Coachella is whatever but Vestal’s desert oasis of babes and booze was definitely poppin off this weekend. Peep dose’s exclusive behind the scenes look at Vestal Village 2013 and you might actually wish you made the trip. Enjoy.
If you were in SXSW this year and hit up Thrasher’s epic Death Match event, chances are you can’t remember much – shit was pure sensory overload! Luckily they somehow condensed 5 days into 6 minutes for your brain cell deprived enjoyment.
While its bound to be a bit too fixie heavy, you can’t front on a film fest that includes a feature with a hot nun doing flatland BMX. The Bicycle Film Festival is now in it’s 11th year and is a pretty big deal with 25 international stops and more than 200,000 attendees. Submit your own film by April 1, 2011. Go here for full info.
Although we’d still rather see him skate, its rad to see how John Cardiel and his crew get down on two wheels in their hometown of Sacramento. To see the entire short film Macramento, head to SF this week for the San Francisco Bicycle Film Festival.
The LA Skate Film Fest wrapped this week after two days of screenings and panels that sought to present some of the world’s most diverse and talented skate filmmakers together for a look at the full spectrum of the genre. One of our favorites and the winner for best International Film, Plank, can be seen in its entirety over on Tacky. Full results after the jump.
Edumacated BMX blog Defgrip has announced that they are linking up with the Bicycle Film Festival to present the BMX shorts category at the 2010 Bicycle Film Festival. The Defgrip crew will be curating the BMX category to help find the best up and coming or simply underexposed BMX filmmakers in the world. Their selections will be screened in over 30 cities across the globe, so it aint no joke. Deadline for submission is March 27, 2010. Go here for full rules.
With such a nifty name, the NFFTY film fest has got to be pretty rad. Seriously though, Nike 6.0 joined forces with the festival to create an Action Sports Category that enables aspiring shredumentarians aged 22 and under to submit films for the Seattle event being held this April 29 through March 2. Here are the rules:
The action sports category is open to any short film (30 minutes or under) that represents, showcases or is inspired by Action Sports, including skateboard, snowboard, surf, moto, wake, BMX, or freeski. In order to meet eligibility criteria for NFFTY 2010: 1) the film’s director must have been 22 years old or younger at completion of filming; 2) all music and other copyrighted material used in films must be original or filmmaker must have obtained permission from the owner; and, 3) the film must be in English or subtitled in English.
The deadline for the action sports category is Feb. 15th and you can enter right here.