FRAMEWORK: Billy Simpson "Collective"

My part from our video "Collective" 2008. I thought my brother did a really good job on the edit. Its short but I worked really hard trying to get some tricks to make a part. While we were filming I hurt my ankle pretty bad and couldnt skate for a while.

Their are a few tricks I was pretty proud of. I was pretty happy with the nollie shuv manny 180 out. I had just learned fs 180's out of manual and that manny pad at Kids of America is perfect for harder manual tricks. I thought Jimmy filmed it really well too.

The Taildrop off that metal railing doesnt look to hard but that bank is pretty steep and really rough. I would always pass it driving to wedge and one day me, Jimmy and John Provencher stopped in their to check it out. I took some falls and after a few times I got it. Right as we were driving out we saw a guy coming out of the building to kick us out. Thats always a good feeling haha.

I learned pole jams kind of late. Me, Vinni Prosseda and Mike Yandoli learned them together one day at wedge. The next day we came back to wedge and I filmed the pole jam fs 180 and vinni got a line with a regular pole jam. It was a really good feeling learning something new and getting it on film at the same time.

A couple new tricks for me were the bs 180 nosegrind and bs boardslide to switch 5-0. Pat Owens would do bs 180 nosegrinds so easy and I wanted to learn them. I was really excited I got one in my part, especially in a line. I always liked boardslide combo tricks like Kenny Reed and Paul Shier do. That day at the Ambler benches I was trying to come up with something and the boardslide switch 5-0 just kind of worked.

I was really happy with nosemanny 3 shuv and nosemanny bigspin. I always liked doing nosemanny 3 shuvs on the granite pad and it felt great to do it on something higher. I had tried the nosemanny bigspin a bunch of times so when I finally got it I didnt realize I was rolling away for a few seconds. Definitely a good feeling.

The Crook 3 shuv was the same way. I had done one at wedge on the metal edge ledge but my friend Kyle already filmed it on there. I landed one sketchy on the plastic bench at west broad and after a bunch of tries I got lucky and landed a good one. I was really surprised and I think Chop, Jimmy and Tyler were too haha. That was the best feeling trick.

I didnt really think my last trick was too difficult but I havent seen too many people do it. I always liked doing switch shuv reverts on the ground and that North Montco pad is the best one ive ever skated. I had done it on a the small manny pads at landis but I thought it would be cooler at North Montco. It felt really good when it worked out.

I dont have too many photos of myself skating cause im usually the one taking the photos.