Author: Josh
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19 and Life
During early pandemic I had captured many of my ancient Hi8 and Digital 8 tapes and made short videos for the Instagram. I never posted any on the site. (Suprise?). This one features a lot of early wiskate.com content, so if I’m going to bother, this should be it. Feat Vance, Bunch, and the Lutz.…
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Still Ill
still ill from pizzy on Vimeo. The new full length by Patrick Forster. Starring Max Murphy, Sean Hanley, Nick Mistele, Chad Benson, Dan Jackson, Jerry Mraz, Pat Murphy, Jon Rockafellow, Danny Stemper, Cory Stubing, Alex Keck, Jacob Mumford, Drew Rickaby, Payne Counihan, Tavis Schulz, Vince Stranc, Chase Hopper, Brent Menchaca, Benny Fosco, Roger, David Gackstetter,…
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Mini Video 92 – Witch Hunt
During pandemic lockdown I claimed I was going to make a new Mini Video in 2021. Promises delivered. The saga that started over 20 years ago continues.. Starring: Max Murphy, Vince Stranc, Gabe Chan, David Gackstetter, Mike Al Wathiqui, Rory Morgan, Nick Mistele, Sean Hanley, Taylor Lalk, Jacob Mumford, and Payne Counihan Additional behind the…
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Heat, On Laser Disc
2020 into 2021. Not much going on, right? During this pandemic I was a decent citizen. I stayed home, and if not, I was meandering all over the city on my bike taking b/w photos of crap in alleys. To maintain a bit of sanity I would occasionally ride the bike downtown to meet up…
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Handy The Movie: Edition 2
Handy The Movie: Edition 2 from Josh Ellis on Vimeo. I feel like I’ve written this diatribe at least six times now, but here we go anyway. Instagram is great to quickly film up a few clips, edit them together with some quick cuts and LOLs, and post. You might get some sick comments and…
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Rewind: Mini Video 22 – Ben Vance Does Nashville
Mini Video 22 – Ben Vance Does Nashville (unoffical recreation) from Josh Ellis on Vimeo. A reasonably accurate recreation of Mini Video 22 from February 22, 2001. Nearly 20 years now. I have the original web sized .mpg from 2001, and I found the raw footage on a Hi8 tape earlier this year. I put…
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Rewind: Mini Video 38 – Entertain Me
Mini Video 38 – Entertain Me from Josh Ellis on Vimeo. Originally posted May 10, 2007. This is a biggie! I think this is when we finally hit our stride, and for lack of a better term, the “classic” wiskate video was born. I’d rank this one in the top 5. Kind of silly, kind…
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Rewind: Mini Video 37 – Irresistible
Originally posted March 29, 2007. My grand idea is already falling apart. I thought it’d be easy to to look through the archives and find a bunch of great photos. Then the “awesome” anecdotes that go with them would come rolling in like the waves on the sea. Alas, the reality isn’t so nice. Back…
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Rewind: Mini Video 36 – Love
Originally posted February 28, 2007. Get it, Valentines Day, Love?? So clever. I’m having a hard time even thinking of anything to say about this one. It seems several of the clips came from the same sessions as when we were filming Beez 3, so it has a little bit of a beezy edge to…
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Rewind: Mini Video 16 – MPLS
Mini Video 16 from Josh Ellis on Vimeo. For true completionists only! On the same Hi8 tape that I found “Gone Wild”, I also found this piece of ancient wiskate history, thought lost forever. This was a weekend trip to Minneapolis in Y2K (we survived) where we skated such illustrious spots as the two stair…