Beakers Weekend in Santa Cruz // Velocity Skimboards from Gus Winkelman on Vimeo.
I had a blast shooting Bill skim over the course of 3 days. Not the best conditions but still was a great atmosphere and lots of positive energy with a great group of people. The first day of filming took place at Privates. There was an early morning film session at 26th which lead to the mission of having to hike / climb / walk over rocks, and dodge incoming waves along the large rocks while holding a backpack full of gear.
The second day was the competition at 26th Ave in Santa Cruz, Ca.
The final 3 hour session of filming took place on the West Side of Santa Cruz at Stockton Ave. Filming ontop of those bolders proved to be pretty interesting, setting up a tripod on those bolders was far from ideal, as a result all of the footage from Stockton was shot on a shoulder rig + follow focus.