Vans Video Update from China Part 4: Skate Magic
Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 12:46 p.m. /
Welcome back to the 4th part of The Vans Team's Adventures in China.
Here's Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 if you missed them.
Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner,
Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming
Vans video.
Today the guys are out and about trying to make the skate while doing their best to blend in to their surroundings.
It's always surreal traveling to foreign countries where skateboarding isn't as commonplace as it is in The States.
People have a different appreciation when they see tricks being done. It's as if it's black magic, like the skater has some
sort of secret power over the board that doesn't make sense to those witnessing. In those cases crowds gather.
They ooh and they ahh. They applaud. They are thankful for the sorcery the men are performing, unlike in America , where
they don't believe in magic and instead of cheering they yell to take their tricks somewhere else before the cops are called.
So today our guys aren't just skaters in China, they're magicians, conjurers of mystifying tre flips. Thier nollie flips are otherworldy
and revered and that's the reason everyone keeps going back to China; they get it.
That and their spots are unbelievable.
Here's Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 if you missed them.
Ace photographer Anthony Acosta along with Anthony Van Engelen, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner,
Chima Ferguson and Gilbert Crockett are on a filming mission with Greg Hunt in Hong Kong for the upcoming
Vans video.
Today the guys are out and about trying to make the skate while doing their best to blend in to their surroundings.
It's always surreal traveling to foreign countries where skateboarding isn't as commonplace as it is in The States.
People have a different appreciation when they see tricks being done. It's as if it's black magic, like the skater has some
sort of secret power over the board that doesn't make sense to those witnessing. In those cases crowds gather.
They ooh and they ahh. They applaud. They are thankful for the sorcery the men are performing, unlike in America , where
they don't believe in magic and instead of cheering they yell to take their tricks somewhere else before the cops are called.
So today our guys aren't just skaters in China, they're magicians, conjurers of mystifying tre flips. Thier nollie flips are otherworldy
and revered and that's the reason everyone keeps going back to China; they get it.
That and their spots are unbelievable.
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