@zandertaketomo Brian Panebianco is a skater and filmmaker from Philly who’s the main lensman for Sabotage. His filming is on point and so is his skateboarding. There are not many skaters out there who have such a noticeably strong handle on both as Brian does. Learning lines and refining his technique at Love Park shredding …
Yves Marchon: Shot by @theotherhat Yves Marchon is a skater and filmmaker based in Switzerland. He’s worked for a series of top skate brands and was Element Europe’s main filmer and editor for over a decade. He’s captured some of the most banging clips to come out of Europe, produced several full-lengths and short edits, …
@don_brown Mike Manzoori’s skateboarding shows just one side of his creative talents but it was his pro career that put him on a path to filmmaking. We were really interested to find out how exactly he made the transition from pro skater to filmer, how he made the move from the UK to the USA …
@concreterhythms Chris Emery is a skater and filmmaker from Wolverhampton, England who runs Wolftown Skateboards. His dedication to documenting skateboarding in Wolverhampton is unparalleled in both quality and quantity. Over the last decade he’s produced a series of full-length skate videos made in the area and delivered something fresh, unique and unseen for his skate …
@wigworland Mike Manzoori is a skateboarder and filmmaker from England who lives in the USA. Shredding on all terrain with a fast and loose style, Mike came up as a skater in an era when there was almost nothing to gain from it except the thrill of learning new tricks, having great times and getting …
@seutrinh Brian Lotti is a revolutionary skateboarder, painter and filmmaker who invented a series of pivotal tricks in the 90s and went pro but as quickly as he shot into the fame in the industry he suddenly departed from skateboarding. In these years Brian developed his painting which alongside his skating is what he is …
Josh Stewart is a skater and filmmaker whose skate videos have elevated the medium itself. He’s produced a stack of memorable classics independently and for brands that have captured the attention of millions for decades. Josh’s globe spanning Static video series set a precedent for the level independent skate video productions could reach with his …
@extralargepizza Justin Albert is a skater and filmmaker working for Adidas Skateboarding Coming up as a filmmaker in San Francisco by going in and out of the city he learned how to get handle on his filmmaking but also a new way to look at the world and refine his ability to capture the amazing …
@bbillyyy Josh Simpson is a skater and filmmaker based in South London. His artistic skate edits capture the lines and bangers of his crew at a series of well-known and lesser seen South London skate spots from the viewpoint of his lens. From watching them you see he’s crafted a solid creative standpoint and a …
@leovallsconnected Julien Januszkiewicz is a skater and filmmaker living in Bordeaux who has been capturing standout French creative skate feats for over a decade. First out of necessity to film his brother Ben’s skate shop, Popular Skateshop’s team but later as a passion when he discovered an urge beyond filming his skate shop’s extended family …
@antoshcimoszko Tyler Warren is a Canadian skateboarder and filmmaker from Calgary who skates for Alltimers. He has a super tight selection of tricks, a tenacious push and an equally quick wit. He’s been stacking standout skate clips for a few decades but most recently he has taken his talent for timing, humour and eye for …
@bentimstewart Henry Edwards Wood produces skate videos that transcend the boundaries of art and skateboarding cultural documentation. His relentless drive to hone his craft and capture unseen skate talent, impactful tricks and the intangible moments that he manages to witness behind his lens have been lucky enough to be delivered to our screens for the …
@t_dawg_skatez Zach McAdam is a skater and filmmaker from Lancashire who runs the Panasonic Youth brand. His skate crew, based in Sheffield and the North of England, has an eclectic bag of styles and mix of personal tastes but share an undeniable ability for absolutely ripping the street spots that they find in their cities …
@scandersilva Al Hodgson is a skater and filmmaker from Brighton, England who runs Orwellian World Landscape. He’s produced a plethora of videos and products, where he displays his curious fascination with dystopian worlds, the inner and outer workings of the VX, rugged British spots and taking alternative routes to document his crew ripping them to …
@cronanphoto R.B. Umali is the filmmaker behind one of street skateboarding’s most treasured visual gems, the Zoo York Mixtape video. He captured the raw intensity of East Coast skating in a finely polished way that inspires skating, fashion and music to this day. R.B. didn’t make it by chance. He stayed on the grind and …
Shaun Currie is a skater who lives in Sheffield, England, who’s quick-footed style and slick bag of tricks have seen him become one of the most standout skaters in the UK. But everybody knows that there’s more to Shaun than his skating, he’s humble, hilarious and has a creative mind and talent for comedy. So …
