Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia, a vast region within Eurasia which is sandwiched neatly between Russia, China, India and the Caspian Sea. It’s pretty much the geographical heart of Eurasia and for many centuries these lands were an important meeting point for merchants and travellers on the Silk Road.
Join Ethan Loy along with his crew consisting of Rob Wootton, Vladik Scholz and Pasha Kuznetsov in part one of a huge overland skate mission of Central Asia for Patrik Wallner’s new three-part series called Hotel Uzbekistan.
Vans hosted a music contest for the Asia-Pacific region comprising of over three thousand contestants. Only eight got flown out to the House of Vans in Chicago and two of the winners got to perform and make a music video for MTV.
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner & Tommy Zhao (Postcard)
Produced by Safara (Vans)
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Featuring: Diane, Jade, Phoebe & Tobi
L’Indian Express
Featuring: Soy Panday, Glen Fox, Antoine Jouguet, Vivien Feil
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
www.magentaskateboards.com
MAGENTA SKATEBOARDS – WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS – 2019
“There are over a billion people living in Africa at the moment. With skateboarding reaching the ends of the earth, from northern Russia to the Maldives, Uruguay to the Galapagos Islands, it only makes sense that, with such a large population, Africa should boast some respectable skate scenes as well, right?
We partnered up with Luke Jackson of South Africa’s ever-excellent Session Skate Magazine and set sail with Barney Page, Aaron ‘Jaws’ Homoki, Dakota Servold and Yann Horowitz to explore some of these burgeoning scenes, enrolling Patrik Wallner behind the lens to document the experience for sharing” – Sam McGuire
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced & Photography by Sam McGuire
Research by Luke Jackson
Produced for Red Bull Media House
“To celebrate the 59th anniversary of Dr. Jane Goodall entering Gombe to study chimpanzees, and hereafter her renowned scientific findings that redefined the relationship between humans and animals, The Jane institute Hong Kong (JGIHK) is going to kick off a thematic exhibition: Becoming Jane.
The exhibition is the first ever holistic presentation of the early scientific discoveries of Dr. Jane Goodall, a renowned primatologist and conservationist, and it will also showcase her dedicated contribution in environmental conservation and youth empowerment through various interactives. Through this exhibition and a series of education programmes on wildlife conservation, we wish to empower youth to take constructive actions in protecting the wildlife and our environment, and also live a sustainable lifestyle”
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Additional Filming by Safwan & Rowan Tiesma
Exhibition Information:
Exhibition Period: 24th May to 2nd Oct 2019
Venue: Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Website: janegoodall.org.hk
Enquiry: info@janegoodall.org.hk
Brian Siswojo opened the skateshop 852 at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong in 1999. We are celebrating the two decades of love and support for the Hong Kong skate community by appreciating marble. Through the new collaboration of the ‘Vans Slip On Pro’ engrained with a marble print, iconic to skateboarding out in the Far East.
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
The one and only, Kirill Korobkov has guided and pushed through the ex-Soviet nations alongside the Visualtraveling team for over a decade now. Film-maker Patrik Wallner, documents their journey down the Volga river to explore the unique Republics of Russia en route towards the Caspian Sea.
Featuring Kirill Korobkov, Gosha Konyshev, Philip & Dilip, Praski Vitti, Iraida Alexandrovna, Badmaeva Delgira and the Caspian Captain
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced & Scripted by Patrik Wallner & Kirill Korobkov
The Iconic brand is on a journey to better manage our social and environmental impacts and as part of this, we have been working closely with the manufacturers of our own-brands to understand and improve the working conditions provided to workers.
Produced by Postcard Production for the Iconic (Australia) shot in Guangzhou & Dongguan, China (2019)
https://www.theiconic.com.au/who-made-my-clothes/
Meet Dough-boy the figurehead behind the emerging hip-hop scene in Hong Kong.
‘This is the Era’ Campaign shot for Vans by Postcard Productions in Hong Kong, SAR of China (2019).
