My apologies for the delay in getting this posting out… It’s taken me this long to recover from the Mountain Dew and Whiskeys they were pushing at the after party.
Last week was the NYC premiere of Downtown to Deathbowl - The Evolution of Skateboarding in New York City. This new documentary film produced by Coan “Buddy” Nichols and Rick Charnoski attempts to do for NYC what Dogtown did Southern California and the Z-Boy team. Narrated by Chloe Sevigny, the film covers the rise of skateboarding in NYC from the late 70’s and the original Zoo York artist crew, through the SHUT skateboard days of the late 80s, onto the rebirth of Zoo York and today’s skaters. In this film it’s the city that is the star though… Rather than telling the story of a select group of skaters, DT2DB focuses on the city and how its skate culture has evolved over the past 30 years, taking what the city offered and corrupting it to the sport. Highlights included archival footage and interviews with NY’s pioneering skaters including: Jeremy Henderson, Mark Gonzales, Harold Hunter, Mike Vallely, Andy Kessler, Lance Mountain and others.
Immediately following the premiere everyone was bussed over to another piece of New York history, The Tunnel nightclub for the after party. Mountain dew got the party going with the open bar and DJ Paul Sevigny kept it going spinning everything from the MC5 to Biggie. But the highlight of the night was the Dew mini ramp. Old school and new, rock and rap mixed it up on the ramp as a full on jam session ensued. It was definitely a night to celebrate skating and NYC. ”Trouble” Andrew even made it out to take in the scene and lay down a few turn on the ramp.
Check out the pictures below:
Downtown to Deathbowl is playing at various screenings nationwide and is slated for release in Fall 2008. For information on screenings and latest news visit: DeathbowltoDowntown.com
