{"id":69334,"date":"2017-07-20T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=69334"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:25:51","slug":"bones-brigade-chronicles-on-set-to-sundance-to-the-animal-chin-30-year-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/bones-brigade-chronicles-on-set-to-sundance-to-the-animal-chin-30-year-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bones Brigade Chronicles: On Set to Sundance to the Animal Chin 30 Year Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"
BONES BRIGADE CHRONICLES: \n<\/strong>On Set to Sundance to the Animal Chin 30 Year Reunion<\/strong>\nStory by DAN LEVY<\/a><\/strong>\nPhotos by DAN LEVY<\/a>, SEAN MORTIMER<\/a>, <\/strong>\nKRISTY VAN-DOREN-BATTSON<\/a> and DEVILLE NUNES<\/a><\/strong><\/pre>\n
In our quest to go behind the scenes of the making of the “Bones Brigade: An Autobiography” documentary and bring you this ongoing Bones Brigade Chronicles series, let\u2019s go back to the beginning…<\/em><\/p>\n
September 2011 – Burbank, CA<\/strong><\/h3>\n
It is not very often that you get an invitation to document the making of a film by a highly accomplished and respected filmmaker like Stacy Peralta, yet Juice Magazine did and what I witnessed gives me chills as I am writing this.<\/p>\n
After waking to the usual morning scene of Venice Beach decorated with boardwalk debris, homeless camps and the always colorful good morning banter that usually exists at very high volume, I looked north from the balcony of Juice and remembered the fact that the POP Pier once existed directly in front of our office and is the very location where Stacy and Dogtown\u2019s most elite aggressively forged a path into history with attitude, style and localism.<\/p>\n
I grabbed my camera bag, jumped in the car and started the journey to Burbank to reach the set of the “Bones Brigade: An Autobiography”. It was feeling like a Led Zeppelin morning, so I threw in the “BBC Sessions Live” album and headed into L.A. traffic. The levity of what I was about to experience started to sink in and the anticipation acted as my coffee replacement for the morning.<\/p>\n
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Bones Brigade on set. Photo: Dan Levy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
We pulled into a parking lot marked discreetly by an orange cone with an 8 1\/2\u201d x 11\u201d piece of paper duct-taped on it with \u201cBones Brigade\u201d in outlined black letters, fluttering in the breeze, as Steve Caballero and Michael Furukawa from Powell Peralta welcomed us to the scene.<\/p>\n
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Stacy Peralta, Tony Hawk and Lance Mountain. Photo \u00a9 Dan Levy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For a quick moment, I had a flashback to my youth in Upstate New York where, in the cold months of winter, I watched the “Animal Chin” VHS tape in my room, studying every maneuver as if I would be tested on its content at the end of the school year. Now here I was 3000 miles from my youth completely humbled by the opportunity to be a part of history in the making.<\/p>\n
I snapped back to reality as Cab and Michael gave me a skater-to-skater welcome that made me feel really honored to be there. Michael immediately said, in a low volume tone, \u201cTommy Guerrero is being interviewed right now, and Cab is next.\u201d It was quiet on the set and we made our way to the food trailer for offerings of yogurt parfait, mini doughnuts, fruits, cereals and coffee. Being the health nut that I am, I grabbed the chocolate mini doughnuts and a diet Coke to get my day going.<\/p>\n
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Sam George, Lance Mountain, Stacy Peralta, Mike McGill and Michael Furukawa. Photo: Dan Levy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
As we sat at a table, the talk story began unrestricted in content and sarcasm. I had to ask Cab, \u201cHow does it feel to be celebrating the 20 year anniversary of your Vans Half Cab shoe?\u201d It was an innocent question, but his answer surprised me with its undertones of wisdom. He said he was humbled by it and he is thankful that he has the opportunity to experience this landmark. He answered with the same excitement that you have when you skate your first pool and go over the light for the first time.<\/p>\n