Vans Skate Team Shoot At Bucky Lasek's House

The Backyard Bowl and view of
Bucky's Palace:

Vans invited me to help film a bonus feature for the release of the new Dogtown and The Z Boys DVD. We arrived at Bucky's house around 11 and walked up to the top of the hill in his backyard overlooking the San Diego valley. What we found at the top of the hill was a concrete vert bowl that Bucky designed himself, possibly the largest concrete bowl in the world. Standing inside of the bowl felt like you were walking in a crater on the moon to give some perspective to the size of this bowl.















PLG blasting at Bucky's Bowl:

In the morning Bucky, Rob Lorifice, Josh Borden, and Josh Stafford had a warm-up session. Bucky put on a display of his vert antics, blasting on every corner of the bowl. After doing some interviews we took a lunch break. When the day was finally cooling down and the sun began to set a few more skaters showed up to session at the bowl. PLG, Chris Miller, Cookie, and a few others began blasting and the session was on. Chris Miller was so impressive with his effortless style and confidence in at the bowl.PLG was blowing up and had a local kid with him, teaching him how to skate the bowl.I could not imagine how stoked the kid must have been, getting to have a private session with his hero at Bucky's house. Bucky was a really down to earth individual and it was great having the opportunity to meet him. You can see the video from this session in a few months in the Bonus section of the release of the new Dogtown and the Z Boys DVD.
















Jared and I on the bowl:

Jared Abe from Vans and myself on top of the bowl. It is hard to get a perspective of the size and dimensions of the bowl these guys are skating. I could only equate the size of this bowl to a huge wave at Mavericks. Only the most experienced skaters could skate that bowl. It is a one of a kind sight.















Camera eye view of the session:

This a great shot to see through my eyes what it is like to film at one of these sessions.















Skater on the Bowl:
This is a shot of the evening session. A beautiful sunset and some insane skating to end the day. It was a one of a kind experience and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity.

Thanks again to VANS