JENKEM - The Evolution of... The West Los Angeles Courthouse

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While there are many more spots worth chronicling at home in New York, we decided to expand our horizons and take a trip west to California to start chipping away at some of the heavyweights over there. The iconic courthouse has been documented in videos as far back as Risk It in ’90 and continues populating our feeds today with NBDs on the stage.
The West LA Courthouse, sometimes known as the Santa Monica Courthouse, has been proving ground for generations of LA-based skaters and up there with the Brooklyn Banks or EMB as a destination spot for visitors.
Up until 2014 it was still illegal to skate until Alec Beck, Aaron Snyder and Nike worked with the local government to convert the space into a permanent skate area and funded renovations like revamping the ledges.
To try to capture as much of the history as possible, we talked with old school filmers (Socrates Leal, Tim Dowling) and a grip of skaters (P-Rod, Stevie Williams, Chris Roberts, Kelly Hart) who all contributed their own memorable tricks to the spot.
Filmed by: Bobby Bils
Edited by: Alexis Castro
Produced by: Ian Michna
Special Thanks: Alec Beck, Socrates Leal & Steve Roth

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  • @simonyadig
    @simonyadig4 жыл бұрын

    Damn, had no idea Chris Roberts did a switch flip manny on the stage!

  • @metr0_retr074

    @metr0_retr074

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha me to 😅

  • @reecejamesvickers

    @reecejamesvickers

    4 жыл бұрын

    News to me too!

  • @TehhPass

    @TehhPass

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was fire

  • @vperkv6554

    @vperkv6554

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @danielbenson6407

    @danielbenson6407

    4 жыл бұрын

    Biggest secret in skateboarding!

  • @jovanysj
    @jovanysj4 жыл бұрын

    For a minute there I thought they weren't gonna have Chris Roberts on this 😂

  • @Quesly1
    @Quesly14 жыл бұрын

    I love that stevie saw ray barbee and was fanning out so he got a bunch of clips

  • @edityourlife

    @edityourlife

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thought the same thing. So legit.

  • @frosty287nab
    @frosty287nab4 жыл бұрын

    Love how u got Chris's interview at the same time u were there for ur nine club interview! Time management at its best!

  • @patrickhanlon932
    @patrickhanlon9324 жыл бұрын

    Man up, Jenkem, make an extended edition of these videos and make them, like, 40 minutes long.

  • @samcatsam

    @samcatsam

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally totally

  • @mycahwilliams9795

    @mycahwilliams9795

    4 жыл бұрын

    definetly back that

  • @michaelgarganese340
    @michaelgarganese3404 жыл бұрын

    I ollied up the stage for the first time today. The height of that thing is no joke! Can't imagine flipping onto it, let alone doing it switch. HUGE respect to anyone and everyone who has ever got a trick on the stage. This place is truly heaven on earth. Thank you to all the legends who have helped make this spot what it is today.

  • @matthewjames206
    @matthewjames2064 жыл бұрын

    Yes! I love this series. Glad they included C-Rob's switch-flip/switch-manny in this segment. Please keep these coming.

  • @thagomizers6329
    @thagomizers63294 жыл бұрын

    Can't talk about the courthouse without having to mention Chris Roberts switch flip manny lol

  • @1984session

    @1984session

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can, Crob can't!

  • @davidvanvliet193
    @davidvanvliet1934 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jenkem. Do also an Evolution of : Beryl banks. Lockwood. NYC Brooklyn banks. Pier7. Embarcadero. Hubba hideout. South Bank London. Love park. Wallenberg. Etc etc.

  • @davidvanvliet193

    @davidvanvliet193

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also do an evolution of BARCALONA. Macba, big 4, so many spots. BCN is a skatepark.

  • @Rufusdos

    @Rufusdos

    4 жыл бұрын

    South Bank would be epic.

  • @thatboyzerk1680

    @thatboyzerk1680

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think they already did one for Brooklyn Banks

  • @ETHAN7695

    @ETHAN7695

    4 жыл бұрын

    would be good to do one for Martin Place in Sydney as well

  • @Pantouflable

    @Pantouflable

    4 жыл бұрын

    love park for sure, I want to hear cole, asta, ishod and suciu talk about this place

  • @ihavesoul4real
    @ihavesoul4real4 жыл бұрын

    Whoever did that switch flip manny should have a podcast.

