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Ben KADOW Rock and roll / Milano_ITALY.

Photo // Davide Biondani.

COVER STORY “I like the back 3 cause it came randomly from a 10 buck bet between Kevin and Ben, he just stood up and did it on the 2nd or 3rd try, raw style... Fun all around and a large smile on your face. But I prefer the raw rock’n’roll challenge, cause the spot is so rough, and we were just passing by on our way back to the hotel. And again it was more like a game than a challenge, so a game between 2 friends like Ben and Kev is more fun, especially by adding a 90’s style to it. I can’t be wrong. That’s my favorite Rock and roll.” (Luidgi)

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much respect for those who have dedicated their lives to skateboarding, working and believing in it without complaining all the time, and that keep doing it because they need and love it. Hard work always pays off in the long term.â&#x20AC;? db.

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TOM DERICHS – BACKSIDE NOSEGRINDD • PHOTO : SAM ASHLEY

CONTENTS // 37 FRAGMENTS

TAKE ME TO THE MOON

BRINGINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; IT DOWN / BEN KADOW

DOWN THE BACKSTREETS

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BEHIND THE LENS OF AWAY DAYS

PLACES / PATAGONIA

WANDERDUST / SAN FRANCISCO TO ROMA

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Icaro Nardi, Kicker to bs noseblunt slide Photo_Davide Biondani Malaga, Spain.

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FRAGMENTS

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Samuel Beyer, 360 flip Photo_ Robert Christ Aachen, Germany.

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FRAGMENTS

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FRAGMENTS Fabio Colombo Bs nosegrind bs out Photo_Davide Biondani Athens,Greece.

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Julien Morin, Wallride melon Photo_Sebastiano Bartoloni Geneve, Switzerland.

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Photography Davide Biondani.

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FS KICKFLIP over the little volcano.

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FOOTPLANT.

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NOSEPICK.

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BRINGINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Photography & interview Davide Biondani.

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Hi Ben, you just came back from a 10-day trip to Italy, was this your first time there and what impressed you the most? This was my first time in Italy. The part I liked the most was taking the train from Milan to Rome, seeing some of the countryside and not the crowded cities.

What kind of spots do you like the most? You have a very strong approach to skateboarding... I like all kinds of spots. Any spot that gives me a new idea. I like skateboarding that looks pure. Van, Stevie Williams, Mike V., Dylan Rieder, Corey Duffel, Nyjah, Heath…

Can you introduce yourself briefly? I’m from Brewster, NY and I’m 21 years old. I skate for Supreme, Hockey, Converse, Hardies, and Superiority Burger. My favorite color is blue and I like flowers.

How has NYC shaped and influenced the way you skate? I’m not sure, I don’t think the city has had much of an influence on my skating. I find most skating from New York to be pretty boring.

You told me you work at a restaurant in NYC... I quit working in restaurants 2 years ago so that I could skateboard more, but I recently began helping out at my favorite restaurant in my neighborhood during some of my free time, a couple days a week usually, when I am around. Do you like it? How is working in a restaurant where everything must be super organized compared to the skate-life that we all know is more random? Are you an organized person? Yeah, I love it. I don’t even think about skating when I’m in the kitchen. I guess if I really analyzed it I could find similarities between the two lifestyles, but they’re pretty different. I am an organized person, but I’d say more so when I’m in the kitchen. What’s your favorite dish to cook? And the one you prefer eating? I really like making soups, and cooking with vegetables. My favorite thing to eat is probably standard breakfast food from a diner, it always makes me happy. Sesame chicken, also.

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How is living in NYC? I love it for many reasons. It’s sad to see it becoming infested with normal people and yuppies and trendy food and drink establishments. My mom has always told me stories about the punk rock scene that she grew up in during the 80’s in the East Village and the crazy shit that happened. I wish I could have experienced the city then because now it seems that the city is becoming devoid of its charm. Do you skate a lot with Sage and Sean Pablo? Yeah, they’re alright. You are part of the Supreme NYC team. How is being a part of it and what do you think of all the amazing hype surrounding Supreme now? I really like it, ever since I was a little kid I’ve had supreme hats and stuff. I love the clothes and weird shit they put out and their attitude towards everything. I think it’s pretty badass, I am happy to be a part of it especially when I look at all the corny/generic shit that exists in skateboarding/the entire world. I’m glad to be supported by them and glad people like it as much as I do.

