Check out “Skate Na Veia” on Fuel TV Monday night (3/13) at 8:30 and 11:30pm. Jon Humphries travelled the globe shooting underground skating. One of his last stops was last fall’s Backwoods Bash. If you were there, they were the guys with the serious camera and serious lights (thanks Jon, Greg, & Ike) that made for the brightest Epcot Bean footage ever. I don’t know how much of the film is devoted to Skatopia, but it is sure to be cool. From the little bit we’ve seen, it looks like Jon and cinematographer Greg Schmidt came up with an amazing look for the piece.
Watch the trailer here: http://www.divx.com/movies/detail.php?movieID=123&cID=6
Fuel TV gave Jon & 9 other filmmakers $100,00 each to shoot their dream film. Corey Adams won another cool million to make his film a feature. Here’s that story: http://www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=20090
Here’s the blurb from the divx site:
This documentary captures the soul of skateboarding by documenting some of the most intriguing personalities and stories in the sport. From the skate scene in Russia to the inspirational story of polio stricken Og de Souza, Skate Ne Veia exposes a dimension of skateboarding that few have witnessed… Featured boarders include Steve Berra, Diego Bucchieri, Danny Way, Lance Mountain, Sage Bolyard, Paul Fujita, Nate Broussard, Paul Rodriguez, Josh Falk and many more.