If you'd be interested in passing the torch on your great skill then check this out.
"Sports Development at Brighton & Hove City Council are looking to offer free training for volunteers who are interested in becoming Skateboarding Assistant Coaches.
If you’re interested you will need experience of Skateboarding along with an interest in teaching and will be a minimum of 16 years of age.
If you are interested and would like to find out further details please contact:
Ricardo (Skate Park Development Officer) 01273 292726 // ricardo.magee@brighton-hove.gov.uk"
They're looking to get some names as soon as possible to get this going. Once trained you can then take part in paid work teaching the younguns next year!
Get in touch through the details above if you're interested.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
10,000 Words
Jackson Neill and Jonathon Salariya's production 10,000 Stones has been gathering hype in the last few months, and is supposedly nearing completion. I had a little chat with the two behind it to get a bit more insight. Enjoy!
When did you start the vid process? How did the idea come about?
Jon: We originally planned to do monthly montages, but everyone started to film more street, and better footage so we wanted to make something bigger.
Jackson: We toyed with the idea of making a 20 minute montage but then the idea just developed into a full length, and we were up for the challenge. The idea just seemed exciting.
Who's got full parts?
Calum King, Patch Sullivan, Jake Clayton, Seamus Gleeson, Stan Brazil, Jackson, Seb Hallet, George Terry, Frost, Casey, Laurie Kelly, Jack Jeffery and Ash Parker. Although expect a few to be joint parts considering how much footage people end up with. And we are hoping Luke Tomsett pulls one together
Was everyone on board straight away?
Jon: The young guns were on board straight away, and were always hyped to film. then the line up changed as the video developed and more people have come on board.
Jackson: The promos have been a big help and have inspired a lot of people to get involved. We are really appreciative to everyone who has put time into filming, and have made the video what it is.
How long has it been in production for?
God knows. Err well we released the first promo in May 2010 but I threw that together with some waste footage, A couple of weeks after we decided to make a full length but it's just built up from there.
Where have you been frequenting to film?
Jackson:: We have been filming in Brighton a lot and trying to make the most of the street it offers, we filmed a lot of the video at spots like Jury's inn, Goodies, Bk, Churchill and spots near the city centre. we have also filmed a lot in London, Eastbourne and other locations out of town, its really worth getting out of the city, some of the spots we found out of town are amazing.
Jon: We have been trying to avoid park footage as much as possible in the last couple of months.
How / why did you get into filming?
Jackson: I got given a digital camera for a xmas present a few years back, and just had fun messing about with that. Then I wanted to get into it a bit more seriously so I saved up for my current camera that I have at the moment. I realised that I enjoyed filming tricks just as much as skating, and I loved the joint effort of the filmer/skater and the relationship it builds.
Jon: Err well I've been making videos ever since I was little, no idea why really. I've just always been into making films and then when I started skating it was a pretty natural progression into documenting and editing skateboarding.
There's a lot of people around trying to get in on the film making side of things, but you guys seem to be one of the only ones taking it to that next level of a serious production. Was that a concious thing or has it just evolved into that?
Jackson: We started off thinking it would stay unnoticed in Brighton's skate scene. But due to the commitment of the skaters in the video, and Jon's hard work on the promos, recently it has been more noticed. Its a nice surprise to have seen the video grow and become more popular, because we never anticipated this in the beginning. Jon's editing also makes it unique, we don’t want it to be more about the editing than the skating, but I think he has got a real talent.
What or who's given you inspiration throughout filming?
Jackson: Well Jon's editing has always been a big inspiration, because knowing that he will make it look amazing in editing has inspired me to film well. I have always been inspired by the Transworld videos, but recently the work of local film makers like Ginge, Ed or Slim.
Jon:I don't know really, I get quite a lot of ideas from videos online on sites like Vimeo, I don't tend to get that much inspiration from skate videos themselves although they do inspire me to film
The young guys you're filming have really been progressing fast lately. Do you think having this video to work on has been a reason for that?
Jon: I would say yes because they have all been so hyped on filming and trying such hard tricks, I think they see it as a motivation to push themselves and reach their full potential. We have also pushed the younger lot to to skate a lot of awkward street spots, I think this has helped them progress in different areas of skateboarding.
Do you employ any kind of work ethic on the guys? Or do you just purely go out and have fun with it?
Jon: We try to have as much fun filming and going on street missions. But at the same time, we do appreciate when people try hard to get good footage, and put in the effort.
Jackson: We also make sure its clear how much we appreciate when people give everything they have got to getting a trick on film. In no way do we want to take the fun out of it.
Anyone you wish had got more?
You know who you are!
