the KNOW SKATEBOARDING project

chris blake puts it down at back to the banks

se — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:07:14 +0000

trick of the day. switch front blunt down the rail. nice work chris. video

the berrics in 60fps

se — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:36:27 +0000

kevin mcdonald is living the skate life. as such, he has some berrics bangers filmed in 60 frames per second slow motion just so you can try and figure out how malto locks down those front crooks… and yes, that’s a kerry getz triple flip. looks a little better than the ones knigge was [...]

layton vs mj round 2?

se — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:27:40 +0000

rumor on the street is that johnny layton might get a chance at marc johnson after all in the dvs battle at the berrics. seems like berra might be really sick…guess we’ll find out this weekend, hopefully. peep mj handle chris roberts and the legion of doom who filled in for layton in [...]

buy mind field.

se — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:30:15 +0000

alien workshop’s mind field hits shops today and i’d like to remind you to go buy the dvd. tell all your friends to go buy the dvd. if you can’t get to your local shop, buy it from aws. if you like good skateboard videos, you have to support the companies that [...]

alien workshop mind field pre-premiere interview with greg hunt

se — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:18:18 +0000

almost 4 years in the making, and 19 years since alien’s memory screen changed skateboarding video aesthetics forever, it’s safe to say that virtually all of the skate world is eagerly anticipating the release of alien workshop’s mind field video on february 6th, 2009. i caught up with director greg hunt two days before [...]

dvs daniel castillo hands free big air challenge

se — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:00:45 +0000

cliche´ pro andrew brophy can jump. he made most of his ollie attempts including the 42″ winner first try. luis tolentino’s legs must have been tired from winning the dc grind for life ollie challenge the day before at 42″ as well. he went out at 41″ today. the donger threw [...]

crossroads best trick contest video 2

se — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:09:37 +0000

so this is where it got serious. after about 15 minutes of the rail free for all, jake phelps and jamie thomas picked out 5 guys to skate for 5 minutes for the big money. chris cole, andrew pott, sierra fellers, kechaud johnson and 180 switch crook guy. it turned out to be [...]

crossroads best trick contest video and results

se — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:26:29 +0000

UPDATE: video part 1 here. — when animals attack. deer crossing door gap - gershon mosley $1000 missed this part, apparently gershon murdered it. kareem campbell also made an appearance landing a signature blindside kf fak over the gap ledge - gilbert crockett $1000 fs kg nol kf out bank to wall - tommy sandoval $800 fs 180 flip into bank chad bartie $100 [...]

mike anderson has sweet feet

se — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:27:32 +0000

i like it when people skate just on the edge of control, it’s so much more fun to watch than the huge crop of roboto-matic destroyers. enjoy this video of krooked’s own mike anderson via deluxe. slightly beefy (40.7mb) and oh so iphone friendly.

diy moco madness

se — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:35:32 +0000

$107 for dual-axis motion control courtesy of an architect named jay in michigan, ebay and william vorce at telescope warehouse in arizona. this was the first video i shot, it took about 15 minutes out of the box to get it up and running. i’ve been shooting a lot of timelapse at interesting locations (my office isn’t [...]