Its About Time – Sticker Contest!
March 4, 2009
This past weekend at the Bittercold Showdown I saw all sorts of different kinds of unique “its about time” sticker cuts.
I’ve been seeing them on posters, street signs, bulletin boards, cars, skates, helmets, frames, mugs, dog tags etc.
I want to see what else people can come up with so I’m doing a sticker contest! You have 10 days to send in a photo of what you choose to do with the Its About Time “kiss cut” stickers.
The winner will either get a copy of the DVD or free admission to the Rye Airfield premiere and inline only session (8-11pm: March 14th)
Ben Price -: Fenway
Jarrod Neilan: Helmet and Cell Phone
Gabe Holm: dog tags
Kevin Phan: dog tags
Kyle Couture: Custom Sticker – Boston, MA : Winner
John Nardacci – Obama Bike
Andrew Smolak – work desk
Email any submissions or photo links to northeastmedia@hotmail.com by the Friday the 13th and I’ll post them here.
The stickers and posters are now available with free shipping from our online shop.
Dartmouth – It’s About Time Premiere
March 3, 2009
7:30PM
Tuesday March 10th
Center for Visual and Performing Arts THEATER – Room #153
Umass Dartmouth – North Dartmouth, MA
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This one is also FREE!!!
Merchandise will also be for sale at the Premiere.
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(Umass Dartmouth is about a half hour from Providence and 50 minutes from Boston)
For More info on this premiere visit the facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=67748404856&ref=mf
If you can’t make premiere and want a copy of the DVD you can now order from you local skate shop or directly from us at:
www.itstime.bigcartel.com
Boston Premiere
February 24, 2009
Thanks to everyone who showed up at the Mass Art premiere this past weekend. I was amazed by the turn out with such short notice.
Wish I had a chance to take more photos of the event. Kyle Couture shoot some video:
Big thanks to Kyle, Liz and Smokes for helping out!
Anthony Chen lost footage
February 22, 2009
Lost footage of Chen
Here are some clips of Chen I filmed on over the summer that were lost on Ian’s hard drive but turned up recently along with Ian.
It’s About Time – Boston Premiere
February 19, 2009
Boston Premiere – This Weekend!!!
This is kind of last minute. Originally I was planning on waiting until after Bittercold Showdown to have a Boston premiere. This is because there was a “Too Much Love” video premiere scheduled for this weekend in New England but that’s been canceled. I thought it would better not to make anyone wait any longer and put something together this for Saturday.
It’s going to be held this Saturday at 6:30PM in screening room 1 in the Film Department @ The Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue in Boston, MA.
This is easily accessible by the T.
Just take the Green Line (E) train to the Longwood/ Harvard Medical stop. The film department can be tricky to find so we will be meeting up around 6PM near the cafeteria.
(This is the building across the street from the T-Stop, with a nice handicap rail outside the front door, please don’t skate this until after the movie is done)
It’s free to attend but make sure to pick up your own copy of the video at the premiere and help me make back some of the money I invested in this project. Copies are $20 at the premiere and come with free stickers.
If you can’t make the premiere you can also now pick up a copy at your local skate shop or online
More Summer Photos
February 18, 2009
By John O’donnell
(Alex Hogan – Andy Leiterman)
(Smokes – topsoul – Quincy, MA)
(Roxbury Crossing)
(Mass Ave traffic light – read John’s story below)
(Cheshire, CT – deciding where to go next)
(the road to rhode island)
Bonus Footage!
February 18, 2009
Here’s some bonus footage left over from the video.
The DVD is available now!
Premiere info coming soon.
Summer Photos
February 18, 2009
I finally got a chance to get around to scanning some pictures. Here’s some mid-summer photos snapped while filming for “It’s About Time”
(Andy Leitermann – BHCC)
(Andy – soul wall rail to gap – Chinatown)
(topacid wall rail in a line)
(360 mistrial)
(warf)
(aquarium)
(end of day2)
(smokes cleaning up)
(topsoul – St. Johnsbury, VT)
(Smokes – soul in East Boston)
(getting the boot)
(end of day 3)
(Chen after getting in a horrible bike accident last spring)
(He’s had a run of bad luck – check out bikeskatechocolatecake.com)
(Andy – sweaty to bs royale – Cambridge)
Official Teaser
January 25, 2009
TRAILER #3
The teaser is finally up. Enough with the online leftover clips. The actual video is going to the duplicators Feb 2nd.
Available for purchase at shops as well as the BCSD in late February.