FS LIPSLIDE

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BS 360

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Are you aware of the huge influence the way you guys skate and dress have on the kids and also on fashion and trends nowadays? I don’t know, I don’t really care to notice. You’re on Hockey, how did you get in and how is skating for them? Is there a lot of involvement with the team, and are you working on some new projects? Yeah, Hockey is the shit, I love it. There is hardly any team involvement and that is one of the aspects that I like a lot. It’s unconventional. The graphics are always sick thanks to Benny Magliano and Dill. I always felt like it’d be a pretty OK fit for me and when I heard Benny wanted to put me on I was very happy. Right now I am trying to finish a little skate part for Hockey. Do you ever skate with Gino Iannucci? No, I have never met him. What were you like as a kid? Can you tell us one memory you have of you as a kid? I was fine, I don’t know I remember snowball fights and shit like that. If you hadn’t become a skateboarder what do you think you would have ended up doing? Necromancy.

What other interests do you have outside of skateboarding? I have noticed that you are a very curious person. I’m not really interested in skating anymore, I just do it, I guess. The things that interest me most are food, music, clothing, and drawing sometimes. What kind of music do you listen to? All kinds of music, really. At the end of your part in the Strangers edit you’re wearing a Judge t-shirt. From the mid ‘80s to the mid ’90s there was a strong hardcore music scene in NYC with a lot of great bands and concerts… you weren’t born yet… do you listen to some bands from that era? The Judge tee is a heavy one!!! Yeah, that’s one of my favorite eras of hardcore. I wish I could have experienced it. Hardcore has influenced me more than anything else in my life from the time I began listening to it up until today. Your 3 favorite movies? Beetlejuice, The Vanishing, Slacker. Your dream skate sesh? Where, when, and with who? The loop with Tony Hawk and Bam Margera. Are you traveling a lot with Cons now? No. What are your plans for the year? I’m trying to film a part and shoot an interview by this summer.

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“I’m not really interested in skating anymore, I just do it, I guess.” a brief glance

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n the treets Photography & words Reece Leung.

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BEN ROWES_THROW-ON RUN-UP TO KICKFLIP THE HIP / LEEDS. Leeds is full of amazing but rugged spots, this one is perfect but you get kicked out instantly. On a spur of the moment skate we decided to check out the spot because we were nearby. The whole building has some rad spots which haven’t even been touched. We had a scope around and looked at what we thought would be skateable for the longest amount of time before the boot. Ben checked out this raised hip for some reason, he managed to make it work by running onto his board while on the bank and then popped over the hip and dropped off. We could see people eyeing us up at the spot and assumed we’d get kicked out shortly so Ben decided to jump back up there to give a kickflip over the hip a go. After a couple of attempts he got close, then we saw the security approaching. We were skating for no longer than 5 minutes, that’s how much of a bust this spot is no matter where you skate. Ben had one more attempt before security arrived and managed to stick it perfectly. We got out of there and the photo looked better than expected. Props to Ben for skating this very awkward hip spot! Rowles is currently filming various parts. He’s just finished one part for Will Miles’ video ‘Tallboy,’ be sure to check it out when you can!

MIKE ARNOLD_CROOK BONK / LEEDS. Mike used to live in Leeds while he was studying at university and he has always been amazing on a board. It’s dope to see that everyone is hyped on his skating finally, as he’s been killing it for years. He now lives in Bristol and is constantly going on trips and being productive. Last summer, on a rare trip up to Leeds we ended up skating this well-known spot named Bond Court. Mike wanted to shoot something a bit different and wanted to hit up a new spot. Bond Court is a meet up spot so it’s pretty rinsed, but we stumbled upon these statues which have always been there and wondered whether they’d make an interesting photo. We usually hang our boards on the statue so it looks as if they’re holding them, which is pretty amusing. There is one statue of a kid with a mother-like figure. The kid is pretty tall but Mike thought he could potentially do something over his head. Mike has monster pop so I was pretty sure he’d do this easily. His delicate skating was perfect for a nosedink on the kid’s head. Mike gave it a go and discovered it was trickier than expected, the shape of the head made it hard to dink. I was also super close with my fisheye so it was pretty claustrophobic for Mike while trying to shoot this. As usual, Mike figured this out quickly and managed to dink it multiple times. I was most stoked with this one because I got as close as possible, and it was dope that we managed to shoot something new at such a rinsed spot. Mike has a few things in the works at the moment so I’m sure you’ll see more mind-blowing footage of him soon!

