This footage is from a couple sessions in August. We went down to Nashville for the Free Flow Tour and then hit Metro after. The park rangers and police were lurking - issuing tickets - so helmets were necessary. The BGKY footage comes from later in August and Jonathan shows he's got diverse skills and smooth style in the park and the streets. Next sesh we're going to try and get out to Paducah to film on his home turf to show you what he can do on his local spots.
This footage is from late July in BGKY. We've known Jonathan for a number of years now but ran into him again at the eS Game of SKATE in Evansville IN where he got second place. We started up a conversation again and planned to meet to skate and talk. This is the session that definitely convinced us that he should be part of the team. All of this footage was shot in one afternoon in the sweltering heat. As you can tell by this footage Jonathan's got great style and diverse skills. Expect to see plenty more video and photos coming through from him very soon.
This footage comes from mid to late May in BGKY. Full cabs, and full cab flips were the order of the day. A little bit of goofing around and some throwing down before, during, and after a street plaza contest that Bly took second in.
Meanwhile took part in a collaborative tour with Bacon Skateboards on Saturday April 17th in BGKY and Evansville IN. The morning was spent in BGKY doing a signing at Howard's Skateshop and then over to the skate park to hang & skate. The hang and skate was pretty casual and a lot of goofing off went down in between a few serious sesh's. The footage you see here is from the morning and early afternoon at the BGKY skate park. More footage of the Evansville IN stop at Killer skatepark will be coming soon.
Late March on a chill afternoon in BGKY. This is footage from the same weekend when the latest Friend's footage was taped. This Saturday was also our friend Skylar's 18th birthday so goofing off was in order - so this wasn't a very serious filming sssion. In between just kicking it, hanging out and having a good time - we managed to get a few clips to show you what went down. Bly was interested in killing the mini volcano. A fs nose grind across the center box slacker style like it's nothing. Last - a switch ollie down the 6 set while he was just cruising around the park.
Late March in BGKY we skated with some friends from Louisville. Alex Hancock (Home skate shop), Garret Majors, and Dalton Wilcox came down the to the skate park for the first time and tore it down. We skated the park, hung out and had lunch then showed them some spots around BGKY to get some clips and pictures. Keep your eye out for them - I'm sure we'll have some more footage of them coming through again soon.
So spring has finally sprung and we're out trying to hit some street spots that have been covered in snow and ice. Kicked out of countless spots in no time flat and had to ninja on some other spots that can give hefty tickets. There's contest footage, street spots and skatepark footy in this web edit.
Snow is still coming down where we live. So we've been getting out to Killer Skatepark as much as possible. It was a little more crowded this time because it was a snow day for local schools, but we enjoyed ourselves all the same. Bly was sessioning the step up and flat bar a lot this time. This web edit is a little shorter than usual because I was enjoying the mini ramp.
Skateboarding and winter just don't mix. The snow has been falling heavily around here lately so it was time to dig ourselves out before the cabin fever got worse. So we needed an indoor space to have a skate sesh. We found a new skate park in Evansville IN called Killer Skatepark. We drove up to Evansville and skated it - had a really good time. They have events and contests on a regular basis so we strongly recommend you go and check them out and support this new core shop and skate park.
We made a trip down to Nashville on a very windy Saturday in late January. We stuck to the skate parks and visited with some friends. Bly threw down the usual arsenal of tech over and down obstacles - and of course switch tricks were in order. A big switch ollie over the 8 set, switch flip over the double set, and he got creative with some manny pad business.
The artic blast that sent us into the deep freeze finally melted off so we could go out and skate. We visited a fun spot in a not-so-nice part of town. There's good manual pads and some benches on super smooth, super wide basketball courts. The only problem is the benches are lurked by the local crackheads. You have to grow a set of eyes in the back of your head when rolling with camera gear. This was one time we were actually glad to see the cops roll by because we knew we weren't the reason they were there. Lots of switch stance stuff in here, good tech lines, a huge full cab over the bench, and a full cab flip in of those line done at top speed.
