RAW TAPES: Swampfest 2024

If you search for Florida Man headlines in the world of skateboarding you’ll return with one thing. Swampfest. Yeah, we know you’ve probably seen the footage already. Quick news flash, we’re late, but hell, we didn’t even know we were going to go.
We considered letting our footage dump lay to rest, especially since this is mainly a BMX event, but when you see the amalgamation of a redneck civil war reenactment and Woodstock 99, full of muddy slams, mortar close calls, a lot of fire, and unorganized mayhem, it’s hard not to share.
Filmed by: Austin Leleu [ / austinleleu ]
Edited by: Wilson Lucas [ / wilson_lucas ]

[@Android480]

The first year or two of Swampfest seemed really cool, but now it just seems like complete chaos. Like someone’s going to die kind of chaos.

[@calltheambalamm]

yeah the fireworks were getting a bit too hectic for me but everything else just seems like a good ol time

[@chanjackie2299]

Well, you can tell. These people are not liberals.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

@@chanjackie2299 I've got some bad news for you

[@RNGenius381]

Americans behaving like they got free healthcare. i love it!

[@Shocka1111]

I would assume most of these dudes are still on their parents insurance or Medicaid, so basically free lol.

[@zza9215]

@@Shocka1111ofc you would

[@rabajdajr3001]

Methmerica

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

Everyone can get free healthcare. They can't turn you away and you don't have to pay. Simple as that.

[@LowEndMarauder]

6:00 "just be respecteful" and throw fireworks and cans and shit at random people lol. what a cesspool

[@chanjackie2299]

Well, they are not liberals, you can tell. They know how to have fun. They do this instead of harassing jews.

[@dealwithitsf]

the first jenkem video where someone was probably on jenkem

[@howiequ1]

killed my eagle on jenkem

[@shmobin179]

Canada has Dime Glory Challenge and we have Swampfest

[@jessejamesb]

as a canadian, and guy who went to swamp this year - Dime ain't got shit on swamp.

[@leo-mf22]

Blake Carpenter is the last dude I'd expect to be at swamp fest lol

[@Hom3siK]

He’s from Florida

[@leo-mf22]

@@Hom3siK yeah but it's so not his vibe. You know what I mean? Lol

[@aidanknight]

imagine your parents telling you were conceived at swampfest

[@betweenthelightsdowntown8086]

You You

[@aidanknight]

@@betweenthelightsdowntown8086 sorry i was hitting the swamp too hard

[@LowEndMarauder]

Imagine being one of those 2-3 children seen in this video haha fuckkkkk

[@LowEndMarauder]

imagine being one of the 2-3 children shown attending this event...

[@crayfishjim]

Dirty water and open wounds what could go wrong

[@TroopsofDoom666]

Nah..these people acutually not from this planet...they are coming from another galaxies and reunited on earth for yearly festival....

[@nathanbonn625]

5:32 lmaooo the dude just kicking the RC cannon

[@St_Dover]

Swamp sausage fest

[@betweenthelightsdowntown8086]

You said it

[@iliketofilmstuff]

What would you expect?

[@internethuman420]

So many girls there wtf you mens haha

[@internethuman420]

«FUCK OFF WITH THE FIREWORKS» - bubbles

[@berniehughes5234]

yeah it's a real sausage sizzle, isn't it...

[@CollinGill7]

that shit looks so fucking stressful

[@bmutante7597]

Stress is the precursor of learning :)

[@randyragdoll8859]

Chris Russell almost loses an eye and these folks just keep shooting fireworks in peoples faces. Interesting how there wasn’t much skating happening this year.

[@bitumenboyy]

Yeah man i was suprised to see that its still going on like that. RIP Chris' eye

[@whiteclawkilla]

literal hell on earth

[@joshschwartz5140]

This is the January 6th of skate/bmx

[@biosfearmag]

The only question I have is whether one of those guys is Gravette because there are a handful of dudes who look like they could be him.

[@subzeromjc]

You could probably do tattoo recognition if you wanted to do the leg work. It sure looked like him in some of the clips.

[@LowEndMarauder]

I swear I saw him near the end of the Dern bro's swamp fest vid... Yeah he was definitely there. 17:25 in the Dern bros Swampfet edit. Wearing some Bronson camo hat with an American flag weed pin on it, some clear pit vipers and a Creature army jacket thing lol. Pretty sure he's at 0:40 in this edit. Same hat looks like.

[@skrrtfranklin]

he was there , all over , long hair . wearing a white shirt in some of the clips and was trying that long rail over the water tank top i think

[@skrrtfranklin]

n im pretty sure dude with red face pain n snow hat is greyson fletcher ha

[@skrrtfranklin]

pretty sure that's him at 3:48 lolz

[@BlackJacketJones]

i saw a crazy ant hill so I took out my trusty magnifying glass and this video is what I saw.

[@gamper33]

imagine showing this video to a medieval serf

[@BCELeV8]

The dude with the guitar on the float with the other fella shooting the flamethrower was so Mad Max: Fury Road haha. Metal AF

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

PTSD just from watching hahah but you guys have your fun 🤘

[@tunafish648]

This video made me look at my cousin different

[@sunny_froyo]

The dude implying fireworks will help during "war" might not be an actual human being...

[@nitrojunkie9027]

Dude playing the Dean from Hell in the rain?!?! 😢

[@kayleigh42025]

lil buddy made history for people who ride scooters with that big ass drop in 😂😂😂 3:58

[@Wildest_Wahoo]

Absolute redbeck chaos!

