Nassim Guammaz – Future Nature Deadline Day
In March 2012 the Element Europe team spent 10 days in Saragossa, Spain to film the riders’ last few tricks for their parts in Element’s latest AM Video “Future Nature”. Here we follow Nassim Guammaz on the last day of filming before the deadline for the project – the pressure’s on to get everything down on film…..
Future Nature is available on iTunes now
For more information about Future Nature check out the site here
NICK AND JULIAN “BROTHERS FROM DIFFERENT MOTHERS”
Hot off the heels of FUTURE NATURE (which is now available on iTunes), Nick Garcia and Julian Davidson are given the royal treatment over at Skateboarder… Senior photographer, John Bradford, put together a collection of his photographs from a recent interview with the two. And as the title of the blog would indicate, “Daily Film Blog” the skate photos and portraits are all shot on, well, you guessed it, film. The article, in all its entirety can be seen here.
The FUTURE NATURE collection is available here. And their dilapidated decks from filming the video have been given new life through Element’s “No Board Left Behind” program, which will soon be available here.
Here Come the Alpacas
For a few years now, my wife has been dreaming of owning Alpacas and starting her own fiber farm. Her plan is to raise these beautiful animals, shear them once a year, and produce the finest and softest yarns available for sale to subscribers (like a CSA farm share). She’s been working really hard to raise the funds and has already purchased the animals. We’re currently in the process of building a barn shelter for them and getting a 1 acre pasture fenced in. Lots and lots of work but it’s all very exciting. Click here: http://www.gofundme.com/l108c to watch a cool little video she shot explaining the project in more detail.
Here she is, hard at work on the new barn for them.
Snail Hunting
After an extremely draining eleven day trip to Japan with some of the Element team, I’m back home with my hands in the dirt. The first thing I always do to ground myself after a trip is dive into some menial garden chore. I worked on overcoming the jetlag with a good ol’ fashioned snail hunt. The ducks and chickens had a feast from this bucket.
ETHIOPIAN SKATE PARK PROJECT – CHANGING LIVES THROUGH SKATEBOARDING
Elemental Awareness Foundation (EA) teamed up with the Ethiopian Skateboard Park Project (ESPP) in their efforts to teach kids how to skateboard in Ethiopia. Through Element’s Changing lives through skateboarding program, EA was able to donate shoes and boards to help the ESPP accomplish their goals. They recently made a trip out to Ethiopia to visit the kids and build some ramps. The ultimate goal of the project is to build a Skate Park and community center in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Click Here to learn more about the project and how you can help this dream become a reality. To see more photos from the trip, Click Here.
A portion of proceeds from all shoes and select skateboards benefit the Elemental Awareness Foundation. When you buy Element, you are helping make programs like this possible.
ETNIES PRESENTS: NICK GARCIA
Etnies has released a full Nick Garcia part in support of the Freeport shoe. Enter to win the shoes along with an Element board and Stance socks here.
Also, check out this exclusive interview with Nick via Skateboarder Magazine which coincides with his Etnies part. Click here to see full interview.
EVAN SMITH & CHRIS RAY – THE CINEMATOGRAPHER PROJECT
When DC’s Chris Ray was asked to be one of the 13 filmers to submit a part for TransWorld SKATEboarding‘s latest film, The Cinematographer Project, he naturally gravitated towards Element am Evan Smith. With Evan’s effortless style and unique approach and Ray Ray’s mastery of the angles, editing and HD, Evan’s part excerpted from the full length DVD is your most recent glimpse to how talented of a skateboarder Evan Smith really is.
The Cinematographer Project full length DVD, with 13 parts submitted by skateboarding’s greatest filmers, is available now at http://www.skateboarding.com, your local skateshop, or for download on iTunes.
TOM SCHAAR LANDS FIRST EVER 1080
Twelve year old Element team rider Tom Schaar has landed the first ever 1080º. It has been amazing to watch Tom’s progression over the past. He first caught our eye when at 7yrs old when he entered the Element am contest series, and his special talent for transition was clear. While we were sure his career would blossom, the rate at which he progressed is alarming. From his quick adaption to vert and the mega ramp, to becoming the youngest ever to do a 900º, he continues to blow minds and set records. We congratulate Tom for his accomplishment, and can’t wait to see what he does next.
California RampWorks was strategic in helping Tom see this trick to its reality. Check out exclusive interviews and the feature built by CRW that helped make it all possible. See further documentation and photos here.
PUSH TUNISIA: NATHAN GRAY DOCUMENTARY PROJECT IN TUNIS
Elemental Awareness has supported Nathan Gray in his ventures to take skateboarding to the children of India, Israel, Jordan and now Tunisia. . PUSH Tunisia is a skateboard ‘artivism’ project which features a multi-national group of skateboarders, street artists, and volunteers on a trip to Tunisia, eleven months after the revolution. Now in the final stages of the project, he and his organization, the bedouins, need your help. CLICK HERE to find out more about the project and how you can help.