The clips from this web edit are from a couple of weekends in BGKY at the skatepark mostly trying new things and goofing around. But goofing around for Bly means trying things he's never done before, or taking a trick he has on lock to new terrain. Tre flip the box, tech tricks over the pump bumps, going big over the hip transfers, switch ollie over the 5 set rail, switch fs 180 up the drop, and an effortless super clean nollie big down the 5 set... just to name a few.
Here's some friends footage from the week around Thanksgiving. Skyler Bratcher (17 - Owensboro, KY) and Tyler Roberts (16 Owensboro, KY) throw down some tricks while skating with Bly in BGKY. Check out Skyler's heelflip manual to drop, and Tyler's inward heel off the drop.
Bly had never skated Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville TN so we drove down over the end of the Thanksgiving break weekend hoping that the security would be minimal. We lucked out with the security factor - not so lucky with the rain factor. None the less we got in a good 30 minutes or so before the marble turned into a ice skating rink. There were a lot of homeless peeps parked on the ledges roadblocking - making it impossible to get longer lines in. None the less - Bly's hooked on Legislative and wants to go back badly . Check the nollie full cab flip line in the rain - Bly's consistent as they come with his tech skills. After getting rained out at Legislative we went over towards CWC/Metro and kicked it at the skatepark... switch tre up the euro.
So we've been busy over the Thanksgiving break. A new spot popped up that we're calling "The Dirty". It's basically a foundation of an old warehouse that collapsed and then was razed leaving the foundation. It left some cool drops, ledges and manual pads - but it also left a lot of dirt debris. So we swept out areas as much as we could and had a go at it. Look for more footage of this spot -- and if you haven't figured out why we called it "The Dirty" watch the dust cloud left after every trick.
Bly had a foot injury and was taking it easy -- which meant no drops or stairs. He was fine to skate on flat ground so we went with that. We filmed a long list of his go-to tricks. Most were landed in 1 to 3 tries. A few of them he repeatedly landed until he was satisfied with it being as clean as he wanted or at the amplitude or pop he wanted. Check out the switch big flip and the switch tre body varial - rediculously clean. Later while hanging out and goofing around Bly fs 180'd up the drop so somebody dared him to switch ollie up the drop, so he did - super clean first try. So then we dared him to fs 180 nollie up the drop and he did - first try.
Switch fs 360 down 5 set, switch fs flip down 5 set, nollie varial kickflip down 5 set....
Are you sensing the pattern?
If he can do a trick on flat he can do it down a decent size flight of stairs or a gap... Not to mention he can kill it in both stances. Those tricks were just a few among many other creative tricks in this edit that he's firing off pretty consistently as of late.
September 12, 2009
- Bly Nantz
Among a group of other sick tricks - this edit features a trick a long
time in the works for Bly. Remember: eventually hard work pays off...
Full cab flip over the the BGKY 5 set.
Considering how he can do full cab flips on flat with his hands tied behind his back and blindfolded, it was just a matter of time until he had a clean full cab flip down the 5 set to show on the video page.
Keeping this edit description simple... Nollie tre over the BGKY 5 set, switch tricks all over the place, lines of tricks on flat ground, ledges, and down the Austin Pea triple 5... and then there's the half cab nose slide body varial back tail to fakie -- try saying that 10 times fast.
We went out to skate in the middle of a heat wave... bad idea. So since Andrew kills 6Ave (and they have AC) we decided to take a break from the heat and go skate there most of this session. Check the kickflip front board slide on the rainbow rail.
Does he land the switch big flip down the BGKY 5 set or not? ...You'll have to wait until his new "best of" edit drops in the next few months. This clip also features a scorching hot day of nollies. One stand out clip on this web edit is the nollie fs nose grind... clean and stylish as per usual.
New footy of Bly skating the BGKY park and Andrew's home turf - Ashland City TN. Stand out clips include a nollie fs 180 kickflip and nollie bs 180 heelflip down the BGKY 5 set.
