catscandal

I’ve wanted to be a skater since I was probably eight years old. I mean, let’s face it, there’s no sport more badass and anti-authority than skateboarding. It’s awesome to watch, it has an awesome culture, it uses the urban landscape in ways that were never intended, it can be done wherever. But for whatever reason, I’m bloody awful at it. Maybe landed one kickflip in my life.

I can longboard like nobody’s business, but when my feet leave the ground, my confidence goes away. I think if I got over the fear of hurting myself, I’d get decent right quick, but I broke my arm falling off a board in sixth grade, and I’ve not had the confidence to start again since. Maybe I should learn drunk.

This is pretty much my life goal, I’m a film major, I’ve been making movies since the fifth grade, planning to move to LA next year and start working on sets and writing more screenplays. To me, film is the consummate art, the best encapsulation of movement, emotion, meaning, and a lavishness of telling yet economy of story that is unmatched in this world. Only music can touch us the same way, and even then it is ephemeral and difficult to describe.

If I have one two hour sequence of images that I think truly speaks to the truth of life and people published somewhere, I can die happy.

Progress:
6-step
3-step
baby freeze

Working on:
swipes (first bit of power!)
toprock (need to work in more funkstyle)

helpful sites:
bboy.org
aznpwr99’s youtube channel (has translated korean instructional videos that bloody rule)