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1. Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD

by adam kimmel

1 year ago

A Film by: Ari Marcopoulos
Director of Photography: Colin Blackshear
Producer: Neville Wakefield

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CyclingWMD 1 year ago

You guys are fuckinnnggg NUTS!!!
Lachlan Cameron 1 year ago

YeeEEE HAhh!! THIS VIDEO IS THE SHIT!! MAD PROPS FROM BARE BEAUNZ. A VIDEO TO WATCH BEFORE RIDING EVERY DAY!!! stoke vid fo sho!
Samuel Rooney 7 months ago

when are you going to be in the chico ca area? im totally down to hit up some mountains. i did shasta last year from the snow bowl parking lot. about half way at the end of a straight away i speed wabbled on a short board element with no pads helmet or gloves. basically tucked an rolled. took two silver dollar size chunks of flesh from both hands and one hip. but i learned my lesson. only longboards with huge green wheels and thick bike gloves. it was ironic a few months lator i bombed the hill left of lithia park in ashland Or and bumbed only one hand that time. iether way im planning a mountain tour of the west coast this summer starting in bigbear southern cali and working up cali and nevada thru orgon ending in canada. if you know of some riders that have the time and energy to pull a trip like that off under two months then sweet. ive got tones of buddys down for the trip. later and good luck with your movies.
-sam
Joe Davis 3 months ago

hell yeah man i live just outside chico and i never see any longboarders. good to know we have some here. peace.
pashon cooper 1 year ago

Insane
TruthMhz 1 year ago

epic
Onezilla 1 year ago

THAT was nuttier than a loony bin for squirrles.
Crazy.
Casey Morrow 1 year ago

Fuck yeah Noah and Patty!
zbat 1 year ago

whoaa... looks waaay too much fun!
In Black We Trust 1 year ago

Brutal…!!!
Kayhan Lannes Ozmen 1 year ago

Masters
gilemon villemin 1 year ago

Wacked
Leighton Reuss 1 year ago

camera passes were intense!
CandR Productions 1 year ago

What kind of boards were they riding?
bigstrides 1 year ago

not to mention what kind of beards!
CandR Productions 1 year ago

Beards, boards, and balls these guys have it all! hahah.
Clan McCloud 1 year ago

I had no idea that Matisyahu changed careers from rapping to extreme skateboarding!
Danny Pack 1 year ago

Most likely Comet, difficult to tell but could be either the new Crystal Chalice or the old Voodoo
Ian Donohue 1 year ago

Sector 9 race decks.
Addison Chung 11 months ago

They ride for sector 9, so they have the race formula wheels and probably the race decks
Adam "rogul" Roguljić 6 months ago

Patrick has a S9 bomb hills, but cut the tail, as you can see, Randal DH trucks and S9 race formula wheels

Noah has a S9 race deck (limited edition) Bear Smokies trucks and S9 race formula wheels
-GO- 1 year ago

Fuck the boards... What kind of balls are they using!
Great video
I'm in awe
G
Elliott Kember 1 year ago

huge ones, made of steel.
Ahmed Eid 1 year ago

hahahahaha
vinceslas 1 year ago

Can I order online?
raisthlin 26 days ago

lmao
Brett Wilson 1 year ago

fuckin NASTYY!! looks like about 60mph? more?
Ahmed Eid 1 year ago

they passed a car! lol
SHot70 1 year ago

Man. I just accidentally my fleshlite.
Web Designer 1 year ago

Why bother with helmets!

"Man, that was fast."

Understatement.
wefunkster 1 year ago

yea, rip this nice hill in some serious style. noah and patrick, you are the coolest.
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michael baca 1 year ago

your a fuckin moron. how bout you ride down those hills and then tell us that it was safe.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

Nah, you're the moron. This is not about riding down hills it's about cinema. I can shoot fire walking and make it as tame as puppies and I can shoot someone brushing their teeth so that you think only Howard Kanevil would dare. My comment was on the film making not the board riding. The medium is the message.
Tyler Howarth 1 year ago

I still dont get why you think it feels safe. I think it gets progressively more intense as the go down the hill. And what dont you like about the cinema? that it is too slow? sorry that there isnt any sweet beats to pump you up man.

also, about the cinema, when was the last time you passed a camera back and forth between your buddy while going 40+ mph on a skateboard? I think that is pretty impressive.

