Britt and I

Britt put together this video of him and myself blading at Gilbert Skatepark for a little while. It was a fun day and also the first time I had purchased a rollerblading shirt in over a year…tite and thanks britt!

California friends – Day 3

11/08/09 Day 3 – Today I went and picked up Matt, Amir, and Alec. We headed over to Chads place to meet up with Chad, Adam, and Keith. After sitting around for a bit I mentioned that I brought a rough draft copy of CREEP over with me so we all headed down stairs to watch it. After watching it Chads mom offered to make everyone food so everyone sat down and had some hot dogs, beans, and corn. BADASS. We then all headed to not-so Secret School by Scottsdale Skatepark. Keith did a line, Amir did a fishbrain, Chris did some grinders, and Adam did some rail drop to ledge tricks. Some dude came by and let us all out by opening the gate and then we went to a gas station to get some drinks. Then we went to some stupid big drop ledge that no one even considered doing. After that we went to Pima Church to show Matt and Chris the place since they had never been there before. After that we went to a bank to ledge right by there and Sergio came down and met up with us. Since by that time the sun was pretty much all the way down we ended the blade day with a session at Scottsdale park which was pretty ARIZONA.

California friends – Days 1 and 2

11/06/09 Day 1 - California friends are down here in Arizona, Amir Amadi, Matt Langel, Matt Grimes, Chris Tinsley, and Adam and Keith Brierley are staying with Luke and Chad until the 9th. First day I met up at Chads house to meet up with everyone. We drove to Revolution Skate Shop where pretty much everyone bought something. After that we headed to the first spot of the day which was a table to down ledge/rail line. Matt L ate some shit a couple of times, Luke ate some shit, Chad got 1 clip and Adam got 1 clip. After that we drove to a little disaster to handicap rail by Pecos Skatepark…which no one wanted to blade. So we all went to the skatepark and pissed off skateboarders with our staggering amount of wheels. After staying at the park for a bit we headed back and Chris dropped me off so I could pick my car and head home!

11/07/09 Day 2 - Luke gave me a call and asked if I could come film him do a drop at the Beardsley Banks…so I headed out with Lauren and baby Riley to go meet up with Luke, Matt L, Matt G, Amir, Chris, Ryan D, and Alec. Got there and got the clip of Luke after about 20 roll ups and ‘ok right here’ssss. Chad, Adam, and Keith met up at the spot after about 20 mins. Went back to Laurens house to drop off the babeh with her grandma and then met back up with everyone at Cave Creek Church. Bladed around there for a bit and Keith got a tite backside and full cab backside down the big curve square rail there. There’s also a perfect disaster rail at the church…but it has some big caps/knobs/balls. Chad and Kenny managed to get off 1 of the 2 ballllls. I feel like I am writing way too much, so yeah after that I left and they continued to blade! Day 3 tomorrow.

Pictures from 11-05-09

Yesterday Myself and Ryan Daily went out to get some clips to get closer to finishing his section for CREEP. We went to this little loading dock area I saw the previous week while leaving a shopping center. Didn’t get to blade on what I intended because I didn’t realize the street was super shitty, but we moved some stuff around and Ryan managed to get 2 cool lines after he bladed on a little ledge over some rocks. After that we went to 2 little ledges that Ryan said he use to blade on when he first started rollerblading. Got 3 sweet lines there and then I dropped him off and we all met back up at TNS at T-bird that night, fun

Chad Hornish – Leftovers from CREEP edit

Put this together the other day, it’s clips of Chad that weren’t going to be in his section. Some park stuff I had nothing to use for too. CREEP is getting close to done as well. Enjoy!

Thug Enough – Extra Clips Bonus Section

Here is another one of the bonus sections from the Thug Enough dvd. It’s mostly clips that were at one point in the video, but then switched out for whatever reasons. Features blading by Luke Kimberly, Sergio Ybarra, Ryan Daily, Winston Wardwell, Chad Hornish, Casey Mcfarland, Brent Henderson, Jon Vossougiz, Jacey Heimer, Jorell Davis, and Andrew Scherf.

Thug Enough Bonus Section

Here is one of the bonus section from my video ‘Thug Enough’. Featuring blading tricks by people like Luke Kimberly, Ryan Daily, Chad Hornish, Winston Wardwell, Adam and Keith Brierley, Dean Coward, and a lot more. See ya!

Known Uknown – Amir Amadi Interview

AZRZ: Who are you and what do you do?

AMIR: My name is Amir Amadi… I skate, I take photos, and make videos..

AZRZ: I remember when I first met you, Adam, and Keith out in California back in 2007, I remember thinking it was strange(creatures)that you guys don’t share footage at all. What is the reason for that and do you 3 ever plan of making one big video instead of splitting up footage?

