The Story: As I was kayaking through the mangrove forest in Kho Lonta Thailand, I noticed a monkey chillen at the base of one of the trees. I decided to test out the “monkeys hate water” theory so I threw a piece of pineapple into the water. To my surprise, the monkey immediately jumped in and grabbed it. As I got closer to the mangroves, I noticed a lot of movement in the trees. I wanted to see some more flying monkeys so I decided to take out some more fruit. As I grabbed the bag of fruit, two monkeys jumped on top of me and I chucked the bag. The next thing you know, I have the whole monkey clan aboard my boat. They stole all of my fruit and left me with a few stools to remember them by. Those evil little creatures.
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The latest skate documentary from Red Bull, ‘Pushing Forward’ takes a look at the emergence of the solo video part, the impact a traditional premiere still has, the hype behind the biggest team video in recent history and the future of skate videos.
Chapter One shines the spotlight on Ryan Decenzo during an important time in his career: as he prepared to drop his online solo video part “Double Down” for Thrasher. Ryan dedicated two full years to filming for this part. The question is raised: Was it worth it?
For the return of the Instagram Slam after a few months we decided to get a bunch of heavy hitters from LA’s various crews together to session the Lincoln Skatepark flat rail. The place is usually swarmed with skaters so we brought out the lights and rode it at night. Our crew consisted of Brandon Begin, Steve Croteau, Tony Neyer, Xavier Wulf, Miles Rogoish, Adam22, Lil D, Alfredo Mancuso, Michal Smelko, Aaron Brenner, Christian Martinez and Daniel Yanez. A lot of crazy tricks went down and we all had a lot of fun, thanks to Miles for holding that heavy ass camera for 3 hours while we everyone did a continuous loop around the skatepark trying to get their tricks.
Adaptive skier, Vasu Sojitra, stars in ‘Out On A Limb’ profiling his inspiring story as he ventures into the backcountry to summit peaks, explore avalanche zones, send cliffs, and ski deep powder lines—all completely unassisted. Filmed in the Chic-Choc Mountain range and Vermont’s backcountry, Vasu shows that the only limits are those we place on ourselves.