. . .fall down, sometimes.

It's not that often that you see the filmer (in this case, me) fall and manage to still get the shot of the skater who then slams too. I'm pretty sure if you watch this clip, it'll open up a worm hole or something like that.

. . .skate some more

Holy crap.  This is the 40th Sundays episode?  Crazy.  Tons of skating in this one.  We had a tight crew and actually fit into one car or skated from spot to spot.  Larry was our tour guide and totally came through with some random/awesome spots.  I kinda feel like everyone (but me) stepped up their game for this one.  Even crazier, we skated for 9 hours...

. . .have some fun at work.

Work's been busy this summer and we've had a chance to be a part of some pretty awesome stuff. As things slow down a little, an opportunity to create a few quick spots for rEvolution's new Social Assist program popped up. Of course, this was all done in sprint like fashion, we had two weeks to get it all done. I'm talking conception, writing, casting, prepro, shooting and post.

"Oh and that budget you mentioned, can you do it for half that price?" Which is a pretty common thing to hear now.

...alright, here we go. Now this meant I was to go at prepping this whole thing by myself (I barely know how to use excel/word so just imagine how awesome the call sheets and shot lists looked). Luckily, we had enough budget to hire a few ringers for the shoot day; Randy Korwin-one man camera dept/G/E crew, Tim Edson-Sound Wizard, Eric Gillete-PA/head popper upper, and Ebony Rogers-Hair and MU technician.

Don't Be That Guy: rEvolution's Social Assist™ powered by Tracx from rEvolution on Vimeo.

The luckiest break I had was reaching out to an old friend, Bob Ladewig, with improv contacts in Chicago. He came through with some great people from Comedy Sports Chicago. Not only were they funny, they also knew how to hit all their marks every time. I'm pretty sure we all ruined takes because we were laughing too loud.

Don't Be That Guy: rEvolution's Social Assist™ powered by Tracx from rEvolution on Vimeo.


Don't Be That Guy: rEvolution's Social Assist™ powered by Tracx from rEvolution on Vimeo.
It was an epic shoot day and everyone really pitched in.  Somehow, we wrapped early?  Who knows.  

. . .hang out in the garage today.

It was hot so we go started early this time.  Then the rains came so we got our mid '90's on and skated manny pads in a parking garage.  Of course, our warm up spot became our all day spot!  Randy channeled his inner Ronnie Creager and moves were made.  Also, we had had a guest filmer for some of this.  Jeff made his Sundays debut, thanks for the help!

. . .go back there.

"Yeah, I ollied that hip...in 1994," I said as we walked up to the spot.  Chad said he hadn't skated the downhill bank thing since 1990.  Crap, we're old. What you don't see in the edit is the horrible time we had at the Lockport park.  That place sucks.  We once found a bag of knives there and met a kid who made his own cologne in his closet.  Real talk.

. . .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.