A couple years ago Dane Reynolds tucked his left knee while doing an air in Mexico. We’d never seen a surfer do it like that. And I remember Curren Caples — who was probably 15 at the time — was one of the first people to say that it was one of the first airs in a long time that a skater would appreciate. Since then, surfing and skating have begun to intertwine here and there, with at least a layer of appreciation exposed. Curren Caples is one of this generations most stylish hybrids to emerge from this old romance.
More professionally known as a skateboarder, Curren has a distinctly poetic and tweaked style in transition and has developed his street skating in recent years as seen in his Flip 3 part. He surfs extremely well and it’s fascinating to watch the different approaches he brings to each. An ode to Nathan Fletcher’s ability in surfing and skating, using them to influence the other.
We went to surf, skate and hang in Ventura with Curren while he finishes up filming for a new Vans video coming out soon in this all new Fairly Normal.
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Softhits is a new side project from Orchard co-owner Armin Bachman that showcases some of the assorted awesomeness going on with the Boston skateboarding family set to a smooth #AdultContemporary soundtrack.
This first volume – “One Tape at a Time” – came together spontaneously after tapes from the fall were finally captured on New Year’s day with one particular mini DV tape that was quite fruitful. This montage is composed in sequential order of sessions, all coming from that one tape.
Recorded in Downtown Boston on assorted weekends throughout October and November 2014.
Featuring skating by Orchard family members Brian Reid, Nate Stuart, Brian Delaney, Ed Driscoll, Richard Stickney, Rob Mathieson, Dillon Buss, Tommy Wisdom, Nate Keegan.
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Plaisir des sens …et ils sont tous en éveil quand nous sommes là haut dans la montagne, libres comme l’air qui nous accompagne. En images, les sessions de novembre/décembre où nous avons cette année pris plaisir à se balader avec nos ailes, juste pour la glisse…
Que l’on soit bien d’accord sur ce titre de vidéo qui pourrait paraître prétentieux, c’est la montagne qui est belle et quelques fois peut révéler une certaine sensualité, pas nous !
Bon tout ça , ça fait un peu pompeux,c’est pour coller avec la musique 🙂 en gros, on s’est bien bardé pendant ces 2 mois ! et c’est pas fini, parce que là, y’avait pas de neige…
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Eric Koston, Sean Malto, Shane O’Neill, Trevor Colden, Daryl Angel, and Justin Brock… damn, that’s a list of all stars if we ever saw one.
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