Jereme Rogers has one of the most interesting stories in professional skateboarding. He was one of the best skateboarders of his generation and chose to retire when he was just 24 years old. #skateboarding #thrasher
When you're that young and see immediate success at something, it's got to go to your head. He probably thought everything he touched would turn to gold
I guess what’s unclear to me is how remaining a professional skater was standing in the way of pursuing music? Like why were they mutually exclusive? Because quitting skating or not, he’d always be associated with it - he’d always be “that skater who makes music.” I don’t see either skating or making music as something that couldn’t be done while doing the other.
He probably thought he would get fans for music, then he would dis other skaters and rap about it, but it didn't work out like that. He never quit. He wanted us to think he did though.
I could be way oversimplifying this but it seems like he found easy success in skateboarding and figured that success would be just as easy with anything else he tried
I was thinking the same thing. Also, this could be an instance where he was such a natural, that he didn't understand the value his skateboarding skills since he never had to work hard at them. I don't know much about him, so I could be totally wrong.
He’s actually a good person I met him at a bar in Boston very genuine and I legit didn’t even know he was this big until watching this lol he told me he used to skate though
I met jereme Rogers at my old job a couple years ago and he was the coolest. He politely asked me for a photo before i asked. I met dave grohl at the same job and he turned me down asking for a photo while acting like he was cool. Jereme Rogers is for his people and i salute all his actions, its his life. He wears alot of nirvana and one of kurts quotes is " id rather be hated for who i am than loved for who i am not." Jereme is epitome of that and is living his life how he wants. I stand by him despite all the controversy. Hes good in my book.
@@cobzy69 Only people who are "dinner than dirt" are people like yourself today judge others. Nobody who's actually doing something worthwhile in life talks shit about it people- FACT.
Fun fact- I met Jeremy at Subliminal Skatepark in 2010 in Shrewsbury MA. He was just sitting on a bench eating a slice of pizza. When I went up to him he was just starting to skate again and he stopped to sign some stickers I had. Still have his autograph to this day. It was cool meeting him seeing him skate with the other kids at the park just chillin.
I don't think you're part of the skateboard community. We all remember this happening and thinking what an idiot to give up a dream job just to throw your money at something that you know no one likes it's one thing to have a little side project but this was another level. Getting paid to ride a freaking skateboard is a dream. It's just as hard to become a professional skateboarder as it is to be in the NBA the MLB or the NFL the statistics are the same
That rap shit...Bad, Bad and Foul. Rappers are the worst pieces of 💩 yes Im black millionaire since the 70's before rap and rappers and a pro vert skater from the Dog Town era till the end of the 80's anyway cheers from Newport Beach, CA.
Sage elsesser is succeeding at this same exact life course. It wasn't just his decision to be a rapper, it was drugs lol, and not just weed. Addiction to harder substances will kill any career no matter what it is.
He came to my town for a pro skater indoor lock-in they were having at an indoor skatepark near me. He was the nicest pro I ever met in skateboarding. He’s really a great guy
I'm glad he's doing what he enjoys. People go their entire lives in a career they loathe. I'm also thankful i got to skate with Jeremy a few times in my youth, he was a machine.
@Alex T I'm not too sure of that statistic. I'm sure a lot of people are content with the work they've and are thankful for it. I'm just saying career wise, not many people get to choose due to their financial situations.
i think a lot pros get to a point where they hate skating as they get told to push themselves to the limit and it takes a toll on the body and the fun they have.
Met jereme. coolest guy ever, dude isn't broke. just retired from pro skateboarding and the niche-based community hates him for it. mad respect for him for what he's done and how he chooses to live.
he was part of king of the road in 2019 as a secret guest. he was super humble and did crazy embarrassing challenges also. maybe he wanted to proof he's still a homie.
It's so bizarre to me how people reacted. I mean the kid didn't want to skate anymore, what's the problem? All I could do is wish him the best and hope that he finds happiness in what he does.
