Monday, September 24th 2007
Will Wesson is back in town! Hooray!
Will’s “study abroad” program had taken him to Utah this past winter so we were afraid we wouldn’t be able to film much with him. Fortunately he put in some extra effort and made the trip back East twice. Once in February and again from late March to mid April. Thanks Big Willy.
Anywho, this story is about when he came back in February to destroy urban locales with his brethren in central New York. The snowpack was deep there and with marginal conditions up in VT, I headed back to central NY (for the third time this past season) and met up with Will, Ross Imburgia, Andy Parry and Tyler Secrest… all being native to the region.
Will’s parents were nice enough to let me stay with them and they’re residence served as home base for the next several days. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Wesson and by the way, how did you know I like dinosaur sheets?
The first day we hit up a well-known rail for this crew. It was out by some lake with lots of geese. When I say lots, I mean probably around 30,000 geese. It was unreal. The rail has big cement block posts on both the top and bottom, which can make for interesting bonks and taps. I spent some time setting up the crane for cool angles and the jib crew warmed up. Everyone landed 270 out but highlights were Andy’s shifty hop over the end and Will’s single and then double switch up to bonks.
Next came a double kink with an elbow that could be hit on both sides. The rail also had a mandatory bomb drop of about 6 ft. right after you landed. Tyler, Will and Ross got the rail bomb drop and Andy spent his time “spelunking” off a wooden flowerpot. See Wanderland for footage of Andy’s spelunking skiing, it’s totally original and totally weird…
Next was a night session at a public park in downtown Rochester. The park had amazingly colorful murals and we captured some exquisite footage. Ross did a misty 5 off a ledge with snowblades and Andy nailed the first ever bind soul grind on an urban rail. I’m telling you this kid is progressive!
After that exhaustive day, we slept in a bit and then headed back to the park in Rochester to finish off all the ideas we had. They included butter pads, wall rides, ledge bonks etc… it was pretty cool to watch how creative urban skiing can be. The day had to be cut short however as Rooster called me on his cell to notify me that a big storm was rolling into New England. With steel and cement forgotten, I was back to filming waist deep powder in VT the next day.
Will’s “study abroad” program had taken him to Utah this past winter so we were afraid we wouldn’t be able to film much with him. Fortunately he put in some extra effort and made the trip back East twice. Once in February and again from late March to mid April. Thanks Big Willy.
Anywho, this story is about when he came back in February to destroy urban locales with his brethren in central New York. The snowpack was deep there and with marginal conditions up in VT, I headed back to central NY (for the third time this past season) and met up with Will, Ross Imburgia, Andy Parry and Tyler Secrest… all being native to the region.
Will’s parents were nice enough to let me stay with them and they’re residence served as home base for the next several days. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Wesson and by the way, how did you know I like dinosaur sheets?
The first day we hit up a well-known rail for this crew. It was out by some lake with lots of geese. When I say lots, I mean probably around 30,000 geese. It was unreal. The rail has big cement block posts on both the top and bottom, which can make for interesting bonks and taps. I spent some time setting up the crane for cool angles and the jib crew warmed up. Everyone landed 270 out but highlights were Andy’s shifty hop over the end and Will’s single and then double switch up to bonks.
Next came a double kink with an elbow that could be hit on both sides. The rail also had a mandatory bomb drop of about 6 ft. right after you landed. Tyler, Will and Ross got the rail bomb drop and Andy spent his time “spelunking” off a wooden flowerpot. See Wanderland for footage of Andy’s spelunking skiing, it’s totally original and totally weird…
Next was a night session at a public park in downtown Rochester. The park had amazingly colorful murals and we captured some exquisite footage. Ross did a misty 5 off a ledge with snowblades and Andy nailed the first ever bind soul grind on an urban rail. I’m telling you this kid is progressive!
After that exhaustive day, we slept in a bit and then headed back to the park in Rochester to finish off all the ideas we had. They included butter pads, wall rides, ledge bonks etc… it was pretty cool to watch how creative urban skiing can be. The day had to be cut short however as Rooster called me on his cell to notify me that a big storm was rolling into New England. With steel and cement forgotten, I was back to filming waist deep powder in VT the next day.
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10/09/2007 rich said:
great films; come to Bolton
09/26/2007 Geoff said:
Sounds great! Needs to have Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and T-Rex at a minimum...
09/25/2007 Will’s mom said:
Geoff, I acctually just bought 10,000 yards of dinosaur sheets that were on sale. Maybe we could spare a few feet for you to keep.
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