Crucial Barbeque-Scalzi Park

Whew! I'm back from our trip to California. I've got plenty of stories and even more photos. So I'm a bit back-logged, but I'll try and get things up this week.

Moving on...Dateline: Sunday, May 18th. Skateboards. Burgers. Brews. (& sodas for the kids) Here are a few pictures from the barbeque in Scalzi Park. A great morning skate session followed by burgers and hot dogs. Thanks to everyone who provided the food. Sato is the man, that goes without saying.


Roxy and Spike-skatepugs. Roxy is the one on the...ah hell, even I can't even tell which one is which any more.


An overview shot of the festivities. I learned a valuable lesson from watching some hessians that were grilling next to us. You don't need a spatula--A crushed beer can on a stick will suffice.

Memo to the city of Stamford: Is there any landscaping money in the budget? These fields/picnic grounds look like absolute garbage! Normally, I just make a beeline from my car to the skatepark, but yesterday I finally realized the grounds themselves kinda looks like crap.


And a few skate pictures for good measure. Todd and Ben, frontside and backside grinds, respectivedly.


And one more quick note: I am please to announce that I will be working on yet another music video for the Boardlord's new CD release, "Wax Museum". We're going to shoot this week. I'll keep you posted, but I don't want to give too much away. Not just yet.

Touching the Void

It was like the Space Race of the 50's and 60's yesterday. The challenge? To hit coping in the deep end of Scalzi Skatepark.

Dave P set it off with a killer backside grind. Although you can't see his face in the picture, I assure you it's him.

Come to think of it, you can't see anyone's face. Hey, can we get a photographer that can frame up a shot here? (Kidding of course)

After Dave hit his mark, I tried unsuccessfully for about 10 times. No luck, but damn, I came close.


Meanwhile, Sato has always been able to hit consistant frontside grinds in the same pocket, making my attempts look quite pathetic.
To the layman: That's an 11' deep pool. Frontside = Sick!

Photos by PDA

16 MM Madness

The purpose of this blog was supposed to be to document Frosch-Frog Productions. But I kind of got sidetracked with photos & stories of all the great skateboarding as of late. Besides, I don't want to bore anyone with the details surrounding tire shop commercials and corporate DVDs. Zzzzzz....
I'm only reporting on the interesting stuff like music videos and short films. Which brings us to today's post:

With all the filming going on in Stamford lately, we figured we would jump into the fray. Dateline: Sunday, May 4th. Location: The corner of Summer Street and 8th. I had the pleasure of filming with an Eclair ACL16mm camera on the set of Paul David Anthony's new film, "Friendship". Coming from an entirely digital background, I must say it was quite difference than what I'm used to. It's not every day that I get to shoot with some classic film gear, and it was a lot of fun.

Despite a rocky start (I forgot, you have to hold the shutter button down the WHOLE time you're filming--It's not like a camcorder where you just press 'record'! Sorry, force of habit) Well, anyways, despite a few glitches, we were able to get all our shots.....I think! You see unlike video, you can't roll back the tape and watch it on a field monitor. So here's hoping that it all comes out OK. You can't fake the funk: Film is film and nothing else looks like it. I don't care how many Magic Bullet filters you apply to your 24p footage. It's not the same.

So here are a few behind-the-scenes production stills from yesterday's shoot. I'll keep you posted on the progress of the movie. BTW, "Friendship" is the third movie in PDA's trilogy. It should be out later this year.




A sign of confidence. (I think?)