Archive for December, 2011

When it comes to documenting Australian skateboarding in moving pictures, Chris Middlebrook is the most well known and no doubt one of the most devoted. Two of his most recent accomplishments include Nike SB Chronicles #1 and what is arguably the video part of the year: Nick Boserio’s Life Splicing part.

Aside from VX and HD Midds is also a bit of a Super 8 lord. Over at the SbA site we have recently unearthed Chris Middlebrook’s Super 8 reel from 2008. Inside you will find archival footage of: Shane O’Neill, Andrew Brophy Dane Burman, Lewis Marnell, Andrew Currie, Bryce Golder, Nick Boserio, Alex Campbell, Justin Brock, Tommy Fynn and a myriad of other talented rolling units.

Chris Middlebrook is currently working on a part for the next Transworld Video “The Cinematographer Project”: be prepared for some locally spawned lunacy in that one.

Merry Merry Season peoples. See you next year.

Welcome to Derek Fukuhara’s Digital X Filmbot Re-Grip.

The concept to the Filmbot ReGrip’s are that with soo much skateboard media coming out, a quality video part could have gone unnoticed by the skateboard community. What we do is remix the part, possible add some tricks and hopefully catch some eyes who hadn’t seen it before, plus just have some fun.
To watch more Filmbot Re-Grips click here!

Just wanted to share a nice little feature on my work over on the ever growing and ever excellent ONE GIANT ARM site, possibly a good end to the year and gives an insight to 2012 projects…

The Quiet Life has updated their holiday deal. Don’t delay.

Excellent new “Board Culture” online magazine, WESTERN CIV, has just launched. Sophisticated and sexy content… The sort of magazine that still excites this aging “Boarder”. Accolades to my good friend and fellow “aging designer” David J. Weissberg for the fine creative direction on WESTERN CIV!

John Fellows x 303 Board Graphic

I noticed that 303 Boards (http://303boards.com/) here in Denver released the graphic I made just in time for the Holidays. Printed in a limited edition right here in the good ol’ USA! I wanted to try and create something totally different from what I was seeing out in the shops and also use the whole board as a canvas and not just between the trucks. I know I’m guilty of slacking off here and there (especially this time of year) so “Work Hard” and “Stay True” are some good words to live by. If you swing over to 303, make sure to check out the other artist collaboration boards they have. There are definitely some good ones.

Daniel Rolnik recently did a little interview with me that is now on the Hi Fructose site.  Thanks!

The fine folks at WESTERN CIV Magazine released, “Goodnight Moon” with photography by Andrew Paynter and Kate Adams. Mahalo to Jason Black and Imani Lanier for their support. Read the full article by clicking HERE or on the images below.

Like parks and recreation and helping out a good cause? If you answered “yes”, then you should check out Philadelphia based Slingluff Gallery’s (http://www.SlingluffGallery.com/) open call. They are putting on a fundraiser art show to help benefit Penn Treaty Park. In their own words “The park is down the street from the gallery, it’s a great little park on a river that hosts a ton of music, art, and other events through out the year so it feels good to be able to give them something back.” This isn’t your normal “art donation” benefit either. They want to make sure everyone involved gets something out of this.

The opening is going to be sponsored by Art In The Age (http://www.artintheage.com/) who will be providing Root and Snap for your drinking pleasure, granted that you are of drinking age. The opening will be on the first Saturday of January which is on the 7th and will run from 6-9p and the show will be hung till January 29th.

For more info and any questions regarding this group show please feel free to email them at: theslingluffgallery@gmail.com