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I’ve been playing guitar, mostly electric, since I was 11 years old. Every once in a while, I look for something new to try. It turns out that the very day that I looked at 3 string blues sticks at L&M would be the day I would hear about Cigar Box Guitars and Craig Williams. I knew I didn’t buy the blues stick for a reason! Craig was that reason! I ordered a box right way which turned into a budding musical friendship and inspired the following interview. Also note that 17000 of the Alan Lomax recordings are now available online.
Dylan Rieder – Boneless – El Paso, TX.
This past January a bunch of my friends and I embarked on a little journey down to El Paso, TX (and back). It was a skate mission with the intention of filming tricks for Russell Houghten’s part in Transworld’s “The Cinematographer’s Project“.
While we were street skating around El Paso, (which by the way feels like being in another country) we kept hearing about these city workers that were building transitions into new ditches around the city. Pretty epic dudes if you ask me. Ditches are already pretty god damn good for skating, but when you add some really nice transitions to a few objects you really get somewhere. Read more
I’ve been on the road since October of 2011, only to come back recently from Barcelona Spain where I spent a month with a group of guys from the DC Canada Skate team shooting an article for SBC Skateboard magazine.
While on this long stint away from home I spent lots of time shooting with 35mm film on a couple different cameras, documenting the people I was with and places I’ve travelled to. Las Vegas, Toronto, Niagara, Canton OH, Los Angeles and Barcelona where some of the places I called home during this long stint. I didn’t always having the luxury of a Pro Camera Shop close-by to buy the type of film that I’m used to shooting. Even though this can really be a drag, I wasn’t going to let it to stop me from shooting film. Instead I started buying “consumer” marketed film at stores like Souvenir shops, Walgreens, Walmart, Target and pretty much anywhere that had 35mm film available. Read more
Just after Christmas I had a chance to visit photographer (and fellow Bneeth blogger) Ryan Allan at his place in Oceanside California—just outside of San Deigo. I got to skate around his local park a bit and he let me sit down and chat in front of my camera about some of his favourite photos, his influences, his approach to shooting and more.
It was a good excuse to pick the brain of someone much more talented than myself. And Ryan, thanks for letting some tall Canadian poke through your stuff. Read more
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Mikey Scott has been harassing me for a column like a loan shark who’s owed money. Which is funny, cause normally that’s my job—harassing assholes who owe me words. To be honest, I’ve been struggling with this whole blog business. I have a problem saying “no” to new projects I think are worthwhile and interesting, even though I absolutely know that I don’t have the time and/or brainpower to fully commit to them. I’ve got five skate mags, four snow mags, two fashion mags and now a new travel/surf mag to get off the ground, plus two huge skate events, so I really shouldn’t be telling Mike that “the column’s in the mail” so to speak. Cause it’s not. It’s sitting in a “to do” pile that’s 10 feet high that has become self-aware. I also suspect it’s plotting to kill me. Read more
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Last year I wrote a similar rant on push.ca, but there are a few additional points to bring up, so let’s get into this:
Scott E. Wittlake is my favorite snowboarder. In a strange way, yes, I love him. Dylan Rieder is a handsome man. In a strange way, yes, I think he is a handsome man.
Too many jocks in this macho sport of snowboarding/skateboarding would follow up such an outpouring of man love with the expression “NO HOMO.” I do not. Read more
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Can you believe Lance Mountain is forty-seven? He’s still out there shredding and spreading the epic vibes of real skateboarding. Lance has always been someone that represented skateboarding to me. Never seeming to take it, or himself very serious but at the same time always putting out quality and fun skateboarding. He brought us so many hilarious moments and quotes throughout the years with all the Powell Peralta videos as well as The Firm projects. A tip of my hat to you sir. Thank you for keeping it fun and keeping it real.
Looking back on the countless days of filming, crouched over in dirty alleys, ditches, and god knows where else has made me think. I’ve realized how the unwritten law of marking a landing trick by covering your hand over the lens has gone unrecognized for so many years.
If it wasn’t for “the hand”, these days would be nothing but endless takes filled with mental and physical anguish of unsuccessful attempts. Instead, “the hand” represents relief, happiness, and satisfaction of creating something worthy of sharing to the world. Read more
Who is Ryan Allan and why should you care? Ryan is one of those photographers that has been there and done that before you even thought of doing it. As a founding editor in Canada’s SBC Skateboard Magazine, I first met Ryan while we were both cutting our teeth inside the magazine publication world. The main difference was that Ryan worked on the skateboard side of things, while I was on snowboard side. Oh ya, and Ryan knew how to use flashes and shoot amazing photos, all while I was just learning the craft. I remember asking him a lot of questions. Looking back, I now know how annoying that must have been. Well, I thought I would take it back to the streets and annoy him with more questions. Read more
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There are many aspects to being a photographer that the viewer will be unable to see. For example, when taking photos for years on end, it’s difficult to makensure you’re staying organized. In short, this post is going to introduce everyone to the general idea surrounding a new disorder that I recently discovered.
If your like me, staying true to your newyears resolutions and/or your desired level of productivity in work is pretty hard. What I’ve come up with is a disorder called L.M.D (List Making Disorder). L.M.D. is defined as the ongoing obsession of making lists for everything, and keeping those said lists for ever. Think about it? Do you have L.M.D? Read more