A week with Winston Wardwell
January 19, 2009
A Week with Winston Wardwell
Text and photos by John O’Donnell
(Hogan showed use how to track a commercial flight pattern – Winston on route to Boston)
We picked Winston up from the airport around 3:30 and right away he wanted to start filming. We headed to east Boston to meet up with Smokes and skate some spots around the area but off and on rain killed the session quickly.
(Smokes – Rain)
Mo, Gabe Winston and myself started heading towards “perfect rails” in JP. While we were waiting for the light a very enthusiastic drug addict came and danced for us and let us know what was up with the local skag, “Mr. Muhammad over there wannna sell me that heroin for fifty but Mr. China man say he can sell it to me for cheaper, can ya help me now, come on”.
Once we got to Perfect Rails Winston showed no sign of jet lag and started lacing some amazing lines.
(alley opp topsoul in a line – Jamica Plains, MA)
The day was nearing to an end and we were running out of sunlight so we hit up the Aggassiz School down the street to skate the handicaps. I put my skates on and started skating but had to almost immediately take them off once Winston started trying the Handicap to handicap transfer. I started setting up my lights as quickly as I could but by that time Winston had already laced it but had no problem doing it again for my camera, thanks buddy.
(royale hop royale – ao topsoul)
After I got my shot we headed to Kyle’s so Winston could watch the Celtics destroy the Lakers for the Championship.
On day two I was only able to come out for a couple of hours but that was more than enough time for Winston to kill it. I met up with the shit show at China town yellow rails and once again Winston was ready to handle business. Although this was only the third spot I had ever seen Winston skate I already had a high level of respect for him. So far he had just been so damn passionate about lacing what ever he started and consistently doing so at every spot.
(360 soul Chinatown droprail – Boston)
(360 mistrial – Chinatown, Boston)
On Winston’s third day here Gabe, Mo , Winston and I decided to go on a little road trip through Connecticut and Rhode Island. We drove down in Gabe’s car; I was sitting in the back left seat.
The car was packed with all of our belongings including Gabe’s dolly and tracks, which I sat next to and thought were going to impale me at any moment.
On our way down we stopped at a subway with a perfect drop rail out front.
The whole staff and everyone eating inside came out to watch Mo back royale the drop rail. Unfortunately Mo aggravated a previous heel injury when he landed and didn’t get to skate much for the rest of the trip.
(bs royale to another bruised heel – UCONN, CT)
While in Ct we met up with some locals as well as Andy Leitermann, Scott Cambell, Jim Lamarche and Andrew Smolak. We made our way to Weaver High and as usual Winston didn’t hold back the least bit.
(zero spin alley opp soul – Hartford, CT)
This was my first time in Hartford and I was surprised at how ghetto it was. When I was shooting some photos out in front of some Spanish bodega some guys thought I was taking pictures of them and started threatening me. I kept shooting and as we were leaving some guy started chasing after the car asking us for weed.
Later that night we lost our place to stay and were about to head back to Boston but luckily Eric Torres came to our rescue and let us crash in his pool house. On our way to his place we stopped at the only restaurant in the area that was open past 11:00pm. To make us feel even more comfortable 15 on duty cops came in to eat and they all sat around us. Eric took us around to the local spots the next day and showed us all a really great time.
(capturing footage in Eric T’s poolhouse)
Late that night we arrived in Rhode Island and went to meet up with Zack Boozer at some party. When we got to the party there was a mom and a bunch of dudes with blow outs and popped collars. Needless to say we left immediately and headed to the apartment of local skater Dennis Hollis’. Denis owns the best bull dog / chameleon I have ever seen.
(one badass pup)
That night Zach hooked it up with a place to sleep and a fridge to raid at 2:00am. The next morning we went to Jeff Dalnas’ to meet up everyone and head to some spots around the area. With a massive caravan of skaters we hit up a pretty sweet low yellow rail, tollgate high, and the blue ledges in providence.
The session reminded me of the old times, before cell phones, when huge groups of kids would all go meet up at one set spot.
(jWU – bs nugen Pawtucket, RI)
(someone caught checking out Andy)
Shortly after this trip I broke my ankle and was out of commission for the rest of the summer and fall. When I couldn’t skate all I could do was watch edits and go through these photos over and over again. Looking at them almost gave me the same state of mind as when I am skating and thinking only about the present and nothing else. It’s been five years since Gabe’s last video and I’m proud I got to work with him on It’s About Time.
