An unfortunate sequence of events

I'm now almost a filmer.

I gave in to the temptation and bought a camera that can shoot 8fps...sufficient for skateboarding sequences. I gave it my first shot tonight, and it's fun, and it's a good feeling when you manage to get the shot and the land.

Potter was popping out of pivot fakies, and it looked insane.

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Hell hath no fury...

...Like long handrails and harsh Sudbury style ground.
Broken board and a bloodied arm, and no land.

If you build it...

Skateboarding's best new trend is making your own spots. I love it, makes perfect spots and skater built objects readily available.

Obviously, Sudbury is behind every trend ever, so we just started doing this. Rob, Potter, and I started making some stuff at foundation off Notre Dame. That spot is going to be rad when everything is made.

Frank worked really hard to hit this polejam, he deserved this photo more than anyone.

Go Skateboarding

Yesterday was the first day of summer, better known as Go Skateboarding day. Aila Galleri held a small demo at the park, a lot of tricks went down, it was a really good time. Lots of free stuff was given out, and games of skate were played.

I took on my usual role as photographer, and spent most of my time snapping at hammers down the 8 set.

















Corey's frontside flip was a huge crowd pleaser, super smooth and done really quickly too.



















Rob has been claiming a backtail on this hubba since day one, and he picked a good day to pull it out.

Work on the previously mentioned magazine is really getting under way. It's looking promising.

It's being titled Kink and we're aiming for an early August release. We're going to cover a lot of skateboarding, as well as art and music that relates to skateboarding.

Anyway, went skating with Potter today, shot a whole bunch of photos.

Frontside rock on the ex-ghetto banks. Fun spot, gnarly as fuck bank.

Park Shark

I spend too much time at the park, just skating and taking photos. I'm also saving a lot of photos for the previously mentioned magazine project, so it's slow.

Some people were skating the set, so I took some pictures. Here's Corey with a switch heel.

Cancer

I went to see Rammer tonight, an intense show. That band fucking rips.

It was hard to shoot because of dim lighting and I ended up sifting through photos for sharp ones when I got home. This one isn't sharp, but it caught my attention the most because it really gives a feel of their energy.




















Wolven Ancestry opened, and I went into the show not expecting much since I'm not a huge fan of black metal, but they were a lot of fun to watch.