Recommending someone "SHIT PIE" for breakfast, lunch or dinner normally wouldn't communicate the best of intents regarding their sensorial satisfaction nor their general well-being and yet, this one from Serbia is a specialty LIVE is proud to be serving red hot as the recipe here really consists in a mix of authenticity, creativity and weighs in at just as many calories as the next ten Instagram accounts of motivational memes. Live, laugh, love, Nebojša Resanović and Hana Piščević definitely did all of that during the cooking of "SHIT PIE", filmed throughout the heaviest of the local lockdown hours - the result being a fresh skate short film in beautiful settings, showcasing untouched spots in just one Belgrade neighborhood, inventive tricks, raw enthusiasm and impatient drivers, LIVE just had to catch up with the couple for a slice - now feel free to help yourself in the interview, below!

Unless from under a rock or out of the loop, by now, the average curious skateboarder should spontaneously associate September with skate festival season via, in Croatia, the classic Vladimir Film Festival - now flaunting a brand new website, complete with the 2021 dates and program to also celebrate its supposedly tenth, really eleventh edition and, in Bulgaria, the more recent but just as motivationally driven Summit of the Non-Aligned, which LIVE has highlighted before - most notably here. Summit is taking place right now, this September 9-12th in Belgrade, followed by Vladimir this September 16-19th in Fažana and Pula.

So in order to efficiently echo this stream of great news, what's better than an exclusive recap of the previous edition of Vladimir - one that did take the hit of all the pandemic-related circumstances, but did happen in 2020 - from the perspective of the Amnesia Skateshop crew from Sliven, Bulgaria. To be accurate, the words are by Martin Dechev and Yavor Ski; the photos courtesy of Veliko Balabanov, already the author of this Deo Katunga edit for Stinky Socks and of the new Витошa Skateboards video, scheduled for screening at Vladimir this year; and as far as the accompanying moving pictures are concerned, then that is their former production for Amnesia that they already shot with the 2020 festival in mind.

Once again, feel free to do yourself a favor and keep in touch with the imminent frenzy of Vladimir here (and word on the streets is, their platform is bound to keep getting more and more interesting), and with the one of the Summit here. Feeling like an even deeper dive into the myth? You can also (re-)read our recap of Vladimir 2019, loaded with Josh Stewart artefacts but really cool surprises of many other kinds, here!

Its very author will be introducing today's video in just a second, below but in a nutshell yes, indeed, it is of Rennes, France that we're talking about here, with its local skate scene which has only been radiating creativity and talent for a good moment now (it's already been eleven years since "CROSSWALK"!). And while still awaiting the new Bears Skateshop video on LIVE soon (with a brand new Hugo Maillard part, out of all its other qualities), feel free to feast off "UNCENSO-RENNES", the new full-length video by Théo Le Guével - who recounts: 

"‌'UNCENSO-RENNES' is a Rennes-based skate video project, filmed over a year with a Sony VX-2000, and a solid crew of about ten skaters and then all the homies - in between the new spots that keep popping up everywhere and the older ones, already worn down by the previous generations. This was a good opportunity for many people from different horizons - Nantes, Lannion, Lorient, Lille - to meet one another, and Rennes prides on its cosmopolitanism! It was also my chance to figure out the world of the VX, complete with its intricacies: dying camera heads, glitchy tapes and faulty capturing hardware! But the joy of manipulating such a camera is worth it in the end, and so is sharing the hype around a clip with everybody. Also we managed to premiere the video at some bars, which was a good reconciliation with normal life in between two lockdowns. Well there you go - a forty minute-trip in the capital of Brittany.

I would also like to dedicate this video to Samuel Lefranc, featured in the project, who recently passed away." - Théo Le Guével

You may also watch '"UNCENSO-RENNES" part by part, individually, on Théo's YouTube channel!

Multiple times in the past, LIVE has been sharing video productions by Gerardo Sosa - who is, seemingly naturally, always going great lengths to cover the skate scenes all around Latin America; remember, we even interviewed him a while back about "SITUACIÓN DE CALLE", his Buenos Aires, Argentina full-length document. Today and many urban peregrinations later, he is back with an exclusive edit: "SNAFU", three minutes all shot in Guatemala City, very much in the vein of "PACHITO" and, as a complement, he recounts:

"With everything being as hectic as it is all over the world, it's good to see skaters still hungry to get clips - no matter what. I was trying to take it easy on the video making after filming a full-length, but the fire was still going. Had a visit from our friends from Costa Rica, then found a couple of clips I thought I had lost, then went out skating with Mark Williams one afternoon and got a handful of tricks of him on some spots that no one had skated. 'Situation Normal - All Fucked Up'!" - Gerardo Sosa / Word Is Bond

And so, to be expected: your daily dose of original terrain, and some colorful maneuvers on the plank courtesy of Mark Williams, Gerardo himself, David Fernandez, Totio, Ivan Arcia and Daniel Chacón.

Now, for even more from Latin America, let's invite you to check out "FASTIDIO" on Bandcamp for the latest record to date featuring skater, artist and D.I.Y. entrepreneur Monki a.k.a. Tomas Spicolli, on Discos Corrosivos (Tomas is also affiliated with Tildaflipers and Masao gallery); also, make sure to keep an eye on Transmisión Skate Peru, a new skate platform from Lima.

If masking hints of smelly feet with a few layers of deodorant is a typical off-the-board skate trick, today, it's Stinky Socks which has Deo Katunga covered; and, while we may have been willing to almost spare you that terrible joke, there is no way we're letting you off without the clip honoring said contract, because now that is quality. Stinky Socks being based in Bulgaria, "UP NEXT" was shot just there in the capital of the country: Sofia, over just two weeks by a Veliko Balabanov willing to work overtime whilst technically on vacation. Unique spots, creative and raw skating, Mini-DV at its finest and sweet editing; what else would you need?

Anyhow, make sure to remember Veliko's name, as you will be hearing of him again on LIVE again in the future, if all goes according to plan!