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Jay Meador and Patrik Wallner
Photography by Sam McGuire
Production Assistance by Eric Lai
Postcard Productions followed around punk rock singer Heynam Sin x Patients in Seoul, South Korea before one of their gigs at Club SF.
‘This is the Era’ Campaign shot for Vans by Postcard Productions in Seoul, South Korea (2019).
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Tommy Zhao and Patrik Wallner
Photography by Sam McGuire
Production Assistance by Eric Lai
There are humans that are just unique by nature. Skateboarder, Xiao Ji is one of them! Witness what happens when the rainbow takes over the Era.
‘This is the Era’ Campaign shot for Vans by Postcard Productions in Shanghai, China (2019).
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Tommy Zhao and Patrik Wallner
Photography by Sam McGuire
Production Assistance by Eric Lai
Tony Alva, one of the early pioneers of skateboarding (Z-Boys) explains a bit why style matters and how the Era was one of the first shoes to be worn by skateboarders.
‘This is the Era’ Campaign shot for Vans by Postcard Productions in Shanghai, China (2019).
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Tommy Zhao and Patrik Wallner
Photography by Sam McGuire
Production Assistance by Eric Lai
Additional Filming by Jay Meador & Liu Mao Mao
Briar Hickling and Alex Mok from the ‘Linehouse’ agency, walk you through their current interior & architectural projects in Shanghai.
Produced, Filmed and Edited by Postcard Productions
Created for Herschel Supply Co. (2018)
Edited by Patrik Wallner
Skate traveller extraordinaire Patrik Wallner has been a stalwart on many of these skate missions into the unknown, and so chunky knucks to him, Dani Millan and Seb Abes particularly, alongside unsung heroes Sam McGuire and Gaston Francisco for their heart and graft in 2018.
Hong Kong post conference shooting – Produced by Laurel Chor & Filmed by Patrik Wallner
Daily Vice on The Eurasia Project with Patrik Wallner (Aired July 10th, 2018)
Produced by Vice & Jeremy Cohan
Videography by Taji Ameen
www.vice.com
www.visualtraveling.com
Buy ‘The Eurasia Project’ Photobook here
Produced by Laurel Chor
Filmed by Patrik Wallner
For Vice News / HBO
The Lost Continent
Produced for Red Bull Media House
Skateboarding by Barney Page, Yann Horowitz, TJ Rogers, & Remy Tav
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner … Produced by Sam McGuire … Illustrations by Phoebe King
Transylvania
Produced for Red Bull Media House
Skateboarding by Barney Page, Aidan Campbell, Johan Stuckey,
Minhea Groseanu, Phillip Schuster and the one and only Vladik Scholz
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner … Produced by Sam McGuire … Illustrations by Phoebe King
Journey to Tokyo and beyond in this visual piece from filmmaker Patrik Wallner.
‘The Splits’ showcases the adidas Skateboarding Japan team and introduces their newest team rider, Shin Sanbongi.
Featuring: Shin Sanbongi, Kota Ikeda, Laurence Keefe, Yoshiaki Toeda, Issei Kumatani, Seimi Miyahara, and Hiroki Muraoka.
Sounds: Music by Hubrist and vocals by Hidenka
‘The Curry Connection’
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Paintings for Introduction by Ryan Nimmo
Illustations by Phoebe King
Produced by Gaston Francisco & Helge Zirkel
Skateboarding by Nassim Guammaz, Jaakko Ojanen, Christian Bica and Rob Wootton
Produced for Red Bull Media House
It is a pleasure when you get asked by Transworld Magazine to feature a segment for their upcoming Cinematographer Project. When the Visualtraveling members and myself started to ponder about where to go for this venture, we quickly reasoned that Japan would be ideal. As much as we have trekked through the more unusual parts of Europe and Asia, we thought it would be just about time to do a full length project in just one country, and why not the one all the way out far East where the sun rises?! This seven minute part within the full length video was filmed in the Autumn of 2016 starting in Okinawa and working our way up to Tokyo through Fukuoka and Osaka!
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Additional Filming by Walker Ryan
Skateboarding by Denny Pham, Walker Ryan, Phil Zwijsen, Michael Mackrodt, Nestor Judkins and Laurence Keefe.