@@KumoGoesFast Already took them, no worries. But yea, the TikTok type music kids listen to today is awful and I’m not going to pretend it’s not a bunch of talentless “producers” circle jerking each other
You missed addressing his return to skateboarding on Thrashers King of the Road. I feel like that is pretty important to his story. When he was announced as a special team guest, the rest of the skaters on the team seemed bummed it was him, but he proved himself to be a great skater still and did some of the ridiculous challenges.
Hell yeah, this is a refreshing take compared to many negative videos these days. Do what makes you happy, as long as it’s not hurting, anyone this might be the key to life.!
I feel like this video was too short, it doesn't leave me satisfied. There is definitely more to his story. I give him props for following his dreams despite what others say or think of him.
There really isn't much else to it, I've been following his career since he first hit the scene like 15-20 years ago and this doco hits the nail on the head No point turning what can be an 11 minute video into one of those long drawn out 30 minute plus videos that talks about irrelevant stuff
@@christopherwalkinalloverya5824 I bet you he couldn't do a kickflip the first time he stepped on a board either, who cares let the dude do what makes him happy
I’ll never forget watching Jeremy Rogers in PJ Ladd wonderful horrible life. In the blink of an eye, I watched him become a rapper, tattoos and we were all mind blown!!
That’s kinda how meeting Brian wenning was for me, saw him in photosynthesis shortly after that came out Alien workshop/habitat did a demo at my local skatepark. Wenning was there talking to everyone dude was just a normal down to earth dude him and poppalardo as well then outta nowhere he’s all thugged out with hand tattoos getting locked up. Makes you wonder what happened to him
@@dieselwrench1442 So many of them. It was one of those, “what happened to my childhood hero?” Moments. It’s only when you get older and experience life. It’s the partying in the 90’s-2008 that I see the most damage. And that’s on some small town nobodies. I could t imagine being 18, top the game skater, shoes, boards, videos and traveling for free. Weed, booze and shrooms on the daily. No advisory.
Yeah but he was also the most boring skater to watch. Literally every trick he ever did was a kick flip or heel flip like literally every time I saw one of his parts that’s all I would notice. He never did hard flips treys varial flips or anything other then kick flip and heelflip. It made his part so boring to watch
@@xaphan8581 What part did you watch? Because in Skate More! He had the following tricks: Switch flip back tail Switch tre down set Nollie big-spin to back board 50-50 sex change His skating was anything but boring.
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He definitely started messing around with some bad shit, started breaking out or picking skin and dropped weight. I think he lost himself to that shit. Hopefully he comes back to his roots and gets better.
When a person is that young and so good at anything you don't really see it as a long term career, kind of "just living the moment". I feel if he had smart mentor's around him his skateboarding talent would have progressed into a business platform and such. Definitely the dude was killing it even back then doing tricks that today that are still relevant.
@@BA-vv4jy you cant tell context from a text comment homeboy could have been being serious....trust me i thought that too....then...then i actually watched the whole video lol either way your not good at being passive aggressive lol
I ran into, Jeremy Rogers at McDonald’s. He was super friendly, and gave us DVDs of his new skate video and a bunch of stickers. He’s a very standup guy.
He's a man at the end of the day and his skater homies should've been more supportive if that's what he really wants deep inside . Theirs times when a new challenge comes along the way and you wanna be multi dimensional rather then just be stuck to own thing . Respect for not being scared
That kid was insanely good. I remember watching him back in the day thinking this kid is gonna take skateboarding to a whole new level and he did then quit.
Good for him. He did what he felt like doing. You only live once and if you wanna make music you gotta go for it and don't worry about what people say. plus, being a good athlete is constantly physically painful.
It feels so good to keep money and skating far away from each other. Money is reality, skating is a dreamland where time, problems and pain no longer exist.