How many ollies down bk 14 are in the vid?
Well a few people have ollied it for the video. But I'm not going to use every single one, because we don't want it to be boring and over used. But expect more than just ollies down that set!
Are you going to have to force Clayton to switch 180 it before you're finished?
Jackson: I'm sure if I offer him a years supply of buying him fags, he will try it until his legs fall off.
Jon: I'm sure we can bully him into doing something.
Tell us a funny incident from being out filming
Jake Clayton taking a shit in Cardinal Newman playground, Jon bullying Jack Jeffery on every singe street mission, breaking into a uni office to have a 10000 meeting complete with whiteboard and table, Seb ripping a mole off his bum outside thistle hotel.
Any disasters?
Jackson: My camera getting smashed by Alex Jackson on lagoon quarter and it taking me 6 months to find the money to get it fixed. Apart from that nothing really bad has happened, no footage has been lost that we know of.
So, I stop skating for 5 years. Then one day I wonder into the newsagent and see Sidewalk on the shelf. One of the young guys I used to skate with down Hove Lagoon is on the front cover. Who is it?
Jon: I would say it would either be Laurie Kelly or George terry, because they are both incredibly talented, will skate any spot and will happily skate all day!
Jackson: Watch out for those two names in the future. They are both really dedicated and skate for all the right reasons, TO HAVE FUN!
Release date? Premier ideas?
Jon: We are thinking about the sallis benney theatre, but I'm not sure if they will have skaters back after the LA video. We can only try I guess. We have a few other ideas including BYC.
Jackson: Realistically its going to be a few months because me and Jon start uni this month. So finding the time to edit and film will be hard, also if certain people don't come out and film, it really holds the video back. But every chance we get we will be pushing the video forward. So it will hopefully be finished by December to cheer up the winter blues.
Did Sallis Benney really tell you to fuck off when you asked if you could premier the vid there?
No they didn't ha. I called them and asked them about showing a video there. But I didn't say it was a skate video, because I was scared it would be an instant no. But I guess I'm going to have to ask properly sooner or later •
Check the latest trailer for 10,000 Stones below.
When did you start the vid process? How did the idea come about?
Jon: We originally planned to do monthly montages, but everyone started to film more street, and better footage so we wanted to make something bigger.
Jackson: We toyed with the idea of making a 20 minute montage but then the idea just developed into a full length, and we were up for the challenge. The idea just seemed exciting.
Who's got full parts?
Calum King, Patch Sullivan, Jake Clayton, Seamus Gleeson, Stan Brazil, Jackson, Seb Hallet, George Terry, Frost, Casey, Laurie Kelly, Jack Jeffery and Ash Parker. Although expect a few to be joint parts considering how much footage people end up with. And we are hoping Luke Tomsett pulls one together
Was everyone on board straight away?
Jon: The young guns were on board straight away, and were always hyped to film. then the line up changed as the video developed and more people have come on board.
Jackson: The promos have been a big help and have inspired a lot of people to get involved. We are really appreciative to everyone who has put time into filming, and have made the video what it is.
How long has it been in production for?
God knows. Err well we released the first promo in May 2010 but I threw that together with some waste footage, A couple of weeks after we decided to make a full length but it's just built up from there.
Where have you been frequenting to film?
Jackson:: We have been filming in Brighton a lot and trying to make the most of the street it offers, we filmed a lot of the video at spots like Jury's inn, Goodies, Bk, Churchill and spots near the city centre. we have also filmed a lot in London, Eastbourne and other locations out of town, its really worth getting out of the city, some of the spots we found out of town are amazing.
Jon: We have been trying to avoid park footage as much as possible in the last couple of months.
How / why did you get into filming?
Jackson: I got given a digital camera for a xmas present a few years back, and just had fun messing about with that. Then I wanted to get into it a bit more seriously so I saved up for my current camera that I have at the moment. I realised that I enjoyed filming tricks just as much as skating, and I loved the joint effort of the filmer/skater and the relationship it builds.
Jon: Err well I've been making videos ever since I was little, no idea why really. I've just always been into making films and then when I started skating it was a pretty natural progression into documenting and editing skateboarding.
There's a lot of people around trying to get in on the film making side of things, but you guys seem to be one of the only ones taking it to that next level of a serious production. Was that a concious thing or has it just evolved into that?
Jackson: We started off thinking it would stay unnoticed in Brighton's skate scene. But due to the commitment of the skaters in the video, and Jon's hard work on the promos, recently it has been more noticed. Its a nice surprise to have seen the video grow and become more popular, because we never anticipated this in the beginning. Jon's editing also makes it unique, we don’t want it to be more about the editing than the skating, but I think he has got a real talent.