AMIR: Adam and I both really enjoy filming/editing, pretty simple. We rarely swap clips, and I think its just because its more fulfilling to do everything on your own. Like, film something the way you want it. We have talked about making a video together, but its too much work to decide who’s computer to do it on and how to split sections up and all that stuff. Maybe someday it will happen, they moved up to HD so who knows.

AZRZ: When did you start filming for your new video, ‘Strange Creatures’, and who all is going to be in the video?

AMIR: I started filming in February of this year. It was originally going to have sections on just Adam, Keith, and Dean. We started skating with Matt (Luda) a lot when he was out here for a few months and he was down with it. We added him to the profiles, so there it is. There’s goin’ to be other people in it like Dylan Davis, Winston, Andrew, Matt Grimes, Matt “Foz” Langel, and just some more dudes.

AZRZ: What made you decide to make an online video rather than selling it on dvd’s?

AMIR: DVDs are tough. I was thinking about trying to sell it for a few months before putting it online, but I’m still undecided. Depends on how much I like it I guess.

AZRZ: I remember before you announced ‘Strange Creatures’ that you were going to be making a video called ‘Big Names’, what ever happened to that?

AMIR: It’s done, sitting on my computer. That whole video will be online too. I just de-interlaced it yesterday, actually.

AZRZ: Who do you think are the big up and coming filmers/editors in rollerblading?

AMIR: That’s tough. I’d say you’re up there, if you keep it up (I can imagine it being difficult being a dad though), Adam and Keith’s edits are good too, Hollywood’s digital camera edits are next level, and Drunk edits are insane and I’m sure the full video will be even crazier.

AZRZ: Who do you think are the all time greats in the rollerblade film world?

AMIR: Carl and Negrete

AZRZ: What do you think rollerblading should be?

AMIR: I personally think right now its lookin’ good. I don’t think rollerblading needs big stunts as much as it does style.

AZRZ: What do you think rollerblading videos should be like?

AMIR: HD /slow mo shit is a no go for me. I like when people can use HD cameras like a GL or VX. Like how Adam and Keith do, and AJ . I like fast paced videos too. Not too crazy, but not boring.

AZRZ: What are your favorite blading videos and why?

AMIR: Coup De Tat was the first video I ever got, Adam gave it to me and it really got me into skating and everything. Carl made the best videos of his time with Film, Demode and Killerboots, and Negrete starting with Forever Now+ just makes skating look good. He was ahead of the game.

AZRZ: If you could pick any rollerblader to give a section in one of your videos, who would it be and why?

AMIR: Damn, I got no idea. If Micah Yeager came out with another section I’d personally be stoked. I’d love to make a section of Jeff, or Farmer, his skating is just ridiculous.

AZRZ: Are you going to persue a career in filming or just stick to XTREME sports?

AMIR: Hopefully both.

AZRZ: How do you feel about all the ‘underground’ blade videos that are coming out from kids now?

AMIR: They’re actually pretty good. Dylan’s video YAHDOOD was the best video I’ve seen in along time, and the homie’s only 15.

AZRZ: Thanks for your time and if you want to have any last words, here ya go!

AMIR: Thanks to anyone who read this, shouts to Adam, Keith, Dean, Luda and all chi-town dudes,Chris Tinsley, Dylan, all you dudes in Arizona I’ll be seeing you soon, Valo skates because they’re the best, Richie FSP and all the skateboarder dudes, VX2000 and dirty heads, rough riders, anyone who blades, and anyone I forgot.

If you are interested in seeing more about Amir’s video ‘Strange Creatures’, here are some links

Strange Creatures Blog
Strange Creatures Vimeo
Strange Creatures Shop

As of Sep. 26th 2:50 a.m. I am a Father

So as of September 26, 2009 at 2:50 am I, Ryan Buchanan, am a father. Here are a few pictures and the video I made of our stay at Banner Thunderbird hospital. Only put up a few pictures, but with the video it should be enough. Riley is a week old as of today and is doing great! Thank you to everyone who came down to see us and everybody who had us in mind. Looks like my rollerblading days are numbered!

Here is the video:

Pictures from 9-22-09

Today I went and picked up Ryan Daily and Luke Kimberly. We decided to go to ‘the slabs’ because we couldn’t really think of any spots. The slabs is a pretty cool/creative spot normally because it’s mostly just open ground with stuff people bring to skate. Today, however, out of all the space there was only one tiny little cement ledge with some angle iron thrown on the side that would fall off after touching it. Ryan did some cool grabbed gaps and Luke did some toe rolls and tiny ledge slaying. Oh yeah, and Ryan did the most intense unity cess slide and broke both his legs. After leaving that spot we headed to some ledges in front of a Walgreens that Ryan has been wanting to blade. After checking them out and Ryan being too shy to do tricks in front of people we took a couple pictures, laughed, and left. We then headed to this big airplane thing that is by Lukes work. It was like a little transition thing with a giant jet on top. After having Ryan do a bunch of airs on the transition thing and luke doing some citric toe rolls we decided to call it a night and I dropped them both off. Fun day/no clips!