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MAY 11: Blade-runner meets Skateboarding in Downtown L.A.

By Sebastian Arrieta.

My buddies from the Art Center dropped by one night with one of the light boards. At first I thought it was a regular board until my buddy turned it on almost blinding me with how bright it was. I immediately wanted to take it out for a spin and trip out on it. Later on when my buddy Ricardo Uhagon Vivas (who is the Director) told me that he actually wanted to make a music video for a contest entry with the same kind of feeling I had the first time I saw one of these boards, I was definitely down. They also wanted to shoot part of the Skating up on my roof and given that there’s a concrete helipad up there, made me wanted to do this even more. The Video took only a couple nights of filming and a couple more nights of editing but everyone who was involved in the little project did an awesome job, especially those behind the cameras. It was fun because it hints the possibilities of what someone can do with film and Skateboarding without making a conventional Skate video. Combining narrative and story telling with Skateboarding and at the same time showcasing other artistic talents in editing and animation were the right ingredients for the video, and trying to make it seem futuristic must have made it even harder to pull off. The contest “Hello Future” is part of the 21st Saatchi & Saatchi new directors showcase at the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity. Contestants need to visualize the concept of “Hello Future” in the form of a standout music video inspired by one of three tracks selected from Moby’s new album, “Destroyed”; The winner will be announced at this year’s Saatchi & Saatchi new directors showcase in Cannes on June 23rd. Hopefully my buddies video wins, anyone can just go on VIMEO and check out the other entries submitted to get a taste of what other people are doing.. personally I think this is the best video so far… hope you like it !!!

Directed by Ricardo Uhagon Vivas
Produced by WATERGUN.TV

Co-director: Stefan Pavlovic
Editor: Jorge Sandoval
VFX Supervisor: Gabe Valente Ferrao

Cinematographer: Chris Saul
B Camera Operator: Aaron Shapiro
Additional photography: Ricardo Uhagon Vivas, 
Stefan Pavlovic and Erik Anderson

Assistant Director: Rafa Sanz
Sound Mix: Nacho Lopez
Make Up: Pauline Noriega
Prop Master: Eric Fisher
Lightboards courtesy of Photon Lightboards
photonlightboards.com

Skaters:
Shannon Joy Rodgers
Sebastian Arrieta
Josh Sierra
Espen Solberg
David Lopez
Amaury Hernandez

AUG 30: Street League, Arizona.

By Gunther Estrada.

After 8 hours of driving we finally arrive to Arizona for the first ever Street League competition, an event that was designed to eliminate any other Skateboarding contests made by non Skateboarders.

Set in a massive stadium with a huge screen set on top of the course just like a basketball game made us think we were inside of a time machine that send us back to the 80’s when Skateboarders were more like rocks stars, I had images from my first Skate videos flashing inside my skull like “Savannah Slamma”.
When the competition finally started the “real-time Scoring” format designed to make every trick count rapidly separated the consistent Skateboarders from the others, the massive concentration of some of the Skateboarders was Clearly visible and when the time for the finals started the last guys standing were without a doubt the 7 best Skateboarders out there. An incredible determination from Nyjah Huston and Tory Pudwill along with the precise style of Shane O’Neill quickly put them onto the verge of the winning line finally crowning Nyjah Huston as the winner of the first Street League 2010 Arizona style. We had a lot of fun and here are some pictures and a little video of the contest, the second stop will be Ontario CA., so see you guys there !!

Results:
1- Nyjah Huston – 116 points
2- Shane O’Neill – 114.9 points
3- Torey Pudwill – 112.8 points
4- Sean Malto – 111.0 points
5- Chris Cole – 109.6 points
6- Chaz Ortiz – 102.2 points
7- Paul Rodriguez – 100.1 points

Super Suede.

Click on the picture for a bigger image of the whole course.

Torey checking the ledge before the contest.

Torey's insane 360 Ollies were perfect.

Finally, Nyjah well deserved 1st Place and its just starting !!.

AUG 09: Maloof Money Cup.

By Hali Estrada

It was a Sunny California day when we showed up at Gate 5 of the OC Fair to witness the Maloof Money Cup for the third consecutive year. This year the Street course had way more transition but the nice Street obstacles made up for it. After getting some drinks we went to watch the practice and take some pictures.

Torey Pudwill, Adelmo Jr., Ishod Wair and Matt Miller were killing it at practice; Adelmo broke his elbow later that day but not before landing perfect Nollie Heelflips on the bump over the gap. Torey was doing perfect backside 360 full body Kickflips and later that day Corey Kennedy was landing every trick he tried. We got the chance to meet Fabian Alomar on the second day. He is back in the game after many years, and if you don’t know who is Fabian you better check out “20 Shot Sequence”, one of the best videos of the 90’s.

Alvaro Santillana, Fabian Alomar and Hali Estrada.

