Hunting Down a Remote Quarterpipe in a Secluded Desert Town

[@Props4102]

That lady was cool as fuck.

[@Nomad_Skateboarding]

Indeed! ❤ A lot of people got it down in this world, you just never hear from them unless they're selling something/selling themselves for followers.

[@ArtyCalistro]

I found it to be kinda cute the way she said, I'm always in here "rehearsaling" music! 😂

[@planetchopurcockoff]

shes eating life up

[@spht9ng]

Lol her music kinda reminded me of Mario Judah

[@DaveWasThereMan]

Why? What was cool about her lol. She's black she might have magic powers lol

[@gio-mz3ty]

love the expansion from just skate journalism in this one!!!

[@Inexpressable]

instead of skate journalists they're more like journalists that also skate. (don't mean that in a bad way)

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

@@Inexpressable that's probably how it should be, the world thru a skating lens vs just the skating world which limits your scope.

[@hozhoreno]

we love ian ❤

[@maec7391]

i like how that lady likes to be there because it's quiet and then is unpleasantly loud to her neighbors lol

[@GettingHyphy]

Lol

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

mechanic driving a box, politician with skeletons, therapist that's crazier than most of their clients. as are we all

[@ArtyCalistro]

For some people, most people, it takes a lot to be happy and content. The truly blessed can find that happiness anywhere and with very little! This is a perfect example of "life is what you make it!"

[@cosmicbackwoods]

wish this one had been longer. I could easily watch an hour long doc on this kind of thing. y'all are good at telling stories

[@mikayla_collie]

"we ate some mushrooms and dug all day" hahah XD oh jeez, sounds like fun! :3

[@turtleboypurp]

not a bad plan tbh. mushies will have you do repetitive tacks with ease. I've chopped wood for hrs straight on mushies before lol

[@mikayla_collie]

@turtleboypurp haha! So true! We will be tripping, and I dissappear, only for my friends to find me in the garage on the belt grinder. LOL!

[@finnlight7784]

Dope sound track, love the stone in focus.

[@vico805]

fantastic track by AFX

[@user1756]

Straight out of Fallout. Lovely art and that Aphex drop added so much to the video

[@Labergemusic]

That lady has entirely completed life. She has it figured out for herself and I love that.

[@JayRock907]

🎵YOU KNOW I'M A DREAMERRRRR.... WITH MY HEART OF GOLDDDDD! 🎶

[@raichu56k]

feels like an old vice doc, spectacular job as per usual jenkem

[@einhendrik9325]

Stone in Focus hit very hard, good choice

[@vico805]

saw2 repress

[@Rudkut]

So sick to see Clayton on here, dudes a diy legend! 🔥

[@santitricks3694]

Tonal shift on this was sick thank youuu

[@animegirl_strikes_again]

harmony korine could only dream of a small town like this

[@planetchopurcockoff]

what

[@JonDalysMiniFridge]

Needs more Haitians

[@spht9ng]

@@JonDalysMiniFridge I would live in the IE if there was Haitian food man have you had that Oxtail?

[@sean78745]

Is jenkem the best skateboarding channel that exists? Hell yeah keep doin what you're doin

[@anothersong1448]

i like the song choices with stone in focus and end of the world fits the bombay beach vibe for sure

[@52cardlaboratory]

kept expecting Trevor from GTA V to come driving through cursing at them and crashing through a fence. 😂

[@peterjarnes25]

This was dope! Definitely expand from that wave to quarter pipe!!!!!

[@jacksonkeeler]

Clayton is the man!! best DIY in the biz

[@Salba_sauce]

Mad max vibes this place is a trip and Clayton rules !

[@Clayton_Graul]

Thanks man!

[@elliottwoods5636]

i don't know why but im pretty captivated by the painted TVs. they're fucking genius

[@lvparm]

A brilliant choice in canvas

[@filmbuff4]

reminds me of Slab City

[@incsk8]

Was going to post the same, TV's looked amazing

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

@@filmbuff4 Yes. slab city is unincorporated california territory very near Bombay Beach. Bombay Beach is registered with the state, the people in Bombay probably own their property and pay for water and electricity. It's also a one of the few places you can observe active volcanism in the US; there are boiling mud pots, as well as active sea mounts under the surface of the lake.

[@1900metallica]

Like Sandy Shores in GTA V!

[@Z377A]

Good eye! Sandy shores is based off of Bombay beach and other areas around the salton sea.