As skaters we get exposed to a lot of different energies as far as other kids from other walks of life. For me, there were certain dudes in my circle who it felt like they were my big brother but no matter how hard you try you are not going to be them cause you ain’t them. They’re from a different background than you. IMO Jereme was reaching for Biebel so hard cause of his proximity to him but he just can’t be the same.
to be a young kid, on the road and on his own as far as parental supervision and all of your “adult” influences are basically the same a bunch of superstar orphans and you’re by far the youngest.... it’s funny you think my comment is so far off but to me it seems obvious. Watching the old girl Europe tour video you can see Brandon all the other dudes doing what they do and Jereme just kind of soaking it up like a sponge. Not that there’s anything wrong with any of it or even what he’s going through now it’s all part of his path in life and we all get through it but yeah it’s similar to what happens to child stars no one ever realizes how all that stimulation and experience is going to affect a kid
You see men need other men to emulate. We model ourselves after other men. To me what Jereme is doing looks completely normal based on what his main influences were during the time of his life when he was building himself into what man he was going to be.
Look, Brandon Biebel is genuinely one of the most charming individuals ever to touch a skateboard. But if I was an upper middle class suburban skate/soccer dad and my pre teen son ended up traveling the world with him in a tight knit group, spending countless hours in hotel rooms, eating every meal together etc for years I wouldn’t scratch my head and go, “gee I wonder why my son is acting like that?” It’s good, really, people should be exposed to other types. There’s nothing wrong with it. My point is, don’t act surprised when a young person looks super awkward and has an identity that doesn’t look like what you expected it to.
He went PRO in 1 year from when he started do you know how insane that is, it is a 1 off and probably will never happen again. This man threw away a god given talent.
@@MattHanr i assume you felt the need to comment this because you don't want to feel like you're the exception rather than the rule of you're the one that wouldn't have any impulse control if you had money. Either way that sucks man sorry
No we don’t. Quitting a job because it feels like a job is a really bad decision that just sounds lazy and immature. He just never had to work a real job and was on drugs and lazy. Don’t be like him.
I remember meeting him at the berrics around 2006. He was actually super nice. My friends and I were only teenagers but he took his time to skate with us and play a game of skate with each of us,granted he knew he could take us out quick lol. Even gave us a bunch of stuff. He had a tricked out Escalade or Lincoln and I remember thinking it was the koolest thing lol
I remember as a teenager in 2005, a sudden wave of interest from many classmates who were into skateboarding, buying expensive skateboards, clothing etc, talking about a site where you could order brand skateboards with certain decks. I remember thinking: "Went from stickers, to beyblades, to in the long run, skateboards in phases". Didnt know of him though but seeing this video, really made a good impression.
"When he quit." Dude was getting dropped from his sponsors, was getting arrested for losing his mind on P-Rods roof, and so on. Jereme didn't quit skateboarding on his own. Instead it was more of a "you can't fire me, because I quit" situation.
I think that was cool of him to have the courage to just go for something else. Either way, he went for what made him happy, he doesn't have to prove anything to anybody. His bravery is respectable.
Like they say, if it comes too easy, you end up taking it for granted. He came pro in a year, he probably had lack of perspective as someone who it took 15 years to be where he was at
Never underestimate the underdog protege's, we didn't choose skateboarding, its people skateboarding that chose us! The moment we ever try anything outside of what people expect of us, people lose their marbles. Imagine if protege's shamed the average person everytime they saw them pursuing anything outside of flipping burgers or pushing a broom, imagine that! The point is, Jerome and I as well as many others just wanted to grow as a person outside of the shackles we may have put on ourselves and since we built our own identity we feel we should have more than enough respect from others when it comes to career shifting or outright retiring our career in general. I know how he feels on many levels and I hope one day to work with him and many like him to resurrect a new phase of brand ownership where pros/pro-am's won't ever feel like they're working for someone else, just self branding and partnerships so we're all our own boss thereby putting the power back in our hands, not the industry's!
💪 makes total sense. 🙏 You guys were (are) both good skaters! Nothing lasts forever and not everyone wants to do the same things forever. Some people are into many others things than what people "know them" to be into or as. I dont like putting people into boxes even though people do definitely have GOD given gifts and talents, everybody has them.