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JOSH COX_FEEBLE GRIND / LEEDS. Josh is another productive skater from London. He’s always out filming and finding new spots. When he ventured up to Leeds I thought this was an ideal spot to show him. Not many people have properly skated this spot, it looks amazing in photos but when you actually get there it’s a lot longer than you think. Going around the whole curve is ridiculous, plus the various tree stumps sticking out of the soil make this spot even harder to skate. Josh warmed up by trying to boardslide it and pop over the rail. He landed a few, then manned up to the whole rail. Taking the curve really took some getting used to but he managed to get a boardslide around it. He then wanted to feeble around it, which was gnarly as it’s such a long thing to grind. He kept doing a few feeble pop overs like the boardslide, and then waxed the rail like mad and went mach 10 so he could feeble the distance. After a while it didn’t look like he could hold onto the feeble that long but then out of nowhere he stuck a perfect one round the whole rail. This spot may look amazing but when you get there you’ll think differently. This is definitely the best trick someone has landed around the whole curve. Josh Cox is another one who will undoubtedly have a dope section in Will Miles’ video: ‘Tallboy,’ so make sure you get hold of a copy.

MATLOK BENNETT_FASTPLANT / LEEDS. Sheffield lad Matlok is always keen to skate any spot despite how crusty it is. I took him to this horrendous spot in Leeds which only a few have hit up before. It’s in a rough area of Leeds, let alone the fact it’s a rough spot, there are dogs barking at you in a garden directly next to it too which isn’t the best when you’re trying to concentrate on a trick. Matlok blocked all of this out and attempted to fastplant the bollard and go into the bank. Even riding down this bank is gnarly, it’s like riding down cobbles with unpredictable holes everywhere. You never know whether you’re going to stick or get too much speed and shoot out. It’s a hard spot to judge, as Matlok found out when he tried to stick a fastplant. He stuck it and was ready for the bank but hit a hole and went flying, so he basically Klinsmann’ed down the bank on his front which was definitely a reality check. Matlok got on with it and went back up there to try it again hoping he’d hit the right spot of the bank this time. It took him a while to commit but I don’t blame him after that slam. After a few safety attempts we got him hyped up and he stuck one. As he landed he was in a very cautious stance while riding down the bank hoping he wouldn’t hit another hole but he threaded between the bollards at the bottom of the bank and took it without slamming. The ride away from this spot goes straight into a huge hill bomb which he bombed immediately after landing this trick. Most people see this spot in photos and want to skate it but when they see it in person it’s a different story. Matlok is one of few who have manned up to this grim bank. Keep your eyes peeled for more from Matlok in the near future! He should have a part in James Cruickshank’s latest video.

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MANNY LOPEZ_SWITCH CROOKS / LEEDS. Manny Lopez is another London based skater who likes to head to Leeds every now and then. After a few days in Leeds we had a productive time shooting. On his last day we decided to check out Leeds’ city centre and we came across this structure outside of the art gallery. The red tank was a temporary ‘piece’ and it had been situated outside for a couple of weeks. People had already skated it so we thought we’d take our chance and skate it. A worker from the art gallery came outside and said we could skate it after hours which was a bizarre reaction, so we cooperated with them and skated it after the said time. Manny banged out a switch crooks and it made for a dope fisheye shot because of the peculiar shape of this red tank. This was another spur of the moment spot which worked out nicely. Manny is known for skating ‘hammer’ spots so it was good, something a bit different at this photogenic spot.

MARTYN HILL_STALE FISH / MANCHESTER. Martyn is known for his tranny skating and he was itching to skate this spot for ages. We decided to head through to Manchester to see what it was like. We were shocked to hear that it was ‘built for skating’ and thought it was just a rumour, but it was true. It’s situated near Manchester’s velodrome and they allow you to skate this yellow pipe, I don’t know why it was built but it worked out for us as there was no chance we’d get instantly kicked out of the spot. At first glance the pipe looks reasonable to skate, but Martyn got in there and the completely yellow surface tricks you and makes it hard to judge the transition. It feels a lot whippier than it looks and it took Martyn some time to get used to it. Martyn was just cruising about getting used to it and he chucked out a frontside stalefish to see how it went, he got pretty close on his first attempt and kept on going. He landed a couple but wasn’t happy with the height, he wanted to get it around the halfway point. Going this high is gnarly as the transition really throws you around, but Martyn got a lofty stalefish and managed to hold onto it for this photo.

