HOW THIS WORKS:
- The four teams are made up of a total of six skaters—four pros and two ams.
- Each team is given nine days in a warehouse with the same set of obstacles.
- Each team is allowed one art director on site.
- Each team is assigned one TWS photographer to shoot a feature article for the magazine.
- Each team is allowed a film crew to produce a video for skateboarding.com.
- The final photo and video product is judged by the TWS edit staff (minus S&C coordinators Skin Phillips and Josh Brooks) on the level of skating, creativity, the use of obstacles, and overall image and video quality.
- The winner gets the cover of the magazine and will have a spot reserved in Skate & Create 2011.
Check the 2009 Skate & Create videos here:
DVS,
C1RCA,
DC, and
etnies.
To see all the Skate & Create photos, pick up the October 2010 issue of TransWorld SKATEboarding.
ADIDAS
Light, Shape, Color
Directed by Matt Irving
I’d wanted to do Skate & Create after seeing the first one. I had ideas for some unique shots and different angles. We didn’t want to follow a strict narrative. We wanted it to be more abstract—less of a plot and more about finding new ways to show skating. But, it still had to feel cohesive throughout the film. We really wanted our team to be involved in the creative process. One of the first things we did once we got in the warehouse was build Tech Deck-sized models of the obstacles so that the team riders could move stuff around easily and not be stifled by lugging around the real obstacles. Creatively, it’s natural to dive in headstrong, focus on your ideas, pull back and then learn from that experience. By the time you finish, you’re exhausted and over it. But you’re always your own worst critic. From the viewers’ point of view, it might look easy to do S&C, but once you’ve gone through it—worked through all the kinks—you know it’s gnarly.