Jackson Casey is a skater and filmmaker who runs Pyramid Country. Living and working in Arizona, his space meets world style skate videos capture the tricks, tribulations and triumphant skate situations that he and his Pyramid Country crew unearth whilst out filming on the challenging selection of skate spots that they find in the Midwest …
Diego De Souza is a skateboarder and filmmaker from Brazil. His skate videos blend a super-futuristic sci-fi-inspired visual aesthetic, with hard, tech and gnarly skating. He’s a great filmer but he’s also a sick skateboarder himself. Diego and his skate crew Cosmic Nomadz recently released a sick new skate video called Cosmonautas. The video documents …
Luka Pinto’s spontaneous street skateboarding is a great thing to watch but there’s more to it than your eyes notice at first. He’s a skater and artist from Jersey, England a remote island where things regularly grow in isolation. So he’s used to coming up with his own ideas on skating and art drawn from …
Julian Klincewicz goes for everything on and off his board. He skates anything at anytime, that he can find inbetween working as a film director, musician, photographer, fashion designer and model. He’s created films and creative work for Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh, Kanye West, Slayer, Supreme and Calvin Klein. He’s shot models for Gosha Rubchinskiy …
Weckingball is the Internet’s own self-proclaimed ‘Most Jacked Skater’ whose made his name from debunking manuals, doing incredible frontside flips and delivering a new kind of skate entertainment. He brings something new to skateboarding and we are super stoked he’s now a member of The No Comply Network. We hit him up to talk about …
Jon Humphries is a skater and photographer from the Northwestern United States who has shot some of the best skate photos ever. Jon has the innate ability to disappear with his camera whilst hanging with some of the most interesting characters in skateboarding. His work has showcased some of the most candid and compelling skate …
Braydon Szafranzksi’s risk-taking approach to life and skateboarding was formed as a youth on the streets of Las Vegas. Instead of sliding coins into casino slots, he gambled with his body and mind by skating down the biggest stairs, gaps and handrails he could find. In the early 00s Braydon moved to California to pursue …
Marisa Dal Santo is one of the gnarliest skaters to ever do it. Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, she launched into the skate world with an unforgettable part in Zero Skateboard’s Strange World. In that video, she skates some of the biggest spots with full-commitment. Now Marisa is a No Comply Network Member, we had the …
Madars Apse, Nosegrind Pole to Fakie, Photo by Brian Gaberman Against all odds Madars Apse became Latvia’s first pro street skater and one of the most famous pro skaters in the world. When he started skateboarding Latvia didn’t have a skate industry or skateparks at all. Madars learned how to skate from skate videos and …
Colin Read Portrait: [Source] Colin Read’s skate footage always stands out. If he’s not literally kickflipping his camera or filming doubles lines with a VX in each hand he’s always thinking of a new way to capture skateboarding in a way that nobody has ever seen before. Colin’s last full-length skate video ‘Spirit Quest’ skilfully …
Joe was a filmer at 411VM and is one of the most prolific skate filmers ever When did you first pick up a camera? I first picked up a video camera when I was 13. I broke my leg and bugged my mum for a camera so I could still hang out with my friends …
Forde is a skater and filmmaker based in Sheffield, England I think the relationship between skateboarding and art is on a fine line. When skateboarding originated (although it wasn’t seen as art) it was a way of expression for many people. Respectfully, you get a tonne of people who don’t see skateboarding as an art …
Tim Dowling is a skate filmmaking legend. He was a dedicated filmer for Girl Skateboards, World Industries and Chocolate Skateboards in the 90s and he filmed the whole of Guy Mariano’s iconic Mouse Section. After capturing legendary Guy footage for Girl, Tim independently shot and produced,”Listen”, a mid-90s era-defining Southern Californian skate video that featured …
Torsten is a skateboarder from Stuttgart, Germany who is the Adidas global skate filmer Hey Torsten, where in the world are you right now? I’m sitting at home in Stuttgart; it’s snowing outside. I just opened some old Dennis Busenitz footage. There’s a Rodrigo [Teixera] colour-way coming out of the first Busenitz pro shoe, …
Harry is a skater and artist who runs DISJOINTED. I think skateboarding and being creative go hand-in-hand. Skateboarding exposes you to so many things from fashion, filmmaking, photography… the list is endless but even if you don’t get into anything more traditionally creative, it brings your own style out of you. whether its in your …
Mike is a pro skateboarder who runs skate company Roller Horror. He’s one of the most legendary street skaters ever My name is Mike York and I’m am a proud father of two, a professional skateboarder and I run Roller Horror. For me, the relationship between skateboarding and art to me, is that skateboarding is …