Maybe the medium is that it is a simple sport. easy editing, natural sound, pure energy and adrenaline is all you need to convey the sport. This is the best downhill video I have ever seen. but it could be possible that i am more inclined to enjoy because i know what it is like to scream down hills on a skateboard.

Crap. I just realized that you called one scene "gay" and it makes me feel like I just wasted my time responding to an ignorant person. oh well.
Ben Duffy 1 year ago

This kid is just flat out retarded and seriously disrespecting what's going on. Im a filmmaker, and Ill say who the fuck cares about the cinema. If you want good cinema go watch something else. Why do people like you always have to bring your stupid negative comments just because something is amazing. Seriously shut up. Comment about ballet or tooth brushs if that's what you know, and stop commenting on shit you obviously know nothing about. -TO bevan goldswain
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

You are taking this very very personaly, all of you. Don't. Skating down a hill at those speeds is amazing, it's very impressive and I can't do it. The process of shooting the skating whilst skating is impressive. The feat is impressive and I will give credit where it is due - I am impressed by the content. My comment was on the delivery, not on the content. I have no wish to make enemies. The word "gay" I use for it's true and not it's slang definition - I am not refering to homosexuals. Please just take y criticism on style as that and nothing more. In terms of risk taking and skill level involved i the stunt you guys have outdone yourselves. In terms of bringing a bit of drama to the scene you have not. My arguement here is simply this - what you have done is far more impressive in real life. It is less impressive on screen than the real thing. Screen can make something bigger or smaller than life and I think in this case it made it smaller. Please don't respond with personal attacks.
Ben Duffy 1 year ago

Listen man, if you don't want personal attacks, then you have to watch what you say (the first time you commented). Im glad that you finally say this is impressive and you can't do it. But you also have to figure out when somethings need a special delivery, and when they don't. There are plenty of times when a more cinematic delivery is needed and great. But in this case, knowing how extreme what these guys are doing, and the feeling it gives you as it is, you just don't need anything but what is given. And that is where your wrong. One of the most important thing about filmmaking is knowing when less is more, and this is a great case of it. The feeling in my gut that this video gave me was more than enough. I hope you learned something from this.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

I don't like your dogmatic attitude. It's quite presumptive to say that what this is is indeed a perfect representation with no room for improvement. Everything needs a special delivery, you buy the sizzle not the steak, you buy the package before the product. With regards to personal attacks - the first thing I said was no personal attack of my own, it was a criticism of the video and it's merits as a piece of entertainment nothing more. Who was it that said "freedom of speech is nothing without the freedom to offend?" Your and everyone's initial replies were ones of disgust at the very idea that there should be freedom to offend. With much love.... bevan
Bryan Brush 1 year ago

Bevan Goldswain,

I understand that you're attempting to discuss the cinematic aspect of this, but perhaps you should accept that Eisenstein-like editing of this would take away from the realism of it all. This isn't a bone chilling chase scene from some modern film, but a realistic interpretation of this sport. Editing would take away from the realism in this instance. Since I began this response by referring to one Russian genius, I'll end it with reference to another. Tarkovsky would feel the rhythm in this video is perhaps perfect.

I hope you don't interpret this comment as an attack on you, but as me simply trying to help you see an artistic side in this rather than the simple "Screw yous" that others may give. I, at the least, agree with you on the clothing aspect. That scene wasn't necessary, but it was "fun." We must remember, they weren't going for this to be a perfect cinematic masterpiece, but a fun portrayal of the sport.

Take care and I wish you the best.
Ben Duffy 1 year ago

Raphael Carrier- That is definitely not what's keeping the human race behind, I mean thats just a huge assumption. I think this has just gone on way to far. The point is, Belvin gave some harsh, un-relatable criticism to a piece that really just did not need it. Just understand that skateboarding can have a power beyond all that shit, sometimes with skateboarding, its just the simplicity that will get you. Just accept that the reason why everyone get's pissed off at his criticism is that It was just so not needed. Clearly these guys are incapable of having crazy "storytelling" camera work, like anyone would when your going 40 down a hill. And in terms of the editing, there is no reason to have these crazy superb "delivery's". It is just not needed, as well as his criticism. I think criticism is cool, but there is a point when criticism gets to such a point of inaccuracy, where it comes off as hating. And that's why everyone was pissed off. I guess you'll just never get it unless you skate, or know filmmaking, or just wake the fuck up.
Jelle Vancoppenolle 1 year ago

