Skateboarding Caught on Tape

The first clip is the introduction to the skate video Fully Flared. The flick itself was directed by Spike Jonze, who I'm sure you all know; Ty Evans, a legendary filmed and editor within the industry; Cory Weincheque, who I honestly do not know much about. Shooting for the video lasted over the span of four/five years and is often compared to Girl Skateboard's Yeah Right!, which features a number of the same skaters like Mike Carroll, Brandon Biebel, Eric Koston and more. There isn't much I can say about this clip. Just watch it - the first time I watched it my mind was blown.

A lot of people that don't even skateboard know of Paul Rodriguez (Jr.). He is the son of comedian Paul Rodriguez (Sr.) and easily one of the highest paid skaters ever - just don't count Ryan Sheckler. He now has his own shoe and clothing series with Nike! This clip is P-Rod's part in Yeah Right!. He was still a teen during the filming of this video. I think it's evident why he is such a big name in the industry. The two tracks are by Nas: "Get Down" and "Made You Look" instrumentals.

Here is one of my favorite parts ever. It is Tim O'Connor, one of my favorite styles in skating and Brian Wenning, a technical wizard, sharing a part in Habitat Skateboards video Mosaic. The song is "Ghostwriter" by RJD2.

Biebel Ballin'

Again, I hate to break the chain on the Top Albums but I felt the need to post this. It involved basketball and skateboarding, from the pro-skateboarder that is notoriously linked with the two.

In this clip Brandon Biebel is interviewed after a pre-game scrimmage in Sacramento.

Thanks Mark Feero for posting this on facebook. If you wanna see how good Brandon Biebel is on a skateboard, look here:

Yeee...

I guess I'm kind of looking for an excuse to post something so I can wish my sister a happy birthday and also an extremely be-lated birthday to my girlfriend Camille. (I wished her numerous happy birthdays in real life, but the blog seems to be an important outlet for birthday shout outs.)

Here is a skate clip I edited and filmed from four years ago. The footage is from late 2004 and 2005. It is a promo for Boardertech skateshop, Moncton, New Brunswick. I am pretty proud of this edit. Check it out.

Bye Bye Banks

Though this is a hip-hop blog I do have other interests. One of those being skateboarding. I have been skateboarding for almost half my life now, which now that I think of it is pretty crazy. What got me started was my addiction to Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2. Skateboarding looked so fun I had to try it. In the game one of the best spots to skate is in New York City called the Brooklyn Banks. Anybody that skateboards knows of the Banks. There are competitions there every year, the most famous titled Back to the Banks (which I was actually in NYC for last year, but did not make it to the competition). Recently the city of New York decided to close down the world famous skate spot immediately for storage of equipment used to reconstruct the Brooklyn Bridge. There are a few interviews and other media in circulation because of this. This is pretty big news to the skate industry, the Banks have been a key spot in New York City that attracted skaters from all over the east coast.

Vice magazine has an interview with Steve Rodriguez, a well known New York City local.

Also, watch this clip of Skateboarder magazine's coverage of the Back to the Banks that happened in 2009. Amazing talent in NY and surrounding areas.