View Point

Viewpoint was a video I made in 2001 when I was going to ODU in Norfolk, VA. It features Trey Winslow, Olaf Glendenning, Bruggs, Brendan Ash, and Tyler Tufty along with most of the people from the 757 scene at the time.

Viewpoint Credits

It's been fun putting these old videos online. I have a lot more that I guess I'll post up periodically. The credits are full of good memories. Those where probably my favorite days of skating. Even better than the days of being a filmer in CA and working on all the big time videos. Thanks to all the guys form the video and thanks to everyone for watching and commenting.

Viewpoint Tyler Tufty

It's no surprise that Tyler got the curtains in this video. The guy has been constantly shredding since before a lot of you where even born. Tyler's professor form the intro apologized to me later when the cops where talking to me, Tyler to away and no one got in real trouble. To this day Tyler is still one of my favorite people to film with.

Viewpoint Brendan Ash

Brendan and I lived together for most of the time we where filming this video. Watching it again, I think I should have emphasized that ollie over the bank at Juvenile Hall in downtown Norfolk. I don't think many people could do that today. The kickflip 5-0 line is probably the best line in the whole video. He was trying to do it with a kickflip 50-50 and I kind of gave him a hard time about the 50-50 so he stepped it up to the 5-0 and banged it out pretty quick.

Viewpoint Friends

Friends sections are always fun. This one starts off with Joe Fernandez, then John Waterfield with the crook on that rail. Next, Gordon Eckler came down for a few days and got a few tricks. Julian Ethridge has always been good and his tricks here are no exception. Art Lisi busted out the BS Flip at White six pretty easily, I wish I had gotten more of the 29 guys on film. Kevin Booker was talking shit about how great his studded Hurley belt was back then, now he brags about his $200 sweatshirts. I think that was Bob Reynolds doing that 5-0 at Rampage Skatepark, but I'm not sure. Graham Bickerstaff showed Tyler and I around in Atlanta and got a few clips for the video too. Kevin Manning was always at the session, so I had to throw that pop-shuvit in there. I never skated with Sketch much, but whenever I did he busted out. I think all of Ty Rohde's footage was from one day in Winston-Salem when Tyler where on our way back from Spring Break in Atlanta. I tagged along on various missions to get those few Kyle Berard clips. Mike Beiter did that BSTS on a broken board on one of the first days I ever skated with him. Neal Wood was just 15 years old when we got this footage. He was so stoked to film with someone with a good camera, he always got gnarly. Switch FS Noseslide on MGB is still sick. I'm still pretty stoked on my footage from Viewpoint. I think the BS Smith at Welfare is the best trick I have ever done. John Chaplain should have had a full part but he was always bugging me for sponsor-me tapes so I figured everyone had already seen his footage. He ended the Friends section nicely though. Sorry fro all the rambling, but there are a lot of memories in this section.

Viewpoint Bruggs & Olaf

Olaf was the first skater I met when I came to ODU, I met Bruggs a few years later. I did lot of skating and traveling with both of these guys. I think Viewpoint was the first appearance of the Moyock Bump. Bruggs always amazed me because he never really seemed to care about skating, he just had a natural ability for it.

Viewpoint Trey Winslow

First full part in Viewpoint is Trey Winslow. This was before the bowl was built and before he was married. A lot of this part was filmed by Trey's friends or whomever was around. It always was and still is really fun to skate with Trey.

Viewpoint Intro

In 2001 I made a video called Viewpoint. It featured full parts from Trey Winslow, Brendan Ash, Tyler Tufty, and a split part with Bruggs and Olaf Glendenning. Since Blogger allows for video uploading now, I am going to post the parts up for everyone to enjoy. Today's part is the intro...