Pretty sad that people responded the way they did to Bevan's well-supported critics. I must say I agree with him. The pureness of the video has its qualities too, but I don't think a somewhat more invasive editing would have been a bad idea. I wouldn't say I completely agree with M. McLuhans "The medium is the message", but fact remains one has to keep it in account.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

All this hullabaloo.... Whew. All I was trying to say is this: The event was bigger in real life than it is on screen. I like all of you for your passionate responses. It's good to know people care that much for things. Just don't let passion blind you from the true nature of a critique. I will leave my last post here with this: a true story teller, a man who has taken the most banal content and made it come alive - maybe this video can illustrate my point better than I ever could. My comment from the start was really about engagement, entertainment and storytelling and had nothing to do with skating. without further ado here is a Swede you'll all enjoy: ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
Jelle Vancoppenolle 1 year ago

Very interesting, Bevan!
JBH_STL 1 year ago

Bevan, I simply disagree with your assessment--and I think that's what most of the others were trying to point out. What you consider the weak points are exactly what I and others probably consider the strong points. Not every video needs clever exposition, deliberate pacing and an orderly or controlled progression through stages, just as not every piece of music is an opera. Sometimes the very rawness and LACK of slick presentation fits the subject matter better than a more controlled approach. Would you have rather seen the Sex Pistols' early days on 1080p HD or shaky, grainy black & white? Sure, a little editing goes a long way, but sometimes an unadorned approach can be quite effective.

Downhill skateboarding, by the way, can indeed be presented in the way you seem to prefer, with deliberate pacing and slick editing (see orangefiist.com/OrangeFiistMovie2.htm , for example). But that's racing, in a controlled environment (no cars), unlike the free-form randomness of that Claremont road with its cars, potholes and (much greater) speed. Riding down Claremont is a VERY dangerous thing, with "real time" happening really fast. If it seemed safe to you after 20 seconds, you must not have been paying very close attention.

You wrote that everything needs a special delivery, a little sizzle. I disagree. Sometimes the sizzle is inherent in the action itself. I watched this video and couldn't help but feel a profound tension and state of agitation throughout the whole video--until the riders arrived safely at the bottom, when I felt a palpable relief. So you tell me: Given the subject matter, is that any less of an aesthetic achievement for the filmmakers than if they'd "finessed" it like a ballet?

Don't get me wrong. I think there's a place for all kinds of presentation. I just have a hard time believing you found this video "safe" after 20 seconds.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

Sizzle, special presentation, editing, opera. Now... we are closer than you think. You see, I am not talking about slick at all. I am not talking about glass and chrome. When you compose a shot you are editing. You edit all that is not in frame. When you choose a lens you are editing. When you put music you edit. when you mix in the on set sound you edit. everything is an edit. I never said it should be slick. I never said it should have fast cutting or special effects. I watched the video and was impressed with the act but was dissapointed becuase I had very little indicators of speed. If you watch 'the aviator' there is a scene where Leo (cant remember the character he plays) looks at the rushes of the fighter plane dog fight. The planes look slow! He then decides that the scene needs clouds! With clouds you wil have more of a reference of speed and will feel energy of the dog fight more. Ahhhh. Now that is what I mean. There is something you could have done to remind me of the speed you are traveling at or to enhance it. It doesn't have to be a glossy polished slick editing. And what that thing is I don't know. All I say is that it lacks that thing.
mb 1 year ago

bevan your an idiot. that was pure poetry. if you knew the hill or really watched the video you would have found some of those turns - the approaches, not to mention dealing with cars and other unforeseen obstacles (just the unknown of what they will run into next), to have all the drama needed to keep the watcher at full attention - let alone anxious to see if these insane individuals live to ride again.
JBH_STL 1 year ago

"There is something you could have done to remind me of the speed you are traveling at or to enhance it....All I say is that it lacks that thing. " I guess the trees, potholes and cars whizzing by don't count as much for you as they do for me. Pity. But you are entitled to your opinion; I disagree. To each his own.