Music by Hubrist – White Lies x Kodo
Thanks for the support of Transworld and Nike
Buy the DVD or full length video at Transworld Magazine
itunes.apple.com/hu/movie/the-cinematographer-project-world-view/id1188142467?mt=6&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
‘When he proposed to link up with Yoshi Tanenbaum, Vladik Scholz, Thaynan Costa and Marius Syvanen to take on the manifold challenges of skating Hong Kong and Macau, luminary lensman Jonathan Mehring stepped up to handle photographic duties, and Patrik Wallner who quickly established himself as the leading light of the left-field skate exploration, documented the procedure.
As Patrik himself said of the challenges: “Even before planning this trip I was uncertain if a full-length clip would be possible to film, considering the security that loves to give you the boot as soon as you step on their property – but with the motivation and luck we had, it seems like we’ve proved to the skate community that Hong Kong is, once again, a force to be reckoned with.”‘ – Redbull -
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Photography by Jonathan Mehring
Illustrations by Phoebe King
Skateboarding by Yoshi Tanenbaum, Vladik Scholz, Thaynan Costa and Marius Syvanen
Voiceover by Richard King
Produced for Red Bull Media House
Planning a trip can generally go two ways. One, there’s a predisposed theme. Follow the Silk Road or head to the Galapagos for example. Secondly, pick a place that has good skating, is picturesque and people want to visit.
For years I have wanted to visit a small enclave country known as Lesotho, filmmaker Patrik Wallner had always wanted to visit Namibia and we both really wanted to go to Cape Town. So, it was settled: we would take off for Under The African Capricorn, where all three countries lie, to see what they had in store. – Sam McGuire -
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Skateboarding by Walker Ryan, Sebo Walker, Jamie Toncowny, Thynan Costa
Additional Videography by Walker Ryan
Photography by Sam McGuire
Eclectic squads and unexpected destinations are what we bring together, and on that front Patrik never fails to deliver. Georgia, Armenia and the tiny, disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh were traversed in search of yet more untouched spots and undiscovered culture. This area, where the easternmost reaches of Europe meet western Asia, is one of the most richly cultured and yet unexplored parts of the world – certainly so in terms of our own tribal movement which we call skateboarding.
Naturally, Plan B legend and rainy backlipper Pat Duffy was enlisted alongside Latvian stuntman Madars Apse, England’s finest, Barney Page, bohemian American ripper Walker Ryan and Russian shocker Gosha Konyshev in what must be a new benchmark in random squad assembly. Love it.
Inevitably, given the skaters involved and the visionary behind the lens, this is a superb three-parter which deserves to reverberate around the world of skating and beyond.Wallner is setting the agenda for visual standards in this kind of skate film right now and the spontaneous skating produced by new terrain and quick hits locks into that aesthetic perfectly. Really, nobody else is doing this kind of stuff today.
Directed, Edited & Filmed by Patrik Wallner
Featuring Pat Duffy, Madars Apse, Barney Page, Gosha Konyshev and Walker Ryan
Guiding and Translating by Kirill Korobkov
Photography by Alexey Lapin
Produced by Red Bull Media House
Two of skateboarding’s finest ambassadors found themselves on the prowl around the Indian state of Rajasthan during Holi, the Hindu festival of color. Michael Mackrodt and Vladik Scholz landsharked it around New Delhi, Jaipur and Jodhpur with an excellent wingman in Dan Zvereff. We asked Dan to set the scene for the unique Patrik Wallner skate edit above:
“Skateboarding is an activity that combines athletic endeavour with the urge to explore the cities of the world,” says Zvereff. “In some senses it could be described as an art form that evolved on a world covered in cement; what attracted us to the board all those years ago was that original experience of finding a new place where no trick had ever been done before.”
