Elephant Direct a film by: Jeremy Elkin and Jason Auger

Premieres at Exit

Saturday August 28th 2010 at 8pm

California is a Place have been doing some beautiful video interviews showcasing some of the grit and grime that is "that other coast". Cannonball shows us the exploding pool skating culture due to foreclosed homes in Fresno. Check it out.

Cannonball from California is a place. on Vimeo.

"Spot On" has been nominated for Best Skateshop Video at the International Skateboard Film Festival. Congratulations to Phil Gushue and all the dudes who made it happen! Keep your fingers crossed!

The multi-talented skate rat that is Jon Bocksel has put out a Super 8 short shot in New York City, San Fran, Chicago, Philadelphia and the highways and bi-ways of the Smokey Mountains. I have always enjoyed the work Jon has done. His Photos, Paintings, and Video Work always capture the grit and grime that rides shotgun with skate culture. Here is a quick glimpse from his film "Children of Clay" (available HERE). We are also really excited to have Jon apart of our "Deck Heads 3" group art show coming up on May 7th!

Jon Bocksel Super 8mm from Jon Bocksel on Vimeo.

So for the first time in a longggg time Rocket Cat Cafe in Fishtown wasn't pack with the usual dirty, powerbook packing, vegan muffin snacking bohemians... They were instead on the the streets with none other then Papa Shep aka Shepard Fairey as he put up new works on the side of the local cafe.

Photo by: Chris Sembot

I hear a lot of opinions when it comes to Fairey and his work, some good some bad, but The man and his mission are both undeniably the truth. It's near impossible to walk any city streets with out staring into the eyes of at least one Andre the Giant, and with over 1 million (and counting) "obey" pieces around the world this mans work has made a permanent home in most peoples skulls. Not to mention him doing a little work for some dudes political campaign not to long ago. So it really does leave me confused when the "patron saints of hip" at the end of the bar, or outside their U of Arts dorms cry "Sell Out"... This was never for YOU to hold, to horde, to call your own. If a man racks up a kinko's bill in the 6 digit range chances are the public WILL be forced to notice...

Fairey has done so much work for Skateboarding over the years it's impossible not to respect the mans body of work... But how about his mach 10 mini ramp front smiths??? John Freeborn and Ben Woodward (cough DECK HEADS 3 cough) put together a video in 94-95 for their small company "GoodandEvil" and there's tons of great footage of Shepard and friends at his old studio in Rhode Island killing his mini ramp. Worth a Watch! Also go see "Exit through the Gift Shop" pretty damn entertaining.

Now I Remember brings together eight different personalities as they each share their own photos captured with their cell phones. With the widespread use of the cell phone for capturing life’s most spontaneous moments, Now I Remember provides a glimpse into the daily lives of this colorful cast of characters including Todd Jordan, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jen “JR” Reynolds, Jerry Hsu, Curtis Buchanan, Tino Razo and Neckface. This soft cover, 5 x 7 in., 132 full color page book also features an introduction by the legendary Mark Gonzales.

Reminder that Tomorrow Friday March 26th Exit presents "Concrete" A group art show featuring A collection of works by Bill Sands, Brian Lantz, Brian Tucci, Dietrich Meyer, Jay Strickland, Jeff Heckman, Pat Heid, Ricky Geiger, Willy Akers, and Zander Taketomo. With live perfomances by Pluckin' a Hooray and DJ Knodel

You can RSVP on the Facebook Event Page

Just wanted to give you guys a little idea of who to expect to see at this years "Deck Heads" group artshow. This is the first wave of artist to confirm for the show...

Jeff Kilpatrick
Chris Patchell
Chris Pastras
Clint Peterson
Silas Finch
Scott Kmiec
Sean Gallager
Concetta Barbera
Dave Rankine
Adam Pietras
Justin Berry
Bill McRight
Chris "Salty Snacks" Kline
Ben Woodward
Anthony Pasarela
John Freeborn
Dave Fox
Dave Weeks
Dave Glass
J.L. Schnabel
Jason Goldberg
Eric Eaton
Paul Romano
Smitty
Joy LessPosh
Matt Kosoy
Dietrich Meyer
Chris Clark
Joey Livewell
Steve Miller
Bill Pierce
Jude Martys
Joey Gothlef
James Heimer
Joe Castro
Ki Realer
Pat Heid
Brit Hawk

MANY more to come... Stay Tuned for more info

Come join Formation & Todd Marrone as we release a line of hand painted cruiser skateboards at Philadelphia’s EXIT SKATESHOP . Vote on your favorite hand painted cruiser at the show, the winner design will be produced and screen printed for a summer release.

SHOW: February 27th – March 6th

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 27th, 7:00 – 10:00 PM