[@James-ql9wy]

I was just gonna put wander if Trevor’s home 😆

[@Harold-os6bc]

That whole map is based off La and surrounding areas

[@ronch182]

Yeah GTA is so popular that they created an entire beach based on the game 😏

[@hereandthere4751]

Reminds me San Andreas too

[@f33fifofum]

You gotta go back and help them build some proper ramps. Such a good video

[@jabo8350]

Hell yeah with the aphex twin song with the old vids

[@Dechral]

@4:15 ah, some surprise aphex always makes the day better

[@vico805]

7\

[@GettingHyphy]

Much respect, Jenkem! I flip-flop back and forth if this sort of content is hard for Jenkem to find. On one hand, this is so isolated and hardly skate adjacent, and on the other hand, there's such a widespread community of Jenkem followers that i feel like people hit them up with these lil golden nuggets. Either way, this shit is sick, unique, and masterfully executed/produced. As long as you guys are creating content like this, i'll be happily following along, cheers!

[@mattod12]

You guys do an awesome job. Highlighting these kind of places and stories is art.

[@john1120]

Thanks for the visit to my area! Slab city is a true trip like Pioneer town, Joshua tree. Just to name a few out here in SoCal. I love the peace in my area it's better than LA. We are starting to see an influx of city ppl before NOVEMBER. The water in bombay became polluted by the illegal dumping by the Martinez Torres tribe. They took bribes from corporate companies for dumping. Also, Bombay was a test site for bombing. Just some fun facts ✌️❤

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

john from slab city has his foot in his mouth. I suppose the cahuilla people start the fires and poison the lake, too? do they also eat babies? cause earthquakes? use your brain.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

0:27 Home Sweet Home-Motley Crue.

[@chrisdee7511]

One of my favorite places to road trip to when I lived in Oakland. I miss being able to be in the desert in 7 or 8 hours. Ski Inn has good food and cheap drinks too!

[@MarioXcore1]

The transpotting crew back at it again

[@painted_spiders]

So much respect for Clayton! Thanks for all you give back to skating big dawg. I just skated Pside the other day.

[@Clayton_Graul]

Thank you!

[@georgekatsios_]

love random little places like this, full of art too

[@2iinfinite]

I was born and raised my whole life in socal. In my 20s I moved to a rural area in the PNW. First night sleeping I heard silence for the first time ever. I wasn’t even aware that I had never heard it. You get used to the humming, created by the cars passing on the streets and freeway, the airplanes and helicopters flying above, the sirens and sounds created by your neighbors.

[@torokumedia1088]

"we just ate some mushrooms and dug all day". Classic

[@vico805]

sounds like a great day haha

[@lwbb]

The aphex twin backing track is perfect

[@vico805]

classic stone in focus

[@NinoBone]

Yet another cool piece from Jenkem

[@joshmehrtens]

Epic vid Jenkem. Great soundtrack choices, love the Fallout reference

[@ItzTheThrill]

Thanks for the fun content!

[@lewiq]

Gorillaz and Aphex Twin? I need to have a word with whoever chose the songs on this. You killed it!

[@CollinGill7]

kind of a beautiful community honestly

[@zazzyzulu]

There used to be a pool at the Salton Sea Yacht Club that people would skate - I think it's gone now though?

[@Anthony_Allison]

Yeah it's been gone for probably 10-15 years. Shame because it looked like a good one.

[@fishxchip]

Slab City skatepark still going strong though!

[@rajs4719]

Great stuff as always!

[@dMushh]

jenkem goated

[@moonface4698]

as a french canadian I never though about being a snowbird... but seeing this place, it might be a cool idea for sure

[@zachfajardo1629]

a great watch

[@wyoaqjuuvn6420]

Hotline TNT shirt goes hard

[@jonathansmith4354]

You gotta go to the Slab City skatepark

[@untrustworthyshelfing9953]

Killing it out there.

[@try2hardcentraL]

I Love Jenkem

[@diegodept]

i like a lot the editing, great work!

[@A_scope]

stone in focus, is a form of thinking better

[@vico805]

beautiful track to reflect on

[@marrickvillian]

Really cool vid. Great song selection

[@JawnCoaltrain]

Didn’t McCrank explore this place on “Abandoned”’ back in the day?

[@darkslide180]

yea i think so but it mightve slab city also, nobody remembers that show

[@KennDoid11]

Definitely, abandoned with rick mccrank has a longform episode about this place

[@skiballerr]

my one complaint about jenkem videos is that they aren’t longerrr

[@SeaofSightstoSee]

yall the new vice

[@maxAUGron]

I fucking Love that place. Go farther south and check out the mudpots on Davis/Schrimpf Rd.