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Photography by Dan Zvereff
Featuring Michael Mackrodt, Vladik Scholz and Dan Zvereff
Produced for Red Bull Media House
When you think of the Maldives, you probably think of pristine beaches and luxurious houses frequented by only the richest of the rich – that is, until now. Join Nick Garcia, Nick Boserio, Korahn Gayle and Jordan Trahan as they explore the magical chain of islands in the Indian Ocean, where they find a wealth of skate spots dotted around the beautiful landscape and afterwards finish the journey by the island of Sri Lanka to explore the capital city of Colombo, as well as the northern Province of Jaffna.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced by Red Bull Media House
Still Photography by Sam McGuire
Featuring Nick Garcia, Nick Boserio, Korahn Gayle and Jordan Trahan
visualtraveling.com
redbull.com/en/skateboarding
‘The Ninja’ a short visual feature of the everyday Ninja lurking and strolling the streets of Sapporo in Japan’s most northern Island, Hokkaido.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Featuring Laurence Keefe
Inspired by Billy Rohan
Titles by Phoebe King
Locations in Sapporo (Hokkaido) & Tokyo
Shot with a Sony a7s and Leica lenses
Sponsored by Ninja Lager
While the turmoil in the Middle East doesn’t seem to have an end in sight, the Visualtraveling project zigzagging around the Eurasian peninsula has somewhat concluded. Exploring the nations on the edge of the Arabian peninsula was mandatory even while Yemen was going through a coup and was swept with chaos. But considering the past ventures such as taking a ten thousand kilometres trek on the Trans-Siberian, meeting the ‘stans, turning ginger in Bangladesh, taking the Mandalay Express, circling the Black Sea, traversing Iran and the Caucasus in the Persian Version and various other smaller journeys, the dedication to explore this last pocket of Eurasia with the mysterious Dragon blood trees lurking on the island of Socotra was intriguing.
A film by Patrik Wallner
Illustrations by Phoebe King
Featuring Walker Ryan, Gosha Konyshev, Laurence Keefe, Tobias Ulbrich, Michael Mackrodt
Locations in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon
Hosted by Thrasher Magazine (also article in the July 2015 Issue)
I was honored with a quite sweet award from the European skateboard community, the ‘best film-maker of 2014′. Along with a trophy, Red Bull pretty much told me I can choose any place on earth and film a short piece. I scrambled through a world atlas and thought that Madagascar would be the ideal place to celebrate this award as well as explore the streets of this exotic island along the Indian Ocean with some good friends.
Produced by Red Bull
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Featuring Barney Page, Denny Pham, Nestor Judkins, Wilko Grüning, Brian Dolle, Gosha Konyshev
Photography by Lev Maslov
Text and French interpretation by Kirill Korobkov
Here is Kirill Korobkov giving a short intro to our trip: Madagascar sounds a bit like something from the pages of a fantasy novel. Everyone knows that this place exists, but it’s so remote that it is almost like a myth. The big island resides on Africa’s west side and is a rare destination for outsiders, isolated by both sea and distance. In terms of the skateboarding? Madagascar just might be the perfect mix of originality, adventure, vacation and the unpredictable unknown.
When glancing down at the blaze at the ‘Gateway to Hell’, one has a hard time believing that this gas crater fuming natural gas is still burning, considering it was set to flames by accident over four decades ago. Turkmenistan has been a ‘stan a bit more complicated to set foot into because of its political obscurity and sensitivity towards filming and photography. Never the less, after overcoming a couple denials, I was able to enter the post Türkmenbaşy and present day Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedows’ build on white marble state. Here is what I saw on a week long trip around the country on a mandatory guided tour through my newly obtained Sony a7s. All shots are handheld and shot with a 24mm and 85mm lens. Minor color correction was added to give the short feature a film visage.
Locations: Ashgabat, Erbent, Darvaza, Köneürgench, Dashoguz, Balkanabat, Yangikala Canyons & Turkmenbashi
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
The act of running is slowly emerging and becoming a big trend within mainland China. In this autumn campaign ad from Adidas China, we gotten together with various female runners from the big coastal cities and documented their stories of why they run. Reasons varying from fitness, team work, endurance and competitiveness, such as for the Mok Chi Ling who been wanting to finish the marathon under 2 hours and 55 minutes.
