Scour Skateboards Internet Promo 9

Due to song regulations and some file size issues, I had to upload the edit to my vimeo instead of Scour's account…

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Scour Skateboards Internet Promo 9! Special thanks to Nich Estes for contributing footage to this one. Featuring Scour, family, and the #scumstachethevideo rebels! Check the link to their trailer below -

Summer Begins V2

Luke Miles does these cool little edits using his phone and a Death Lens. Check out his You Tube channel for more.

Sorry For The Lack Of Updates

Sorry about the lack of updates! We've been working on a couple things, a few interviews will be up soon. We are starting a local shop section where we will be interviewing owners from the local skate shops in Indiana so everyone can get a little insight into the shops and the people behind them. While you wait for that, here are a couple videos from people who film in the area. Check out their YouTube Channels for more Indiana skateboarding.

A Video No One Will Ever See

About 2 years ago I was really bored in the middle of the winter.  I dug out one of my old hard drives and started going through footage. I ended up organizing it and finding out that I had enough for a full video of stuff that people would never actually see. 2 pots of coffee and 12 hours later this was the result of that boredom. Its about 8 years of footage probably. It was all filmed between The Tie That Binds and Life Wont Wait if that gives you a little bit of a time frame. I never put it out because I thought it was kind of funny to have a full video sitting on my computer that only a handful of people had actually seen. Ive been filming skateboarding for 11 years and I have made quite a few videos but honestly, this one was the most fun to make. Probably because there wasn't any pressure on it. So here it is in its entirety. Its nothing amazing by any means, its just a bunch of footage that you probably have never seen.

-Nick Holub

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The Nick Traycoff Interview

Nick Traycoff "skateboarding" at Homewoods.  Indiana, Photo by Matt Gehl
 
The following is a text interview I had with Nick Traycoff the night following his knee reconstruction surgery.  Nick is one of my closest friends and favorite skateboarders, and although I'm sure you've heard more of the brokeboy in recent months with the release of Bloomington Indiana's "Dirty Brah" video and his introduction to Scour Skateboards, Nick has remained relatively under the radar over the years, skating more than anyone and stacking footage incessantly.  Here's a quick conversation with him; hopefully you can get a bit more understanding into the baby-faced ripper who you've heard about but never seen.

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You ready to do this?

Yeah, you got questions ready or are you some kind of amateur?

I'm winging it.  So explain to me how you are feeling right now and why you are feeling that way.  A type of way.

Right now I feel a little trapped.  Stuck in my basement.  I'm on some gnarly pain meds from surgery today.

Fuck dude, that sucks.  How did you fuck your shit up again?  A half cab heel attempt?

Yeah.  I have a new rule, if you can't jump up it don't jump down it.  I think its Pete Eldrige's rule.

Alex Isley, Traycoff, and Chris Cardenas, somewhere in Lawrenceburg, photo by Matt Gehl

I saw some shirts on the internet that had that printed on them.  Prob gonna order you some.  So you tore your acl?  And they fixed you up good?  How long you think til your back cruising around?

Probably like 6 months.

:(.  That's not too bad.  Lots of kayaking to do this summer, right?

Yessir.  Lake time.

It's the best time.  So, you just came out with a part in Bloomington's very own "Dirty Brah" video.  It's gnarly!  I would know ;).  How did you get involved with the video?

Crooked grind, Bloomington, IN, photo by Matt Gehl

Thanks to you dude!  I'm pretty sure Michael (Wissig) asked me.  I'm not a "dirty butt" or a "sah brah" but I've skated with all those dudes for a long time and they were down to let me intrude on their video which is awesome cuz they're the best crew to skate with.

We were a tag team, a dynamic duo some might say.  And yes, they are the best dudes, it was amazing to see you shine in another amazing Bloomington epic.  

You killed it.  I miss filming with you.  Everyone in Bloomington does.

Fakie wallride, photo by Matt Gehl

Can you break down some of your part for me?  A few questions to help: Hardest trick to get, easiest, trick Gehl bugged you to get the most, scariest trick you got, amount of time it took for you and Gehl to settle with a song and why.

Every line was the hardest.  The flatground kickflip in one of the lines was one of the hardest.  I remember freaking out over that.  Easiest was the indoor shuv it.  The tail drop at the health center was the scariest.  Why do you ask this??  It took forever to come up with a song cuz you didn't like anything.

Haha it took us a while, we just couldn't agree on anything!  I don't know if people are ready for the first version I had edited with Fleetwood Mac/Ms. Jackson…or was it Lady Marmalade?  There was a few rough cuts…

I like the song we went with.  Glad we put feet on it.

Feet were had.  Man, filming and making that part were some of the best times I've had skateboarding.  I can't express that enough…shit was the best.  Forever my tiny dancer, young brokeboy. 

Gehl is my hero

Tail-drop, Bloomington, IN, photo by Ben Sharritt

This may bum you out, but what were you working towards before you messed up you knee?

Me, Chris Cardenas and some other fools went on a filming spree for magg the movie.