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DALE STARKIE_BS SMITH GRIND / LEEDS. After discovering you can lift up drains with your truck and use a board to create a kicker, there have been loads of potential new spots popping up and new ways of skating some old spots. This was a drain to electric box which I stumbled across in Leeds while walking to work. We checked it out one evening to see how it was. The drain was covered in so much moss that it made us think it was a no go. Luckily, like every other drain we lifted it and it budged eventually, so the session was on. Dale took a while to get used to the tight kicker straight to a hefty electric box, but warmed up and managed to crook it. Out of nowhere he got close to some backside smiths. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never even seen him do this trick but he kept at it and managed to stick a nice dipped smith. We were stoked that this spot worked out and now we always have our eyes peeled for conveniently placed drains.

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MATT HAY_FS SMITH TO RIDE IN / LONDON. During a recent trip to London I met up with all the guys, everyone is always keen to go out and we usually stumble upon spots and shoot some photos. Matt Hay is always surprising when he skates, he can skate anything and does everything properly. We were all chilling at this spot in Vauxhall just along the Thames. Matt was casually riding along and just popped up from flat into smith on this tall bank like it was nothing, with the dope view of the Thames and the MI5 building in the background. Also, with all the pedestrians passing by constantly I was sure it would make a good photo so I asked if I could shoot it. He landed a few for me and even managed to grind it despite the grim surface. I was stoked on this one with the boat just entering the water and some touristy looking people cruising past on their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;London bikes.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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JOE GAVIN_SWITCH CROOKS / MANCHESTER. I usually venture through to Manchester and it’s always amazing to see how productive everyone is out there despite the horrendous weather. It seems like it’s always raining, but when it’s not there are always people getting out there and killing it. There are many dope filmers in the city and no doubt Joe Gavin is a big influence to most skaters around those parts, as he always puts out new video parts, photos, and even films projects himself. While out on a street skate with various Mancunians the session was coming to an end. I asked Joe whether he had anything he wanted to shoot at all so we thought we’d check out this kicker to bike rail. It was a risky spot to hit because it’s on a busy main road and situated right outside of a bike shop, so obviously this bike rail is always going to have bikes locked up to it. We skated down to the spot optimistically and just as we arrived someone was unlocking their bike and the rail was free to skate. This pavement kicker doesn’t have much of a lift at all, so it takes a lot of effort to skate this tall bike rail, plus you have to gap out to it too. This wasn’t much of a problem for Joe as he went straight in and got this switch crooks. It seemed like nothing to him, and it’s understandable how he puts out so many dope video parts. Keep an eye out for Sean Lomax’s Manchester scene video coming in the near future!

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ROONEY_GAP TO BS LIPSLIDE / SUNDERLAND. I have not skated further up north many times before, but this spot in Sunderland is amazing. It’s not in the nicest of places but there’s so much to skate in this plaza-like area. This gap to black metal box has been skated quite a lot and is highly recognisable. Rooney hit up the spot in a different way and hacked it from the wrong side. He had to gap out a fair way to get to this box, and gapping to a backside lipslide on a slippery surface probably isn’t the most appealing trick to try. Rooney just got on with it anyway and managed to get close pretty quickly. This was really hard to shoot as I had to awkwardly hold my camera directly underneath where Rooney was popping with his board, directly sweeping past my face. I just didn’t think about it at the time but it was fine, and he managed to stick it without either of us getting injured. Props to Rooney for dealing with me in his run-up while trying this gnarly trick.

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TOM TANNER_OLLIE / LONDON. During a long day of skating in London we found ourselves wondering around St. Paul’s area. Our friend Adam Moss went to grab some food, and as he was in there ordering we realised there was a spot right on its doorstep. The front of the building was completely made of glass and the reflection at the time looked really nice for a photo. At the top of the stairs it was a board’s width run-up so it was quite tricky to get the correct run-up for this gap to bollard. Tom Tanner is from Liverpool and is used to skating awkward spots like this so he was down to give it a go. We were concerned the staff at the food place would be annoyed at us skating the spot so I set-up straight away so we could get it done quickly. I got set-up and Tom gave it a go. The spot made so much noise and the sound of the board popping echoed throughout the building. We thought we’d get booted straight away but it was fine. If anything, I think the staff were stoked to watch us skate it, which is unusual. After a few attempts Tom got used to the thin run-up, popped the bollard, and then bombed the hill. Adam walked out with his food and timed it perfectly! ’The National Skateboard Co.’ video should be out soon so make sure you don’t miss out, Tom will have a dope section in it for sure.