[@brandonli357]

this is american culture

[@FrontsideRockAndRollMcDonalds]

Reminds me of Skatopia parties back in the early 2000s

[@berniehughes5234]

this looks terrible, so glad i'm not there getting all muddy and roughed up...watching out for drunken dingus with flame throwers...plus, no one has landed any "tricks", really...

[@bizzlebazzle4390]

God bless America!

[@trickyhickey69]

Nothing better than having fun with the boys 👊

[@JHillNC]

Apocalypse Now: Swampfest

[@TheWhiteGuyWhoIs72PrcBlack]

church for us floridians 🔥🔥

[@DOAMunroe]

A great documentary. We'll show up at some stage. Nuff respec' and greeting from Jamaica.

[@BioGimp]

Hell yeah so glad Swampfest Dave made the cut.

[@alexstark5568]

I watched the dern bros video on this and i did not realize how incessant the fireworks were. You need PPE just to spectate

[@rabajdajr3001]

Remember emerica - This is skateboarding? Call this Methamerica- This is Meth

[@scottsvintagefire]

Thanks for the coverage ❤

[@Purpmaster]

You guys get the best candid shots. This shit looks wild!

[@rb3431]

Haha this looks like fun, nobody giving a single f

[@simoncoderey404]

Blake Carpenter seems too posh to be there ngl

[@chiefkirby9982]

Best video I've seen.

[@skrrtfranklin]

Go watch Derns , only one really worth watching ! everyone else is kinda boring basic and recycled

[@rollinjc3885]

why did no one want to wax the rail lmao

[@skrrtfranklin]

looks like the type of place where the girls like yea im 19 hahaha okay bish

[@lilpetro400]

Crazy mikes still kicking…..holy shit 💀

[@ryanrowe1975]

Awesome edit

[@tron805]

of course the q shaman was there

[@s.e.1206]

looks typical american to me though

[@Mrjazzzery]

I MISS BIG BOY AND SCOTTY CRANMER VIDEOS TREY NEEDS TO GIVE BACK KELSEY TO HER FAMILY

[@fallenhobbit6554]

Yeah Big Boy sold out for real the minute he got a girl.

[@jontymellmann9233]

God Bless America

[@bmutante7597]

This is it, this is what i want to do with my life

[@richardbaker2701]

It’s like Australia with American accents

[@kansasinatx]

Talk about burning, man

[@buttterface]

burning meth

[@andy4327]

Gathering of the juggalos with bikes.

[@antocatch]

need to be here next year

[@bookedrust]

well this event went to shit

[@leeburchfield3266]

@2:43 Morgan Wallen rolling up on his honda

[@TroopsofDoom666]

Tankard and Suicidal Tendancies should be perform there 😂

[@smojo1]

ben!!

[@jjb.6152]

Pass

[@JakeMas]

firework fest

[@marvj8255]

Outlaw mud show if I ever seen one

[@dakotasillyman5495]

More like PTSD fest amiright

[@notmary9936]

sick, I nedda move to florida asap

[@parklaan7217]

Really dumb way to get permanent hearing damage.

[@BigtimeAL]

Swamp fest is gnar!!

[@backtoobasics]

I miss old canada😂😂

[@iliketofilmstuff]

There’s a guy named Tadpole lol

[@leflah_okinawa]

最高🎉

[@TikyeWilliams]

Badass

[@MarshallLundberg]

Swamp fest seems like a much cooler version of skatetopia. Imagine the two facing off tho. Florida v Ohio a match for the ages.

[@rabajdajr3001]

Dirt peeple, some even have wooden teeth.

[@ToastyAF420]

This place is a walking infection lmao

[@skateinspace]

weinerfest 2024

[@killabeebantai4082]

6:51 funniest dude

[@m1ss1ng_l1nk9]

im so good off this

[@manu3281]

Munters!

[@Oscar-bb2uc]

So hell is real........

[@WeeWooWaah]

Swampfest is just fucked up man. Sadly there is no such a fest in Europe

[@JorgeOrtízDamuadt]

Yes is live very good live time free punk is day live

[@BlackJacketJones]

Poor people party better than The Weeknd

[@maslakonboardmaslak8625]

I wonder how many of those people have medical insurance. God bless them anyway.

[@skatermanbuns]

Average Gtav lobby

[@vico805]

imagine being here on shrooms ☠️

[@ravemaster2000]

Fuck yeah!!!

[@skeemarty]

11:48 trevor wallace as kyle

[@skatescumbarfalot5997]

what in the hep b

[@2MuchC]

Swampfest is where its at

[@russellpaterson135]

jenkem bmx magazine

[@HanzGruber1982]

Q.) Why does the only black dude complain? A.) Because that's what they do. Black Dude: "I got burned from a firework" Everyone Else: 'lights fireworks'

[@skrrtfranklin]

def every girl there has a bf lol

[@devanrogers3133]

Trump voters.

[@alestormmm]

cool festival, but dogs and children definitely don't belong there👎

[@SSJSkates]

5:02 blader

[@johnboy4955]

9:20

[@mondo3802]

First few seemed cool now it’s too much hijinx now enough skating 👎

[@D4V3.0H]

This looks extremely dangerous. What a shit show

[@Lord_Marquaad]

Not another swampfest edit...

[@samc6194]

eh

[@ridefreeordie831]

Skating or GTFO @jenkemmag

[@MrAlfiew]

I hope no one was in there...

[@whatfleshmeanstoskeleton]

Kings on scooters 👑