Wednesday, June 5, 2013

New Blog "Suburban Selection"

Decided to make the switch over to Tumblr, where I will continue regular post. My new blog is called "Suburban Selection." The name stems from our lives growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia trying to make the most out of what the suburbs has to offer for skateboarding and whatever other interest we've had over the years.



Friday, May 24, 2013

Alex Subers and Cory Quigley "Framework" Offcuts



Alex Subers and Cory Quigley extra clips from "Framework." Filmed by Billy Simpson.
Copies available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Pat McCullion "Framework" Offcuts



Pat's extra clips from "Framework." Filmed by Bill Simpson. "Framework" DVD's available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/ 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Brian Panebianco and Tore Bevivino "Framework" Offcuts



Brian and Tore's clips that we didn't use in their "Framework" part. Filmed by Bill Simpson. Additional filming by Brian Panebianco. "Framework" DVD's available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Joey O'Brien "Framework" Offcuts by Davis Trinh



Davis Trinh put together this nice edit of Joey's offcuts. He's the best dude.

Filmed by Bill Simpson. Additional filming by Davis Trinh and Jon Murphy. Copies of "Framework" available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Billy Simpson and Jimmy Simpson "Framework" Offcuts


Full length copies of Framework available at Ambler skateshop
and online at frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com

A clip of some warm-ups and offcuts over the few years we filmed for Framework. It's pretty funny to see the clothing changes over the years. Jimmy's idea of a throwaway is a lot different then mine as you can tell from the clip. Filmed by Billy Simpson and Jimmy Simpson. Additional filming by Kevin Nguyen, Kevin Pham, John Provencher, Ryan Higgins, and Davis Trinh.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Joey O'Brien "Framework" Offcuts



Full length copies of Framework available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Filmed by Billy Simpson. Additional filming by Jon Murphy, Davis Trinh and Cory Quigley.

When I started filming with Joey I thought of him as a jumping down gaps/rails little kid. As we filmed and he grew up a little bit that completely changed. He's really capable of anything at this point, no matter what kind of skating it is. Every few weeks we were cutting footage we thought we were saving because he kept getting better and one upping himself. I tried to edit the footage chronologically to show that transition in his skating. So this is a clip of some warm-ups and offcuts over the few years I filmed with Joey for Framework.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Brian Panebianco & Tore Bevivino "Framework"



Penny and Tore's shared part from "Framework." Edited by Jimmy Simpson. Filmed by Billy Simpson. Additional filming by Brian Panebianco, Jimmy Simpson and Ryan Higgins.

I'm pretty sure neither Penny or Tore even knew they had a part. Most of this was filmed during random sessions at Wedgewood as they were finishing up "Sabotage 2", which they both had amazing parts in (Tore / Brian). Check out Penny and Ryan Higgins latest full length video "Sabotage 3". It's an amazing video and I'm really psyched I was able to contribute some footage for it.

Full length copies of Framework available at Ambler skateshop and online at
frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com


Tore Switch flip. Photo by J Bo


Penny Switch Ollie. Photo by Bill Simpson


Tore Tre Flip. Photo by John Provencher


Tore Tre Flip. Photo by John Provencher

Sunday, February 24, 2013

"Show Off Gets Cut Off" by Jimmy Simpson




Click the link to see Jim's latest work
http://dribbble.com/shots/954571-The-Showoff-Gets-Cutoff

"I designed and animated this test for an endtag I am currently working on for Scouts Honor media. This guy tried to show off his axe skills but it ended up backfiring big time." - Jimmy Simpson

Ricky Finn Manual Kickflip Crossfoot ("First Try" 2004)



I'm sure it's been done plenty of times but I really haven't seen any over the past 12 years I've been skateboarding. Flip "Sorry" was a pretty big video for us a few years before this and Rick got the idea for this trick after watching Bastien Salabanzi's part with his kickflip crossfoot over a few stairs in the beginning of his part. Definitely more of a funny trick but either way we all thought it was awesome and Rick did it pretty easily. 

Heres a link to our first full length video "First Try" from 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apb-Bk...

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Harleysville Mini Hubba



Some warm ups and extra tricks from this past Summer when we were skating in Harleysville at the mini hubba and the bump to grass gap a lot. Featuring Joey O'Brien, Devon Densmore, Dustin Detweiler and Tyler Dietterich. Filmed by Billy Simpson.


