Skate Australia Film Cancelled until Further Notice
Sorry to say it. But our amazing road-trip of skating and filming has come to and end.
Well on the way to Sydney to take Steve and Jacko home the Skate Australia van overheated and died with a massive jet of steam. After getting it towed to Goulburn, everyone else hitched back home, and I then go the van back to Canberra. Then that night after driving a dead car home on the highway at 40ks an hour for about 3 hours, my 2 camera cases, including 4 cameras and all the footage was stolen from my van while it was parked in the driveway of my parents house.
So guys... All I got is photos :) and I'll work to put them up and show everyone. But at this stage I'm flat broke with a dead van and no chance of getting this film up to scratch for the international doco conference in february. I just want to thank everyone so much for all the awesome support and enthusiasm I was given for this project. I would never have even dreamed it would get as far as it did without all the encouragement and ideas from my friends, family and the skating community. As I said, the film was making itself.
I'm gonna take a bit of time off now and think about what I'm gonna do. Who knows, if our insurance pays off everything then I'll start all over again! Why not eh?
Anton
Well on the way to Sydney to take Steve and Jacko home the Skate Australia van overheated and died with a massive jet of steam. After getting it towed to Goulburn, everyone else hitched back home, and I then go the van back to Canberra. Then that night after driving a dead car home on the highway at 40ks an hour for about 3 hours, my 2 camera cases, including 4 cameras and all the footage was stolen from my van while it was parked in the driveway of my parents house.
So guys... All I got is photos :) and I'll work to put them up and show everyone. But at this stage I'm flat broke with a dead van and no chance of getting this film up to scratch for the international doco conference in february. I just want to thank everyone so much for all the awesome support and enthusiasm I was given for this project. I would never have even dreamed it would get as far as it did without all the encouragement and ideas from my friends, family and the skating community. As I said, the film was making itself.
I'm gonna take a bit of time off now and think about what I'm gonna do. Who knows, if our insurance pays off everything then I'll start all over again! Why not eh?
Anton
Tags: Australia, Documentary, Film, Skate
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dani on -
How did they get in the van?? Did they break in or was it unlocked?
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Permalink Reply by Luca Coleman on
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Dude that sucks more balls than a dislocated shoulder. I'm sorry it turned out that way man, you guys worked hard to get some great footage...there will always be skaters ready to appear as soon as you get your gear back. Nice meeting you anton, hope to see you guys soon, life's a trip and we have to live through the ups and downs. Peace bro
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Owen on -
shit dude thats a great big kick in the teeth, hope the insurance comes through.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
Wow, don't know what to say other than sorry...
Best of luck and I hope you get back on your feet and get some more money and time and maybe start filming all over again, bigger and better than before........ -
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on -
they left it unlocked... sorry to say man but lesson learned
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Permalink Reply by Alex on
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jacko why dont you just go unschnappen one ja! preferably in da puppenhousen.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on -
nein! nein in the poopenhousen!
get a job hippy! haha -
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Mic W on -
Did they pamphlet the area for the return of tapes,disks whatever, check local pawnbrokers?
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Mic W on -
Should run a story in local newspaper explaining the loss of valuable Doco footage asking for return of footage ..
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dani on -
Did I hear a rumour guys that all your equipment and tapes were returned except your dandy handy cam?
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jacko on -
police did drug raids in canberra and on one of the raids they seized all this stolen shit, and just so happened to be a black camera bag that matched Anton's description... so the footage was returned. apparently they are in the making of the trailer at the moment
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