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BEHIND

THE LENS OF

AWAY DAYS

A CONVERSATION WITH photographer SEM RUBIO

Interview Davide Biondani.

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ALEC MAJERUS_BS TAILSLIDE / STUTTGART.

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DENNIS BUSENITZ_OLLIE / NYC.

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Hi Sem, how was being in charge of the photographic side of a big project like Away Days, compared to all the other projects you’ve worked on with Adidas, like Diagonal for example? Shooting photos and keeping them for 3 years is definitely a bit different from today’s standards... Yeah, it’s definitely not so common now to save images for so long. Especially nowadays, where it seems like everyone has the Instagram mentality where everything has to be made public straight away. But we’ve used a lot of them too, it’s just that some images are from 8-9 years ago up until now, people don’t even remember them or didn’t see them when they came out. In Diagonal I mostly worked for 6 or 7 ads, and then the intros and a couple articles. The trips were just a few then, and mostly around Europe. Away Days has been a completely different beast. We went on trips every week or two for 3 years. Besides the ads that needed to come out every month, we also had to save stuff for the book, get articles and interviews going during these 3 years, then save a lot of stuff for more articles and interviews during the premiere dates, shoot catalogue stuff in between, portraits, incidentals… we’ve been pretty busy! How do you feel after completing such a challenging project? Are you ready for another one or are you in need of a long vacation? ha ha ha! I’m always ready for vacation! I’m Spanish… No, seriously, I guess all the people involved in Away Days are going to have little off-time to recover and relax. The last 2 weeks of the premiere tour have been madness, especially for the filmers, director, and producers who edited, organized, and polished the details in between premieres, not even sleeping on

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some days, and on other days taking turns editing while the other guy slept a couple hours. Regarding the book, the gathering process started with the video project (3 years ago) and the selection process started 1 year ago, with something like 3500 selected images that we considered good enough to be in the book. The process of trimming down the photos to fit the number of pages was the hardest of all. We had stuff to make 3 big books! And trimming it down to one was one of the hardest things I had to do. Luckily Matt Irving and Tory Ford from Juice Design worked so much on it, that it would have never happened without them. If you had to choose your three favorite photos from the book, which would they be? Hard to choose… they are my little babies. I’d say the Gonz skating the fountain in République in Paris, Nestor back tailsliding the ledge with New York in the background, and Fardell’s frontside air in the bowl of Arenas de Munt close to my hometown. Of all the places you have been to which one impressed you the most and why? New York. Yes, I know it’s not a very original answer… but that’s what I feel. I’ve been there many times, but it always amazes me how photogenic everything is. Spots might be rough, but the architecture of the city makes them look great. The light is very special too, sunlight leaks through the high buildings in a very unique way, creating thin light stripes while everything else is in the shadows. I think it’s just the perfect city to shoot skateboarding photos, maybe not from a skateboarder’s perspective but from a photographer’s perspective. I love it.

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I’m sure there have been many, but could you tell us the funniest story that happened during these three years of filming? Probably that time when one of the riders was taken to prison in Cyprus, and they tried to scare us into paying a lot of money. They made all this drama to make it credible, searching the rider’s room at the hotel and all this bullshit. But all they were looking for was a bite of our money. After 3 days of having him in jail, the judge said 3 years of prison… or pay 1500 Euros. Really, is that even a choice? He could have told us to pay him 1500 Euros from the start, and not make him waste 3 days

circles didn’t help either, it was a small plane and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one wondering how much fuel these things can hold? I think it wasn’t that bad, but the German pilot who grabbed the mic and scared everyone was really a complete idiot.

of skateboarding. It was hilarious seeing the “lawyer” come to you at the cash machine, when we were getting the money to pay the judge, sneaking beside you hustling, “300 Euros for me, take 300 Euros for me, for my job”, seeing if you were idiot enough to give her 300 Euros. Definitely something they have done a million times with tourists. Funny and sad at the same time.

outside of skateboarding, these past 3 years have been pretty intense.

