The Skateboarder’s Companion – #22: The Video Issue

THE VIDEO ISSUE On the cover: It goes without saying that taking a dip in the ponds of Pentwyn isn’t high up on most people’s agendas. Sam Pulley avoids doing exactly that by crooking from one narrow waterside path to the next, shot by Trix. Inside you will find something of a double pronged appreciation of the lauded artefact of unrivalled subcultural significance: the skateboard video. Across a series of largely geographically (though in no way comprehensive) based quasi-historical conversations between camera enthusiasts, we hope to provide some insight into the largely thankless, often gruelling and habitually financially unstable existence of the skateboard filmer, whilst also paying lip service to some of the homegrown VHS/DVD/MP4 milestones that have led us to this point. Expect to find: Miscellaneous Debris: UK Skateable Architecture with Al Hodgson, Tom Pickard and Greg Conroy. What’s the Point?: Ireland with Roy O’Halloran, Ryan O’Neile and Cian Eades. Join Us!: South Wales, Skits and Sanchez with Matthew ‘Dykie’ Ryan, Harry Deane, Christian Hart. In Bloom: Scotland Quickfire with Dean Mackie and Amy Greig. Dayzed and Confused: Yorkshire with Josh Hallett, Hilda Quick and Ben Powell. “This Generation is Cooked”: Freelance Filming with Dan Magee, Mike and William Boardman. Work in Progress: Bristol with Tidy Mike Pearson, Alexis Lewis, James Harris and Tom Leigh. As If, And What?: Rogue Skateboards with Jenna Selby. Swimming Upstream: Bag of Suck, Oververt and the resurrection of Enjoi with Louie Barletta. Competitions, The Ben Raemers Foundation, Pioneers and more!