. . .skate longer than an hour.

Sundays Episode 37 - Keep Going from peter w. on Vimeo.

Some old dudes skating all day long long? Yup, that kinda happened. Two Skateparks and some street spots! Villa Park and Woodridge and some random crusty ledges in between.

. . .uh, I don't know anymore.

So, I'm not too into the big name takeover in the skate shoe world (I know, I've owned a bunch of Nikes blah blah blah). I'd like to think I'm reformed or born again when it comes to supporting anything Skater owned/operated. However, the one thing I really appreciate with these bigger companies coming in is the time and money they put behind their videos (Hopefully, guys like Russell Houghten are making some money). It really gives these guys, the filmmakers, a great chance to do something different.  Don't get me wrong, I still love the gritty GX1000 series but the camera nerd in me loves to see new technology and techniques put to work.  This New Balance Numeric video, "A Place in the Sun," is a pretty great example of that.

I'm so confused...and hungry.

A Place in the Sun from New Balance Numeric on Vimeo.

. . .try going west sometime.

Finally we had a break in the weather and I had a break from work.  We rallied some troops and headed west to the Roselle skatepark and a pretty rad street spot.  Not shown, is our trip to Yeah Boardshop where we all stocked up on skate goodies. Thanks again Dav!

. . .check this band out (3 Days at Pitchfork).

This past weekend, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to shoot the Pitchfork Music Fest in Chicago for Goose Island/rEvolution.   The plan was to shoot everyday and post a recap by 10am the following morning. . .I needed to call in reinforcements on this one.  Mainly, super editor/handsome man Dan Marcus.  Dan signed on to work overnights editing each days footage (GB-age?, this isn't film).  Dan is a wizard, there are cuts in here that I would have never thought of!  So, armed with a Sony FS700 and some Canon glass we were off!  Oh yeah, it was about 100 degrees all weekend, rad.

Day 1 - The Beer

Goose Island @ Pitchfork Day 1 - 2013 from Goose Island Beer Co. on Vimeo.
Day 2 - The Music
Goose Island @ Pitchfork Day 2 - 2013 from Goose Island Beer Co. on Vimeo.
Day 3 - The Fest
Goose Island @ Pitchfork Day 3 - 2013 from Goose Island Beer Co. on Vimeo.
All three days. A look back on the entire weekend.
Pitchfork Music Festival from Goose Island Brewery from Goose Island Beer Co. on Vimeo.

I still haven't caught up on sleep.

. . . do it yo'self (Actually, have someone else do it for you).

I've seen this spot for a while and never realized it's pretty close to my house, I thought it was in Milwaukee for some reason. Also, I have no idea who built it, thanks guys!. So yeah, it was awesome to get out with some new dudes. This week we meet up with Marfa and some FA (faskates.com/) shredders. Straight out of the car these guys were ripping.

. . .go skateboarding, in the rain.

The original plan of skating from Grant park to Humbolt Park was rained out. I was really looking forward to shooting a gang of kids skating through Chicago's Loop. In the end, I think we (Randy and I) were even luckier to have had the rain. Sure, shooting with the FS700 in the rain isn't easy, I shot most of the rain footage from the back of my Honda Fit....that's why I always buy hatchbacks.

Eventually, we made it to Clemente for the GSD Jam that Uprise and NIke were putting on. It was good to see everyone. I'm pretty sure Reggie Destin was smiling down on us because there were some crazy wallrides happening. Also, the Fully Torqued RV crew was there with Clive Dixon, Clint Walker, Dirty, Adam Mills, and Trevor Vaughn.

Thanks Randy, for being such a trooper!

. . .let me see that.

Sundays Episode 33 - Combo Pack from peter w. on Vimeo.

Things have been busy lately.  Plus, the sessions haven't really panned out.  Whether it's rain, lack of motivation or whatever, sometimes there's just not enough footage to put together an edit.  This episode is from some of the days where we couldn't get our act together.  Except for the Villa Park session, we were rained out.  Oh yeah, we even were able to skate with Steve Davenport from Yeah Boardshop this past weekend too! The dude shreds.

A little back story on one of the clips.  Bill Wiora's double exposure line at :21.  We actually went back and refilm the first thing we ever shot together, the line at Tito Benches (10 years ago?).  I ended up laying the original line on top of the new version (turns out, both the skating and filming were better ten years ago! HA).