And the scariest story? Well, I don’t really like flying, so every time I had to take a flight, ha ha ha. There was one time, we were flying from Berlin to Moscow where we encountered a lightning storm on our way, and we had to spend the next hour flying in circles. It wouldn’t have been that bad if the pilot didn’t grab the speaker and panic everyone with his almost-screaming voice. He sounded fucking scared, panting, and made passengers panic. I saw a couple of people vomiting because of the turbulence, some others grabbing their hands, giving out little screams at every bump. People were scared as shit, and it was pretty contagious. The fact that we spent one hour flying in

Apart from skateboarding, what other kinds of photography are you interested in? I’ve always shot everything I found on the streets, I guess that’s now called “street photography” but I was doing it before people labeled it that way. Labels suck. But I haven’t been able to shoot much stuff

When was the last time a skateboard photo impressed you and what photo was it? The last one was Jon Humphries’ shot of Silas doing a 50-50 on a rail to gap; Jon has always been my photo hero, his black and white photography and documentary eye about skateboarders influenced me a lot when I started shooting photos. I learned a lot from his photos, especially the way he could take a step forward into documenting riders’ lives and the streetcars he found while on trips. There are so many photographers out there who I respect a lot and always impress me though, but the list would be endless. Well-known people like master of masters Brian Gaberman, up to local photographers few people have heard about. Every skate photographer out there instantly gets my respect and my support, because I know how hard it is to live from this and how much dedication it takes. This is not like fashion photography where you just do it for the money. This is something you do because you love it.

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GUSTAV TONNESEN_FS WALLIE INTO THE BANK / BARCELONA.

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BLONDIE McCOY_IMPOSSIBLE TAIL GRAB / LONDON.

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In a time when videos are more and more important, what do you think the “role” of photography in skateboarding today is (and communication in general)? Should we all start filming? ha ha ha. Yeah, I know what you mean. I think photography will always have a role though, it’s not all gloom and doom. It’s sad to see mags die, we have to fight so it doesn’t happen as often as it has over the last years. But brands will always need ads, and there will always be mags. Maybe not on paper, but one way or another there will always be something, right? Could you imagine a world without articles in mags? Without exhibitions? Photo books? What a sad world. Times change, but there will always be a place for photography. Shooting all the photos for a book dedicated to such an amazing project like Away Days is every photographer’s dream. If you could fulfill another photography dream project what would it be? A book has always been the biggest dream for me, I still can’t believe you can find a book with my name on it all around the world! It’s weird, because I feel I could keep doing the same with the Adidas team, and the more available time, the crazier the whole thing would be. It doesn’t happen too often to be able to scratch the surface and document the lives of these amazing skateboarders for so many years. I definitely want to keep doing that. Ironically, my other “dream projects” are also about skateboarding and book-related as well. There is this idea for a project I’ve had for about a decade that I have never found the time to start. It’s a very complicated thing to do, more abstract, needs a lot of planning around, scouting… that will probably take years to finish (if I ever start it!), but that’s something I would really like to spend my time and energy on at some point.

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MARK GONZALES_FOUNTAIN / PARIS.

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PLACES_

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PATAGONIA Photography // Lucio Pergola.

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WANDERDUST PHOTOGRAPHY

FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO ROMA

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Photography & Words / Perry Hall.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have always been attracted by the chance of capturing the moment and freezing it in time, making it immortal.â&#x20AC;? When it comes down to skateboarding, you know how important that moment is: the moment you land that trick youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying for a million times, the moment you see a new particular terrain, the moment you fall and slam, the pain, the struggle, the moment you roll down that unknown virgin concrete or down the ones you know as if they were home. These moments keep me going and always searching for the next inspiration.

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This is where my passion and love for photography and skateboarding meet and blend together. Because of skateboarding, my vision of photography is about all the elements being synced together, adjusting with the surroundings. Working together, either there is harmony or not. Finding that particular moment that drives me to press that shutter release button.

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My first approach with an analog camera happened back in 2013 when I was in San Francisco, California, after borrowing my flatmate’s Canon AE 1 program camera (which he ended up giving to me) to take pictures of the Alcatraz prison where I went with my now wife Eleonora for a birthday excursion. I had no idea how to operate that analog camera or what film to use. So I ended up using an Ilford 3200, put it on “auto” and shot away. I got the negatives and the prints back and only two photos came out of thirty-six shots. This sparked a curiosity of how the camera and the film could work together and make these photos or not. This curiosity and feelings got me completely hooked ever since.

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I left San Francisco and moved to Rome in April of 2013 and I have been shooting and traveling non-stop for the last three years now through Europe, America, and Sardinia trying to improve my craft while learning how to develop and experimenting how to print in a dark room at this amazing place here in Pigneto called Famo Cose. Also, at the same time capturing my vision on how I want to communicate with the world through photography and capturing that perfect moment. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been quite the adventure.

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Photo Marcel Veldman // SF 2015.

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