One of the most fun things in blading is finding random things and making something out of nothing. I feel like I don't see it that much now, but back in the day, it was a lot more common. When I started skating, we used to always check out local construction sites and find wood, signs, poles, crates, pretty much whatever we could find and build something out of it. Looking back at this photo reminds me of a simpler time...
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#TBT - Franco Cammayo - TopSoul Of Sorts - Staten Island, NY
Everyone has one of those people in their crew, someone who is a master of funky tricks, always does something out of the ordinary and can most likely catch a letter on everyone with them in a game of skate. In our crew, this person was Franco Cammayo...
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The Past 20 Years Of My Life
2016 marks the 20th anniversary of me trying to jump around and do tricks on my skates. I've had this concept in my head to make this video for a few years now and the time has finally come. My original idea was the find a photo or video clip from every year from 1996 to 2006 and show the progression throughout the video but there was 1 year where I didn't have anything so I had to ditch that plan. I'm still proud of the way it came out and I can't wait to make another one of these in 10 more years!
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My List Of Timeless Blading Sections (Part 1???)
I feel like every blader on earth can unanimously agree on some of the most impactful or quite possibly "best" sections or profiles ever made. As you would guess, some would include parts from classics such as "Brain Fear Gone" or "Coup De Tat". As I was surfing around on the YouTube, I realized that there are a few of my personal favorites, old and new, that have had to have made as much of an impact on other people as they did to me. I titled this post "...Part 1???" because I feel like there are many more sections that I either couldn't find or just couldn't remember, so we'll see where this leads...
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#TBT - Sean Kelso - Sweat Stance - Pennsylvania
This is one from my earlier days of shooting blading photos. This was taken in September of 2006, which makes it just over 10 years old. It's so crazy how time flies...
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Americans In Cuba Part 1
Cuba is a hidden gem for American tourists. I say "hidden" because most people aren't aware of the ease of travel there from the states today. Traveling from NYC to Havana was almost no harder than traveling anywhere else in the world. I'm glad I took the opportunity to make this trip with some amazing people and I was able to capture so many incredible images that I have to split this up into 2 posts...
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#TBT - Billy O'Neill - Disaster Roll - Staten Island, NY
Here is one of the most epic things ever done on blades. Period.
I have a lot to say about this photo sequence and this trick in particular from what I remember. This was while Billy was filming for his Mindgame "Accidental Machines" section in 2006 (Holy shit that was 10 years ago already!). Billy was in a "fuck shit up" part of his career and at this particular time was heavily motivated by his short addiction to sky diving. I remember him coming back from his first or second time in the same week saying how unreal it was and that it makes you feel like you can do anything you want. This was shortly followed by him saying something along the lines of "I'm going to disaster into the roll in at the stadium."
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#TBT - Brian Bina - Wallride - Phoenix, AZ
This was from early 2011 when both Bina and I were both living in Arizona. We went out a bunch while he was filming for his Revolution 90 Second Edit and this was one of those times. Arizona has a ton of sketchy ditch spots and this is no different. As you can see, the landing knuckle is steep, narrow and leads into a bunch of rocks and other debris. A few people were known to grind the edge of the ditch and drop in but Bina went for the launch to wallride...
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#TBT - Austin Paz - Fishbrain Stall - New Jersey
I'm switching things up for this weeks TBT with a photo of myself instead of one that I shot. This photo was taken 10 years ago by Jay Greendyk who not only was able to shoot this but built this spot that I'm skating. This was one of our ventures from back when I used to skate with the Gnar Mobile crew every weekend in New Jersey. Jay told me about this spot that I believe him and his skateboarder friend built and we were surprised on how solid this transition was despite it looking so sketchy. I wonder if this spot still exists....
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New Jersey Park Clips with James Perez
I haven't written a blading blog in a while but I do have something big in the works for this year. Something I will hopefully be more proud of than anything else I've ever made but for now, this will have to do...
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