In a 'first of its kind' offering from Element Skateboards, Future Nature embodies the amateur skateboarder and its potential. Paul Shier puts on his National Geographic voice in this documentary/study of the Homo-sapien evolving into an erect body carriage, with the mental capacity to manipulate objects in such a way that we would be able to capture and discuss the nature of skateboarding. Senior Tennskate coordinator, Mark Stewart, spent months behind the lens and screen for this one, ladies and gents- and you can watch it to your heart's content today at no cost! Go ahead and pick it up from iTunes though, you'll want to observe it in the future...
"Could I get one of those?" I had been smoking for maybe six months when I noticed Ramon twisting a cigarette. "Don't fuck with RJ's rollies!" Jay shouted across the parking lot. I certainly couldn't, it went out halfway. I was fifteen and the year was 2006. Fast forward six years and I am sitting in the same Chattanooga skatepark parking lot. Don't get me wrong, a lot has changed...friends have come and gone, I'm writing this from a cell phone, and I've finally given up smoking. If you're reading this, you are already navigating RJ's work- but he has a brand new site up, ramonhess.com, that features some impressive photo sets! Some things never change!
in Taoist philosophy, Yin and Yang are used to decribe seemingly opposing forces being interconnected in nature and how they give rise to each other. Yang represents everything positive while Yin is characterized as negative. One is not better than the other, instead they are both necessary and a balance of both is highly desirable.
-Alex
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Skateboarding has been great to me for the past week! I've just started to skate again, so I've been spending a lot of time at the skatepark with everybody. After getting bored with my own skating, I pointed the camera around a little!
Jim has been filming lines far before my time, so he wanted to make sure a couple of these didn't go unseen. Ross and the NOLO crew don't seem to have any trouble stacking footage either. Original tennskater, Mark Stewart has been busy creating & skating with some of the greatest in the game. Hyped mate!
Matt Sharer has been ripping in Nashville for as long as I can remember, and much longer than that. His part from Knock On Wood's: Pop Culture is online. Give it a view!
Hartman and I had a fun stay with James this past week in Miami. We got to skate a ton of great spots and enjoy the most temperate winter experience possible. Here's some of what we skated, and a little of what we witnessed! Thanks James & Jerica!
Chattanooga has received some bad publicity in the national news; Gang violence has gotten out of control at the coolest club in town. I say shoot 'em up! We may do a little shooting too...
Starting out 2012 on the right foot; Knock on Wood has been releasing their second video, Pop Culture in individual sections! Check out Kaleb & Miles, Andy, George, Casey, and the Chattanoogans. The guys over at NOLO Nashville have been putting out a healthy stack of footage from recent sessions. Also, Comfort Skateshop celebrated their second anniversary with an event at the Chattanooga Skatepark. If you haven't had a chance to check out the teaser for the upcoming Comfort Skateshop video, it is back online. Give it a click!