To put it simply: Andrew goes BIG. This footage is from his home turf of Ashland City TN. The 8 set he skates has zero roll up... here's how it goes down: jump on board, crouch to pop, hit it -- and there's expansion joints on the roll up. He might have had 20 feet to get speed and set up but Andrew doesn't give it a second thought - he just goes and sticks it. The dug-out at the end is over 9 feet tall, slanted roof and it's shingled. To make it even more interesting he goes off the end with the 5 foot chain link fence just to make it more of a challenge. Terrain that would scare off the average skater - Andrew doesn't even flinch at.
Here's a little footage from a friend of ours. Tre Hill rides for the same shop team as Andrew LaPenna (The Board Shop). He's a local in Clarksville TN and you'll find him at their local park regularly. Don't be fooled by his hardflip over the hip - that park sucks bad and Tre makes it look easy to ride. He also gets some stylish manual tricks in like a heelflip - manual - bs 180 out.
Footage of Andrew skating at the BGKY skate park on June 13. A few clips include a tre flip over the box, bs blunt down the hubba, bs suski down the hubba, and a hardflip down the 6 set.
New footy of Bly hitting some spots in Nashville he's never skated before. Hendersonville grass gap, and the Charlotte Ave foundation ledges. We'll definitely be going back to those spots again soon. He also has a clean switch fs varial heelflip at the BGKY 5 set.
A few clips of Bly from the last few weeks. Once again he takes what he learns and keeps pushing to new levels. Check out the super long backside nose grind to backside 180 out.
Footage of Andrew competing in the May 16th Hometown Heroes contest Sixth Avenue Skatepark. Andrew proves time and time again that he can perform under pressure. A lot of people have skills - but not too many can throw down as consistently as Andrew in a contest situation. Andrew took 3rd place in this contest but his time will come soon when he starts taking first place in the contests he enters. He continues to progress and get a bigger arsenal of difficult tricks he can drop at a moment's notice.
We almost always have friends along with us or we meet up with friends at local spots when we're traveling. Here's a short edit of some friend's footage. Gage Beasley throws a mean clean hardflip over the Franklin long 4 set. Sam LaPenna (Andrew's younger brother) is getting really good -- watch out for him. Franklin plaza local Justin Booth pulls a sick fully boned out front feeble on the long 4 handrail.
Another short clip from Andrew - but once again it's great footage. This footage is from April 18th at the Franklin TN plaza. It was a pretty miserable rainy day but we managed to pull it together and get some great clips like the fs feeble and fs blunt on the long 4 rail.
A short but great edit of Bly killing switch in BGKY on Saturday April 4th. Check the switch tre's thrown down over the 5 set.
March 19, 2009 - Andrew
LaPenna
Andrew comes through again with 2 edits of footage showing why he's one
of the rising talents in the region. One video is an edit showing 6 months
of hard work paying off with amazing footage from our travels. He ends
this this "best of" edit with a huge ollie over the Clarkville
TN double 6 set.
The other video shows Andrew's latest footage from the winter months in 2009. This video shows that Andrew is not resting on ld skills - he's constanty pushing to move his skills to higher levels. Amazing rail footage from the Vandy campus in Nashville. There's also some cool footage from a pallette warehouse where Andrew and some friends got creative and put together their own rail set up in doors while it was crazy cold outside. Thanks to Ethan @ FSS for the fish eye footy on this edit.
Feb 5, 2009 - Bly
Nantz
It's been a rough winter... Ice storms, freezing cold, rain, and snow
-- but we still got out there and got footage. Why is Bly in a t-shirt
in all this footage if it was such miserable weather and freezing cold?
Because Bly is one of the most particular people you'll ever meet. He
refuses to skate in a hoody or jacket. If you could have seen (me) on
the other side of the camera you would have noticed I was bundled up heavier
than the little brother in "A Christmas Story". One indication that the
weather was bad was that Bly can be seen in this footage making a rare
appearance at 6Ave skate park. Bly believes he's cursed there... and in
true voodoo jinx fashion he was simply rolling across the flat of the
giant fun box and one of the axles of his truck just snapped - not doing
a damn thing. So he proceeds to borrow my board and then lands two backside
360 flips over the hip? Curse lifted? We think not.