Produced by Doris Yang
Director of Photography, Videography & Editing by Patrik Wallner
http://www.adidas.cn
It was time to upgrade while also downgrading in camera size. The Sony α7s has been a charming tool while taken along to the Baltics & Belarus. Since vacations don’t really exist for lens pointers, I stayed true to the saying and spend the last two weeks on the road testing out the camera in various lighting.
Shot on a Sony a7s with various lenses and a bit of color retouching.
Featuring Tobias Ulbrich, Stas Provotorov, Madars Apse, Kirill Korobkov and Gleb Bentsiovski
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Special Thanks to everyone who let us crash throughout the Baltics & Belarus, Lauri Täht, Madars Apse and Yarik Zvinevich.
Fleeing the heat and humidity of the equatorial zone, professional skateboarders TJ Rogers, Ryan Decenzo, Madars Apse and Barney Page meet local ripper Farris Rahman in his hometown of Singapore to take him on a journey through Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Chiang Mai – and away from the Equator!
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Photography by Florian Hopfensperger
Some beautiful filming documents an epic trip here. These spots are so buttery it’s unreal. Includes Nick Garcia, Trent McClung and rippers that are legends in their home countries but maybe new to you like Phil Zwijsen, Michael Mackrodt & Karsten Kleppan. -Thrasher-
Filmed by Patrik Wallner & Tommy Zhao
Edited by Patrik Wallner
Executive Producing by Alexandre Deron
Special Thanks to Kenji Haruta
Right around sunset in the core of Bangkok, when the Thais and foreigners are out for their daily exercise after the daily national anthem, Wilko is playing his lovely instrument underneath a tree.
Performed by Wilko Grünig
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Visualize Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur and surroundings (Putrajaya) in a moving time-lapse!
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced by Milda Ratkelyte
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Walker Ryan and Michael Mackrodt took to the streets of a slowly changing and beautiful Havana.
Time stands still in Cuba, as the old US cars and vast colonial mansions vie for your attention. If you’re on the lookout for a beautiful background for your skateboarding, there’s no place like this Caribbean island.
Even though the Castro brothers are becoming older and Cuban society is now on the verge of transformation, things change slowly in Havana. Videographer Patrik Wallner and skateboarders Walker Ryan and Michael Mackrodt took what may prove to be their last chance to visit the ‘untouched’ Cuba. – Red Bull-
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Additional Filming by Tommy Zhao
Walker Ryan has proven to the skate world that he’ll walk far from home to discover some new terrain. During the production for this five minute part, he has crossed oceans and continents filming in Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Japan, Taiwan, China, New Zealand, Germany and the United States.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Skateboarding has once again taken us to a bizarre part of the world. Never thought we would be filming tricks in downtown Tehran, Iran if you asked me a couple years ago. Very pleased to present ‘The Persian Version’. Enjoy a journey from Iran to Turkey via the usual land transportation in our continuous trek zigzagging around the Eurasian peninsula.
Featuring Laurence Keefe, Michael Mackrodt, Kenny Reed, Tobias Ulbrich, MJ Rahimi, Gosha Konyshev, Walker Ryan, Phil Zwijsen and Denny Pham.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Music Coordination by Benoit Florencon
Production Assistance by Kirill Korobkov
Illustrations by Jesper Lindgren
Director’s Assistance by Derek Flood
Production by Vice.com
Filmed by Jonathon Lim & Patrik Wallner
Produced by Kota Engaku
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Titles by Dan Zvereff
Location Managing by Kenji Haruka
Photography by Iseki Nubou
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced by Milda Ratkelyte
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
The vibrant capital of Thailand is a destination not to be overseen just because of ubiquitous amount of tourists. One can easily find charming remote corners hidden besides the small soi’s and klong’s.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced by Milda Ratkelyte
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Asiarooms.com has hired me over the past year to film some visual pieces throughout Southeast Asia. When the Indonesian island of Bali was on the horizon, I was stereotypically expecting the cliché of an island run by Russian and Australian tourists. Much to the contrary I was quite overtaken by the serenity.
