We had the pleasure to be at the premiere of Skateboardcafe’s new video “Tenor” in Bristol and it was lovely to see how tight-knitted the scene is and how the brand holds a special place in everyone’s heart. 10 years of Skateboardcafe is a big one and we hope it stays around for a long time. Congrats guys, you smashed it once again!
Filmed & edited by Rich Smith. Check out their new collection HERE.
Lucien Parsons doesn´t take a break. After releasing “Sugar Town” last week, he´s back with a new clip for Yardsale showcasing the one and only Bear Myles. Edited by Dan Kreitem.
The Bristol skateboarding scene is doing very well and one of the reasons for that is Lucien Parsons. “Sugar Town” is his latest work, and we are happy to see some familiar faces. Big shoutout to Henry Gibbs and Jordan Lightowler!
We heard about this video when we asked some friends at the skatepark – “What are you watching?”. It happened to be Tom Peel´s latest release “earth member”. Filmed in London, Bristol, and Manchester it gives us a glimpse into the scene there and its new generation. Well done guys!
After 2020´s “DRUMMER BOY” the Bristol/London-based crew Interceptor now released their second video. With “Trinity Land Mass” Ben Davies brings everyone together for a new and very entertaining piece of videography. We love to see it! Shout out to Sam Nobbs for making some of the music for this one.
We are happy to show you the new Henry Gibbs part for Grey Skate Mag. He´s a great guy and we hope to see him soon : ). Don´t forget to read his interview! Filmed and edited by Louis Marschall.
Bristols’ Filmmaker Lucien Parsons is back with another edit called “FAITH” and it is as good as it gets. Huge fans of the their scene, they always spread positive energy and it looks like they are really having fun.
This one features Jay Lentern, Jordan Lightowler, Bear Myles, Henry Gibbs, Keen Will, Jordan Thackery & Tom Kinmon.
One of our favorites at the moment Bear Myles came out with a new video part for our friends over at Grey.
Bristol’s Dirtyrat crew presents “Rat Trap” a video featuring Lucien Parsons, Bear Myles, Jay Lentern and Billy Lincoln. Big fans of the skate scene in Bristol!
A video by Lucien Parsons & animation by S3xpalace (Ethan Smith).
Lucien Clarke approved, and with a solid amount of very flowy footage, Bristolian Henry Gibbs hits us with a fun 8-minute project.
George Hill, Tobi Moors, Francis Peters, James Griffiths, Chris Carr, Faro Phiri, Michael McMaster, and Jord Lightowler.
About 2 weeks back we were in Vienna, we met up with the turtle crew, we filmed a little clip of this British guy Henry who found love in the city and we met up with Louis Marschall. All in all, it was a nice get-together, and most of the faces we saw during those sessions are now represented in this new 11-minute piece.
We asked Louis to tell us a bit more and he came back with this little text:
“I try to be outside filming almost every day anyway but what specifically made this video come together was my good friend Henry Gibbs.
“Because of the global outbreak of Covid-19 and the fact that his girlfriend is currently living in Vienna he decided to extend his trip to the city way longer than planned (In the end, he stayed about 4 months).
Due to his positive energy and motivational skills, we had a really good time filming in beautiful Vienna. I believe this video shows just that, FUN, and I look forward to seeing him again. Cheers to Henry and all of my friends!”
Now simply press play and enjoy the ride.
Featuring:
Lorenz Sutter, Franco Simeoni, Max Geiselbrechtinger, Maxi Thienen, Max Rumpeltes, Paul Spendiér, Adrian Correa Kunnen, Manuel Correa Kunnen, Anton Defant, Markus Fischer, Danny Wright, Raphael Krisa, Viktor Szeberin, Sebastian Weissinger, Jan Federer, Lucas Jankoschek, Henry Gibbs & Louis Marschall.
On some Simply Red shit “If you don’t know me by now” we have the full Drummer Boy video for you together with an exclusive interview with Ben Davies the creator of said video. So get to know the young Bristolian who filmed and edited this fine piece of video entertainment. Press play first but get ready to read right after it is a fun one!
Intro & Interview By Roland Hoogwater.
Tell us a bit about yourself for the people that don’t know you.
My name is Ben Davies and I am 20 years old from Bristol.
When did you start filming?
I started filming 8 years ago on a shitty camcorder until I eventually upgraded to a vx1000 which I have been using for the past 4 years.
Was that transition easy some people have a hard time stopping skating and start filming.
At first, I would often want to skate way more than film. But for the past 2 years or so I have had a reoccurring ankle injury meaning I can’t really skate properly so filming has been my main priority.
Although it sucks a lot to have an ankle injury it has also definitely had its positive effects with filming. I have found I am filming lots of stuff that I wouldn’t normally be bothered to film and filming is way more
enjoyable because I’m not feeling like I’m missing out on skating (laughs).
You recently moved to London from Bristol can you tell us how the skate scenes differ?
Bristol is way more relaxed, you can just head into town and you know you will see people to hang out with because it is so small and everyone knows everyone and it is very friendly.
Whereas London is way more intense and unwelcoming until you get to know people then everyone is very nice. It is probably like this because in London there are so many tourist skaters coming through that the locals get fed up with it. So they are a bit less friendly until they have seen you a few times.