I think I'll watch the video again! :-)
michael baca 1 year ago

welll everyone needs to end this nonsense. the video is awesome. leave it at that.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

yeah but your forgetting something. When you look at an electron it goes the other way.
Benjamin Reece 1 year ago

Are we turning into YouTube? Awesome video. A bit harsh of a critique, but ignore, move on. Whatever guys! :) Awesome work BTW. amazing. Still searching for what this was shot on....
zachary webb 5 months ago

what just happened here m8s
Miko Biffle 1 year ago

Great camera work guys! Long live the Rizzler and Sak!
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Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

That's cheap. Don't make personal attacks, my comment was on cinematic style and not personality. The first 20 seconds of the downhill adventure was identical to the following 20 seconds which was pretty much the same thing as the 20 seconds which followed. Here is a video of a downhill rider who is 100% and yet way more entertaining: youtube.com/watch?v=bcu8ZdJ2dQo style, pacing, surprise, rythm, mood, The medium is the message.
Tyler Howarth 1 year ago

wow! i cant believe you posted that link! you are officially a troll.
Grace Family Church 1 year ago

Dear Tyler. Calling me a troll is an easy way out. Rather say why posting link was 'troll like'.
Tyler Howarth 1 year ago

that link was troll like because it was completely random. not even related. might as well have rick rolled me at the same time.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

My written delivery may lack. Forgive me. "my highest rated videos are the ones in which I crash" I couldn't have said it better. That is what this skate video needs. A crash. Thats what the audience wants, I would have been happy with an almost crash.

If you watch 'the aviator' there is a scene where Leo (cant remember the character he plays) looks at the rushes of the fighter plane dog fight. The planes look slow! He then decides that the scene needs clouds! With clouds you wil have more of a reference of speed and will feel energy of the dog fight more. Ahhhh. Now that is what I mean.

I agree that some footage is better unedited. My problem with this video is that we as an audience know it is set up from the get go. When you know it's a set up you expect something different to say if you just happened to catch something on camera - now maybe that would have been an interesting take on this video, you know captured by a german tourist or something.

a 10 minute video being 9 minutes too long. Yeah... I hear you. Almost everything I make is too long for everyone but me. People are hard to entertain, but you must remember than entertainment is key. Unless you really are making videos just for yourself but I have never believed that to be true of anyones recordings/art/ whatever... It's always to be shown.

Conveying the true meaning in your rally videos. I havent seen your videos yet, but I would be tempted to say that you need to show the audience YOU. Not neccessarilly your face. Maybe your sweaty shaking hands, something that shows us that a human being is experiencing speed.
If we just look out the car window as a P.O.V. shot.. then we are dissapointed becuase theme parks have much nicer 3d rides along that vein. I want to know that a human being is going down the hill... riding the car e.t.c I want to know how that human feels and I want a glimpse of what he thinks when he turns the corner, gets a fright, almost crashes e.t.c. I want to see that humans face when he finaly conquers the hill. In saving private ryan it opens with Tom Hanks shaky hands. In jurassic park we feel the power of T rex when we see the ripples in the shaking glass of water... and those ripples reflect the trembling people. Show me people and what they feel, then you have stories that will always be 9 minutes too short!

I'll watch you videos later this week.
Remind me if i forget
Cal Chan 1 year ago

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "set up from the get go". By comparing this short with movies that are constructed and controlled in a studio setting, i think you're really off the mark.

You don't seem to understand that the skaters don't have full control over what the camera is looking at because more than half the time they're not even looking at the viewfinder. Your textbook film school ideologies is severely lacking the open-mindedness needed to evolve cinema.

This is not a movie where a director sits in a chair and watches each shot carefully and yells "cut!" and every car and every extra stops and returns to their starting position. This is LIVE. This is NOT "set up". At any point one of these guys trips, they might hit a car and die. THAT is the driving point of the short- thus they cannot edit it. The more they cut it, the more it's fake. The more single shots there are here, the more convincing the danger. And anyone with half a brain can watch this and realize they are in real danger because of the long takes. Their concern isn't to present to the audience in a way that will keep their attention, because the very act is enough.

Are you saying it's "set up" simply because they set out to do this? Then you've missed the point because when they are actually doing it, it's real. None of the act itself is "set up" so it's real. The danger is real. And the best way to present that to the audience is not making it fancy and "delivering" it well. The method to this cinema is to make it as home video as possible so the audience understands this is an event that really happened.

