1st annual Skateboard Film Festival kicking off in August

While video gear continues to get cheaper, and your grandma is whiling away her free time editing HD video of her parakeet on her iMac, amateur skate videos have gone pro.  Skaters can now apply such high levels of polish to their DIY videos, that they can rival the stuff that comes off the shelf in the skate shop.

It had to happen sometime, but I’m pissed I didn’t think of it first.  The first annual Skateboarding Film Festival is happening this August 14-15 at Seattle Center’s SIFF Cinema.

The guy behind the whole deal, Eric Burgess, tells me that there will be films covering the full spectrum of skateboarding.  If the submissions that he’s posted so far on the festival website are any indication, this event may just establish skateboarders as the bleeding edge of DIY film making.  I mean…all that CKY stuff was shot on XL-1’s and edited on a pre-intel PowerMac.  That dude made millions.  Now it’s your turn, and Eric is bringing skateboarding film to a first-class, high profile Seattle venue for the first time.

Show up, grab some popcorn, and get ready for some amazing skatefilm.