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Behind The Loops: Primitive’s “WILDFIRE” Video w/ Trent McClung and Eric Iwakura

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Primitive followed up their AM video, DAYDREAM, by dropping one more video before 2024 came to a close, this one is titled WILDFIRE.

This video had a slightly different feel than most other Primitive videos; the 4×3 HD look included. WILDFIRE follows a format that seems to continue to increase in popularity, a few riders from a brand film full parts, and the rest of the team is included in a montage or two. Personally, as a viewer, I’m a fan of this format. If you compare it to a brand taking years working on a full length, it gives us more videos to watch, and they’re at more digestible lengths.

Along with the video premiere came the pro surprise for Kyonosuke, which was more than deserved. As Skatefol.io proved, Kyo’s been incredibly productive and has already left his mark on skating with his talent and creativity. Congrats on the pro nod, Kyo!

I decided to pick my favorite clip from each full part in this video and then chatted with Trent McClung and Eric Iwakura to get some behind-the-scenes stories on what went into these clips. Watch below for some commentary over raw footage, and then read the interview in its entirety below that. Enjoy…

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Behind the Loops: Alan Hannon & Eric Iwakura

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As I’m sure you’re well aware, Primitive’s latest video offering, DEFINE., released last Sunday, June 5th. I knew I’d love this video, based on the skaters involved, and equally as important; the filmers involved. 

In all of it’s glory

I first became aware of Alan Hannon’s work during The Push Project part he did with Miles Silvas. I enjoyed seeing how they worked together, and I’ve watched that part countless times since its 2017 release. Since then, my respect for Alan’s work has continued to grow from projects like Primitive’s Encore and Fourth Quarter videos. 

Over the past few years, I became familiar with Eric Iwakura’s work, and have become a fan of what he does. I think his VX footage looks amazing, which is on display in this Trent McClung part he worked on. But, Eric’s brilliance isn’t limited to a VX, he films great regardless of the camera, as Alan will touch on in the interview below…

I love what DEFINE. is, and am very stoked I was able to go behind the scenes of what went into this project, with both Alan and Eric, enjoy! – 

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Behind the Loops: Daniel Policelli

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Daniel and Carl Aikens in CPH while working on Bunny Hop! Photo by Rasmus Bønnelykke.

Daniel Policelli and I first met in person in the Fall of 2016 in LA. But, I had known of Dan through his YouTube for years. I had come across one of his edits, thought it was sick, and subscribed. We ended up following each other on Instagram, then Dan hit me up when he was out in LA for the first time. We instantly clicked. From then on, we’ve skated together whenever we have the chance and constantly nerd out on skateboarding, even when I’m here in LA, and he’s in Canada. 

Last year Chocolate released “Bunny Hop”, an instant classic that seemingly everyone in skateboarding was stoked on. I gave Dan a call to chat about the role that he played in this video, and talk through some of his favorite clips that he filmed. Enjoy! – 

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Behind The Loops: Vincent Jugnet

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🌀: What’s up Vincent! What’re you up to right now, just kicking it? I know it’s night time out in Lyon…

Yeah I’m chilling. It’s Winter time here, so there’s not that much skating, unfortunately. It’s super cold. No skating, no filming, but I have a bunch of work. What about you?

🌀: Ahh, yeah, I can imagine that Winters are tough out there. I’m good, dealing with this annoying time change, it gets dark at 5pm, so that makes it hard to skate. But, it’s not freezing cold, so I can’t complain.

Yeah, yeah. I’ve got the same problem (laughs)

🌀: So what role did you play in the new Hélas “Paris” edit? I know you mentioned to me you had filmed some second angles.

Yes, it’s been about 2 years now since the “Fellas” video, and I’ve been working as the sales manager for Hélas. I was there for about half of this Paris trip, getting double angles with the filmer we got for that trip (Augustin Giovannoni). It was good to be out with the boys, after 2 years of Covid and shit, it was the first trip we’ve made happen.

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Pt.2 – Tyler Bamdas – Behind The Loops Ep. 1

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As I mentioned in part 1, Tyler came through with a handful of loops, so it was only right to split into 2 parts, and give each clip the attention it deserves. Here they are, watch em & read about em!

1.William Gomez

“Aragon! This one ended up going down on the second trip back there. I’m pretty sure he went the first time with this trick in mind and was doing krooks for a while before trying to flick in. After a little bit of trying the actual trick the cops ended up being called and we packed up. Will and I both knew that it could easily go down, so we went back about 2 weeks later to try it again. I was filming fisheye, my friend Luke was long lense, and the homie Spitzer was shooting the photo. Will battled it for a while this day. He would grind all the way and then hop off or it just wouldn’t lock in. Eventually, that right one just came and he rolled away perfectly. Everyone was so stoked. I’m pretty sure Julian picked him up and was carrying him around the school yard haha. Beers were cracked following the session and it was back to the house from there to upload the footage. Filming fisheye on that hubba through the VX was a crazy feeling, knowing the history behind that spot. Extremely memorable day that I’ll never forget.”

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Tyler Bamdas – Behind The Loops – Ep.1

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Behind The Loops is our newest series, the idea is simple; give filmers some shine by having them choose some clips they have filmed, loop those clips, and have them share a backstory from these sessions.

To launch this series we collaborated with Tyler Bamdas, who we became familiar with from his incredible video “Variety Vol. 2“, which we have mentioned before, as well as made loops from. Thankfully, Tyler was down to be the test run of “Behind The Loops”, and just as we expected, he came through with amazing clips, and intriguing stories for each and every one.

Without further adieu, here’s Tyler’s picks!

1. Josh Douglas

“We were trying to get a clip on this kinked rail at the same school but ended up cruising around and seeing what the school had to offer. We stumbled across this spot and ended up filming a line there first. It was just something unique and pretty different compared to your average stair set. He did a front 180 down switch 180 off to start and just went from there. I think he mentioned kickflip at first and then quickly switched up to 360 flip. Dodging the pole is crazy because where you land on the block is super narrow. Also how his arms were extending when he popped was crazy to watch. Every try it seemed like he was going to smack the fuck out the pole. After an hour or so it went down and couldn’t have been more perfect. All the boys were there for that one also which made it rad.”

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