  • @1984session

    @1984session

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, he should. Bet he would never bring it up either. Not even as a joke

  • @15350077
    @153500774 жыл бұрын

    i love documentrys like this soo much, just wish they were longer like the love park on summer one.

  • @johnnyluna7824

    @johnnyluna7824

    4 жыл бұрын

    yessss

  • @EastsideDonkey
    @EastsideDonkey4 жыл бұрын

    Evolution of Clipper would be a sick one too

  • @fendilohan1044

    @fendilohan1044

    4 жыл бұрын

    Abd

  • @AlexG1020

    @AlexG1020

    4 жыл бұрын

    Slash was the peak

  • @BrandonHoyt

    @BrandonHoyt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fucking cab front nose, a truly unreal trick to be thrown down something so big 😆

  • @twuandixon8675

    @twuandixon8675

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BrandonHoyt cab fakie nosegrind homie! May of been accidental but......IT HAPPENED lol.

  • @mikexxxmilly
    @mikexxxmilly4 жыл бұрын

    It’s crazy how far style has come in skating. Not just tricks but how clean everyone is now

  • @TEFLONDONTRUMP2024

    @TEFLONDONTRUMP2024

    4 жыл бұрын

    Some of the kids make it look effortless

  • @ultravioletlight4426

    @ultravioletlight4426

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's almost too much fake steez these days though

  • @mikexxxmilly

    @mikexxxmilly

    4 жыл бұрын

    ultravioletlight how do you fake style? It’s a physical action lol

  • @twuandixon8675

    @twuandixon8675

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mikexxxmilly theres alot of fake steez, its almost became acceptable cause of Instagram ffs lol

  • @javypadilla4015
    @javypadilla40154 жыл бұрын

    Love this series keep em coming!

  • @demstudios5799
    @demstudios57994 жыл бұрын

    Being a skater from upstate New York we have some dope ass street spots but no famous spots other than the quarter pipe that Jamal smith did the tornado spin on. Can’t wait to skate here one day🙏💪

  • @bwcastillo

    @bwcastillo

    4 жыл бұрын

    dem studios we have eve, that’s a little famous

  • @heyitsmoriah7362

    @heyitsmoriah7362

    4 жыл бұрын

    dem studios Brooklyn banks was THE iconic new york spot. Rip to that.

  • @chromebomb

    @chromebomb

    4 жыл бұрын

    albany is cool!

  • @RomieTheKid
    @RomieTheKid4 жыл бұрын

    I was so hyped to Finally go there for the first time a couple years ago!! The energy is great, definitely feels like a place of history when you skate there

  • @AlexNiedt

    @AlexNiedt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here. First actual spot I hit up when I moved out here. It was surreal, and that stage is CRAZY high for the tricks these dudes are doing. People were falling trying to ollie up it 😂

  • @DARRENTINOnz
    @DARRENTINOnz4 жыл бұрын

    Sick episode, keep 'em coming boyz! 🤜

  • @jphjphjph
    @jphjphjph4 жыл бұрын

    2:15 that sw flip back tail was crazy, had to rewatch it to see it was actually one footed, his front foot wasn't on the board

  • @sauske2killer21

    @sauske2killer21

    4 жыл бұрын

    seriously fucked like how lol

  • @olbuddydownthere
    @olbuddydownthere4 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Needed this gold.

  • @traddad9172
    @traddad91724 жыл бұрын

    Worst come to worst you can just come here" Must be too many try hard locals- the pros don't want to come around no more🤣

  • @alexismendoza1545

    @alexismendoza1545

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's with like every skatepark in LA bruh I swear 😂

  • @AlexNiedt

    @AlexNiedt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Always seems like a relaxed vibe, to me, but maybe I just miss the try-hards, haha

  • @OpenRangeStudios
    @OpenRangeStudios4 жыл бұрын

    These stories are dope! Keep em coming

  • @joshthegringo
    @joshthegringo4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if Crob has ever done any cool tricks there

  • @hexenring6276
    @hexenring62764 жыл бұрын

    5:00 The absolute pinnacle of evolution right there, it's been all downhill from then on.

