fun watch, love how they put it to some [presumably] Detroit techno as well. The birthplace of techno (the specific subgenre of electronic music).

Being something of a pedant I'd argue the first track is house music rather than strictly techno, but both tracks they used in the video are from Detroit, and both absolute classics at that. First one is Moodymann 'Tribute! (To The Soul We Lost)', second one is The Bob Segar System '2+2=?'

[Allen.]

Seger is technically from downriver. I’m not going to argue this. Let us have Seger. Please.

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so from the looks of it, every skateboarder should relocate to detroit. that was so sick (but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

anyone in the know got local videos to share/recommend??

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for real? I mean the skating was good but that’s the last thing i thought

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(but they probably made a lot of those spots look easier than they are.)

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i mean they don’t look that easy

[fredgallSOTY]

moodymann song is house, not techno (ABD in a Johnny Wilson edit too)

amazing track, Detroit has/had fantastic house and techno scenes

skate scene's incredible too

i gotta go back sometime soon

[DM]

The Segar track is great.

[Mariatorresflores]

Mike Krok! Mike Krok's the greatest! You always know it's going to be fun when Mike Krok's hanging out!

[Vernon Wells]

Here's another recent video out of Detroit.

https://vimeo.com/585486937

[ndsr]

Respect, mandatory session inspiration.  Excellent homie video

[Allen.]

https://youtu.be/ltjcg617Sbs

Another recent video from Detroit