Full length copies of our recent video "Framework" available at Ambler skateshop
http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

"Novelties" - Jimmy Simpson

Novelties from Jimmy Simpson on Vimeo.

"A collaboration with artist/designer Courtney Brown (courtneybrownmakesprints.com
based on a series of paintings she created for her show "Novelties". The style of the animation is inspired by ice cream trucks, hand-painted signage, and some of Courtney's signature symbols, patterns, and colors. The animation started to get real hip hop so I just went with it.

Design: Jimmy Simpson & Courtney Brown
Lettering: Courtney Brown
Animation: Jimmy Simpson
Music: Chain Hang Low By Jibbs

P.S. It wouldn't feel right if I didn't say that Buck was another big inspiration for this animation." - Jimmy Simpson      

Ishod Wair "Sabotage 3" Thrasher Remix



Penny's remix of Ishod's part in Sabotage 3 for the Thrasher site. Tony Hawk Approves!

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Tore Bevivino on Thrasher



Tore's ridiculous line at 3 block from his Sabotage 3 part. It's basically turned into Sabotage week at Thrasher. So hyped to see Tore on there. DVD's available online at sabotageonline.com.

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Another line from Sabotage 3 by Dylan Sourbeer. He makes everything look easy.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Sabotage on Thrasher





Penny and Higgins have a few things on Thrasher. A firing line with Mark Suciu that Penny filmed and a remix of Ishod Wair's part coming this Friday.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sabotage 3 Promo



Brian Panebianco and Ryan Higgins did a great job on this video. This review sums it up pretty damn well. I'm really hyped I was able to film a few clips for Joey O'Brien's section. 

DVD's are available at http://sabotageonline.bigcartel.com/product/sabotage3-dvd

Featuring Ishod Wair, Kevin Liedtke, Jon Hadley, Dylan Sourbeer, Joey O'Brien, Brian Panebianco, Mark Suciu, Tore Bevivino and more. Check sabotageonline.com for more clips and updates. 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

A Day At Ambler Park - The Berrics




















"The winter on the East Coast can be harsh. But it's those rare times when the temperature rises above freezing that allow you to get out there and skate with your friends that make bearable. Ambler Park is another fun 5th Pocket creation for all to enjoy." - Watch the clip on The Berrics

Featuring Jesse Clayton, Tore Bevivino, Bryan Leddy, Jimmy Kinslow, Shane Colville, Brian Panebianco, Adam Salomon, Mike McGuire, Evan Breder and Pat Polidor.

Really hyped on this clip. So sick to see Ambler and the local guys like Tore, Adam, Penny and Mike. Jesse Clayton has been doing some really great stuff and Chris Mulhern has been making some great edits for so long now. It would be amazing to get Jesse and 5th pocket involved with the Lansdale skatepark thats supposed to happening soon. 



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

No Respect



Short clip from a recent cinematography class I took. The assignment was telling a short story through a long take. I was pretty impressed with how well Jim could make his board land near the ledge. Featuring Jimmy Simpson and Joey O'Brien.

Friday, January 11, 2013

"Framework" Almost (Street) Pt. 2



Full length copies available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Some more close tricks and slams over the 4 year span we filmed for our video "Framework".

Featuring Dustin Detweiler, Joey O'Brien, Collin Bauder, Zach Panebianco, Dylan Hondros, Joey Christoffers, Cory Quigley, Pat McCullion, Alex Subers, Alex Robinson, Davis Trinh, Devon Russell, Kevin Pham, Pat Hennigan, Jimmy Simpson and Kevin Nguyen. Filmed by Bill SImpson. Additional filming by Jon Murphy.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

"Framework" Almost (Street) Pt. 1



Full length copies of "Framework" available at Ambler skateshop and online at http://frameworkvideo.bigcartel.com/

Some almosts and slams over the 4 year span we filmed for our video "Framework".

Featuring Matt Powell, Blake Wetherington, Alex Robinson, Alex Subers, Joey O'Brien, Jimmy Simpson, Joey Paone, Bill Simpson, Tyler Lindsay, Andrew Turnure, Pat McCullion, Kevin Nguyen, Collin Bauder, Mark Biedlingmaier, Austin Chhinkatork, Collin Welch, Cory Quigley and Brian Panebianco. Filmed by Bill Simpson. Additional filming by Kevin Nguyen and Jimmy Simpson.