I'm not trying to attack you but I want you to understand why everyone else is. You can't compare this movie to Hollywood movies and you can't criticize the techniques by comparing them to Hollywood techniques. This is a different kind of cinema and to understand it, to see why it works for so many others, you have to quit thinking this is fake and "set up".
leewarddude 1 year ago

Hey Bevan, everyone except you really digs this video. I think if you tried to discover why you may become a better videographer.
Bevan Goldswain 1 year ago

I concede
Ryan Suchor 1 year ago

Diggin' the 'fashion' tag...Haha.
Danny Pack 1 year ago

Kimmel is a fashion designer, makes sense
Charlie Francis 1 year ago

that is how to bomb a hill!
eric pena 1 year ago

insane. seriously crazy.
I posted this on my blog
muchacrema.blogspot.com
eric pena 1 year ago

how fast could they be going?!! this shit is crazy. crazy.
Sam Figueroa 1 year ago

crazy, cool
Taylor Rudd 1 year ago

So...what happens when you hit a rock?
Smog Films 1 year ago

DUDE ! it's really really fast !!!
Steve the Otter 1 year ago

just perfect
Corrado 1 year ago

HEY GUYS
THIS SHIT IS BETTER THAN DOPE!
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Jay Doubleyou 1 year ago

I just came myself.
Luke Stormon 1 year ago

I've got to say without a doubt that this is the best video I have ever seen in my life. Class, Steez, Funny, Exciting! MAN THAT WAS SO FUCKING SICK!!!!
Courd Headman 1 year ago

wow, that was crazy insane. u guys passed that car, lol how fast do u think u were going?
Jake Fudge 1 year ago

Awesome guys. Man, what a rush! 8-D
Alexandre Ciasca 1 year ago

Insane!!!
Hampus Lideborg 1 year ago

That was rad. Would suck to fall in that speed, haha.
Lasse Moe 1 year ago

Really steady shot, what kind of camera are you using, and whats your trick for holding the cam so steady? You have got a really wide angle right, what kind?
Loved the shot and the speed !
Tobias 1 year ago

that was FAST.
Kyle Hilton 1 year ago

ditto salvador campos. that was incredible!
Arbel Meidav 1 year ago

how fast were you guys going. that shit looked sick! and where was it?
tsparks 1 year ago

Camera work - Excellent! *****
Skills - Excellent! *****
Style - Beyond Excellent! ******

Over all this video gets 10 you guys are the bomb!
Alexis Papageorgiou 1 year ago

CRAZY. I recently bought a longboard, but a shorter one. You guys inspired me, im going to buy a Loaded board or something else. I want to have as much as fun as you had. Love this movie
Pierre Fromenteil (aka pio) 1 year ago

So great !!!!
Ian Bergin 1 year ago

Holy smokes that sh1t was awesome!!

RESPECT!!
Gonzalo Martins 1 year ago

hey guys!

This probably the best DH skateboarding video that i have saw, you can feel the ruch the wind!!!
You r guys are from sector9 no?
Nick Clement 1 year ago

f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-king amazing!
Dan Bedford 1 year ago

yes yes yes yes yes... that hill is the shit... thanks for the dope video... got my juices flowing so now it's my turn! see ya!
Karate Doug 1 year ago

You're gonna die! I dont think that was meant to be done again
Dallas McCann 1 year ago

Could these guys be any more bad ass?!
Cody Baldwin 1 year ago

holy shit.
Mark 1 year ago

Wow.
bk 1 year ago

Going over that sidewalk at the end was more ballsy than anything else in the video. Fucking insane.
Peter Baker 1 year ago

Damn. I used to live half way up that hill. It was scary enough in a f*cking car. Insane. Loved it.
Don Eglinski 1 year ago

Wicked suits
raminf 1 year ago

That road's behind where I live. It's a pretty steep drop all the way. Friggin' nuts to go down the way they did.

Outstanding!!! (and a great job on the video too)
Wes Blackmore 1 year ago

Where do you stay Raminf?
William Wilkinson 1 year ago

Wow.
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

righteous.
Mats Haugen 1 year ago

You guys are nuts. Lucky the police didn't drive by ...
jonk 1 year ago

holy mother of!