What or who's given you inspiration throughout filming?
Jackson: Well Jon's editing has always been a big inspiration, because knowing that he will make it look amazing in editing has inspired me to film well. I have always been inspired by the Transworld videos, but recently the work of local film makers like Ginge, Ed or Slim.
Jon:I don't know really, I get quite a lot of ideas from videos online on sites like Vimeo, I don't tend to get that much inspiration from skate videos themselves although they do inspire me to film
The young guys you're filming have really been progressing fast lately. Do you think having this video to work on has been a reason for that?
Jon: I would say yes because they have all been so hyped on filming and trying such hard tricks, I think they see it as a motivation to push themselves and reach their full potential. We have also pushed the younger lot to to skate a lot of awkward street spots, I think this has helped them progress in different areas of skateboarding.
Do you employ any kind of work ethic on the guys? Or do you just purely go out and have fun with it?
Jon: We try to have as much fun filming and going on street missions. But at the same time, we do appreciate when people try hard to get good footage, and put in the effort.
Jackson: We also make sure its clear how much we appreciate when people give everything they have got to getting a trick on film. In no way do we want to take the fun out of it.
Anyone you wish had got more?
You know who you are!
How many ollies down bk 14 are in the vid?
Well a few people have ollied it for the video. But I'm not going to use every single one, because we don't want it to be boring and over used. But expect more than just ollies down that set!
Are you going to have to force Clayton to switch 180 it before you're finished?
Jackson: I'm sure if I offer him a years supply of buying him fags, he will try it until his legs fall off.
Jon: I'm sure we can bully him into doing something.
Tell us a funny incident from being out filming
Jake Clayton taking a shit in Cardinal Newman playground, Jon bullying Jack Jeffery on every singe street mission, breaking into a uni office to have a 10000 meeting complete with whiteboard and table, Seb ripping a mole off his bum outside thistle hotel.
Any disasters?
Jackson: My camera getting smashed by Alex Jackson on lagoon quarter and it taking me 6 months to find the money to get it fixed. Apart from that nothing really bad has happened, no footage has been lost that we know of.
So, I stop skating for 5 years. Then one day I wonder into the newsagent and see Sidewalk on the shelf. One of the young guys I used to skate with down Hove Lagoon is on the front cover. Who is it?
Jon: I would say it would either be Laurie Kelly or George terry, because they are both incredibly talented, will skate any spot and will happily skate all day!
Jackson: Watch out for those two names in the future. They are both really dedicated and skate for all the right reasons, TO HAVE FUN!
Release date? Premier ideas?
Jon: We are thinking about the sallis benney theatre, but I'm not sure if they will have skaters back after the LA video. We can only try I guess. We have a few other ideas including BYC.
Jackson: Realistically its going to be a few months because me and Jon start uni this month. So finding the time to edit and film will be hard, also if certain people don't come out and film, it really holds the video back. But every chance we get we will be pushing the video forward. So it will hopefully be finished by December to cheer up the winter blues.
Did Sallis Benney really tell you to fuck off when you asked if you could premier the vid there?
No they didn't ha. I called them and asked them about showing a video there. But I didn't say it was a skate video, because I was scared it would be an instant no. But I guess I'm going to have to ask properly sooner or later •
Check the latest trailer for 10,000 Stones below.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Good Evans
Local legend Andy Evans has just updated his Youtube channel with an absolute wealth of his old edits from contests, jams and other events from the last few years. If you want something a bit localised then check out the selection below, otherwise get searching through the goldmine of event history.
Thursday, 25 August 2011
All Killer No Filler Vol. 6
Seen this yet? Well, watch it again. The latest in Ginge's AKNF series, they just get better. Who says there's no skaters at the goon? Well, I do, but I'm obviously wrong.
Subscribe, and wait eagerly for the next one.
Subscribe, and wait eagerly for the next one.
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Update
Just to let you know that a nice edit from Jackson Neill of Sunday has been added in to the post below, so scroll down and give it a watch!
Monday, 22 August 2011
Goonfest
Big thanks to everyone who came and showed support yesterday, all the guys that put themselves forward to help out, and to everyone that skated the comp and ripped. Saw some amazing skating all day. The 13 -17 category was some of the best skating I've seen at the goon. Some serious up and comers.
Results were
Under 12s 1st Joe Wilson
2nd Izak
3rd Felix
13 - 17 1st George Terry
2nd Matt Tozer
3rd Stinton
18+ 1st Dom Movahedi
2nd Frost Kid
3rd Smith
Best Trick Jam Winner Luke Tomsett - Backside backfoot flip the hip
Tow edits of the day have appeared so far. Firstly big up to Joel Shepherd for filming the day and for the quick turnaround on this edit of some of the jams
And to Jackson Neill for his version of events.
