Forgotten Footage

I retired this camera a few months ago in favor of something newer and nicer. I've been meaning to go through and clear out the plethora of clips that never saw the light of day for one reason or another. A lot of them were cut from previous edits, or simply forgotten about, others were clips that were just never turned into anything at all. This is sort of like digital house cleaning and I hope it makes everyone feel like summer is a little bit closer. For me it just reminds me of why we all ride; you can't replace fun times spent with friends on warm summer days. Everything was filmed in Toronto over the past year and a half with the exception of one clip at the Brooklyn Banks. I hope this is a nice break for everyone who is stuck in the snow these day.

Filmed and Edited by Tom Briggs

Riders:
Tom Briggs
Denis Bejtic
Brad Downie
Malcolm Halley
Sungwoo Kim
Ed "Wonka" Laforte
Tom La Marche
Chris Lum
Tom Mosher
Finn Zygowski

Additional Filmers:
Denis Bejtic
Sungwoo Kim
Courtney Mathieson
Ryan Narita (I think?)
Finn Zygowski

Music:
Do Make Say Think - The Universe

The Revival On Sale Now!

In the spirit of the season we've decided to trim back the price on The Revival DVD. So grab that extra loot that Santa left you and head over to The Revival Store and grab a copy of the video now for only $15.

Three Hours with Shea Hardacre

Three Hours with Shea Hardacre from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

Shea Hardacre came to Toronto for a week to chill and ride with Finn Zygowski and some other locals. I had hoped to spend some more time with him but school was in the way so we only got to shoot for three hours on his last day here. This is what went down.

WRAHW Witchtape #3

WRAHW Witchtape 3 from WRAHW on Vimeo.

Something about Torey's edit's gets me psyched every time. I really don't know what it is and if someone asked me specifically why I liked this I'd probably have a very hard time explaining myself, but never the less Torey kills it yet again with probably the weirdest and funniest Witchtape yet! WRAHW.

Forest Ride

Forest Ride from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

I put this edit together over the weekend with my good friends Finn Zygowski and Denis Bejtic. I recently got some new camera gear and decided to give it a spin and this is what came out of it. Big thanks to both Finn and Denis for going fast and crashing into trees so we could get the shots, you dudes are awesome!

Torey For Grime

Torey Thornton for The Grime from WRAHW on Vimeo.

Torey's new edit is absolutely bangin'! This is a must watch by everyone. Great job Torey!

Murder of Couriers Final Trailer

This is going to be rad! Love Vancouver and these dudes are all awesome!

New Rides

I just thought I'd share a couple of new bikes we've got over here at Skitch. First and foremost Swoo is now riding for All-City on the new Dropout. Here's a couple fresh pics of his new ride.


I on the other hand am currently riding a new GOrilla Kilroy that I built up with the help of RaceFace and Velocity, a big thanks to those guys for helping me out.


Also I'd like to ad our good buddy Finn's new ride as well. This is his new Thrasher which is actually Mosher old Trasher, the colour way is looking pretty good if you ask me.

Sungwoo Kim

Sungwoo Kim - Summer 2010. from swoo on Vimeo.

Swoo is a really good friend of mine here in Toronto and he has been absolutely killing it on a bike as of late. I remember when I first met him about a year ago he could barely do any tricks and now he's impressing people left, right and center. Swoo and I worked on putting together this edit that recently landed him on All City Cycles, congrats dude! The full edit took about two weeks to complete and the final banger at the end had me real nervous for his safety, that line is serious business. I expect you'll see more from this kid real soon and his skills only seem to be improving with everyday. Again congrats on the new sponsor Swoo! You killed it!Photo by John Hargraft.

Fresh Weby From Torey

Torey Summer Weby 010 from WRAHW on Vimeo.

Torey hit me up with his new edit and he kills it. Great job dude, I'm loving the huge stair roll to stair gap and the double tire slide across that island. Don't get me wrong there's tons of other good shit in here so definitely have a look. Great job Torey.

TEE OH!

Wonka

Over the past couple of months it's been pretty quiet here on the blog. I really had to concentrate on school and there just wasn't enough time to keep on top of everything. I'm hopeful that I'll have a few more things to post here in the very near future but with my final year of school looming we'll see how productive the blog really is.

In any case, Wonka and Tom LaMarche made it up to Toronto about a month ago and we ended up riding a bit. I've shot some video footage which still needs to be edited but here are some photos that our good friend Ryan Narita shot while he was visiting from Vancouver. Enjoy.
Mosher

Swoo

Swoo

Wonka

Bike Pile at the YNOT garage.

Swoo

Witchtape #2

WRAHW Witchtape 2 from WRAHW on Vimeo.

Torey put together this awesome new weby for your viewing pleasure. I absolutely love how Torey edits these things, some real original flavor! See more stuff by Torey over at WRAHW.

Hell Track II

Hell Track II from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

On Saturday May 15th, 2010 Hell Track II took place at Bickford school in Toronto, Ontario. Attended by hundreds, the race and other events were all a hit. Enjoy the MADNESS!!!

Two Days In Toronto

Two Days In Toronto from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

On May 16th our two good friends, Tom LaMarche and Torey Thornton came to Toronto for a couple days of riding.
Day one started out how most trips usually do, slow. We all gathered in Trinity Bellwoods Park in West Toronto and grabbed some rays in the warm Toronto sunshine. It had been a few months since I had seen either Tom or Torey so it was good to catch up on what they've been up to. As the crew gathered we made our way over to a pizza joint, then back to the house they were crashing at to grab their bikes.First off I have to say that LaMarche's new Scissor is awesome! I had a blast riding around on it and the tires were insanely huge. I've heard that this is still in a prototype version and more changes are coming but damn it was nice!

I won't bother with a play by play of what went down in terms of tricks, I'll let the video do the talking. What I will say though was that these guys produce clips fast. The day went by as a bit of a blur, so many spots, so many tricks and just good times with friends riding. Our friend Alex Cirka was behind the lens capturing a ton of stills that went down that day.



Day two got started extremely slowly as we all met at Skydome at 5pm. Even with the shorter time frame for riding Torey was going off. I've said it before and I'll say it again but Torey is my favorite rider in the world to watch, he is unbelievably creative on a bicycle and mixes tech and big stuff so well. Torey was hitting all kinds of things and seemed just stoked to be riding in a new city. LaMarche decided to lay low on Monday night after killing it the day before.
The trip was a huge success with some awesome clips being produced. Torey did the biggest stair ride I've ever seen on a fixed gear, Mosher feebled over water and LaMarche just destroyed everything he touched whether it was airs or grinds.A huge thank you to Torey and Tom for coming to town, I hope you guys come back again soon. I know we all had a blast. Also thank you to Alex Cirka for the photos. This photo was just too funny not to post. LaMarche, George, Blayne and I, cracking jokes all day.

THE REVIVAL DVD OUT NOW!!!

The Revival DVD is now available for purchase here.

We have spent the past year and a half working on the project and we could not be happier with how it turned out. We hope you all enjoy it as much as we did making it.