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Black Cab Sessions-AMAZING!!!

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:19:36 -0400

My Morning Jacket from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Langhorne Slim from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Brian Wilson from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

Cool Kids from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

el nino....greatest fucking winter ever....

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:39:00 -0400

So it’s been awhile, I know, it’s been the greatest fucking winter ever, what do you expect me to be blogging or something?

I figured the best way to tell you what I’ve been up to is to show you….

The best thing about this is…this is my backyard, right outside the house…The waves were good for a solid 3 months, so I gathered up the best shots I could from a collection of the best surf photogs and here’s what I came up with…

That’s Ave I…Sand bar went nuts for awhile. That’s 2 feet overhead…

This is the reason why every time you paddled out, someone would say this is the best i’ve ever seen it.

Now if that’s not intimidating, I don’t know what is. This picture is out at Topaz Jetty, the scary thing, is usually this will be a close out, but not this winter, it stayed hallow all the way till it shot you out…

Here’s where I spent most of my days getting my ass kicked at Topaz Jetty…The winter I learned how to surf.

Normally you have to travel around the world to get waves like these, except this winter just have to suit up and stroll right outside.

A beautiful black and white tribute to Redondo Beach.

Looks like the walls of Waimea Bay…

Redondo Beach Break Wall, thats an intense fast section to navigate, sure looks fun though.

Looks like a shot of pipeline, nope this is where we surf at lunch time, El Porto.

POV cams have become a staple in the lineups. It used to be seen as a kook move to have one of these guys in the water, now your a kook if you don’t, everyone’s a surf hero!!!

PIPELINE imitation shot…

MERRY CHRISTMAS to me……best Christmas present Santa has ever left under the tree, I won’t one of those again next year please Santa.

OH CANADA!!!!!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:20:00 -0500

OH CANADA!!!!!

Saturday Night Experience

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:52 -0500

Playing for a Change is coming to Cali, and we’re stoked!

TO EARL(Y)….where ever you are…..CHARGEIT

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:25 -0500

TO EARL(Y)….where ever you are…..CHARGEIT

Another Piece for GrindTV-Modern Collective Premiere

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:38:00 -0500

Last night, we gathered to celebrate the future of surfing. In the heart of HipsterWood CA, most people who attended would have been told to go home and put on more appropriate attire. instead, Le Deux nightclub was bombarded by flannel, sandals, tight jeans, and beanies for a night
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To be more exact, we were there for the primeire of Modern Collective, the newest film by Kai Neville featuring 6 young high performance surfers, Dane Reynolds, Dion Agius, Yadin Nicol, Mitch Coleborn, Dusty Payne and Jordy Smith. This movie is about focusing on state of the art, high performance surfing. It wasn’t about perfect hollow barrels and long drawn out point breaks, it was more about pushing the limits on a surfboard.

The greatest thing about this movie was the way in which Kai Neville captured the essence of each of the surfers individuality in the film. It’s pretty fair to say these guys each have their own “Uniqueness” about them, which is why the movie was so appealing. This movie was more of an Art Piece than your standard Surf Porn film, the cinematography is going to set a new standard. After the movie I wasn’t sure what i was more impressed with, the lifestyle parts or the Surfing?

Speaking of the Surfing, there was plenty of stuff that will make you want to go back and watch it over and over. All of these guy’s charge, especially Jordy, he had some air that seemed impossible, especially for a guy his size…

Kai also did something original for this film, they posted on the modern collective blog the ability for people to submit music they think should be in the film. Not sure how many songs they pulled from that, but the music was quality and fit the feel of the film perfectly. The sound of the movie was so important, Skull Candy gave out wireless head phones as you walked in the door to make damn sure you heard the movie…

The way to fancy club actually turned out to be a great place for the primeire, it definitely fit the hipster vibe of flannels and tight pants. In fact I think there were more flannels than women, but it was a great night, all the surfers, especially the Australians enjoyed themselves.

Make sure you get Modern Collective, it comes out next Tuesday…

Check out some VIntage Polaroids by J Fry who actually brought a Polaroid to the Party…

Photo

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:14:18 -0500

PLAYING FOR A CHANGE-Greatest Collection of Street...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:28:00 -0500

PLAYING FOR A CHANGE-Greatest Collection of Street Performers

Ross Lake- A trip like no other

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:23:00 -0400

Shots From the GoPro

Full of wild debauchery, the trip to ross lake with the fellas turned into an all out MAN WEEK!

Sit back and enjoy the ride of what was ROSS LAKE 2009-

South Bay Surf Spots-photos by McShots

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:34:00 -0400

Rat Beach-In front of my house

Great Night of surfing, best so far this year- The night was magical

Epic Week of Swell

Our Version of the Great ocean road

Leo Carillo-Classic Spot

Manhattan Beach Beauty!

Looking back at where we Live….

