Chad Tim Tim is an amazing person, on and off the board, so when we got to catch up with him to talk all things Element, it was a great experience. That is until Ricki “The Dude” Bedenbaugh rolled up… Their dynamic is hilarious and heart-warming.
Nevertheless, here’s a collection of behind-the-scenes imagery captured by Element Advocate, Amber B, and a bonus clip of Chad, and his other wife…
Through an odd sequence of events, Chad Muska and Brent Atchley end up on the phone together. From there, one of skateboarding’s most iconic figures gets on Element. It truly is a small world after all.
Imagine if your first day on the job consisted of losing the rental car, getting your credit card declined, and over-booking the hotel rooms for the team. Sound bad? Well, add Bam to the mix, and you’ve got Element team manager, Ryan Dewitt’s worst nightmare.
30 second commercial
Here’s a sampling of behind-the-scenes photos shot by Element Advocate, Amber B, who’s been following us along, documenting our documentary. Stay tuned for for an insider’s perspective into making MAKE IT COUNT, including entire photo collections from various shoots. And expect to see even more familiar faces along the way.
INTERVIEWEES
Row 1 – Jeremy Fish, Stevie Williams, Mark Brandstetter, and Ryan Kingman
Row 2 – Bam Margera, Matt Irving, Paul Schmitt, and Chad Muska
Row 3 – Mike Vallely, Jeremy Wray, Darrell Stanton, and Todd Francis
During an interview for MAKE IT COUNT, Jeremy Wray talked about filming for the World Tour video, which released in 1999… Lucky for us, he had just got on the team, and didn’t have much demo & tour footage under his belt. Instead, he hit the streets, and filmed some of the most impressive street footage that the history books had ever seen.
On a trivial note, one of Jeremy’s standout tricks in his part, the frontside 360 at the Santa Monica triple-set, was the first trick filmed with the death-lens… Dan Wolfe, who filmed and edited World Tour, is accredited with being the first to own and shoot with the notorious death-lens, which is now synonymous with skateboard videos.
The first ad for Make it Count was just sent to the printers… look for it in July.