You guys did.  And some scour stuff too, eh?  Some edit promotional things here and there.

Yeah.  Whatever didn't pass the Gehl test for the magg haha.

Pop Shuvit, Bloomington, IN, photo by Matt Gehl

Haha, nice.  We will be back on it sooner than you think.  Just a few more questions Traycoff, I promise.  This is my first interview thing I think ever, am I doing ok?

I wonder if pros ever try and change things they say

I bet they do.

And say nevermind but its actually too late and the writer puts it in anyways.

Haha sometimes you gotta though!  Lame question time but I want an honest answer.  What is so great about Bloomington?  What makes the scene so special?  I don't know why but I keep coming back, weekend after weekend, just to have Cardenas have me film some 15 trick flatground line down Kirkwood, but I love it.  I don't get it.  What makes it such a special place for Indiana skateboarding then?

Bloomington is sick because everyone is hyped on everyone else's shit for the most part.  There are legends who keep everyone in check if people start blowing it.  There's also a surprising amount of spots in a close area that makes street skating awesome without driving anywhere.  Not to mention the free nonprofit skatepark "the warehouse" and the spine ramp, and the outdoor park.

And Kilroys! ;)

Wallie, Louisville, KY, photo by Matt Gehl

The real reason Bloomington is sick is because Prather keeps it going strong at Rhett.  He loves skateboarding more than anyone I've ever met and supports everybody...oviously Roys.

I totally agree even though he smells.

Yeah dude he's hyped on it too.

Rhett is the best, he taught me how to grip boards!  

Should attack him with axe but he'd probably hurt me because he's freaked about some toxins or other hippie idea shit.

Exactly, and that's what makes him great - and smelly.  Talking all this Bloomington talk makes me wanna come down.  I'm thinking two weekends from now if I can.  That's the other best part about skateboarding in Bloomington; half of the best times I've had down there skateboarding don't even involve riding a skateboard.  I'm pretty sure Ben Sharritt told me that, and it's stuck with me ever since.  

I'll be right here on the couch waiting.

We can tinder together.  Stay swiping to the right.

Damn right!  Why didn't you just interview me about tinder??

I know!  I've been waiting to ask you about it.

Ben is the wisest.  You should throw this interview away and talk to him.

Ben and Nick, Homewoods, Indiana, photo by Matt Gehl

How's it going so far?  Thinking the knee will get you some sympathy swipes?  I won't throw this away but I will definitely talk to him soon…

I wish dude.  I'd take sympathy swipes.

As would I.  Alright I think that's enough for now Nick…I we covered enough b.s.  Thanks for putting up with my questions.  Best believe I'll be down there soon enough.

Hurry up I'm losing it.  Seriously though, interview Ben.  It'd be so funny.

I will.

Nothing came easy for Nick, including this manual session at an abandoned limestone mill in Bloomington, IN, photo by Matt Gehl

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- Interview by Matt Gehl

Aaron Ibey Photo Corner #1

Aaron has been shooting photos for a while and he's been getting pretty damn good at it. Every month we hope to have a few new photos to throw up on here that he has shot. I asked him a few questions so you can get a little insight into who Aaron is before you take a look at the first 7 photos.

How old are you?
I am 19 years old

How long have you been shooting photos?
I have been shooting photos for almost 6 years. So since 2010

What got you into shooting photos?
 When i got my first Skateboard Mag. I was about 12 years old and on the cover was Brandon Biebel doing a heelflip down a triple set. I immediately was hyped on the photo and I knew I eventually wanted to take skateboarding photos and photos in general. That's what really got me into shooting photos.

What kind of camera do you have?
The cameras i use to shoot photos with are a Nikon D600, Hasselblad 500, and a Nikon FA

What are your favorite kind of photos to shoot?
My all time favorite photos to take are the "behind the scenes" photos of skateboarding. Sure, shooting the trick is awesome but getting those candid moments of your friends doing something stupid or someone pissed and bloody from falling for an hour trying to land a trick. Those are my favorite things to shoot.

What is your favorite skateboard photo you have ever shot?
My favorite photo is of David Turnwald 5050ing the Wood Brooke rail. That was seriously so unreal to watch him do that.

Who are your favorite photographers?
My favorite photographers are Grant Brittain, Jacob Messex, Michael Burnett, Brad Westcott, Arto Saari, and Matt Day

Do you have any advice for people that want to start shooting photos?
My advice is to always have a camera on you no matter what. Always keep shooting and shoot anything and everything.

John Howland-BS Smith Stall

David Turnwald-BS Carve

 Nyle Lovett- FS Noseblunt slide

Ben Teter- FS Boardslide

Tristen Moncel-FS Feeble Grind

Nyle Lovett-Switch Crooked Grind

David Turnwald-5050

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Searching through YouTube you stumble on some pretty weird stuff. Sometimes you stumble on some really great stuff, especially with skateboarding. Some of you have probably seen this stuff, some of you haven't. Either way, here are some awesome Indiana parts from previous videos.