I wanted to post this video of fellow shredder Zak, his brother Blake and their mate Skinny; it’s class!

First up, the video. It was filmed over 3 days at the White Elements park in Grindelwald, Switzerland. There are loads of nice moves in there. Sweet method, nice box work throughout, sick frontside board down the rail, backside 3 and 5 off the big kicker – really smooth, a couple of lipslides, loads of cool bonks and jibs… It’s just good!

The park looks nice, and the boom guy is pure funny It’s such a shame about Blake’s acl injury at the end!

Second, the camera. The other thing that interested me about the video was the camera used to film it: the Nikon P6000. That’s a (high-end) compact stills camera, in this case being used to record video, with the wide angle attachment. Given that it’s a pretty small camera and its primary aim is to take photos, I’m impressed.

I’m not totally sure what resolution the video is recorded at. Is it HD? The tech-specs for the camera seem to point at it being 640 x 480. Either way, I think the video looks good. And here it is…

Citizens of Shred

Zak and his brother Blake started a blog to document their season in Switzerland: Citizens of Shred. Photos, videos, experiences, all good stuff for a blog. As well as Switzerland, they travelled around Europe some, and Zak finished the season in Whistler. Not bad! There’s a bunch of interesting stuff on their if you fancy checking it out.

One thing you really should look at is their latest shred edit, from the Horstman Glacier Park in Whistler, July 2010. More good shredding, the park looks tight and it’s another nice edit!