The Girls were better than last year and it was very refreshing to watch Alexis Sablone, Marisa del Santo, Lacey baker and specially the winner Leticia Bufoni landing a perfect Backside Smith on the big rail. The Amateurs were incredible as always; Theotis Beasley was landing every trick with a perfect style, Kechaud Johnson and Tom Asta didn’t disappoint and little Loui Lopez was landing perfect Switch Frontside Bigspin Heelflips on the bump.

Tom Asta, Nose Blunt.

Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi were there for the Masters demo along with Sal barbier who landed a perfect Backside Nose Blunt on the Volcano area of the course. We also had the chance to meet young Skateboarder Youness Amrani from Belgium, a super talented down to earth kid who was at the Maloof contest for the frist time; we are sure you’ll be hearing more about him in the near future.( Good luck in New York man !!!) .

The Finals were unbelievable, Chris Cole and Nyjha Houston had an amazing performance. Bastien Salabanzi was super solid and Torey landed a Backside Smith to backside Kickflip out on the curved ledge….That was fucking insane. At the end the $100,000 went to Chris Cole once again and it was very sad to watch Nyjha crying; I imagine it was a tough decision for the judges, but politics always seem to get in the way.

Chris Cole , Back 180 Nose Grind.

Overall the event was amazing; the best Skateboarders in the world and surprise performances by Nelly, Ludacris and Lil John made the past weekend one to remember. We like to thank Brendi, Maya, Devin, Thea and Jennifer for all their help. You girls are the best :) also Tanya of security and Kish at the fair entrance for the laughs. It was a fun weekend around friends and great Skateboarding. We can’t wait for the next event ;).

RESULTS:

1. Chris Cole 286.33 points $100,000
2. Nyjah Huston 281.67 points $40,000
3. Sean Malto 281.33 points $25,000
4. Torey Pudwill 274.67 points $15,000
5. Tommy Sandoval 260.67 points $6,000
6. Bastien Salabanzi 258.67 points $5,000
7. Ryan Decenzo 255.33 points $4,000
8. Justin Brock 250.33 points $3,000
9. David Gonzalez 246.67 points $2,500
10. Billy Marks 239.67 points $2,000

Here are some more pics and a small video of the contest; Enjoy :). CFL.

Torey, Backside 5.0 to back Tail.

Hali working hard :/....

Ludacris performance; can you be closer???

Taylor Bonin, Brittany Donahue and Sophie Molinari right before Nellys performance.

Alvaro wishing Nelly wasn't there, he was waiting for "BRUJERIA"

Ishod Wair, Backside Nose Blunt.

Gunther was working hard too while Steve Caballero and Corey Kennedy were watching the finals.

Adam Dyet, 540 Melon Grab.

Torey Pudwill and Gunther Estrada after the finals.

Johnny Layton, Switch 360 Kickflip.

David with his Best Trick $10.000 check after landing a 50-50 Kickflip out on the rainbow rail.

And last a very nice pic of the big wheel on the OC Fair....good times.

APR 25: San Francisco

By Leon Horn

In an enormous city like L.A., you have to get out every once in a while to get some fresh air and a change of scenery. Since the forecast said it was going to rain in SoCal anyways, my friend Anthony and I decided to go on a roadtrip to good old San Francisco. The drive was quick and we made it there before noon. Thanks to the guys at FTC skateshop, we were able to find the famous spot “3rd & Army” right away and filmed our first SF footage. Unfortunately, this was the only good spot we were able to skate during our two day visit, since there are simply not as many spots in SF and the parking was ridiculous. Yet, the trip was a lot of fun and after all, Skateboarding is more about living a lifestyle and enjoying every moment than filming “hammers” all day long.
I hope you enjoy the clip! Filmed and edited by Anthony Conard.

JAN 01: Happy 2010 !!

Happy new year !!, We wish all of you the best for 2010 ;) and thanks so much to our customers friends and families that made 2009 a good year, it has been a tough economic year for us but with all your support we still here, thanks!! ;). We have a lot of projects for this new year and we will keep bringing you quality products starting in January with our new line of jackets coming this week; the new CFL Jacket will be the first addition for 2010 so make sure to check back for the update; and what a better way to start a new year than with a new video clip of Leon, shoot and edited by David Godwin in the city of Los Angeles :), make sure to check more videos from David here, thanks man !!, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! . CFL.

DEC 15: Lost Angeles, CFL.

Los Angeles has many places to Skate, here is a clip of Leon Skating one of them before this rain started and wearing the CFL tshirt in white, Leon has been riding for us since October last year but I think this would be the official introduction so… Ladies and Gentleman, Choncordia is proud to introduce you to the talented Leon Horn ;). This video was filmed and edited by David Godwin, so when you finish make sure to check some of Davids other videos ;) enjoy. CFL.