My Nature Documentary || Animated Short Film

My Nature Documentary is an animated short by Noah Rappaport. Adapted from a story written by Jack Handey, the film has played at a few film festivals and won Best Animated Short at the Santa Monica Film Festival, and third place at the Athens International Film Festival.

My Nature Documentary - animated short film from Noah A Rappaport on Vimeo.

Surfaces || A Vermont Skateboarding Adventure

Filmmaker Ian Durkin has put together a short film featuring a Vermont skate crew who go by the name of The Worble. With some help from outdoor brand Poler, the team took skateboarding out of its normal urban context and cruised around the leafy Green Mountain State to try and find (and build) as many skate-able obstacles as possible. The inspiration for the trip and video comes from a quote which reads: "We live amidst surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them." Check it out below!

Surfaces: A Vermont Skateboarding Adventure from Ian Durkin on Vimeo.

The Balloon Highline

You won't get much closer to Skylining than this! Check it out below!

The Balloon Highline. from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.

Twisted Objects

Parisian collective, Ill Studio shares its irreverent animated ode to design in which obsolete, generic ephemera are warped and distorted, reflecting their obsessive perception of pop culture.

“Twisted Objects” by Ill-Studio - NOWNESS from NOWNESS on Vimeo.

adidas Skateboarding || The Legend of Stan Smith

To celebrate the release of the skate version of the Stan Smith this week, adidas made this rad video explaining once and for all just who Stan Smith is. The answer isn’t what you think. Check it out below.

What Difference Does It Make: A Film About Making Music

What Difference Does It Make: A Film About Making Music is a feature length film by the Red Bull Music Academy to mark it’s 15th anniversary. The Film, shot in 2013 at Red Bull’s New York Academy, is directed by Ralf Schlemberg and delves deeply into the challenges, triumphs and encounters that musicians experience. It features the likes of Brian Eno, James Murphy, Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder.

As well as a feature length film to mark their anniversary, Red Bull Music produced For The Record, a book consisting of conversations with masterminds and trailblazers in music today.

You can watch the entire 90 minute film below via Youtube. 

Hanksy Presents: Surplus Candy

Self-proclaimed “street fartist” Hanksy organized an event that saw over 40 artists paint the inside of an East Village brownstone over the course of six days. When completed, it was open to the public but only for a mere two hours. The building itself is scheduled to be demolished. Check out the video below to see how it went down.

Contributing artists included Hanksy, Col Wallnuts, Elle, Royce Bannon, Russell King, Tony Depew, Foxxface, CB23, Alice Mizrachi/AM, Trap, Dick Mama, Cosbe, Tone Tank, Ice and Sot, ASVP, El Sol 25, NDA, Lunar New Year, Mata Ruda, Bishop203, GILF!, Sonni, Magda Love, Wretched Beast, Moustache Man, Nicolas Holibar, Mrs. Big Stuff, UR New York, Edapt, BD White, Enzo and Nio, Mr. Two Three, Mr. Toll, Elizabeth Glaessner, Cernesto, Left Handed Wave, Wizard Skull, Dee Dee, Vulpes Vulpes, Tako, Drippings.

Hanksy Presents: Surplus Candy from Ricky Shabazz on Vimeo.

Oscillate

Oscillate is New York-based digital artist, Daniel Sierra’s thesis animation. The concept behind the video was “to visualize waveform patterns that evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex patterns, creating a mesmerizing audio-visual experience in which sight and sound work in unison to capture the viewer’s attention.” Check it out below.

OSCILLATE from Daniel Sierra on Vimeo.

Kilian Martin || India Within

Filmmaker Brett Novak released his latest video showcasing the incredible skill of freestyle skateboard virtuoso, Kilian Martin. India Within is a four-minute video that shows not only Kilian in action but the sheer beauty of the South Asian country as well. Check it out below.

Kilian Martin: India within from Brett Novak on Vimeo.

Snowboarding in New York City

Turning lemons into lemonade, Casey Neistat decided to make the most of the terrible snowy weather in NYC and take his snowboard out for a session. Attaching a tow rope to a Jeep, Neistat cruised through the streets of Manhattan, as well as hitting up some jumps in deserted parks. He's no pro though, speaking about the video Neistat said:"I'm an OK snowboarder but I edited this movie to make me look much much better than I actually am." Watch below! 

The Record Breaker

The Record Breaker tells the life story of Ashrita Furman, the man with the most Guinness World Records of all time.

The Record Breaker from Brian McGinn on Vimeo.

Stormscapes

Shot in the Summer of 2013 on the northern Great Plains of Wyoming and South Dakota, Stormscapes is landscape photographer, Nicolaus Wegner’s latest video which captures some unbelievable footage of thunderstorms, supercells, and unique cloud structures. 

Stormscapes from Nicolaus Wegner on Vimeo.

Bryan and Kaia

In the video below watch as a downhill mountain biker called Bryan and a young border collie named Kaia race each other on narrow and rugged paths in the woods. I knew border collies were energetic but wow, they are fast too. Like super fast…

Bryan and Kaia from Foxwood Films on Vimeo.

Asphalt Yacht Club Sails The Southwest || TransWorld SKATEboarding

Stevie Williams has put together one of the best teams in the game for Asphalt Yacht Club. For their first official road trip video, AYC linked up with Tranworld and brought Nyjah Huston, Jaws, Riley Hawk, Stevie Williams, Blake Carpenter, Stefan Janoski, Ben Nordberg, and Derrick Wilson through to peep the skate wonders of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Enjoy.

A Clockwork Orange || 8 Bit Cinema

The latest installment of CineFix’s 8 Bit Cinema series, which gamifies Hollywood blockbusters into ’80’s arcade action, retells the ultra-violence tale that is Clockwork Orange. So press play and viddy as your favourite droogs crack gullivers and sod devotchkas. Check it out below.

43,000 Feet || Short Film

Director Campbell Hooper has released an engrossing short film which imagines what it's like to fall from 43,000 feet and what you should think about during the fall, including how to potentially survive. The nine-minute film was funded by The New Zealand Film Commission and prompts the viewer to question their own life and the importance of what they're doing day-to-day. "My name is John Wilkins, I'm a statistician," begins the film. "And I have a few things to say to those that will one day find themselves in the position of trying to survive falling from a great height." Watch the film below, it's definitely worth nine minutes of your precious time. 

43,000 Feet from Campbell Hooper on Vimeo.

Academy Awards || Best Visual Effects Oscar Winners

Showing us just how much visual effects have improved over the last few decades, filmmaker Nelson Carvajal has created a four-and-a-half minute video showing snippets from films that won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The award dates back to 1977 when the very first "visual effects" Oscar was given to John Stears for his work on George Lucas's Star Wars. Other winners include Jurassic Park, Life of Pi, Independence Day, E.T. and Avatar. Check it out below. 

Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects Oscar Winners from Nelson Carvajal on Vimeo.

Love In The Time Of Advertising

An animated musical love story about a young man who lives inside a billboard and is charged with updating the advertisements. When he falls in love with a beautiful lady living across the highway, he has to use the only method he knows to get his message across - advertising.

Love in the Time of Advertising from Love in the Time of Advertising on Vimeo.

Sous le ciel de Paris

Directed and shot by Neels Castillon, Sous le ciel de Paris is a collection of fragmented memories of a day of skateboarding in Paris. The approach was to work on the symbiosis between live-action, design and wicked sound design.

Sous le ciel de Paris from Neels CASTILLON on Vimeo.