In terms of filming I think London is way better and lots easier to get clips. My friends Ryan and Pete and I went on some filming missions here and getting clips is a lot easier because of the quality of spots. I like going filming with a group of people and that was hard at first because I only knew my friend Pete Gronau in London so we would just go on duo filming missions which varied in success. Next year we will have a solid crew though as Sam Nobbs and a few other Bristol people are moving into town.
Filming is something you want to develop further outside of the skateboard context. What have you been doing and how does your skate experience play into those types of things?
I have been trying to develop my filming in a way where I can actually make some money. So I’ve been trying to do some music videos which is quite fun until the rapper doesn’t want to do anything apart from sitting in an expensive car and asking you to make him look cool and doesn’t want to give you any creative control (laughs).
Apart from that, it is good to earn some money and I know which type of artists not to work with now. It is also nice to work on something more widely appreciated because showing your skate video to your Auntie isn’t ideal and something like a music video they might understand more.
And that is a good thing.
Southbank or Lloyds as the main spot?
Lloyds for sure. I find it hard to enjoy Southbank as its so hectic. Also, everyone is too good at skating so it is hard to have a fun chill skate. Lloyds is way more relaxed and a nice open space to chill at.
Drummer Boy took three years to make tell us why and did you struggle with saving footage for that long? People seem to want to put stuff out quickly today.
It took 3 years because our crew isn’t the most productive (laughs). We also intended to film the video purely in Bristol but we couldn’t quite do it because we got fed up with the shitty spots. During this time of filming we just filmed everywhere like London and around Europe. We did an interrail trip last summer and got good clips.
At the same time, saving clips was a struggle as well, people’s clothing styles and ability changed a lot during this time so I have had to cut lots of old clips from 2017 as they just looked too out of place in the video. But, some of the clips still surprisingly manage to hold up in the video which is good.
All my friends have been wanting me to release the video for a while now and I had to call it a day eventually (laughs). Also now, because we are no longer allowed to go skating in groups due to coronavirus I thought it would be the best time to release the video. It has also been a really good time to edit as I have had nothing else to do.
Tell us a bit about the creative process graphic and music-wise is that something you do alone or do you have help?
My friend Sam Nobbs helped me lots with choosing songs for the video. For the graphics, we both have our input but during quarantine, he hasn’t been able to come over to edit. I have just been uploading sections of the video to youtube on private and trying different songs and graphics and he has been telling me what he likes and what he thinks I should change.
You also started a brand called Interceptor what led you to make that choice?
Interceptor is run by myself and Sam Nobbs. We wanted for a while now to release some clothing together with the Drummer Boy video. We decided to make the brand because we felt that we had lots of ideas for graphics and it would be a fun project to work on together.
Obviously, every project needs at least someone to pull the wagon for a bit Sam seems to do that or does he just get stuff that quickly that you put him all over the video?
Sam always manages to get lots of clips for my videos which I am very happy about and it doesn’t always come easy but he commits and if he says he will do something then he will definitely do it (or at least give it a good try). He also films lots with Rich Smith from Skateboard Cafe so it is crazy that he always manages to get clips for both.
Finally, give us your 5 favorite clips from the video.
This is a very hard question I like all the clips but:
1. Dylan Wilks back fifty-fifty shove it at 1:35
2. Lucas Castellano hippy jump at 9:00
3. Cosmo Conway’s fs flip at 25:26
4. Ryan Viens nose slide at 29:08
5. Sam Nobbs fs nose to fakie manny at 13:05
Today we are launching one part from Drummer Boy a video by Ben Davies shot all over Europe but based in Bristol, England. For those that have not seen one bit of Ben’s work go here and educate yourself. For now, enjoy Sam’s footage and read up on him below. Tune in on Friday for the whole video, it is worth it.
Intro by Roland Hoogwater.
Text by Ben Davies.
Sam and I have been filming this part for a while now. During this time he has also been putting lots of effort into filming with Rich Smith for Skateboard Cafe and practicing with his band DamefrisØr for whom he plays keyboard and whos music feature in the full-length video.
Towards the end of the filming process for Drummer Boy, he put some extra effort in and managed to get lots of clips for the video so, much love to Sam for doing that! He also managed to pick up a savage knee injury trying a trick on the last day of filming for this project. So I want to say sorry for pressuring you into doing that trick (laughs).
We also started our brand called Interceptor and we made a few t-shirts which were released last year and since then we have been designing some clothing while working on the filming for Drummer Boy which will be out in full this Friday, May 1st. So this is the real entrée before you get the main dish. Enjoy!
This week we will be co-hosting something special from Bristol, England. It presents some known and some lesser-known names that came together to create a video that we feel is well worth your time!
First, today this trailer as a little appetizer before we present Sam Nobb’s part, a full Placelist and finally, a full article including the video.
The whole thing was both filmed & edited by the talented Ben Davies.
After Bobby Worrest’s “Turf Killer” part now it is Mike Arnold’s time to present himself skating his hometown spot called “Lloyds”.
We respect hometown spots and we respect the creativity it takes to make something worth while there. Mike Arnolds put in the work and came out with something special.
Nike SB präsentiert “West”, die Finale Episode der NESW Serie. Dieses Mal sind Jake Collins, Korahn Gayle und Chris Jones in Bristol, Cardiff und Newport unterwegs und zeigen gutes Skateboarding an teilweise doch ziemlich rauen Spots. Film ab:
Camera – Rich Smith
Edited – Mark Jackson
Additional footage – George Nevin and Alex Harris
Music – The Union Pool – Tape Club Records