Adam Connett is a skater who runs skate zine ISNBH. I run ‘I Should Not Be Here’, a South-London based collective of skateboarders, photographers and illustrators. Everything from board graphics through to videos is a creative process. Let alone skateboarding as a creative outlet itself. For us it was just getting a bunch of likeminded …
Callun Loomes is a filmer who runs Get Lesta The DVD cover for Get Lesta’s ‘Get 420’ What’s your approach to skateboarding, design and filmmaking? Wing it. No – I’m sure, like me, everyone looks back at things they did and thinks, ‘What was I thinking?’ But obviously you get influenced by …
Zander Sattee is an artist and skater who runs Doobie Doodles I draw, make music, make videos, design clothes, and sometimes try to make short cartoons. I think skateboarding inspires me partly just because I love it and it gets me stoked and also because so many great skateboarders are amazing artists as well. It’s …
Neddy is a skater and filmmaker based in Oxford, England There’s always been a strong relationship between skateboarding and making films. I think watching UK videos like Blueprint’s WFTW, the Viewfinder series and First Broadcast got me hyped on VX1000 MK1 setups so I have drifted from that over the years but always ended up …
Arthur is a skater and 3D Animator. I think skateboarding, making art and 3D design and my process are all connected, as skateboarding is a combination of the technical and the creative. The physical aspect is good too, as it gets you away from your laptop, gives you some exercise and lets you get a …
Rohum is a skateboarder and filmmaker I think skateboarding and filmmaking go hand in hand – You need videos to showcase what is going on in our culture and with today’s need for more content, filmmaking is one of the most creative ways of doing so. Personally, I’d rather spend a long time on a project …
Dan is a skateboarder and filmmaker and photographer. He starred in MTV UK’s ‘Dirty Sanchez’ I run my own film company Joyce Division and I have started taking 35mm photography and I’ve just made my first zine this year. I plan to make some more and I have started making my own boards too. I …
Vincent Jugnet is a skater and filmer from Lyon, France Music is one of the most inspiring things to me, when I hear a song I like, I’ll be thinking right away of how I can edit it, or what skater I know it could fit with. The cool thing with the internet is that …
The Hated are a collective of skateboarders Our relationship with skating is a love/hate one, we love to skate and hate injuries. We love creativity…having an idea and pursuing that into something real is very satisfying. starting a brand is very difficult, it’s tricky thinking about ideas that you think are good but also that …
Leon Washere is a skateboarder who creates animations I steal clips and color on top of them amongst other things. There’s correlations to the process and the time it takes to do these animations, about 6-8 hours for every 3 seconds of footage. Almost like trying a trick again and again till you get it …
Sergio is a skater and filmer from Napoli, Italy. Skateboarding is what led me to start shooting photos and videos, like many others. I owe a lot to it. I’m 25, and I’ve been skateboarding for 12 years now, non-stop, and now more than ever I’m starting to realize how quickly things change. That’s the …
Jake is a skater and filmmaker from London. “For me as soon as I watched my first skateboard video I wanted to make a video so the relationship of making videos and skateboarding go hand in hand for me, it’s also nice to have a period in your life documented for years to come. My …
Andy is a skateboarder and filmmaker from Brighton, England. Well, skateboarding and film/video have always gone hand in hand. Its the evidence of your four-wheeled conquests. I feel I’ve always wanted to document these stand out happenings but also all the silly things that go on particularly in the UK skate culture which traditionally has …
Tim is a skateboarder, DOP based in California “For me, EVERYTHING boils back to skateboarding. Skateboarding and filming skateboarding has defined the way I see the world and it doesn’t matter if I’m shooting a commercial, television show, feature film, etc — It continues to shape the framework on whatever project I have at hand. …
Fred Mortagne is a filmer and photographer. It’s skateboarding that developed my creative side, so they are definitely totally linked up. I truly think it is something that needs to be promoted. Being creative is something important in life. I don’t think our school systems are really trying to help the kids being creative. It …
Vincent is a skater and filmer who runs Reckless Abandon Clothing My names Vincent Kelsey, but everyone calls me Vinnie. I own my own little brand called Reckless Abandon, we make clothing and I do all the illustrations, graphics and monthly videos. I do everything you see apart from some of the photos, the other …