  • @watchmesk8betta
    @watchmesk8betta4 жыл бұрын

    Love that park! So glad I finally got to skate there after seeing it on videos all of my life. It was like a dream come true! 🤘🏼👴🏼

  • @JefeDeJefes8484
    @JefeDeJefes84844 жыл бұрын

    When I first went there in 98 it was getting dark and when we started skating and the homeless heard it. They came out shouting gtfoh! Which also it seemed like there were homeless people everywhere surrounding us at 16 so we stuck to skating there in the daytime after that. It's still fun with the ledges now with metal edges but I miss the old concrete ledges they were butter for being skated so hard through the years. Legendary spot.

  • @artopunk1423
    @artopunk14234 жыл бұрын

    piece of art

  • @gooutsideasfollows9105
    @gooutsideasfollows91054 жыл бұрын

    Keep it up with content🔥

  • @sneakerknockerz702
    @sneakerknockerz7024 жыл бұрын

    kelly’s fakie tre manny is just too damn good

  • @twuandixon8675

    @twuandixon8675

    4 жыл бұрын

    Literally have to flip the fakie tre a certain way for it to even get up there, insane

  • @dabproductions
    @dabproductions4 жыл бұрын

    keep with this series, they are so sick!! Thanks

  • @johneapleseed6876
    @johneapleseed68764 жыл бұрын

    Jenkem never disappoints. Was that Carroll lipping the fountain ledge. Its forbidden ked.

  • @shig5190
    @shig51904 жыл бұрын

    love that slick rick in erics line. so 90s

  • @Hanksabutt
    @Hanksabutt4 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah, i've been waiting for the courthouse to show up.

  • @JawsHLL
    @JawsHLL Жыл бұрын

    This series needs to make a comeback

  • @joejoe2658
    @joejoe26584 жыл бұрын

    these videos are dope.

  • @lukaklips7522
    @lukaklips75224 жыл бұрын

    this kind of content we want to see , so good, jenkem don't play

  • @ibnar911
    @ibnar9114 жыл бұрын

    DOPE EPISODE!

  • @andreasakselvoll171
    @andreasakselvoll1714 жыл бұрын

    This was sick - how bout' some Love Park history next :)

  • @NinjaLifestyle
    @NinjaLifestyle4 жыл бұрын

    I forgot how many awesome tricks Chris Roberts did sheesh!

  • @genesis2187
    @genesis21874 жыл бұрын

    CROB's style definitely hits different.

  • @Pantouflable

    @Pantouflable

    4 жыл бұрын

    kinda have that marc johnson landing style with the arms

  • @traddad9172

    @traddad9172

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr StyleyPants

  • @gandhimahatma3304
    @gandhimahatma33044 жыл бұрын

    Nobody gonna talk about the nollie inward heel nose manny nollie tre out? That was bonkers

  • @AlexNiedt

    @AlexNiedt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seriously, I had to rewind that

  • @twuandixon8675

    @twuandixon8675

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was definitely fucked.

  • @BK-tp3sg
    @BK-tp3sg4 жыл бұрын

    Best one yet !

  • @jeffreymorgan6632
    @jeffreymorgan66324 жыл бұрын

    It was cool to see the stages height in comparison to a skateboard....It really put it into perspective how high that thing is.

  • @twuandixon8675
    @twuandixon86754 жыл бұрын

    Goddamn that Creager line was heavy lol

  • @AlexNiedt

    @AlexNiedt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seriously way ahead of its time.

  • @SeanBolisVlogs
    @SeanBolisVlogs4 жыл бұрын

    Last time I skated the Santa Monica courthouse was 2000 something and I still haven’t skated the remodel for some reason? Anyways this was rad and brought back some amazing 90’s courthouse skate mission memories 🙌

  • @uccimane
    @uccimane4 жыл бұрын

    jenkem has the best content

  • @dunnyify
    @dunnyify2 жыл бұрын

    Please do evolution of Australia spots!! Make these much longer too please thanks! :) ❤️

  • @Botched_toes
    @Botched_toes4 жыл бұрын

    switch flip switch mannie.

