VIDEO, PHOTOS & WORDS Ali Mehraban When it comes to translating the skateboarding experience to another medium, the clearest form is video. Photos can still convey the grandeur of it all, but only a video can show the consecutive moments exactly as it happened. My videos have come a long way from filming with a Flip camera, …
VIDEO & WORDS Ali Mehraban Shooting with Brett Ciabattini always yields amazing moments. I recently headed up to his new home base in Eureka, CA to experience how he’s been living and gather photos for his full interview here at Wheelbase (coming very soon). We explored the new territory and unearthed many hills in the two weeks I spent …
WORDS & PHOTOS Ali Mehraban All activities in which you creatively immerse yourself require energy. The love for skateboarding produces this energy—a restlessness that overwhelms you until you meet the street. It is self-fueling, growing exponentially through experience. It is stockpiled in wet winters and released when the wheels are rolling. This metaphysical momentum surges through …
WORDS & PHOTOS Ali Mehraban The majority of human emotions can be conjured by the act of skateboarding. The joy of accomplishment, the aggressiveness of persistence, and the fear of failure are felt by all skaters in practice. The unrelenting battle of commitment and frustration, followed by a self-determined conclusion of either radness or sadness, is …