Cosme is a skateboarder and illustrator who lives in London Skateboarding has taught me to look at things. I face all things the same way I learned to face a spot or to try a trick. Some days I feel clumsy and other days it feels natural and it is all really easy. It doesn’t …
Austin is a skateboarder and filmer for Palace Skateboards “When filming skateboarding it helps to have a good rapport with the skater that I am filming, this way, we vibe off of each-other and motivate one another. UK skate videos are my main inspiration. I think that the aesthetics and the spots look amazing especially …
Nick is a skater and filmmaker from Cardiff Skating is open to interpretation on all levels, and the best skate films follow no particular pattern or formula. Most new creations in our world are things that we’ve seen, emulated and reinterpreted. The same applies to the way I do my stuff. I’ll see something I …
Omar is a skater and filmer who runs ON TICK. I skate, film and make videos with my mates. I also got two part time jobs but, who cares? I always just film with whoever is about and keen to skate, mainly the homies living here in Bristol and our mates from Jersey. On Tick …
Lewis is a skateboarder and photographer from Liverpool, England. I believe having a creative process in your life is essential, skateboarders are lucky cos’ even though skating itself is super creative most skaters have another artistic direction as well. Looking at skating through a lens makes it far more interesting I think, constantly searching for …
Ozzie is a skater who directs for Partizan It’s that age old thing that everyone kind of knows and understands, skateboarding and filmmaking go hand in hand. I know quite a few people who started making films through skateboarding and then gradually moved on to other avenues. Skateboarding generally has no set way of doing …
George is a skateboarder and film-maker based in London I guess when I’m filming I try to make everything look as interesting and captivating as possible. For me that means getting super close to the person I’m filming and in front of them too if possible. I like to create a lot of movement in …
Phil is a skater and filmmaker who lives in Malmo Sweden I wish I could be more creative on my skateboard but I’m pretty rubbish…So, I guess the creative opportunity for me comes when I get to live vicariously through people I skate with who are better or more original than me on a plank. …
Jonnie is a skateboarder and photographer based in London. I think the connection between skateboarding, photography and film is harmonious. Growing up skateboarding, I think there is the natural urge to record what you’re doing and that ultimately develops and becomes more creative and then sometimes becomes a career. That’s pretty much how things developed …
Fos is a skateboarder and artist who runs Heroin Skateboards My urge to skate, paint, design, film tricks and edit videos all come from the same place. I think skateboarding, making art and my creative process are all related. That was my problem with art school – they’re so quick to pigeonhole you into …
What’s your full name, where did you grow up and where do you reside now? Alexander Waldmeyer, Northeast suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England How did you develop your visual style behind a lens? I am quite influenced by skateboarding photography from the 90’s and early 00’s. I also love finding a composition …
Joe Gavin is a pro skateboarder and filmmaker. I think I’m one of those people who always wants to make something. Whether it’s skateboarding, film, art or whatever! I just need to keep busy and all those things tie into my life perfectly. Skateboarding influences everything to me not just film. I think The No …
Jack is a skater and filmer for Palace Skateboards Generally my creative process when I film skateboarding is that I try to make the spot that I’m filming at look good and get the best angles. Usually I attempt to get the front of the skater in shot because I think it looks better that …
James Harris is a skater and filmer from Bristol. Most people know me as a skateboard videographer, which is something I’m extremely passionate about. I’ve worked on many skateboard company videos and a few independent projects. My day job consists of creating cancer and science based videos.These are used in a non-biased way to educate …
Rogie is a pro skater and photographer-filmmaker I’m a photographer and filmmaker, mostly working in the documentary world at the moment, and I’m also pro for Heroin Skateboards when my stupid chalk knees permit. I think skateboarding, photography and film are inseparable. Skateboarding is completely visual, whether in real life or after the matter – …
Jim is a skater and filmer from Manchester. “For me, skateboarding is intrinsically linked with the need to document the act itself. I got into filming skateboarding because as a kid the ‘filmer guy’ in my crew gave it up, but I felt strongly that somebody needed to be capturing all of the outrageous shit …
Trav is a skateboarder and artist based in Devon, England. The No Comply Network will bring creative people who are enthused and guided in some way by skateboarding together. Skateboarding offers so much in opening minds to so many other ways of thinking, at least it has to me.