  • @gnarlybrahhh89x88
    @gnarlybrahhh89x884 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite spots to skate

  • @nocturnalron69
    @nocturnalron694 жыл бұрын

    This was my second home from 86-94. I was there for the Shiloh tricks and I was there for all the Girl stuff. All dope

  • @nacfilms3259
    @nacfilms32594 жыл бұрын

    who remembers the scenes from mid90s here?

  • @suits.onfire
    @suits.onfire4 жыл бұрын

    Prod explaining going there for the first time reminds me of the mid90s scene where stevie is skating around hyped with his friends

  • @ryannalepa9664
    @ryannalepa96644 жыл бұрын

    Iwas introduced to the courthouse in Kieth Hufnagels "day in the life" for 411. His manny and flip tricks up and down the stage stand out as the best, at least to me.

  • @yoyoz333
    @yoyoz3334 жыл бұрын

    whats P-rod smoking? a nollie backside flip is a "frontside halfcab flip"?

  • @johnnyboy2653
    @johnnyboy26534 жыл бұрын

    gino switch flip one foot back tail 🤣

  • @coreyross1255
    @coreyross12554 жыл бұрын

    I love this series. So sick.

  • @satisfactoyz
    @satisfactoyz4 жыл бұрын

    Could you imagine CRob if they didn't include the manny?

  • @loganthomas8699
    @loganthomas86994 жыл бұрын

    Moreee!!!❤️

  • @eggboye352
    @eggboye3524 жыл бұрын

    I was ready to start angry typing bc i thought crob wasn't going to be in this, I clicked on this fully expecting 7:57 of switch flip manny, but this was really great too.

  • @randybobandy6020
    @randybobandy60204 жыл бұрын

    5:00

  • @jempanuncialman9361
    @jempanuncialman93614 жыл бұрын

    Good to see p-rod again 🙂

  • @funkydankspliff
    @funkydankspliff4 жыл бұрын

    Iconic spot

  • @th3rd3arplan3tradio
    @th3rd3arplan3tradio Жыл бұрын

    Hats off to the legends that did their thing on those ledges. Also thanks to the developers of the video game Session. Now you can experience the ledges in a game.

  • @abepenner4714
    @abepenner47144 жыл бұрын

    Need one of these for the big 4 in Barcelona

  • @louiealouie
    @louiealouie4 жыл бұрын

    I used to go there before they put the metal copping. The ledges were beat to shit but it was so sick. You’d always see someone at least kinda famous there. Shit was dope. From there we Would take a bus and go to University high school. Those were the days

  • @rudedude101
    @rudedude1014 жыл бұрын

    jenkem can you do the evolution of the carlsbad gap? thanks man!

  • @vanlifefishing
    @vanlifefishing4 жыл бұрын

    Could listen to paul talk all day

  • @sirdabzmcgee
    @sirdabzmcgee4 жыл бұрын

    RIP to Love Park I drive by there many times every week and what they did to it just sucks. It’s not even a spot to hang out anymore. People used to just post up play chess, talk, meet up as a intersection. Wasn’t even about skating all the time.

  • @SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG
    @SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @matthewskelton6929
    @matthewskelton69294 жыл бұрын

    5:00 of course. CROB button for all the nine clubbers.

  • @scottlopez9089
    @scottlopez90894 жыл бұрын

    More please.

  • @chvrliebrowwn
    @chvrliebrowwn4 жыл бұрын

    you need to do an evolution on UCI!!!!! i would love to see that

  • @foreversubaru6543
    @foreversubaru65434 жыл бұрын

    I live in Toronto and was lucky enough to skate here in 98-99 on a vacation. There was literally almost no one there except for a few boozehouds. Had such a great time after seeing it in all my vids and I go to skate for about 2 hrs until the cops kicked us out, how ironic.