An updated "best of" cip for Bly from fall 2007 to fall 2008. A good portion of these clips you may have seen in smaller vieos - but you've never seen it all put together like this edit. An impressive display of what Bly is capable of - proving that he's worked hard and put in the time to get ot where he's at.
New footage of the Meanwhile team's fall tour through Kentucky and Ohio. This video shows Bly Nantz killing all ledges and rails in Florence KY's concrete skatepark. Check the giant ollie over gap to front krook grind... Remember this name: "Mr Clean" (aka Bly Nantz).
New footage of the Meanwhile team's fall tour through Kentucky and Ohio. This video shows Bly Nantz rolling into Louisville and putting together speedy lines on the ledge boxes and street area. He also drops a tons of tricks at Ollies in the street area and gap. Remember the 15 year old tech master is regular -- not goofy -- lots of switch thrown in lookin' like it's nothin'.
New footage of the Meanwhile team's fall tour through Kentucky and Ohio. This video shows Andrew LaPenna killing it at at destinations on the tour.
08 10 14 - Andrew
LaPenna
New footage from Andrew LaPenna skating in Nashville taking it to the
streets! He kills the Metro Center Big 4 and also gets creative with a
bench by turning it into a rail. No denying his talent - one of the best
skaters in the Nashville TN area.
New footage of Bly Nantz skating the Meanwhile ledges. Last time ou saw footage of Bly skating these in July he was going front side - this time it's mostly back side. Mr Clean strikes again with sharp lines and smooth skills.
Finger lickin' good footage of Bly Nantz from Saturday August 30th. Bly's bee-dubb-dubb boneless wing addiction exposed! Mr Clean delivers a nollie big down the drop, sick ledge tech 101 for you groms, and some switch frontside kickflip business just to remind you Bly ain't slippin' on his goofy stance skills... BTW Bly is not that short... The highway cone he b/s flips is over 4 foot tall and chest high.
08 08 29 - Andrew
LaPenna
This footage is from the weekend of August 16th, 2008. Andrew had never
been to Bowling Green before. He rolled into town and started to tackle
some of BGKY's harder spots on the first day. He ollie'd the ice gap,
b/s feebled the funeral home rail (those of you who have skated it know
about the nasty crack on the roll up just as you ollie onto the rail),
and he started to kill everything at the skate park. Check it out -- great
skating rolling fast, going big and landing smooth.
Footage of Bly Nantz from Saturday August 16th. Street skating at both the BGKY skatepark and around some BGKY spots. One very strange trick was the wallie backside 180 ollie north. Check it.
Footage of Bly Nantz from the weekend of August 9th, 2008. I'll make this easy for you to understand why you should watch this footy:
Nollie flip down the Franklin 8 set -- landed it clean in 4 tries.
08 08 12 - Andrew
LaPenna
Meanwhile's newest team member throws down at the Franklin TN plaza and
Metro skatepark. He skates fast, and rolls away smooth more often than
not. He can skate just about anything and make it look easy. He landed
so much stuff it was better to keep the footage from the different parks
as two separate videos... Franklin Plaza footy at the top and ....
....Metro footy down below. Check them out!
On a side note Andrew just got third place at the Nashville stop of the
Free Flow contest.
***coughcoughshouldhavewonitcoughcough***
Footage of Bly Nantz from January though June 2008. This is meant to be the "best of" for the first half of the year. Check it out.
Footage of Bly Nantz from July 14th. We were testing out some ledge boxes I just built. Due to a drastic shortage of good spots and overzealous police ticketing in our metropolis called Owensboro KY... We had to come up with some other "legal" options where we could skate... Remember that Bly is regular -not goofy. A large portion of these tricks are done switch. He makes it looks easy... enjoy.