Also thanks to Jordan La Roche shooting photos all day, here's a pick of them below, and a lot more can be found on his Flikr page. Well worth a look through
Saw a few more media heads around so I'm sure some more will pop up soon. Big thanks to Ricardo, Darren, James at Ocean Sports and all the others who helped make it happen. The next thing is in the pipeline already. Watch this space...
Click any to enlarge
Results were
Under 12s 1st Joe Wilson
2nd Izak
3rd Felix
13 - 17 1st George Terry
2nd Matt Tozer
3rd Stinton
18+ 1st Dom Movahedi
2nd Frost Kid
3rd Smith
Best Trick Jam Winner Luke Tomsett - Backside backfoot flip the hip
Tow edits of the day have appeared so far. Firstly big up to Joel Shepherd for filming the day and for the quick turnaround on this edit of some of the jams
And to Jackson Neill for his version of events.
Also thanks to Jordan La Roche shooting photos all day, here's a pick of them below, and a lot more can be found on his Flikr page. Well worth a look through
Saw a few more media heads around so I'm sure some more will pop up soon. Big thanks to Ricardo, Darren, James at Ocean Sports and all the others who helped make it happen. The next thing is in the pipeline already. Watch this space...
Click any to enlarge
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
GOON COMP!
Crawley was a laugh, some sick stuff went down. There were a few people filming so if an edit turns up it'll be up here. You'll want to see it for Ewen Bower's trick on the cradle...
But as for now, get yourself down the Goon this Sunday. Gonna be a good ol' grass roots comp, organised and run by the locals, with prizes donated by Ocean Sports. Check the poster for full details
But as for now, get yourself down the Goon this Sunday. Gonna be a good ol' grass roots comp, organised and run by the locals, with prizes donated by Ocean Sports. Check the poster for full details
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Get training
So to make up for the disappointment of the one man golf demo fest not happening last weekend, I can tell you that the annual Crawley Summer Jam is coming up two weeks Sunday, that's Sunday 14th August.
New format this year. Quote from organiser Lucy....
Always a good day. Big ups to CFA!
New format this year. Quote from organiser Lucy....
This is the new format for Summer Jam that takes place in August. Team Jam with teams made up randomly so that locals and young skaters get a chance and aren't too intimidated to enter.
Plus its a nice way to get to know other skaters and should be quite fun. There'll prob be a right mixture but at least one person in the team will be U16 (if we get entries).
After the team jam there will also be a 'cash for tricks' jam. We'll be giving out cash (£10's and £20's) for good stunts on different obstacles.
Always a good day. Big ups to CFA!
Sunday, 24 July 2011
What an honour
Happy birthday to Ginge for last Friday. He came down to the country way last night for Barrat to give him a little present at his house...
Now that is dedication to the cause. Extra laughs in there for anyone who knows the story behind the windmill as well. Good work guys I'm proud!
Now that is dedication to the cause. Extra laughs in there for anyone who knows the story behind the windmill as well. Good work guys I'm proud!
Thursday, 21 July 2011
SATURDAY UPDATE
Ok so, just got the word from one of the organisers that due to some unforeseen circumstances the event at the Goon this Saturday has had to be postponed. Apparently the dude running it is still gonna pop down and do a quick throwout or something, but the the official event will go ahead as planned at a later date, yet to be confirmed. Weather looks shit anyway so I wouldn't worry too much. Sorry!
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Wow
Just got extremely stoked off this photo.
Matt Ransom. Bluntslide. Shot by Rich West. Click for large, non out of focus version.
I asked Rich to give a little background on the photo, but this is all he had to say,
"Being the dick that he is Matt did a bluntslide on a crusty ledge and it was rad. I guess sometimes weed helps.... fucking hippy. Is that enough?"
Matt Ransom. Bluntslide. Shot by Rich West. Click for large, non out of focus version.
I asked Rich to give a little background on the photo, but this is all he had to say,
"Being the dick that he is Matt did a bluntslide on a crusty ledge and it was rad. I guess sometimes weed helps.... fucking hippy. Is that enough?"
Monday, 18 July 2011
Back in the Day
Botch Job was a full length I made over 2005-6. Before the Goon was built we'd mostly skate the local surrounding parks and spots with the other small townsfolk, and after filming for a few months a video started to take shape.
Filmed on two 1-chip JVC handycams, with a fisheye composed of two lenses duct taped together and duct taped to the camera, and premièred to a small audience in the local town hall in November 2006, Botch Job is a pretty good showcase of what we were doing around that time. If you've got 40 minutes to spare then check it out below.
