2013: The Year Modern Skateboarding Broke

2013 might seem like a random arbitrary year to most people, but to us, it’s the year the current era of skateboarding was born. It kicked off with a number of notable pros leaving their long-term sponsors, and many of them went on to start some of the most dominant brands of today. Our friend and contributor Andrew Murrell picked out and wrote up the most notable events of 2013 in a neat timeline (featured in Jenkem Vol 3), and Alex Coles brought it to life in his usual video essay format. Original story by: Andrew Murrell () Video and narration by: Alex Coles () Illustrations by: Andrew Diemer () Buy Jenkem Vol. 3: More info: