I just went to a Zumiez contest in Nebraska and there were like 30 people there. People think skateboarding is bigger and there’s more money to be made off of it than there actually is. With everybody in the world wearing the Janoski shoe and how it took off… it made people say, “Wow, a pro skater’s shoe can sell like that!!?” because it had a pro skaters name on it. But his shoe just happened to be like a Chuck Taylor or something. Stefan killed it and made a good, timeless design, but it was a once in a lifetime type thing. That and some of the fashion stuff kind of led people to believe skateboarding is something that it’s not.
This 20-minute film chronicles the influence that the video part has had on the skateboarding industry through current skater and filmmaker interviews along with footage from the most popular and respected videos of all time, ranging from Stacy Peralta's The Bones Brigade Video Show (1984), to Element's Rise and Shine (2011). "Skate on Film" combines in-depth interviews with industry greats, such as Andrew Reynolds, Matt Hensley, Heath Kirchart and Nyjah Huston, just to name a few.
Desillusion magazine and Nixon proudly present their latest video instalment “This is Andrew”, a video portrait paying tribute to US street skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. Growing up in a small town in Florida, Andrew started skateboarding at a very young age. Due to his exceptional talent – Reynolds won the first contest he ever entered – he drew the attention of the skate industry and landed on some of the top sponsored teams as a teenager. Following Tony Hawk and others to the Californian epicentre of skateboarding at the age of 18, he met fellow skateboarders like Jim Greco, Ali Boulala and Knox Godoy, later on known as the “Piss Drunx”, ruling the streets of LA.
Kids in Emerica is a tour video featuring Andrew Reynolds, Heath Kirchart, Tosh Townsend, Erik Ellington, Kevin Long, Chris Senn, Austin Stephens, Aaron Suski, Leo Romero, Bryan Herman, Braydon Szafranski, Ed Templeton and the rest of the Emerica team.
The most influential skater in the history of skateboarding hands down is Mark Gonzales. If you disagree with that then you’re wrong. You can pinpoint Mark back to everything, and know that Mark did it first. A, he did it first; and B, he did it like Mark, which is a really psychotic combo. He did it the best. Everything after was not the same. Everything was so all over the place. Look at Mark’s feet on his frontside ollies—nobody’s got that. It’s like his heels are one the board. It’s just the fucking greatest thing ever. -Jason Dill
A look inside the Emerica Mansion features Andrew Reynolds, Erik Ellington, Heath Kirchart, Bryan Herman, Kevin "Spanky" Long, Braydon Szafranski, Justin Regan, Jon Miner and more. From ON Video Skateboarding Fall 2002 issue.
Two bands, two mags, three vans, seven shows, 14 stitches, the Altamont skateboarding team plus 10 of the world’s best skaters and one baby! It all ads up to one insane Skate Rock tour video, filmed and directed entirely in HD by Ty Evans for Altamont. Follow Bad Shit and the Goat & The Occasional Others as they blast your eardrums on their recent East Coast Skate Rock tour presented by Altamont.
Damn we got alot of unused footy from our last 2 summer tours. So we threw a bunch of them together. Heres the first of many to come.