Roger Bagley - Jenkem Interview

[mikevsleftlightningtat]

Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[TelethonJohn]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

My first shop experience was Concrete Jungle with Jake Phelps behind the counter. I thought I'd have everyone beat with that, but I've heard stories on the bloards and elsewhere that make owners and employees sound way worse than Jake's grumpy ass.

[Theme For A Jackal]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

I don't think being shitty to kids who want to support your business is 'good' or 'character building'. I know that's how a lot of people have had it but I don't understand the sentiment that it somehow made you better at anything.

[krapnek]

odd to recall he was the only one to push jason jessee at all about his racism on his 9 club episode. not that it was particularly dogged, but he did at least try.  clearly a different person now.

[mikevsleftlightningtat]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

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I don't think being shitty to kids who want to support your business is 'good' or 'character building'. I know that's how a lot of people have had it but I don't understand the sentiment that it somehow made you better at anything.

Never claimed those experiences made myself or anyone else better at anything? Just saying that it’s possible to be on the other end of a shop employee being a dick in a light hearted skate shop way (again not sticking up for Rog fuck that guy), and it not being the end of the world and saying it’s “unacceptable”, especially in the 90’s, is hella dramatic

[Tony Caulk]

rog and weck should collab.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

rog and weck should get a room.

[Lou Strux]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[kneebone]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

[Texas_Tone]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[close]

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

The dude who ran our local shop he would make sound effects when he set up boards, it was pretty funny

[Patrick2G]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[close]

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

[close]

The dude who ran our local shop he would make sound effects when he set up boards, it was pretty funny

I worked at a shop for years and I loved gripping and setting up boards every time! Especially when it was a kid’s first set up.

[G_Money]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[close]

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

[close]

The dude who ran our local shop he would make sound effects when he set up boards, it was pretty funny

[close]

I worked at a shop for years and I loved gripping and setting up boards every time! Especially when it was a kid’s first set up.

I worked at a shop for a couple summers many years ago. I would grip boards for kids if asked, but I drew the line at cutting out the logo.

[dstrytruitt]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[close]

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

[close]

The dude who ran our local shop he would make sound effects when he set up boards, it was pretty funny

[close]

I worked at a shop for years and I loved gripping and setting up boards every time! Especially when it was a kid’s first set up.

[close]

I worked at a shop for a couple summers many years ago. I would grip boards for kids if asked, but I drew the line at cutting out the logo.

I did a couple years at a shop and I'd grip a lot of first boards which was always a cool thing for me. I generally offered with or without a line service but that's as far as I'd go. Christmas time was rough on a Saturday with all the completes.

[Theme For A Jackal]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

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I don't think being shitty to kids who want to support your business is 'good' or 'character building'. I know that's how a lot of people have had it but I don't understand the sentiment that it somehow made you better at anything.

[close]

Never claimed those experiences made myself or anyone else better at anything? Just saying that it’s possible to be on the other end of a shop employee being a dick in a light hearted skate shop way (again not sticking up for Rog fuck that guy), and it not being the end of the world and saying it’s “unacceptable”, especially in the 90’s, is hella dramatic

You literally said gatekeeping can be good and builds character, so yeah you kinda did

[Tony Caulk]

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rog and weck should get a room.

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good call. does roger still work for nine club? have they said anything about any of this? i can tell you that a lot of industry heads have had issues with rog over the decades. he's generally pretty fucking weird (not in a good way), does weird self-serving shit to piss people off, and he's generally disliked. boston wasnt wrong

[sus]

well it looks like Roger spent a 15 minute window to respond to several people in the comments section of his jenkem article

[Atiba Applebum]

Man, being a bitch must really be fulfilling

[ToySanta]

[moonordie]

well it looks like Roger spent a 15 minute window to respond to several people in the comments section of his jenkem article

What a massive piece of shit.

[dumptruck12]

Damn y’all are wild haha, 17 pages and you’re still at it with this guy

[rawbertson.]

thats what happens when youre kookin it!

[BH]

What a bizarre timeline of how pro skaters/ industry people turn out. Seems the industry is full of kooks (shocker) and lately they are showing their true colors in droves.

At this point, it’s easier to list who’s not a kook…
DGKalis
Pine
Muska
Freddy

Kook legends/forever kooks:
Roger
Oblow
Cole
Prod
Jason Jesse
no one (appreciate what you did but you a kook)
The list goes on…….

[Scarecrow Radio]

Man, being a bitch must really be fulfilling

Bumpy Knuckles reference. Nice

[GrayCellGreen]

Man, being a bitch must really be fulfilling

This made my day. Thank you

+1

[Tony Caulk]

Takes a huge fucking pussy to say all this stuff in an interview, including referencing someone who needs a punch in the face, then liking/reposting hateful shit on twitter then privatize your twitter likes once it all backfires. Big mouth backpedals and hides pretty quickly. Hey Rog, stand on your biz, tough guy.

[The Zero Club]

yoooooooo

[dumb skate trick]

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Imagine being an innocent new skater from the Boston suburbs in the 90s and making a pilgrimage to your first real skateshop only to be vibed by this miserable do nothing loser.  He probably drove many a teen to rollerblades


 If that’s true then fuck him. That’s like vibing a dog at a dog park. Unacceptable. Also my cousin is 17 with a 3 year old and a baby due in August and she vapes and I don’t like it. So I’m the M.A.V. Projecting on everyone .

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To be clear I hate Roger, but what is this “vibing a dog at a dog park” and “unacceptable” nonsense? Going to assume you are not from the era where going into a skate shop as a 12 year old was terrifying because you had to ask the guy behind the counter to grip your board or for a set of darkstar core wheels. Ties into whatever other thread where “gate keeping” is sometimes good and character building in the long run

[close]

This post just made me realize: I have never, in 40 plus years of skating, permitted another person to grip my board.
I could never.
We cool if I go ahead & add that to my very, very short “flex” list?

[close]

SAME (other than my dad doing it for me on my first real board when I was 11). But ever since then I have gripped every single board I’ve set up…it’s one of my favorite parts of the process

[close]

The dude who ran our local shop he would make sound effects when he set up boards, it was pretty funny

[close]

I worked at a shop for years and I loved gripping and setting up boards every time! Especially when it was a kid’s first set up.

[close]

I worked at a shop for a couple summers many years ago. I would grip boards for kids if asked, but I drew the line at cutting out the logo.

How about regripping boards? We had a sign that said we won’t regrip boards because the the heat gun we used would trip breakers and other tenants would get pissed haha.

[BH]

I used to keep my board in the garage (east coast) during the winter (I was 12). Didn’t know about the local shop until after I got my complete from CCS. I quickly learned the clear blue grip was wack and went to the shop to get a re grip. The grip was basically frozen to the board and the guys laid it on the radiator to warm up. In the meantime Eastern Exposure Zero was playing and Ricky Oyola ollied into the street and flipped off the honking cars. Just being in the shop, seeing that, all the other people who were there who had been around for awhile. I knew I HAD to be in this scene, and skating was now LIFE!!!! lol, sounds corny but thanks for bringing up a core memory. I also remember, despite them being nice, clearly bummed and annoyed by the frozen ccs deck.

[Audrey II]

incase roger pops in. theres plenty of resources out there, you got this bud!

[doorpanel]

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