Sean Goff has been down under this month and ranked in the Masters at the annual Bowl-A-Rama at Bondi Beach where Pedro Barros blew the place to bits and Rob ‘Sluggo’ Boyce landed a backflip! There’s also footage of another Oz event filmed at the Manly Beach Bowl comp here that’s worth viewing with some footage of Sean opening the edit. Enjoy.
Tag: skate video
J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph of Dinosaur Jr. sit down to discuss their history with skateboarding as well as the making of their video for “Over It” that came out last September. Henry Rollins and UK video director, Mike Manzoori are also involved in the discussion. Enjoy this.
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5Boro Join Or Die
The first time I watched 5-Boro’s new video Join Or Die I wanted to rush outside and skate. The second time I watched Join Or Die I wanted to skate even more. The third time worked a charm and so on and so on. This is a no-nonsense production; there are no slo-mos, HD effects or skits; just top-knotch skating with a banging soundtrack.
Steve Rodriguez, Tombo Colabraro and Mark Nardelli didn’t try to introduce the audience to some obscure indie bands or impress viewers with a pompous tailor-made score. They went to the source and picked music from crowd favourites: Bad Brains, Nas, Wu Tang Clan, Joy Division, Dire Straits and The Rolling Stones.
With a 25 minute runtime the editing is quick and concise. It took a few extra viewings to pick up on some truly gnarly stunts performed by the team. The newest pro’s Willy Akers and Joe Tookmanian serve as book ends with Willy’s balls-to-the-wall ATV antics opening the show and Took’s ridiculous switch skills closing off the session. Jimmy McDonald and Dan Pensyl’s sections each leap some super tight and super wide bank to bank launches. Jordan Trahan has one of the most remarkable tricks in the montage section with an asleep-at-the-wheel skid and jump going mach 10 down a hill. It was cool to see Bordeaux resident Guillaume Dulout get a section to himself. The Frenchman and his buddies have been repping 5-Boro for a few years already so it’s great to see them get their shine just as much as the resident New Yorkers.
Finally, no 5-Boro video would be complete without some lovely 8mm footage of the city streets and skylines. The DVD also has a couple of sweet web edits as bonus sections that are bite size delights. I have to take my hat off to 5-Boro for putting out a DVD and then posting its entirety on the web. Obviously the video market is slim pickings and awash with mediocrity nowadays so putting the time and effort into a small masterpiece for free is worth everyone’s support and respect.
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
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Steve King Showreel
When Moynihan worked here a while back, he would always remind me that Steve King was a legend and was seriously under-rated. Today, a showreel of Steve’s talent has been unleashed onto the interweb. Get a large taste of Welsh goodness here.
The Blueprint team have were one of four teams invited to Transworld’s annual Skate & Create video competition to win the cover of the magazine. Watch Nick Jensen’s Sylvain Tognelli, Marty Murawski, Paul Shier, Danny Brady, Jon Nguyen and Kevin Coakley in their new US job roles put together by Oliver Barton.
If you are a fan of Stereo Skateboards get stuck into this two part series with Chris Pastras discussing how the brand was started with Jason Lee, plus the death and of course, the revival.
Everything you need to know in about one of skateboarding’s most prolific companies is all here in this Hand To Hand documentary. Press play.
One of the UK’s leading vert skaters, Paul-luc Ronchetti features in a documentary featuring his skateboarding life and skating the YMCA vert ramp in California.
Enjoy some more amazing footage of Norfolk’s finest here.
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Introducing TPDG
One of Germany‘s finest, Danny Sommerfeld, is skating the streets of Frankfurt am Main in a new clip, bringing real street skating with a definite 90’s flavour right into your home. With black and white imagery and a grainy and raw overall look, new clothing label TPDG Supplies Co, specializing in pants and accessories, is piping up. Reason enough to let them introduce themselves properly.
Who are you and where are you from?
We’re a skater owned and operated brand based in Hamburg, Germany. We’re currently hard at work to get our new website going and to put together our first collection of denim and pants. We’re also going to throw in a couple of accessories and t-shirts. But as they say; Haste makes waste.
This promo video is inspiring, reminded us of the good old days.
It’s nice to see how a lot of people can feel the love and passion we put into that first clip. As skatekids from the 90‘s, our focus always has been on actually go out and skate the streets, to live the counterpart to all the stunt-skateboarding ruling the media these days. We want to bring back some of the spirit of the good ol’ days to 2012.
How did TPDG come about?
When pro-skater Danny Sommerfeld was facing the headache of sorting out yet another sponsor deal with yet another clothing manufacturer, the idea to launch TPDG Supplies Co. was born. With support by graphic-designer/skateboarder Ben Wessler and photographer Eric Mirbach, TPDG was founded in 2010 somewhere in between Gießen, Cologne and Hamburg.
And finally, what is it all about?
TPDG is all about skateboarding. It’s about the streets. TPDG is about gritty imagery, dirty hands. About jersey barriers and brick walls, gangsigns and bloodstains. It‘s about well-made garments, clean styles and classic cuts.
Find TPDG at www.tpdgsupplies.com and on Facebook.
Tune: Action Bronson – ‘Barry Horowitz’ from the album ‘Dr. Lecter’ produced by Tommy Mas.
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Carl Wilson line at Ramp Rage
Congrats to Carl ‘Potter’ Wilson this week as he is due to be engaged to his wonderful girlfriend this summer. He obviously celebrated this at his own Ramprage Park with a line.
Watching Steve Nesser skate is always a pleasurable experience. Get ready for some fresh footage from a new part for Familia Skateshop today.