Being "Stuck In Ohio" is not so bad...A story I wrote for Grind

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:00 -0400

If you have been paying attention to GrindTV during the past two years, you have undoubtedly seen a glimpse of the magic from Stuck In Ohio. With their vintage Ice Cream Cone logo, imaginative shot composition, and creative use of the family farm, these two brothers from a tiny town in Ohio have given us such classics as Ohio Farm Shred and Easter in Ohio.

It’s about time we sat down with the creative minds behind Stuck In Ohio and answer one very important question, are they really that talented or really just that bored?

GTV Nate-How did Stuck In Ohio come about, what’s the back story on SIO productions?
Stuck In Ohio-My older brother Ken and I, are from a small town in Northeast Ohio which doesn’t bode well for one particular sport because the season’s aren’t very long or cooperative. Our parents had us snowskiing and waterskiing since before we could remember, so we were used to running around and getting out and having fun outdoors. Then we started skating in the mid 90’s and that kinda transformed us. From then on we pretty much ditched the ski’s and started to shred, boarding all year round. Snowboarding in the winter and wakeboarding in the summer, and skating year round whenever we could. Then one winter when I was in middle school I saved up all my Christmas cash and bought a little handycam. From then on we just started filming everything. Then one winter (think it was like ‘01 or ‘02) it snowed every weekend and ironically stayed all winter, which usually wasn’t the case. Our dad didn’t want to drive the 3+ hours to the hill in the crap so he hooked one of our waterski ropes up to one of our snowmobiles and pulled us around the yard for hours. We got a big yard so we made a bunch of little kickers and would hit em for hours and film each other getting broke trying to learn how to spin and flip, straight first timer stuff. As far as tricks go, we didn’t learn much that winter, but I guess it kinda made us tougher, because the next Winter was the first one Ken was allowed to drive to the hill, so we went all the time and just chucked off the park jumps because we were used to landing on our heads I guess. We filmed a bunch that winter, at home and at the parks, and ended up cutting it up into a 10 minute flick. We called it Stuck In Ohio because the first section was to a track called “Stuck In America” by Sugarcult. We played it at a family Christmas gathering the next year and everyone loved it. We have a big extended family and everyone wanted a copy. I remember it so well, it was on VHS and it sucked, we had to dub all the copies. We must have dubbed at least 200 VHS copies for our family and friends and they showed everyone. We kept riding and gradually got better, so we started to hit more street stuff. It got to the point where we’d be hitting a street spot and kids would come up to us and say “are you those Stuck In Ohio guys from that video”. So that’s kinda who we were known as. Then we started using our improving camera skills to do random film jobs to get extra cash for camera gear and needed a name. Stuck In Ohio productions was pretty much a no brainer because that’s who we were known as, and it pretty much summed up our situation/mindset. We never meant it to be derogatory towards Ohio (though some older folks take it that way), we always said that we’re stuck in ohio and loving it. Pretty much just making the most out of our situation.

GTV Nate-Where is the family farm located in Ohio?
SIO-We are based in Vienna, Ohio. For some reason the locals here pronounce it “Vie-enna”, not the conventional Vee-enna. It’s 5 minutes from the PA border, halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Our house is on the corner of our grandparents’ farm, so we got plenty of room to do whatever.

GTV Nate-Where did you guys develop your crazy eye for filmmaking?
SIO-Well, everyone is pretty much a product of their environment, and the same goes for us. We unfortunately didn’t grow up near any major mountain ranges, oceans, or desirable climates. But we were fortunate enough to grow up somewhere that had a little bit of all of those. Being based where we are, it allowed us to be involved in a bunch of different things. As any kids growing up in action sports, we were video junkies. How else would we know what the cool tricks were. And every sport kind of has its own video style. In some sports you have to be up close and personal, while in others you have to be a far away to see the action. Some you’re posted up just waiting, and others you’re on the move. Whether we’re hanging out of a convertible on the freeway, or posted up on hill surrounded in poison ivy, kinda just do what we gotta do to get the “shot”. We like to take each style of filming and use it in a different aspect that tries to give the viewer a perspective they might not have seen before. There’s only so many tricks you can do on a board, the challenge we welcome as filmmakers is to film those tricks in ways many haven’t seen before.

GTV Nate-Are you guys really that bored or really that creative with a lot of the various clips and random hits and jumps in your films?
SIO-To be honest, it started out as pure boredom. For example, back in the day we used to use our dog’s doghouse as a kicker because it was less snow we’d have to shovel. We used to think it was kinda hokey, but as we progressed we started to realize how unique our situation was, and how our stuff looked different even though it was essentially the same as what others were doing. We’re at the point now where we don’t stress too much about traveling far and wide for new street spots or a certain types of hits, we’ll just drive around town with a trailer full of snow or plywood, put in a couple man hours of labor, add a few brain cells, and usually come away with something a little different that hasn’t been seen before.

