Posts tagged with “morgan campbell”

Over at the SbA site we have just commissioned James James to cut this ripping Recon piece on the West Hobart Bowl which is the 2^nd oldest park in Australia. Here is a little sample of the visuals. The video is over here.

If geologists rated skateparks the West Hobart Bowl would be classified as Jurassic. It is a crusty, meandrous beast that will happily spit you (and your flesh) into the stratosphere if you hesitate or make an error in judgment. It is a lumpy 100m roller coaster ride that takes you from a shallow dish, through the belly of a snake, past the demonic ‘Thrasher’ corner into the actual bowl. The West Hobart Bowl, (which is actually more of a snake run) has been sessioned for thirty three years now…. (continued here)

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.

Since the start of the year I have been working for Skateboarding Australia (SbA) which is a government funded body implemented to promote and grow skateboarding in our country. More about us here. Aside from being head judge for their Am Series and Pro/Am Tour (curated by Aussie legend Andrew Currie) I have been updating their website’s blog and features.

Including:
Feature interviews with Aussie luminaries such as Chima, Tommy Fynn, Steve Gourlay, Reece Warren, Joel McIlroy and Jack Fardell.

Chinwags with Andrew Brophy, Paul Brabenec and Trent Evans.

There are a bunch of video based regulars as well:
A to Bs with Barry Mansfield, and Dave “Battlecat” Harris
Lost Tapes with Daniel Cardone.
What’s Crackin’ with Nathan Jackson
Recons on the new Belconnen and Nimbin parks.

We also do historical pieces like
Flashbacks with Brett Margaritis, Matt Mumford, Davo and Lee Ralph.
and Video Vaults with Al Boglio, Wade Burkitt (pictured above), Cale Nuske, Tas Pappas, Dustin Dollin and Lewis Marnell.

There are wrap-ups on comps such as Shocklands and the Goldy Grail.
Hope you enjoy this little package of top shelf antipodean skateboarding.

Stay tuned at sba.org.au

Below you will find a selection of images from the site.

The 4 Skateboard Company has released a new range of boards called “In Good Company” (pictured). Along with it came this video by Josh Roberts. One of the standouts is no doubt Alex Campbell who has a rad lil interview over at These Video Days. sorry for my silence more transmissions from Australia soon…promise.

For a little while now I’ve been riding for *Brett Margaritis’s board project known as The Four Skateboard Company… Jonno King and Ben Mclachlan have just finished up work on their super slick/sick website. I have included an epic still of Alex Campbell from the pages, and you can peak the rest online over at the4skateboardcompany.com. Make sure you check out the latest series of boards here. I might be a bit biased but to me it seems that 4 is one of the few board companies doing things proper down this way.

*Brett was pro for Think and is also from Modus Bearing fame.

A little while back my friend from Yokohama: TWOONE (aka Hiro) painted one thousand individual spray cans for an exhibition here in Melbourne. I saw him a few times over the year that he was working on the show. One month he would say he was up to 486, the next he would be up to 526, one day he eventually told me he was up to 983 and then as luck would have it he finally finished and had the exhibition while I was a away!!!

The other day I gave Hiro a new board and the next day he dropped off two of the cans from the exhibition! So stoked! While he was over he also showed me some flicks from his entry in the recent We Are the Image Makers exhibition entitled:12X12. They feature his trademark characters as well as his developing interest in incorporating carpentry. Another brilliant effort from TWOONE.