Caption says:

“A member in good standing of the no
b. s. school of skateboarding”

R.I.P. Bob, you are remembered.

see : Original Z-Boy Bob Biniak passes away

Localizado no Parque Garota de Ipanema o bowl do Arpoador foi inaugurado no ano de 1991. Idealizado por Cesinha Chaves, o bowl já foi visitado por grandes nomes do skate mundial.

Em agosto de 2008 o jornal O Dia anunciou que o bowl seria demolido e daria espaço a um observatório ambiental. A notíciaa uniu skatistas de todo mundo, que se mobilizaram em um abaixo assinado em favor do bowl.

Em setembro de 2009 a Converse reformou toda a área do bowl do Arpoador, entregando á população com um grande evento, trazendo 40 skatistas de 4 gerações, que nasceram, cresceram, evoluiram e até aqueles que ainda não sentiram o gosto do copping block do bowl.

direcão:Alex Kundera
producão: Drops.tv
realização: Converse
cameras: Sony V1, Sony Z1, Canon HV30 e Canon T1i / 500D
lentes: Canon lens EF-S 18-50mm 3.5, 50mm 1.8

Yashica FRI+Yashica 50mm
Kodak Color Plus 200 asa
1/30
f1.7

Le skateboard est à la fois un moyen de locomotion et un outil de jonglage fabuleux. La ville, formidable aire de jeu pour le skateur, est aussi la scène où évoluent les quatre personnages de ce film.

Raphael Zarka, artiste et auteur de deux livres sur le skatebaord, expose à la radio sa vision et sa conception du skateboard. Soudain un flash interrompt l’émission: le faux taxi parisien rode toujours, deux filles ont disparu après être montées à son bord.

Une jeune femme, Laura, a renoncé à sa relation avec Ian. Celui-ci nourrit une passion qui selon elle a “décrochée le premier rôle”. Elle a une lubie, tous les samedis elle prend un taxi et collectionne les portraits de chauffeurs.

Les propos de Raphaël Zarka à la radio alimentent la discussion de Laura et du taximan sur les relations amoureuses. Tandis qu’ils confrontent leurs idées et traversent un Paris étrangement calme, un skateur en polo rouge parcourt la ville. Ian, lui, s’enferre dans sa nostalgie de Laura, il ferait tout pour la revoir et la reconquérir, et pour ça il a un plan.

Qui sera le maître?

Ecrit et filmé par Sylvain Robineau, avec la collaboration de Guillaume Noyelle.
Produit par Canam Production, avec le soutien de Centre Images.
Avec :
Guillaume Noyelle (le skater), Raphaël Zarka («la Conjonction interdite, notes sur le skateboard», éditions fsept), David Azencot (Journaliste Radio Campus Paris), Frédéric Boucaumont (voix off radio), Laura Chetrit (Laura), Ian Faure (Ian), Sylvain Robineau (le taxi), Arnaud Dedieu (Arnaud), Soy Panday et Julie Castéran (les danseurs du Samedi soir).

Ont contribué consciemment ou non à ce film :
Sébastien « Cheuveux » Aubert, France Ortelli, Sébastien Charlot, Youcef Benaceur, Julie De Waligorski, Thierry Blouin, Arjun Panday, Frédéric Ramade, Nicolas Chastel, Laure Bacquelin, Léo Valls, Quentin Sené, Julien Jacquart et Claude Levy (les Bloby’s), Lucien Mathey, Tony Schirer, Wilfried (Legiteam Obstruxxion), Gérard Poitou, les Birdy Nam Nam, Doug Pray.

St-Nicolas, Qc January 18th 2010 – In an attempt to come to the aid of the people who are suffering in Haiti in the aftermath of a violent earthquake that brought death and destruction to the country last week we have decided to release a special edition skateboard. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these boards will go to the people of Haiti via the Canadian Red Cross – Quebec division, c/o Fabienne Laisné, 6, Place du Commerce, Verdun (Quebec) H3E 1P4. This board will go on sale across Canada within the next 2 weeks. This board is made out of 100% hardrock Canadian maple at the Control Manufacture in St-Nicolas Qc Canada. The project however is from our sales team. We will use all the contacts we have built over the last 15 years to reach out to all shops, brands and skaters accross Europe, Canada, USA and South America that currently buy boards from us.

Not a penny will be kept of the proceeds, everything we make is going to Haiti.

When I saw the desperation in Haiti I didn’t know what to do to help… finally I decided to help the only way I knew how: selling skateboards” said Dan Saindon, Sales Manager at Control MFG.

“We are very excited to be part of this project and we will do all we can to make this a success” added Fabienne Laisné from the Red Cross.

Control MFG is a leader in the skateboarding manufacturing business. We are specialized in high end skateboards and have been in operation since 1995. We will post a complete list of shops carrying the boards in the next few weeks.

The Canadian Red Cross Society is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the situation of the most vulnerable in Canada and throughout the world.

We also encorage you to make a direct donation to the Red Cross. Here is the toll free number: (800) 363-7305

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big up @ 2-fre, El Gato Negro et tout le crew sk8.net !

skate days : a wonderful collection of pics.

Some memories of the good ole days. Used to be on the Pepsi skateboard team back in the 70s on the East Coast. We would put on shows at verious locations in New England and abouts..We went to New York a few times for a few parades including the Macys day parade where we skated with Tony Alva during his hayday. Steve Ellis AKA Woody Woodflow and later known as Cholo (of Hawaii) was also on the team..Some of the great parks we skated in this erra were Cherryhill in NJ, Shooting Star in Mass, Vernon in CT, Centrifical Force in RI and of coarse Yawgoo Valley Ski resort of RI… (our roots)

scott pommier photography

\\o hey, it’s 2010, let’s dance o//

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J’ai fait allemand première langue, Rolf et Gisela jouaient au ping pong, et leur oncle Gunther avait une porsche rouge.
Mais je n’ai rien retenu, et je m’en fous, car ce trailer, dans la langue de Goethe, est sous-titré.

Born to Skate est, à nouveau, une production de Sebastien Linda & Chris Heck, présenté comme un long métrage, plutôt qu’une simple video de skate.

Je n’en sais pas plus, sur sa diffusion notamment, mais ce que je sais, c’est qu’il y a là dedans quelques images superbes [filmées en fôret (?), ⚠ à 0:46 et 0:50] et qui donnent envie de mater cela confortablement assis dans une salle de ciné, avec option pop corn.