Skreech doc wins Best Film @ SWSX Film Festival

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“Dragonslayer”, featuring ADDIKT Skateboard’s Josh “Skreech” Sandoval, wins Best Film and Best Cinematography documentary awards at the 2011 SWSX Film Conference & Festival

Venice, CA March 16th, 2011 – After being touted by The Documentary Blog as one of its “Top 10 Docs to Look Out For in 2011”, “Dragonslayer” received the Grand Jury Winner and Best Cinematography honors at last night’s SWSX Film Festival awards ceremony.
Dragonslayer follows ADDIKT Skateboard’s Josh “Skreech” Sandoval as he navigates the suburban flotsam and jetsam of California’s foreclosure debacle, which includes skateboarding, love, drugs, and stray glimpses of unusual beauty.
Skreech was skating at an undisclosed location in the San Joaquin Valley area and was unavailable for comment.
Billy Runaway, a creative consultant for the film, was quoted as saying, “Major congrats to award winners Tristan Patterson and Eric Koretz. This film’s skate scenes are some of most realistic portrayals of what skateboarding is actually like for hardcore skaters – skateboarding is a lifestyle, not some bulls*** media event like you see on TV. These guys found great characters/real skaters in the form of Skreech and Josh “Peacock” Henderson and were willing to roll up their sleeves, get dirty, and show these guys doing what they live for, and I think the results speak for themselves. Peacock also happens to be a great filmer and backyard pool expert in his own right, which really helped when it came to filming some of the skate scenes.”
More info/links:
http://www.dragonslayermovie.com/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/sxsw-awards-ceremony-167904
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944817/

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Burnout

Definition: You're over it, but can't seem to stop looking (see Charlie Sheen)....say what you want - dude is like the Jake Phelps of Hollywood; love him, hate him, he doesn't give a f*** - he's WINNING.....
Oh yeah almost forgot - here's some more winning from recent THRASHER shoots at Lance's, Berger Bowl, and (of course my own personal favorite) the Palmdale Pool Project:

WATCH: THRASHER's Burnout Bowl Bonus

On the Burnout tip - another gratuitous posting of the vid clip:

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Big in Japan: Part II

Will skate for Peanuts.....Aryeh snapped his ankle @ the P-Nuts Pool before we even got inside the building....I spent the rest of the evening at the hospital, but heard that Skreech got some revenge by destroying pretty much every inch of the pool during the demo:

PHOTO: KOSEKI
Bonus shot of Aryeh gettin' some at the Oshima mini ramp before the accident:

PHOTO: ITO
See you in the 3 months Aryeh - plenty of time to plan your 2012 "revenge" tour.....
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Big in Japan: Part 1

Skreech worked off his first Roppongi hangover/got warmed up for his demos by hitting a few Tokyo-area skatespots - here's a couple shots from a place that is loosely translated as "Aquapark":


FOTOS: RUNAWAY
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Another Day in Paradise

Probably already have a another post with this same title - seems to be a theme..... Broke, unemployed, cold as f*** today - trying to fight off a bad cold before we go to Japan next Tuesday - none of that matters when the Beech Bowl is going off - A.D.I.P.

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Blue Bowl Blowout

It's official - ADDIKT is heading to Japan for a couple demos at P-Nuts' Blue Bowl:

Rion Linderman was unavailable for comment, since he is preparing to go Down Under for the Bondi Bowl contest scheduled for Feb. 19th. Pretty sure he will be busting out a few of these in Bondi's Blue Bowl:



Hope everyone has a blast - let the Blue Bowl Blowout begin....
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A Star is Born

Dragonslayer, a documentary featuring Skreech, will debut at the 2011 South by Southwest film festival in Austin TX on 3/13 - Hollywood-types are apparently hyped on it - it made "The Documentary Blog's" "Docs to Look Out For in 2011" list. But will it fly (or should I say roll?) in the skate community? Who knows? Who cares? Given the dismal track record of "skate-ploitation" flicks over the years we are not holding our breath. But the trailer looks promising:

DRAGONSLAYER Teaser - SXSW '11 from Animals of Combat on Vimeo.

One thing's for sure - if Skreech is involved, the skating is going to be legit....
Austin. March. Comin' in Hot. Texas Pool Sharks you out there....??
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