The thing that always bothered me about “Day In The Life” sections is that they always seemed so planned and scripted. Like the camera guy comes in and “wakes the skater up”, they visit a couple cool spots, “accidentally” bump into all their homies, crack a beer and fade to black. So naturally (stupidly) for this segment, we did the total opposite and came in with absolutely no preparation or really any idea of what we should be shooting. I figured we’d spend a couple of hours and hang out – whatever Alex is doing that day, we would do it with him, whether that’s grabbing a coffee, listening to music or holding his groceries. Here’s just a small glimpse of time we spent over at his place in Brooklyn.
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April 10, 2014 7:11 pm
I’m also curious about the concerted effort to hide the size of the board.
April 19, 2014 12:43 am
yeah taji! sick to see yr name out there consistently. hope to see you when i come back east.
April 24, 2014 5:08 pm
Alex Olson comes off as a complete idiot
June 24, 2014 5:25 pm
really wanna know what the name of that last record he played right at the end was
May 4, 2015 5:37 am
agreed