Roger Bagley - Jenkem Interview

[left knee cap]

https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2025/01/27/inside-the-mind-of-roger-bagley/

Looks like he is also starting a new digital archive of skate media and needs some help.

Interesting takeaway

How do you deal with controversial guests? Like a Tim Poole type.
I’m behind the scenes, so when it comes down to it, Chris, Kelly, and Jeron are the ones that have to sit and talk to that person. So it comes down to whether or not they are comfortable.

But lets say Skater X just dropped an amazing part. And I’m like, “Dude, let’s talk about it.” And Chris is like, “Dude, I don’t know, what about the allegations and all the other stuff.” I’m like, “Who fucking cares? The dude just dropped an insane part.” Chris might not want to talk to him because he could be afraid that the internet would come after us. For me, it has gotten to that point where it’s like.. Are the cyberbullies winning?

So what do you think the formula is? Do you go against the grain and have people on the show regardless?
It’s fucking crazy. Like, what if Skater Y dropped a part? Are we going to not talk about it because allegations hit him in the past too? All these dudes are constantly living in fear and it’s sad. You have to have the balls to be like, “Dude, what’s up with this?” You know?

What do you think when people say, “Oh, you’re platforming someone bad.”
I just want to give people an opportunity to tell their story. That’s it. Because we don’t fucking know what really happened. None of you idiots who are accusing this person of something were there.

You’re damned if you do, you’re damned if you don’t. It’s either “Why aren’t you guys talking about this?” or “Why are you guys talking about this?”

Is there anyone you would like to punch in the face?
[Exhales] I don’t want to hurt my hand.

Well, spiritually then [laughs].
There’s definitely someone in skateboarding that deserves a punch in the face, but he’s already got his foot in his mouth, and I think if you just ignore him he’s going to be the joke of the industry and he’s not even going to realize it.

[lowline]

i thought that was a really fucking lame response. dude ends up sounding like a mens rights activist. just admit that andrew huberman pays you to hawk his ag1 stuff (and the jenkem guy) and that's why he continues to be on your platforms despite being an abhorrent person

[kookdusoleil]

"But lets say Skater X just dropped an amazing part. And I’m like, “Dude, let’s talk about it.” And Chris is like, “Dude, I don’t know, what about the allegations and all the other stuff.” I’m like, “Who fucking cares? The dude just dropped an insane part.” Chris might not want to talk to him because he could be afraid that the internet would come after us. For me, it has gotten to that point where it’s like.. Are the cyberbullies winning?"

Serious allegations? Phooey. How about that INSANE PART?

[lowline]

i thought that was a really fucking lame response. dude ends up sounding like a mens rights activist. just admit that andrew huberman pays you to hawk his ag1 stuff (and the jenkem guy) and that's why he continues to be on your platforms despite being an abhorrent person

bro, they're just like allegations... these guys are scared

[lowline]

i think the jenkem dude brought that up because he's salty his huberman video got roasted in the comments

[Bread Harrity]

"All these dudes are constantly living in fear and it’s sad." you'd only be living in fear if you were hiding something fucked up you did. Maybe don't treat people like shit in the first place? But no you're right, holding people accountable is the fucked up part...

This idea that there are women just waiting in the wings to falsely accuse innocent men, despite the fact that actual instances of that are extremely rare, is so fucking fried and rooted in a really misogynist view of women. Men who have something to hide love to perpetuate this idea because it allows them to more effectively spin and gaslight their way out of blame.

[lowline]

roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

[FunnyBunny]

Who do you think he was talking about spirituality punching in the face?

[OwlGreen]

Dude has the emotional intelligence of a preteen.

[DCLOVE]

Who do you think he was talking about spirituality punching in the face?

Gotta be Joa.

[GnarAlarm]

Who do you think he was talking about spirituality punching in the face?

Definitely someone who talks shit on the Nine Club, so probably Gifted Hater?

[Bread Harrity]

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Who do you think he was talking about spirituality punching in the face?

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Gotta be Joa.

my first thought

[GrayCellGreen]

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Who do you think he was talking about spirituality punching in the face?

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Gotta be Joa.

Roger is definitely salty about Joa's views and Patreon member numbers. I'm glad though. Fuck his boomer ass takes about allegations.

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

Lost some cred with this one, Rog. Not sorry.

[RoughStylin]

No surprises that he’s a flawed individual. He makes good points and has good intentions generally, but pretty hard to overlook the kook stuff.

[lowline]

this guy fucking sucks. someone just teach kevin at lookback library how to digitize footage and put him and the secret tape in the same room for a a year and they'll take care of this just fine. also, it's hilarious that he's too scared to say gifted hater's name when he's begging people to ignore him

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i think the jenkem dude brought that up because he's salty his huberman video got roasted in the comments

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extra funny if so because i don't remember anyone on jenkem's case because huberman was soft cancelled, they got roasted because he was a poser

there was a fair amount of push back in the youtube comments, basically just calling him all the stuff he is (grifter, abuser etc) but they deleted a lot of the comments.