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Produced by Milda Ratkelyte
Titles by Jesper Lindgren
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Asiarooms.com released a short visual piece on Singapore I shot for them earlier this year.Even though Singapore might not be the most exotic place, many attractions like the Sand Marina Infinity Pool, Gardens by the Bay and the Indian, Chinese and Arab quarters do define Singapore’s modernity, diversity and nobility. Go visit, but bring a wallet with money!
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Two minutes of the lovely vocals of ‘The XX’ parallel to the most on sync choreographed performance known as the Arirang Festival was the best I could come up with the few shots I had from my recent visit to North Korea. The initial purpose of the trip to Pyongyang was to skate the first skatepark ever to open within the hermit kingdom, but I couldn’t resist the lens pointing, especially at the Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance, the Arirang.
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Music by The XX – Reunion
Laurence Keefe chasing a wheel through Shanghai.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Michael Mackrodt pushing from East to West Berlin.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Is there a more ideal locale for skateboarding than to the teeming Kumbh Mela festival in North India which hosts what was estimated to be the world’s largest religious gathering ever recorded?
The answer is yes, probably any back alley or random village street would be more productive and doable than at this joyous, ancient gathering. At the Kumbh Mela, Gurus and millions of other assorted Hindu devotees make their sanctified bathing pilgrimage to wash away their accrued sins at the confluence of the Ganges, and Yamuna Rivers, that takes place every dozen years in the city of Allahabad.
In early February 2013, Sean Malto, Sebo Walker, Mark Suicu and Nestor Judkins traveled to legendary India. Their plan was to traverse the breadth of the Subcontinent’s core with their ultimate goal to reach the Kumbh Mela gathering. The four sought to try and demonstrate that even in the most densely populated, chaotic places in the developing world, one can indeed push forward and manage to skateboard despite the visceral challenges such conditions present.
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Hosted by the Skateboarding Magazine skateboardermag.com/
Illustrations by Jesper Lindgren
Music Consultancy by Benoit Florencon
Location Assistance by Poornabodh Nadavatti (Allahabad) & Moritz Meyer (New Delhi)
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
The Cherry Blossom season in Japan usually falls around late March or early April, undoubtedly the most romantic and prettiest time to get a glimpse at the country of the rising sun. VHS put together a five day Kansai trip, consisting of Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka. Even though we got rained out for half the time, Osaka was filled with spots, beers and motivation.
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Two short commercials shot early January 2013 with the Sony FS 700 (at 400 frames) and the Nikon 600D of the two chinese Converse riders, Keng Qu and Blackie skating/dreaming in Guangzhou and Foshan. For more from Converse China go to converse.com.cn
Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
There’s no doubt that Denny Pham is one of the most talented and promising skaters in Germany. But thanks to his flawless style and a nice bag of tricks his name is also gaining weight in the rest of Europe. Denny is now rolling for Red Bull and this great edit by Patrik Wallner shows that he’s taking no prisoners. If you have the chance to see him skating in person, witness how effortless skateboarding can look. We’re more than happy to welcome him to the team! – Red Bull -
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Why is there such an obligatory feeling to work on ones holiday? In most case scenarios, I wouldn’t have bothered bringing and burdening myself with my new Nikon toy & its accessories on my week off. But I was going to Myanmar, a nation that I have placed close to my heart and visually strikes me as one of the most photogenic countries I have even seen.
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Motivation by Tobias Ulbrich and Tommy Zhao
Music by Jean-Claude Vannier
Illustrations by Dan Zvereff
Be taken along a Day in the Life of Laurence Keefe who has relocated himself to the other side of the planet, Tokyo, Japan.
Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Agency AKQA Shanghai
Filmed by Patrik Wallner & Janchai Montrelerdrasme
Edited by Patrik Wallner
Not much is known to the world about the bizarre countries within Central Asia all ending with ‘stan. ‘Meet the Stans’ documents the journey of a group of various skateboarders traveling along the ancient Silk Road traversing China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. Featuring Dave Bachinsky, Jimmy McDonald, Laurence Keefe, Dan Zvereff, Stas Provotorov, Gosha Konyshev, Walker Ryan, Kenny Reed and Michael Mackrodt.
