It went down at the 'berg

Sick. On a side note, Thrasher don't put ads at the beginning of the video. Come on.

As for our excuse for not being there. Book trailers are the new weddings.

'Back to the Berg

History will be made (again) tomorrow at Wallenberg High School in San Fran. If you're in the city you should definitely go check it out. I wish I could be there, but TeamJaded's got a gig. To make up for our lack of coverage head over to Thrasher's website, watch the preinterviews, and wait for their video which I'm sure will be mind blowing.

And another one!

Sorry if you're a long time reader and you already know what the Make It Happen project is all about. We're doing a little blog house keeping, and we needed a new post for a new link. Enjoy the changes!

Make It Happen: DIY Across America

The Make It Happen Project is a documentary series dedicated to covering people succeeding at what they love, and doing so independently.


We kicked off the project by traveling across America in search of inspiring people with stories to share.


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We also posted blogs and vlogs from the road detailing our progress.


(Check our Youtube page for updates. We recently reuploaded all the vlogs in HD.)

We kept up with vlogs until we realized that it was way more fun to travel if we weren't constantly filming ourselves.

We were on the road for four months. In that time we met many interesting people including the Austin Craft Mafia, the artists at Okay Mountain, the folks who run the Lost Film Festival and Evil Twin Booking in Philly, the New Orleans poet Chuck Perkins, the Poor Pony Collective, TBC Party, and Bling Kong, a Brooklyn based, choose your own adventure rock band.

The trip was awesome, we only wish we could have been on the road longer and met more people. Since we've been back in San Francisco the post-production process has been slow. We were struck with the reality that we needed to pay rent, and unfortunately paying gigs took priority. In the time since we've been back we had a tryst with the Web 2.0 industry, we got married, Abby started making book trailers for HarperOne, and Jeremey has worked lots and lots of freelance jobs. Even with all of that, we've made time to work on Make It Happen, and we are editing the stories.

The first story we finished was Make It Happen: Lowcard. It also happened to be the first story that we produced for the series. It was shot in San Francisco just before we left for the highways of America. After we finished Make It Happen: Lowcard, we were lucky enough to have it featured in the 1st Annual Skateboard Film Festival in Seattle, WA 2009.



"Lowcard started as a humble xeroxed rag passed between a small crew of friends. Now its circulation is in the thousands, and the Lowcard brand presides over an empire of clothes, shot glasses, and even AM/FM radios.

However, the name Lowcard is more than just the header on a magazine or a logo on a t-shirt. Lowcard is synonymous with raw and unapologetic skateboard culture. This film is a brief look into the day-to-day happenings of Lowcard’s editor in chief, Rob Collinson."

The second piece we finished was Make It Happen: Lost Film Fest:



We're particularly proud of this piece. Scott and Liz are inspiring, and interesting artists dedicated to bringing "not necessarily popular" ideas to the people. And they're also generally fun to be around...

And that's where we are today. This story is still being written. Please check back for lots more updates on the project.

Street Score at the Knockout

Check out our friend Pete's band, Street Score at the Knockout on June 7th at 5PM. Pete is a skater and filmmaker who is producing the documentary about Tim Brauch.

MIH: Lowcard is in the Fest!

Make It Happen: Lowcard is in the Skateboard Film Festival! It will be premiering there in Seattle August 14-16. We're psyched!

The Trailer is up on their site right now!



Thanks to Lowcard, Shrewgy, In the Gnar, and Eastern Boarder Nashua for posting the trailer!

Make It Happen: Lowcard Trailer

That's right we're cutting the Make It Happen Docs. Here's a little taste of Lowcard. Don't worry, we're not just teasing you with a trailer. The piece is actually cut. Yes you read right, it's done. In fact we're sending it off to the Skate Film Fest in Seattle today. If we get accepted to the festival, we're going to premier it there on the big screen in August. Wish us luck.

a skate rock adventure of the deadly kind

I've had the VHS for ever. Somebody make a DVD PLEASE!!!!