A collaboration no one was really expecting or at least, only as much as over a minute of footage of an often imitated, never replicated Josh Kalis surfacing like that out of the blue - but of course those are, in both cases, interesting news!
Visibly, DC Shoes is issuing a collaboration capsule with our friends from Perth, Australia who do Butter Goods and, logically, it is Josh Roberts (of the "Domingo" video series, amongst others) that was hired and teleported straight to Chicago, in order to film demonstrations of the aforementioned Josh Kalis' trademark form of impeccable 360 flips, but also some remarkable maneuvers by Philly Santosuosso, the man behind Humidity Skateshop, for the picture to be complete.
You'd better remember Josh Roberts - the Perth, Australia-based filmer behind, most notably, the Domingo series, and once head operator for the Magenta Skateboards classic: "Crossing The Perth Dimension" - because today, he's LIVE again (we've featured some other works of his before) with a new piece, and an exclusive one this time. "ABOUT NINE" tells the story of local legend Morgan Campbell (also interviewed earlier regarding his visual project: "DEJA GLU") regularly waking up at dawn to meet up with Josh at the local bowl 'around nine' (hence the title), and get footage in peace with the whole place to themselves. The VX-1000 by-product of those morning skates, that's exactly what this edit is - and also, an explosive two-minute uppercut of good taste, sunshine, creativity and mellow vibes. Also featured: Nick Maughn, Daniel Luxford, Lewis Rodan and Louie Dodd as guests, to complete the whole picture with homie presence! Just what your legs could use to get kicking as early as coffee time.
We regularly mention locals from Perth, in Australia, and here is your chance to see a lot more of the city, its spots and locals! Domingo was a DVD to watch at the Live headquarters until now, where it is available online for all to enjoy! Rejoice!
Perth, Melbourne, San Francisco: that list for the new Josh Roberts full-length would be exciting enough, but you can guess he picked a great selection of skaters to point his camera at!
Well then, this last chunk of the year two thousand nineteen really hasn't been without bearing witness to some gems of unexpected collaborations; apparently, when it's not Josh Kalis meeting up in Chicago with Josh Roberts of the "Domingo" series, then it's Chico Brenes who, defiantly disregarding his mid-forties, insists on sharing the timeline of this new clip with Paul Shier and Karl Watson (any nitpickers?), as though to showcase that his style never once lost his brillance since "Love Child". The recent resurgence of Embarcadero footage, nearly thirty years after the spot's popularity peak, should be quite the treat for old timers and really, it takes an O.G. like Chico to know the recipe for getting the full flavor out of such a location. Only the board shapes have regressed - but according to our ever-so-reliable sources, given that Chico just got a guest model on Krooked as well as his mastery of the fakie big flip, the almighty universe grants him an exceptional pass.
Fruit of a recent visit to Perth, and the Domingo crew, this new Magenta production reminds us all two important points:
1) The best part of travelling far from home to skate –way ahead of the spots you might come across, and the footage you might come back with– is the people you end up meeting…
And 2) "It's all about lines."
To see more about the adventures of Léo, Jimmy and Koichiro in Australia, head over here.
Complete coolness of the Australian at home, Perth here, for James, in between downtown seshs and difficult spots all taken from Domingo 2 by the great Josh Roberts…