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Additional Filming by Charles Lanceplaine, Lui Chan, Tommy Zhao
Titles by Dan Zvereff
Sponsored by Absurd Skateboards, Element Skateboards and VHS Magazine.
Built for 1 million people and currently inhabited by just a few thousand.It’s been called the Dubai of northern China, showered with wealth, packed with public infrastructure and located near to precious natural resources in a region plagued by water-supply troubles. Ordos is a ghost town located in Inner Mongolia. Seeing the potential of this city in terms of spots we decided to organize a skate trip and be the first ones to skate such a surreal place.
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Charles Lanceplaine
Additional filming by Patrik Wallner & Tommy Zhao
Music: You Me by Hamacide + Chacha
Sound mix: Gaetan Lourmiere
Logo: jmartdesign.com
The Converse China team once again embarked on a journey, this time to the northern neighboring country of Russia. While Skateboarding is booming within China, the team was looking for something more obscure to skateboard and the Far East sounded like perfect option. The only problem was that no one expected it to be freezing in April. Besides dealing with the language barrier, skateboarding on rough terrain, the gang had to get accustomed to traditional soviet style ice swimming and much more.Featuring the Converse China team, Xiao Xing, Xu Ying, Blackie, Keng Qu and Alexander Hwang.
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Additional Filming by Anthony Claravall
Titles by Annie Inyong Kim
Skateboarder Magazine “We probably should have intervened when our Senior Photographer Jonathan Mehring got together with the globetrotting filmer Patrik Wallner to concoct some harebrained excursion to another third world country for a skateboarding trip, especially when they started throwing motorbikes into the mix. But as they say, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward, which is probably why the likes of Jerry Hsu, Keegan Sauder, Joey Pepper, Javier Mendizibal and Michael “Michi” Mackrodt were game to accompany them on this journey down nearly the entire length of Vietnam despite some of their limited past experience with riding motorbikes.”
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Traveling to the Hermit Kingdom is already bizarre enough, but when we heard that North Korea would be celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Great Leader & eternal president, Kim Il-sung, there was no way to let such an epic birthday party slip through our hands. Laurence Keefe, Kirill Korobkov and I flew over to Pyongyang for two days to witness the madness. While skateboarding within the DPRK was our main intention, it was overshadowed by the celebrations & the ‘no sliding’ anywhere rule. The three minute clip portrays a small insight into North Korea from the 15th of April 2012.
Filmed & Edited by Patrik Wallner
Visualtraveling presents ‘Holy Cow’ a short ten minute piece summarizing a month long journey through the chromatic & chaotic countries of South Asia. Pushing and on board were Walker Ryan, Laurence Keefe, Michael Mackrodt and Kenny Reed.
Directed, filmed & edited by Patrik Wallner
The Thai skateboarding scene is definitely the most blossoming in southern Asia. Preduce has been holding it down for a decade in Thailand. ‘Chaiyo’ a full length skate video features the parts from Tao Kitpullap, Geng Jakkarin, Ryan Sripadaraja, Lert Saeri, Kyle Brown & Leo Anzevui. The premiere and DVD will release for the 10 year anniversary in mid February 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Op Sudasda directed the full length and I personally spend one year from mid 2010 to late 2011 filming for this film with the team mainly in Thailand and China.
Trailer Directed, Filmed and Edited by Patrik Wallner
Full Length DVD on preduce.com
The Converse China skateboard team ventured up north to give their neighbor, Mongolia, a week long visit! Besides filming skateboarding in Ulaanbaatar, the troupe journeyed through the chilly Gobi Desert via camels, stayed in traditional yurts and experienced some unwelcoming as well as sketchy situations while trying to just film some maneuvers on rough terrain. “Where do we land?” features the skateboarding of Keng Qu, Thrasher, Xu Ying, Blackie, Dan Leung and Xiao Xing.
Directed, filmed & edited by Patrik Wallner.