Who made the video?
Me, (Ryan Sabotage) and Penny (Brian Panebianco). I did the primary editing, Penny did a lot of the filming. A lot of other people submitted footage as well.
Whats the craziest thing you ever seen at love?
BP: I showed up a half hour after a lady bum stabbed another lady bum. Blood was everywhere. We filmed them arguing the day before. There were too many crazy things that I’ve seen there.
Are bums annoying?
RS: Sometimes. No, not at all. For the most part there pretty chill. Bums do there own thing. They don’t bother you too much. You see some pretty depressing shit at Love though. I mean, seriously some bummer shit. Can’t avoid seeing it even if you tried.
BP: Sometimes
Ever been caught at Love? What happened?
RS: Nope. I’ve never been caught at Love, been “kicked” outta Love for “suspicious activity” because I was filming cops. City hall I’ve always had bad luck with. Love’s easy, real barricaded. City Hall, I feel out “in the open” too much. Harder to run I think personally.
BP: I think the exact opposite. Love Park is so much harder to run from because the only thing you can do is run into the street, City Hall had a lot more stairs and it’s hard for bike cops to get up and down them fast if they’re on your tail. Also there is easy access to the underground.
Tell me a little about what’s in the video besides skating?
RS: It has a lot of flashing nostalgic NES gameplay in it, along with tv commercial/news shots I filmed while tripping on NyQuil. Bums being bums, graffiti writers writing on shit.
BP: The box smells like the inside of a new car. The older dvd boxes used to smell like beef jerky.
What’s it like being on the East Coast?
RS: Sucks, but I love it. It’s pretty amazing what I’ve seen done on some of the shittiest spots.
BP: Neither one of us has been out West, so I think we like the East so much because it’s all we know. I would personally love to see what the West Coast is all about, but I do know East Coast footage looks way sicker…in my opinion.
How does Philly compare to NYC for skating or in general?
RS: I love the NYC skate scene. People are nice, cops aren’t chasing you out of spots, it’s really sick. Shame I don’t go there more often. You feel safer skating NYC spots than you do skating Philly spots.
BP: NYC is huge, you can’t hit all the main spots in one day. Also, NYC has a bunch of good skate parks and plazas, Philly has nothing like that, yet.
How do you feel about skate parks?
RS: Ehh, I mean, they’re good except for them piss poor recycled plastic boxes and ramps assembled in shitty run down tennis courts.
How is Philly skating changing?
RS: It changes all the time. Love used to be good back in the day, Love died. 2008 was a big year for Philly skateboarding””City Hall was fully back and Love Park was poppin’ almost everyday. It was almost like the city actually realized it had better things to worry about. Now it’s back to being pretty strict, and I’ve recently seen undercovers lurkin’. Should be good in the winter, though.
BP: What he said.
