The last thing I wrote in my notes after watching HYD is, “A proper homie video.” After re-watching it three or four times, I stand by that. But I’m curious what does HYD stand for? How Ya Doing? Hey You Douche? Happy Young Dicks? I don’t know, but clearly, that doesn’t matter. The skating is top notch, the soundtrack is eclectic, and the editing by Thomas Koehne is of pro quality.
When talking about approaching the filming Thomas said, “I think it’s important to treat every clip like it’s special,” he continued, “Kid’s nowadays will drop mad $$$ on a camera and lens set-up but aren’t willing to spend the time to learn the trade.”
The meticulousness in Thomas’ editing shows and with his use of Super 8 clips, funny quotes talking shit about Jersey, or just a simple black screen with an asterisk, HYD is clearly a culmination of many hours of agony, love and labor.
skaters in order of appearance
Johnny Cumaoglu
Evan Dittig
John Cozz
Jeff Starch
Anthony Cerefice
Shawn Macmillan
Rob Snyder
Nick Lipere
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June 19, 2017 11:26 pm
good shit, sick crew. still love seeing independent videos even more than pros. if anybody wants to see some Virginia vx skateboarding look up bustcrew, recordings of boardings, or my own channel midgebones
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June 20, 2017 3:29 am
Thank you John Cozz, watched this on a ton of beers and a lot of drugs but thank you for reminding me in the small ways skateboarding is fun, but also Jesus none of you little pussies would boneless to a handrail
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July 8, 2017 4:13 pm
He is like “Jersey sucks cus it does ” and like the 2ed trick is in DAyton OH, that’s how bad the gem city is.
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