[kookdusoleil]

Pogo sticks, snowskating and Roger Bagley. Jenkem is off to a hell of a start in 2025

[friendly dave]

@fuck that guy.

[doorpanel]

after reading that, fuck this incel loser

don’t let skateboarding’s history be kept by a smarmy dickhead like this guy

[ok boomer]

jenkem? damn near killed 'em

[kneebone]

that was some real fence-sitter bullshit. Aw guys, us cyberbullies are so mean! Holding people accountable for their actions!

"But lets say Skater X just dropped an amazing part. And I’m like, “Dude, let’s talk about it.” And Chris is like, “Dude, I don’t know, what about the allegations and all the other stuff.” I’m like, “Who fucking cares? The dude just dropped an insane part.”
This is exactly the type of mentality that lets the James Coles and Daryl Angels keep getting away with shit and celebrated in the industry. Ignore everything else in their life because they ride skateboards good.

[backside_frontside]

roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

Rog strikes me as the kind of guy who would post that George Carlin video explaining why he doesn't vote as his reason why he doesn't vote. Something something both sides bad, something something all politicians are evil. That false equivalency reasoning to get you off the hook for doing the most basic civic engagement.

[TastyBurrito]

roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

In one of the Nine Clubs when they were doing them remotely (or maybe first one back) which I think was a Sinclair episode, Bagley did mention he thought vaccines and social distancing was bullshit. I'm pretty sure he gets his news and info from the  Joe Rogan Show.

[Atiba Applebum]

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roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

[close]

In one of the Nine Clubs when they were doing them remotely (or maybe first one back) which I think was a Sinclair episode, Bagley did mention he thought vaccines and social distancing was bullshit. I'm pretty sure he gets his news and info from the  Joe Rogan Show.

Hence his stance on platforming

[Watson]

Damn won everyone over with that Village Psychic piece then lost everyone with a Jenkem piece.

Love how he tries to throw skateshops under the bus by saying "Every skate shop is now a brand..."

And then "...now we’ve got a whole warehouse full of sweatshirts and shirts. We set up an online skate shop on the Nine Club site too, which we haven’t really told anyone about just yet..."

Holy shit just went and checked out their online skateshop, it's so fucking random https://thenineclub.com/collections/skate-shop





5035 products? Definitely some sort of third party hosting site selling stuff for brands or other shops.

As someone who runs an online store for a shop this is really making me laugh. It looks like shit.

[OwlGreen]

after reading that, fuck this incel loser

don’t let skateboarding’s history be kept by a smarmy dickhead like this guy

That's what is. He's got that incel energy. He might even have a girlfriend/boyfriend, but he's still got that incel energy. Tim Pool vibes. He's got a weird chip on his shoulder for some reason. Kind of the opposite of BDE. Maybe that's the cause. 

[Atiba Applebum]

Damn won everyone over with that Village Psychic piece then lost everyone with a Jenkem piece.

Love how he tries to throw skateshops under the bus by saying "Every skate shop is now a brand..."

And then "...now we’ve got a whole warehouse full of sweatshirts and shirts. We set up an online skate shop on the Nine Club site too, which we haven’t really told anyone about just yet..."

Boston bitterness towards everyone and everything

How dare skate shops try and claw any money their way through soft goods?

Calling out Bobby Lee but too much of a chicken shit to mention Joa by name

But it’s chill.  He got laid filming for Viva La Bam

[lowline]

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roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

[close]

In one of the Nine Clubs when they were doing them remotely (or maybe first one back) which I think was a Sinclair episode, Bagley did mention he thought vaccines and social distancing was bullshit. I'm pretty sure he gets his news and info from the  Joe Rogan Show.

makes perfect sense. oh my god, these guys are everywhere. how do we scrub this shit from american culture? (i don't think we can right now)

[schralp pal]

Why are they trying to sell a spitfire hoodie that retails at $60 for $95?

This nine club shop is just all the free stuff they've gotten over the years?

[lowline]

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roger's got that bitter and aging gen-x libertarian vibe to him. do you think he voted for trump? didn't someone on here before say he was an elon fanboy

[close]

In one of the Nine Clubs when they were doing them remotely (or maybe first one back) which I think was a Sinclair episode, Bagley did mention he thought vaccines and social distancing was bullshit. I'm pretty sure he gets his news and info from the  Joe Rogan Show.

[close]

makes perfect sense. oh my god, these guys are everywhere. how do we scrub this shit from american culture? (i don't think we can right now)

he did used to be my favorite on the nine club, though. just for all of the east coast skate history tidbits i didn't know about.