GTV Nate-How Long did it take to produce Long Weekend and tell us the back story about the movie?
SIO-Long Weekend took about two years to film. It was a lot of work, and we went through a lot making the film. We wanted to do something that really showcases our region, and it only made sense to make an action sports film of multiple sports because there’s something for us to do for every season. It’s kind of hard to film a full snow part in Ohio in a year because the winters are so short, same goes with the other sports. What triggered the name Long Weekend was the fact that my brother and I work other 9-5 jobs during the week, so all of our shoots and filming was done on the weekends. It was pretty much every weekend we could (weather permitting), we were in the snow, on the water, or running the streets trying to get the best shots we could. A typical “long weekend” involved us somehow getting out of work early on Friday, packing our minivan to the roof with boards and camera gear. Then setting sail to wherever to the conditions were good and coming back late Sunday night dead as a doornail. The biggest challenge was coordinating our schedule and our rider’s to coincide with the weather. Stuff was always getting pushed back, or moved up depending on what mother nature was giving us. It was a crazy process, and there’s always stuff we wish would’ve gone a little differently, but in the end it all worked out and we came away with some good memories and sweet flick (in our eye’s anyways).

GTV Nate-What’s next for you guys, what’s in the pipeline at SIO?
SIO-We were thinking about doing a mini movie, maybe about 15-20min long, and releasing it as a digital download. Everything’s going to digital downloads now, so why waste money on packaging when you can release it digitally, and still watch the same thing. With the success of LW, a lot of people are coming to us with interesting projects outside of the action sports realm. Recently we’ve been a part of music videos, nature shows, and movie documentaries because people have either seen, or heard about LW and its production quality. Working on these projects is different than we’re used to, it’s a lot more set up and formal as far as filming goes, but to grow in this movie game you gotta be as well versed as possible, so we welcome all of it. In the end, no matter what we do, or where we go, we’ll always be Midwestern farm boys having fun doing everything.

Franky Baby will lead us through WINE TASTING in...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:08:00 -0400

Franky Baby will lead us through WINE TASTING in Temecula…

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:53:51 -0400

"He's not coming back"

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:22:30 -0400

Bodhi once told me, “If you want the ultimate, you’ve got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It’s not tragic to die doing what you love.” -Johnny Utah

Last Minute Camping Trip to Leo Carrillo

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:37:00 -0400

This is one of my favorite camping trips ever!!!!

It was 2 days before we left, we still had no camp site, everyone who was going to go backed out, just when the trip looked like it wasn’t going to happen, boom an unexpected camp site opening at Leo Carillo popped up. Like the troopers that they are, Sam and marley were ready to go, packed up the Element and we were on our way. It just so happened that the surf was head high, and the weather was 90 degrees. It couldn’t have worked out perfect. After several hours of surfing perfect waves, a couple afternoon naps, a bunch of beer and wine coolers, 2 delicious dinners of the same thing, various cards games, several failed fire attempts, numerous ridiculous jokes, loud singalongs, this became one of my favorite camping adventures I have ever bene on…Hopefully the next one is not far behind…

Enjoy Pics from the weekend!

The element has been everything i hoped it would. It’s the camping machine. Everything you need in one car. Our camp site was sick too, we got super lucky…

It didn’t take marley very long to get into the spirit of camping….

Sam Zoncked out in the middle of the day, enjoying the possibility of an afternoon nap, something that has become sort of a myth in every day life. We were talking about the good old days in college were afternooons were like drinking beer, it happened everyday!

Off to the beach…These are the type of shots I dreamed in my head when i first got Marley…If only she emjoyed getting on the surfboard? Nope not a chance, not a water dog…

This is how you eat dinner while Camping. I don’t usually spend the extra money to get something nice, it’s quite the opposite, I usually buy the cheapest one possible, in the case of buying a camping stove, this time I actually splurged the extra 30 dollars and bought a high quality stove! Coleman is now part of the family, the stove kicks ass. We busted out some Turkey Kabasa, Mac n Cheese, and a toasted bun for dinner. Add in a fancy 8 dollar salad from costco that lasted for every meal of the trip and you have your self a camping dinner. Feast your eyes on this complete meal…

Ahh….You would think in this picture i’m happy, because of the ice cold beer in my hand or is it that i’m camping wih my favorite people, or is it cuz i just scored perfect head high surf, or is it just being outside in the fresh air? If you guessed any of those, your wrong, or atleast half wrong, I have a HUGE smile on my face due to the newly purchased stove! COLEMAN…

So there wasn’t really a contest going on, but since I’m ultra competitive, i developed a best photo of the weekend contest, and since i created the contest, judged the contest, and participated in the contest, well I also WON the contest.

AND THE WINNER FOR BEST PHOTO IS»»»»»»»»»»>

Sam in the beautiful glow of the morning, it’s not often a picture tells the whole story but in this case, the picture shows the true beauty of Sam in real life…(awwww)

More photos from the Caribbean

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:28:31 -0400

The Caribbean is a Beautiful Place

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:13:16 -0400

Cecil Brown by Hank Williams III-

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:31:04 -0400

Cecil Brown by Hank Williams III-

The GOOD LIFE

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:29:48 -0400

From The Depths of the Sea

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:47:23 -0400

From The Depths of the Sea