interview by Elisa Martini

How long have you been filming this video? 
A little over three years now. A minute. 

Who’s in it? Who got parts?
Fred Gall, Jake Baldini, Matt Andersen, John Shanahan, Brett Weinstein, and my OG’s Adrian Vega, Jersey Dave, Josh Wilson, and Dillon Constantine. 

Where did you go?
Mainly the East Coast. Here in NYC, Jersey, Philly, Boston, Providence, CT, a couple trips to Pittsburgh and Baltimore. We also went to Miami and SF. 

What’s the craziest place you went to?
Miami. I swear, every day it was straight up Miami Vice.

What was the last video you filmed? 
The last video I actually filmed with the intent of making a video was Outdated. I also did 420 vid, but that was just footage I had laying around from other projects where it didn’t end up getting used.

How is filming with Freddy? Any good stories?
It’s a trip for sure. I’m from Jersey, so Alien and Habitat videos were on repeat growing up. I never thought I’d get the chance to film with Fred, let alone get to film a part with him. It’s definitely an honor. There’s too many stories with Fred. The most recent is when he hit me up trying to film a clip in a hospital gown the same day he got run over by a car. On his Kurt Cobain shit.

How does it feel to keep doing this shit?
I mean, I love this shit so that’s what keeps me going. Starting to skate with Matt and Twiggy was a nice refresh on everything too. 

What’s the sickest thing about filming this with everyone?
I think the fact we’re all older makes the time and effort to make this video what we want it to be. Everyone’s got fucking jobs, Matt’s the only one that’s not in their 30s. Dave’s fucking 40. Fred’s 47.

You’ve been doing this shit for so long. How does that feel?
The streets called and I answered, you know, jk. It’s been different, but you still end up making shit, like, you’re still doing stuff, it’s kind of how that is after all this time. I feel like we all have more responsibility, but still just want to do the same shit you know.

Who’s MVP?
This is such a hard question, everyone’s had their moments. Fred was on a tear while we were in Miami, skating like he was a kid until 3 am every night. Matt has been back to spots 17 times to land something. Twiggy hooked up so many spots to make them somewhat skate-able. Josh goes out and gets three amazing clips in a day. Dave too, he’s checked off everything he’s wanted to get for the video. Everyone’s worked super hard.

So what about after this video? What’s going on?
I don’t know. Who the fuck knows? We’ll see. I play everything by ear. To be continued, you know. Yeah, you never fucking know. It’s never over.