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\u00a0Julien 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\u2019s skate shop, Popular Skateshop’s team but later as a passion when he discovered an urge beyond filming his skate shop’s extended family and his friends. He went on a mission to try to document the tricks of legendary French skaters, visiting pros and talented skaters he met on his skate trips around Europe, the UK and US.<\/b><\/p>\n

As Julien delved deeper into skate filmmaking his drive and ability to shoot skaters in the Bordeaux scene grew heavily. As a result he’s acquired a unique taste for production and also sculpted a personal vision and vested interest in skate visual history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So after watching his collection of well produced skate videos, we had to hit him up to find out how he produced his Bordeaux Exposure videos and we learned that not only is he planning on releasing the third instalment in the series – Bordeaux Exposure III – but that he is active in the new development of a city-wide skateable street architecture project in Bordeaux itself. <\/b><\/p>\n

So after finding out he has got a new video in the works and that he is supporting the Bordeaux skate scene in front of and behind the lens and talking about his skating, his skate videos, and also the music and art that he really enjoys, we asked him to be a member and Julien was down to join The No Comply Network. <\/strong><\/p>\n

So right after that we had a long chat about what motivates Julien to film and edit skateboarding in black and white, how he got his first board, growing up in France as a skater, watching 80s skate videos, his memories from the 90s and the iconic skaters of the era that grabbed his attention, his thoughts on 411 Video Magazine, his current camera setup, his first video Days&Nights, meeting JC Leuvrey, London, skating in France and across Europe, filming Bordeaux Exposure I and II, his plans for Bordeaux Exposure III, filming with Leo Valls and Vivien Feil in Bordeaux, Glen Fox, Magenta Skateboards, his inspirations and influences, Wu Tang, Madvillain, Dan Wolfe, Colin Read, Dan Magee and Leon Was Here and of course, his favourite videos, styles, photos, artists, spots and music of all-time and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Julien’s interview below to find it all out for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Julien: Photo by Kenny Adoua<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your full name?<\/h1>\n

My full name is Julien Januszkiewicz<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where did you grow up Julien?<\/h1>\n

I grew up in the South of France in a small town named Millau.<\/p>\n

Just over 20,000 people live there and it’s near Montpellier.<\/p>\n

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Okay, so where do you live now?<\/h1>\n

Now I am living in Bordeaux in France<\/p>\n

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Cool, so when did you first get a board and what was it?<\/h1>\n

In 1989, I was 9, a friend got a skateboard imported from America, with yellow flashy colours and my brother Ben, he was 8 at the time, we were both so stoked to see the skateboard that we asked our dad to buy us one straight away.<\/p>\n

We went to the local toy shop and he bought us a shitty one but it was good enough to start with but after that we quickly got a Holysport to really start skateboarding properly and learn Ollies.<\/p>\n

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Where did you skate and who was in your skate crew?<\/h1>\n

In Millau, with older guys, who were around 14 years old.<\/p>\n

My brother and I, we were the youngest in the crew in 1990, I was 10 and Ben was 9.<\/p>\n

We had not been skating for a long time, just for 2 years, and as the older guys of the crew started to stop to skate around 1992, then we stopped too.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why but I restarted skating in summer 1997, aged 17 years old, after having bought an ACME Everslick in Biarritz – again thanks Dad!<\/p>\n

I had to learn every new trick of that time; I was not aware about Switch tricks, and I really restarted from scratch with the basic tricks, Ollies, shove-its etc…I did not know the period of big pants, small wheels, Switch and all of that technical skating that started from 1993 to 1996.<\/p>\n

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Julien, Fakie 5-0 Grind, Bordeaux<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My brother Ben restarted with me as well; it was an additional motivation to skate together because in Millau we were the only skaters in 1997!<\/p>\n

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What skate videos did you watch growing up in the 80s?<\/h1>\n

In 1989 my first video was Powell Peralta’s Ban This!<\/p>\n

Then World Industries – Rubbish Heap, on to Powell’s Propaganda in 1990 and then I watched Powell’s Eight video.<\/p>\n

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How about when you started to skate again in the 90s?<\/h1>\n

But then when I restarted in 1997 it was the Girl Skateboards Mouse video,<\/p>\n

Zoo York \u2013 Mixtape<\/p>\n

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