Skateboarding Films
Skateboarding's documentation has established evolving notions of value and tradition. Pre-internet, watching skateboard films on VHS and DVD was a huge part of the culture.
Still from The Beginning by Sirus f Gahan and Helena LongSomerset House
Skateboarding's documentation has established evolving notions of value and tradition. Pre-internet, watchingskateboard films on VHS and DVD was a huge part of the culture.
Still from The Beginning by Sirus f Gahan and Helena LongSomerset House
Skaters would religiously watch footage together, inspiring them to go on pilgrimages to specific spots, treating them as places of worship.
Still from The Beginning by Sirus f Gahan and Helena LongSomerset House
Their own interpretation of those spaces would in turn create new histories through their personal choice of tricks,filmers and perspective.
Still taken from 'Extracts from introductions to full length British skateboard videos' by Dan MageeSomerset House
Skate film is still a key output of the culture, with the internet and social media allowing formore opportunity and visibility. The films on display here celebrate this journey.
The Beginning (2021/2021) by Sirus f Gahan and Helena LongSomerset House
The Beginning, (2021)
A film by Sirus f Gahan and Helena Long
Extracts from introductions to full length British skateboard videos (1998/2019) by Dan MageeSomerset House
Introductions to full length British skaterboarder videos
A film by Dan Magee.
(Filmed from 1998 to 2019).
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