  • @louisleguillou8940
    @louisleguillou89404 жыл бұрын

    I wish other iconic spots such as Love park, Pier 7 or EMB could have been saved like that... it’s a great initiative that the skateboarding community and companies managed to give back to places like these which contributed so much to the evolution and the progression. The metal corner makes sense to keep the spot sustainable on the long run, but it will definitely never be as good as real buttery concrete or granit ledges. I bet you can’t have everything.

  • @sebastienlaplaine
    @sebastienlaplaine4 жыл бұрын

    Josh Katz’s Wallie Nose manny was beasttttt

  • @shaneboss420
    @shaneboss4204 жыл бұрын

    Lets Just Make These Daily!!!

  • @cesarcervantes6997
    @cesarcervantes69974 жыл бұрын

    7:28 paul with the perfect snare

  • @ADubTheGrizzy
    @ADubTheGrizzy4 жыл бұрын

    when did the fountain last have water in it?

  • @JonathanGuzmanV1997
    @JonathanGuzmanV19974 жыл бұрын

    Was that a switch kickflip switch manny

  • @sasproductions701
    @sasproductions7014 жыл бұрын

    i seen one guy switch ollie late front foot flip to manny on that stage switch varial flip out. cant remember his name tho.

  • @jeffladrillono2313
    @jeffladrillono23134 жыл бұрын

    What!!! No clip of Gino's switch back tail shove on the stage in a wifebeater?

  • @matthewgorgoglione5492
    @matthewgorgoglione54924 жыл бұрын

    Dam that's when I moved to Vegas and started training all day homies here pro now 💪👨‍🚀🤳🧤🕶️😷🌎🕊️🎉

  • @dunnyify
    @dunnyify2 жыл бұрын

    What happened to this video? Thank god it’s back!

  • @AB-ye6cl
    @AB-ye6cl4 жыл бұрын

    Last time I skated I had a vision gator but what impresses me is that the technology of boards hasn't really and never will progress much more but the tricks they are doing now were inconceivable back then but correct me if I'm wrong you could do them on a board from that era.

  • @HeyForty
    @HeyForty4 жыл бұрын

    I remember getting chased out this place in the late 90’S many times

  • @MrEldon2287
    @MrEldon22874 жыл бұрын

    Kinda nice for skate xl to add this to there maps

  • @DylanFrom313
    @DylanFrom3134 жыл бұрын

    Learned my first tricks ever here..... unreal.

  • @shadow.banned
    @shadow.banned4 жыл бұрын

    Too bad you can't do one of these for Venice Beach Pit.

  • @sixohtwo12
    @sixohtwo124 жыл бұрын

    Damn that Kelly hart shit was nuts. Legend

  • @spikerzombie
    @spikerzombie4 жыл бұрын

    Shout out Nine club yo

  • @cleepatron8billion210
    @cleepatron8billion2104 жыл бұрын

    Why cant this be longer

  • @ClassicalKev
    @ClassicalKev4 жыл бұрын

    appreciate the dreams

  • @antoniopiepo5526
    @antoniopiepo55264 жыл бұрын

    Watch Crob say they should have just showed his part in the next experience...

  • @drballsballsballsballs
    @drballsballsballsballs3 жыл бұрын

    Pls Next compton ledge

  • @tasmoua
    @tasmoua4 жыл бұрын

    Reminds of chaffey high school.

  • @KidDynomite1000
    @KidDynomite10004 жыл бұрын

    When are they going to do Freedom?

  • @SeniorMojo
    @SeniorMojo4 жыл бұрын

    Crobs sw flip sw manny must be one of the most watched tricks in skate History by now😁

  • @Spending907
    @Spending9074 жыл бұрын

    Jkwon next?

  • @juanfo7307
    @juanfo73074 жыл бұрын

    So much left out, the drop off the stage roof, back five, five, back tail, and nose grind on the long drop off ledge on the north entrance, also the back smith and back tail the whole stage curve ledge

  • @Riz2336
    @Riz23367 ай бұрын

    I skated that place when it was known as a bust, I remember everyone running at the site of a cop driving by

  • @JJMza
    @JJMza4 жыл бұрын

    Tell me what's better... a great place to skate with other skaters puttin' in work or be the only skater in a special park still skating?

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