DIG Issue 94 - May/June 2013 "THE VIDEO ISSUE"
The video issue with Guest Editor Stew Johnson. We’re extremely proud and privileged to announce one of the most influential videographers in the history of BMX, Stew Johnson, as our first ever guest editor. Look for a 12 page article starting on page 54 featuring the people and videos that have made the biggest impact on Stew over the past 23 years.
ON THE COVER.
Grab your crew, a camera, and get to work. Lil Pat Morse, Joel Barnett, and Shane Weston in Nashville. Photo by Andrew White.
FEATURES.
014 BALLBAG: Guest editor, Stew Johnson and his love of the moving image.
020 THREE DECADES OF VIDEO: Peter Adam looks through 30 years of the DIG family video collection. That’s a lot of videos…
022 COMMITMENT – JAMES COX: United’s James Cox talks us through the process of tackling the challenge of an epic full length BMX video, and general life as a video director…
024 BOTH SIDES OF THE LENS – DAKOTA ROCHE: “I’m a BMX rider and I know what it feels like to get something filmed correctly and done justice.”
026 VIDEO EVOLUTION: Mike ‘Rooftop’ Escamilla takes us through eight of his video sections, from 1994 to 2002, and some of the things he learnt along the way…
028 GAME CHANGERS: Joe Simon and Rob Dolecki take a look at two cameras that changed the way we view BMX…
030 10 TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE A GOOD INDEPENDENT DVD RELEASE: “Making a video that people hate is much more of an accomplishment.” Killjoy’s Shawn ‘Elf’ Walters and Jordan Utley run down ten tips on how to make your video suck less…
032 NATHAN WILLIAMS WEB FAVORITES: Web-edit favorites from one of the most watched riders out there…
034 DEFINING MOMENTS IN VIDEO: Shad Johnson probably has a bigger video collection than you…
036 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE VIDEO MAGAZINE: Before the Internet there was a thing called Props. Co-founder, Chris Rye tells us where they were going, and where they ended up…
038-053 BATALLA BCN: Another Barcelona video?! Is there any point? Head over to page 38 to find out…
054-065 THE VIDEOS THAT SHAPED MY LIFE – STEW JOHNSON: Stew Johnson counts down the 10… wait… 12 videos that helped his beard become the shape it is today.
066-073 FILMING IN PROGRESS – DANS COMP: Dan’s Comp team manager, Scott Towne explains the ups and downs of coordinating a full-length video with one of the biggest teams in BMX.
074-075 FILMING IN PROGRESS – SHADOW: Ryan Chadwick only just put Subrosa’s, ‘Get Used To It’ to bed and he’s already on the case creating Shadow’s first full-length video. All they need now is a name…
076-077 FILMING IN PROGRESS – FIT: “We’re waiting for some divine intervention, or for Shitty to say something really profound.”
078-082 FILMING IN PROGRESS – CINEMA: “If this is my last chance I have to make a full-length project, I want it to be a hard copy.” Cinema’s filmer, Will Stroud explains more…
084-091 FILMING IN PROGRESS – MARKIT: “It’s good because I have another chance to film it better, but bad because I also have another chance to ruin it.” – Christian Rigal
096 FILMING IN PROGRESS – ANIMAL: DIG’s Rob Dolecki joins Animal’s Steven Hamilton, Dave Belcher, Tom White, and Jared Washington for a filming trip and some good times in Argentina. Apart from that night in jail…
110-119 GARRETT REYNOLDS – DEADLINE UNSEEN: A sneak preview at what you can expect from Garrett Reynolds and the highly anticipated Deadline video. Don’t worry, it’s coming…
120-126 ONE QUESTION: We asked four of the most influential video makers in BMX why they do what they do. Great words from Navaz (pictured above), Rich Forne, Bob Scerbo and Matty Lambert.
128 WHAT I’M REALLY THINKING – THE KEYBOARD WARRIOR: “You know that video you worked really hard on for 2 years… well, I think it’s shit.”