from Vladimir Kocherga on 24 Nov 2020
Filmed in summer-fall 2020, this is Anatolii’s first street part. I’ve known this lad for a little over a year, but it was only a few months ago when we suddenly discovered his talent for street skating. He just came out of the blue and absolutely destroyed it on one of the early El Canuto filming sessions and knowing that due to COVID I’ll probably have to be out of work for a minute, we chose to put some work in and make this piece. Hours spent trying to get a trick without landing it the end, getting lost in the middle of nowhere looking for new spots, being rushed to the hospital to get my shin stitched up and then rushing back to the session in order to get more footage, running from cops and making friends with absolute strangers having beers nearby our skate spot are just some of adventures we went through whilst making this happen. We had tons of very different experiences filming this and couldn’t have asked for a better dude to join me for all of it! Feeling blessed to have had such a unique opportunity to escape everything thats been going on this year and to have some time to spend out there in the street with good friends of mine doing what we love! Thanks for making it possible and happy 29th birthday, Anatolii!Filmed all around BCN, featured skaters are Oliver Leonard, Craig Hamilton, Sacha Lopez and Salim Sikha. All shot and cut by me, colour correction courtesy of Chris Aitkenhead.