Featuring parts from Featuring Will Greenfield, Joe Willett, Andy Burrett, Brad Knight, Gary Griffiths, James Adair, Will Jarvis, Tom Grantham, Liam Teague and Chris Lentner, and appearances from plenty others.
Filmed on two 1-chip JVC handycams, with a fisheye composed of two lenses duct taped together and duct taped to the camera, and premièred to a small audience in the local town hall in November 2006, Botch Job is a pretty good showcase of what we were doing around that time. If you've got 40 minutes to spare then check it out below.
Featuring parts from Featuring Will Greenfield, Joe Willett, Andy Burrett, Brad Knight, Gary Griffiths, James Adair, Will Jarvis, Tom Grantham, Liam Teague and Chris Lentner, and appearances from plenty others.
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Oh yeah and...
...Mikey Wright at Hove Lagoon a couple weeks back. Filmed by Andy Evans. If you don't know, now you know
Neglect
Sorry been putting off updating this for a while. Here's a catchup
Thanks to everyone who turned up for the ReGooniun last weekend, was a rad day! Here's a few random photos by Jordan La Roche from the day.
Unlikely that your Facebook wall didn't get bombarded with links to this the second it got uploaded, but just incase here's Willy G's edit of Hubert and Mitchell in an Ed vs Ed game of ED.
Facetage coming up this week some time.
The day after was the Shoreham Death Jam, with the Death team and many others shredding the bowl up. After cracking his noggin open, Geordie decided to get behind the camera instead to make a little edit
As for what's next, you may have seen this advertised around, coming up at the Goon this coming Saturday, the 23rd
Starting at Midday, with prizes from Route One and Etnies. According to the description...
Fun day for all
Skate Jam & Golf Comp (??)
Sound System,Dj's
Free give away
Skaters from Etnies,Route One,Supercoast(Sweden)
Great prizes to be won:
Skate Jam/Best trick
Best line
Trying the hardest (you got that one Barrat)
Golf Comp 9 Holes Pitch & Putt
After party with On The House at The Kitchen Bar (Preston St) from 6pm Djs Magnus Asberg(C-Soul,Etnies) Faceman(Route One)
Some sort of demo at some point as well from what I can work out, featuring Amir Williams among others
No idea. Should be a good day. Check the Fagbook event page for updates.
Something else up tomorrow
Thanks to everyone who turned up for the ReGooniun last weekend, was a rad day! Here's a few random photos by Jordan La Roche from the day.
Nash - Flip Rock
Jackson - 360 Nosegrab
Luke - Front feeble
Parr - Frontside ollie
Unlikely that your Facebook wall didn't get bombarded with links to this the second it got uploaded, but just incase here's Willy G's edit of Hubert and Mitchell in an Ed vs Ed game of ED.
Facetage coming up this week some time.
The day after was the Shoreham Death Jam, with the Death team and many others shredding the bowl up. After cracking his noggin open, Geordie decided to get behind the camera instead to make a little edit
As for what's next, you may have seen this advertised around, coming up at the Goon this coming Saturday, the 23rd
Starting at Midday, with prizes from Route One and Etnies. According to the description...
Fun day for all
Skate Jam & Golf Comp (??)
Sound System,Dj's
Free give away
Skaters from Etnies,Route One,Supercoast(Sweden)
Great prizes to be won:
Skate Jam/Best trick
Best line
Trying the hardest (you got that one Barrat)
Golf Comp 9 Holes Pitch & Putt
After party with On The House at The Kitchen Bar (Preston St) from 6pm Djs Magnus Asberg(C-Soul,Etnies) Faceman(Route One)
Some sort of demo at some point as well from what I can work out, featuring Amir Williams among others
No idea. Should be a good day. Check the Fagbook event page for updates.
Something else up tomorrow
Monday, 4 July 2011
Hi
So, Paddle Round the Pier was fucking rad. The 8ft kicked off for three days straight with Stevie, Isaac, Tom Felix, Frost, Leon, Ewen Bower and plenty others tearing it a new one. Fair few missing in action but oh well, your loss. This helpful video pretty much sums it up.
Here's something else. Ol' Willy's made yet another vid on his phone. Here's 25 mins of laughs and tricks.
http://video.mpora.com/watch/8hHdAAj65/
Oh and, Goon reunion this Saturday remember!
Here's something else. Ol' Willy's made yet another vid on his phone. Here's 25 mins of laughs and tricks.
http://video.mpora.com/watch/8hHdAAj65/
Oh and, Goon reunion this Saturday remember!
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