Nah he's OBJECTIVELY DOG SHIT.... GTFO lmfao, that's the BIGGER part of it... That's where most the heat comes from and came from IN addition, yes this is true, to the number of ppl who simply will disown a skater for stepping out. Imagine if you were flipping burgers (weird FALSE comparison btw) and making MILLIONS and the best and it was a HARD thing to do and obtain and then you tossed it completely turning your back on it, not just stopping but turning your back... *which he made several come backs or been on the board but went super hard on that not going to be the case I think the more and more he wanted to succeed and ppl would hit him with the "jUSt sKate, SkaTe mOre, ComE baCK." Imagine if you were making millions and then decided to take up a job SWEEPING and mopping which is more tantamount to what he actually did since he didn't have a established line AND that indy market as we know it over the past years or so wasn't even what it would become at the time he set off on this mission. Also come one now, the RAP LARP aesthetic shit is SUPER poser and why he was also mocked... That shit is FAR from what the hell he is so it's screams as inauthentic and bash worthy, that's another component. All the same it's his life, his mission, his goals and best of luck too him but he's super off the deep end sadly. Mofos full on conspiracy brain rot drugged out. Also you do know skaters are doing the "build a following" and launch their own shit right? in fact he TRIED with his brand Selfish... come on, that shits the move and there is ALREADY that ability lol... The times are now, be it for rap or skating now... This is unironically already a thing, especially via using RU-vid. You guys got it, but this is again a legit thing... there's so many Kids with IG followings and shit that get free shit and don't even have to sign on to a sponsor. *Also many and MOST want to already, that's kind of the dream and skate dream and they do not mind and do not want their own shit often times until older or they've been in the industry and seen the ups and downs... Maybe you can meet them there, but usually it's a older person thing or adult thing where your realize "shit this company has been good to me (results will vary) but damn I'm enriching someone else building someone else's empire...also I can't keep skating realistically as im aging" then they value the bars youre dropping about self ownership and all that. hell it's gotten so much better, there's so many dudes doing modeling now more and more and not getting so much shit for it. And that shit do be cringe often. Especially when it's trying to USE skating but is completely unrelated... but I think more and more ppl are coming around to the fact these guys can't do this forever and need back ups because MOST are not in the top income bracket for skating no matter how legendary or good they are. Ppl start to branch out and it's cringe some of the shit Mikey Taylor Would get, but nowhere near the scale shit use to be and it's just comments here and there. Matt Miller is a SF Real Estate agent or some shit. Hell there was a serious I started to see on skating for ppl "life after skating." I feel like ya aint reading all this and that would make you SANE, but in the event you are, do not take anything I said about his path and choices or analogies you made to be attacks on you or your goals or journey, I know that shit can super feel dealing no matter how secure you are in yourself and again that is not my intentions. It's easy to see the critiques and hyper focus on them when they were actually far and few between. It's mostly saying youre already mostly there in terms of the lack of pushback for hopping out of skating.... I would just recommend don't SAY, even if you do it, cringe shit that comes off as turning your back on skating. Unless youre legit done with it. I feel like that gets ppl to, it comes off as not liking it no more and being against it the way some ppl seem to renounce it or drop it all together. However, if that's how you feel for sure talk that shit and let it be known. Those who are gonna ride will ride, those who won't, won't.
This is a story about mental health.. he didn't throw anything away it was taken away from him during a battle he had with himself. He pushed boundaries and inspired a lot of people. Like him or not just try to understand first and always appreciate what he gave to skateboarding.
I get how it feels meh when he felt like he accomplished everything especially at such a young age, skating felt like a job, it lost its fire in him. I'm sure he regrets it everyday now
He still skates. He's living his best life. I love skateboarding. Jeremy did too he just wanted to do what he thought was best and fun for him. He made hella bread but money doesn't buy happiness.
Hope he really is happy. Remember seeing him come up so was crazy nostalgic seeing this vid. He didn't owe anyone his happiness going on in a career he didn't wanna do.
I grew up not far from him. I would frequent Coliseum skate shop in Melrose who was his first sponsor. I'd see him at Copley Square quite a bit along with PJ Ladd, Ryan Gallant and some other legends of the industry. When you saw him skate, your jaw would drop. You would see him do a kickflip or a nosegrind and tell he possesses a skill that very few have. Watch him get cooking and it was hard not to just stop amd watch