[@SS24C97]

Im 20 mins away fkn cool

[@opieangst]

I'm about 6-8 hours North of LA. I might have to bite the bullet for this one.

[@la9202]

That lady is too cool. Singing to the Shirley Bassey sample eminem used in "Scary Movies"

[@CROWOLF87]

The Sound of Silence Ringing Quite Your Body Remembers

[@JakeBorchenko]

Sick little piece

[@dannyprovolone]

+1 for the Hotline TNT shirt

[@Slovy_]

John waters did a good doc on the salton sea

[@PlaySA]

Looks exactly like the inland town in GTA 5. It might actually BE that town haha

[@kristine2271]

Will!!!

[@andrewgorham5197]

you all continue to solidify your spot at the top of skateboarding and skateboarding adjacent media. i'd love if you go to other places like this off the beaten path. feels pretty in line with the sadly shortlived earthers series

[@HANUMAN7454]

I could totally live there.

[@marty.warner]

yooo ian another banger my G

[@teriyakiriceboy1243]

very nice, very nice

[@fortytwocarats]

stone in focus

[@vico805]

classic track

[@jamflowman8283]

Stone In Focus!

[@vico805]

yes saw2 repress

[@jamflowman8283]

@@vico805 did you order one? I keep seeing photos of damaged covers, curious if yours was messed up too. I sadly missed out

[@vico805]

@@jamflowman8283 yes got one from my record store it was in great condition beautiful record!

[@osuna7607]

Slab City Skatepark is a trip do that place next.

[@bradwrigley]

Don't know if it's still there. But in Palmdale off H and 90th st. There used to be an abandoned house with a pool.

[@andydreadsbmx]

Fuck yeah Clayton!

[@Purpmaster]

That lady singing about methadone and heroin 😂

[@henrybernstein836]

great vid

[@sirKonradical]

We really will try to skate anything and everything

[@kaleidoscopex7213]

“The skate obstacle wasn’t very skateable “ Dylan Clark was doing solid lines tf u mean lol id love to hit a front pivot / disaster / smith stall on that thing, someone send me the addy lol

[@Clayton_Graul]

Bombay Beach, can't miss it, it's on the beach!

[@homelesstonyhawk8329]

You guys were super close to slab city. They got a park my friend Carlos built up there

[@osuna7607]

That park has been there for decades with cement work added through time, Carlos just added to it within the last few.

[@crawfaux]

CLAYTON GRAUL! URBAN SKATE PROJECT

[@Clayton_Graul]

That's the one!

[@justliss69]

should check out calipatria skatepark its like 30 min away

[@pooderquaste1]

why is aphex twins stone in focus not in the description? great video tho

[@mikayla_collie]

reminds me of a tamer slab city. i absoluteloved my time there, but it was too sketchy and loud at times for my liking, especially near the end of me being there. this seems way more relaxed, but still the same type of vibe. and having a police force there as well helps, im sure. as much as i don't like police, sometimes they can be necessary, lol.

[@spht9ng]

Of course policing has been a necessary thing since the beginning of organized civilization. Even small tribes have their forms of police. That doesn't mean they have to be like the Punisher though.

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

slab city chewed you up and spit you out. now you pray for it's destruction

[@Th3AmazingKid]

the gorillaz went so accordingly. kudos

[@lookbacklibrary]

I guess Ssippi wasn’t there that weekend.

[@codywilber3424]

Will!

[@vico805]

4:20 stone in focus aphex twin selected ambient works vol.2

[@DodoKing187]

can't believe you didn't meet Trevor from GTA V

[@MistaMahoney]

julie london's version of the end of the world is so much better, bro

[@mikehemens9359]

Cool place to live and ride a dirt bike.

[@griptapeisnotgriptape]

did anyone get the cool shoeshine?

[@vityagreen120]

Paradise

[@zanzibarshootingstar]

Anyone know what the second song is, the one that starts at 4:16?

[@georgekatsios_]

Aphex Twin #19 (aka stone in focus)

[@NinoBone]

Good looks

[@zanzibarshootingstar]

@@georgekatsios_ Thanks!

[@TheMarijuanarulez]

Shoulda checked out slab city

[@Mysiamesecatblue]

Looks like mat Hoffmann was there

[@TEEDUBS]

Random quarter pipe in Sandy Shores

[@Joe-sf7pj]

And only skateboarders built monuments

[@TheHDDon]

is this the town where trevor from gta5 lives?