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Aymeric Nocus - 16/06/2016/06/20

"NANTESLAJOLIE" / HY Skatebag / PREMIERE

The mighty fine, youthful roster of HY Skatebag, the French brand LIVE has already been featuring quite a few times upon the respective releases of video productions such as "PAR-HY" or "PLUS BELLE LA HY" (we even interviewed one of its C.E.O.'s, Paul Austin, here), is back on your screens y'all, and once again thanks to the filmmaking talents of Julien Dellion who just so happens to live in Nantes, France - and that's exactly where the whole plot takes place this time, for the entire duration of the seven minutes this new edit runs for.

Answered the call of the board, in addition to Paul himself: Alex Richard, P.J. Chapuis, Victor Campillo, Florian Merten, Matisse Banc, Victor Cascarigny and Fred Plocque-Santos aka. Yeah Le Yeah... But not just 'em:

"The original idea was to go and skate a city that's notoriously under the mainstream radar.

Julien Dellion lives in Nantes, so picking the destination was easy! And we even managed to get a Thibaud Fradin clip!" - Paul Austin

The photo gallery above is by Clément Chouleur, of Déjà Vu.

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Paul Austin, Alex Richard, PJ Chapuis, Victor Campillo, Florian Merten, Matisse Banc, victor cascarigny, Fred Plocque-Santos, Clément Chouleur

Aymeric Nocus - 20/04/2020/04/20

Family Album

And here's for the sweetest French treat of the day, under the form of the new Album Skate Co. video via Arno Wagner, pieced together by Thomas Guérin whose works LIVE hasn't been without showcasing before, notably for the Vans Thursday Sessions from multiple millenia ago and other various favors and tasks performed for ABS Grenoble - the skateshop ran by the legendary Fred Demard (ex-Soma Skate Mag). Both aforementioned entities supported the makings of this new release, too, and more power to them for that move as the resulting output is no less than an eight-minute stream of brillant vibes, original tricks, gnarly slams and sensual spots, in between smiles when not just full-on laughter. A perfect reflection of the new generation in the midst of a very authentic-looking scene, with some mandatory Barcelona footage thrown in the mix but first and foremost, a waterfall of bright colors that's only asking to pet your retinas and twitch both your leg and zygomatic muscles if you'll let it. Nice one, Album!

As a complementary bonus, may we redirect you back to our latest interview with Thomas, regarding his work on "COLORWAY", the recent Film Trucks promo - a brand we'll be delivering more news on the subject of, soon, too. It just so appears that for the most motivated out there, planet Earth can only keep spinning the right way!

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Album Skate Co, Thomas Guérin, Arno Wagner, Guillaume Colucci, Thibaut Vuillemard, Matisse Banc, Fred Demard

Benjamin Deberdt - 25/09/1925/09/19

"Lhyon"

We knew it already, the dudes at Hy don't lose no time emptying their pockets on every spot, and thanks to that optimal compartmentalizing allows them to maximize their skate time! So, give them a few days in Lyon to try out all the new spots that have seemed to be popping up there lately, and test out their collab with Volcom, and you know the result is going to be dope… No one will be able to say Matisse Banc did not give his all, and we will ask the question that keeps us awake at night: who is finally going to print a poster of Victor Campillo that we could have hanging over our bed!?

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Victor Campillo, Matt Débauché, Huo Westrelin, Matisse Banc, Michael Kaba

Aymeric Nocus - 16/09/1916/09/19

Spicy Internship

The Unemployed clique from the South of France are back and, yet again, make their own namesake lie via one more instance of video proof of their incessant activity. What we are talking about today is a trip to Morrocco with Matisse Banc, Nassim Lachhab, Etienne Gros, Florent Tourdre, Romain "Romz" Popot, Brian Bunting and Pierre Pauselli; those last two volunteered for documentation duty, and everybody skated with the locals. Nine minutes of clean H.D. footage that just roll by like that.

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unemployed, Matisse Banc, nassim lachhab, Etienne Gros, Florent Tourdre, Romain, Brian Bunting, Pierre Pauselli

Aymeric Nocus - 12/04/1912/04/19

UNEMPLOYED / "Trial Period" / GALLERY

Our favorite self-proclaimed Unemployed people actually run a griptape company from Marseille, France, and just put out a new edit: "TRIAL PERIOD", as though to showcase a willpower to make their own designation lie. They are indeed super productive, with still plenty in the works; as far as recent productions, one might remember "AVANCE L'ARRIERE". This new edit is about fifteen minutes long yet will leave you wanting for more, as the (trip) footage will cocoon you in a world of perfect spots of all kinds like the South of France altogether has to offer: Marseille, Lyon and the general region, although they did go to Paris for some tech prowess.

Among the featured skaters are Victor Campillo, Nassim Lachhab, Matisse Banc and many more; watch the video on this page, and take a gander at the photo gallery above that Brian Bunting was kind enough to contribute, just so we could present it to you.

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Pierre-Alexandre Pestie - 31/01/1931/01/19

The French Banger

And what was to meant to happen did happen. After "French Diplomacy", and more recently "Plus belle la Hy" Matisse Banc hits us with an amazing solo part, filmed by Julio Sola. Powerful, precise, watching him it seems like nothing can scare him. Not the number of steps he flies over, not the length, shape, or inclination of the rail on which he will launch, nothing seems to hold him back. An unfailing commitment, a skateboard without an ounce of hesitation and we won’t forget a fairly advanced mastery of the back smith.

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Aymeric Nocus - 21/12/1821/12/18

"Plus Belle La HY" / PREMIERE

If you regularly read LIVE Skateboard Media or just follow the French underground skate scene in general, then you should be familiar with the entity or at least the name HY Skate Bag; LIVE even interviewed Paul Austin about the brand and its previous video offering "Par HY", a few months back. "Plus Belle La HY" is - you guessed it - the title of their newest one, featuring Constantin Delmas, Fred Plocque-Santos, Pierre Leze, Pako Pion, Matt Débauché, Antoine Roussel, Léo Cholet, Florian Merten, PJ Chapuis, Victor Cascarigny, Matisse Banc, Nassim Lachab, Ben Raitano, Victor Campillo, Leezola and Paul himself (small roster...), hereby documented on a week-long skate holiday to Marseille. And just as it sounds like we could all use this type of sun ray sometime, the aforementioned Paul Himself decide to contribute to the warmth by chiming in!

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hy skate bag, Paul Austin, Constantin Delmas, Fred Plocque-Santos, Pierre Leze, pako pion, Matt Débauché, Antoine Roussel, Léo Cholet, Florian Merten, PJ Chapuis, victor cascarigny, Matisse Banc, nassim lachab, Ben Raitano, Victor Campillo, leezola

Pierre-Alexandre Pestie - 30/10/1830/10/18

LA FRENCH TECH

So! The guys from Blaze are in a hell of a shape. Thirty days of skateboarding between Lyon, Marseille and Paris were enough for them to film French Diplomacy. Matisse Banc, spectacular as usual, took care of the bangers, while the entire team imposed itself as true ledge killers with combinations always more and more technical.

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Matisse Banc, Guillaume Colucci, JP Villa, Anto Forot, Oliver Weismantel, JP Dantas, Nosa Ketting, Leo Bodelazzi, Lucas Marques.

article: Aymeric Nocus - 10/10/1810/10/18

UNEMPLOYED / "Avance l'Arrière" / PREMIERE

The jobless (really?) accomplices of d'Unemployed Skate Co., more usually specialized in the production of colorful grip tape, recently went off on a tangent in the general direction of Algeria, a destination just as exotic as their art direction which in turn led them to meet new souls (most often intrigued by this breath of fresh air from the North, on wheels), and touch practically unskated spots. Despite being under supervision the whole time, they still managed to sneak two broken VX's into the country then leave it with full tapes! Their new edit is called "Avance L'arrière", a title Brian Bunting of Unemployed was happy to explain below, besides many more things because no, he didn't escape the 5W's treatment!

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unemployed, Matisse Banc, Brian Bunting, Etienne Gros

Aymeric Nocus - 18/09/1818/09/18

Hellgeria

The web release of Hellgeria, a tour edit in Algeria featuring the Unemployed roster, is just around the corner now. As a sign of warning, the guys behind the aforementioned griptape brand (sticking to the French scene remarkably well) are just now sharing this trailer with us; a summary of the epileptic chaos their journey was, which will for sure make a few of you wonder what exactly is to come, and leave you inspired to see more - not just talking skating!

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Matisse Banc, Etienne Gros, Brian Bunting, Pierre Pauselli

09/04/1809/04/18

Meanwhile, in Marseille…

… Spring is here, and those lazy ass skateboarders at Unemployed have all the time in the world to make the best out of it! Leading by example!?

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Thomas Dettori, Antoine, Brian Bunting, Fabien, Pierre Pauselli, Erildo, Victor Campillo, Grégoire Mazeaud, Ruben Planque, Matisse Banc, Dario, Ben Tahar

27/02/1827/02/18

Par-Hy-sians!

Yesterday, we were presenting the Hy crew, while premiering, as a LIVE exclusive, their latest video offering, by Julien Dellion, with a soundtrack by Matias Elichabehere, filmed during a recent Paris visit. The edit now free to share, and you should show around. People should dig it!

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