TY EVANS: This is pretty rad.
He got this for Christmas.
[INAUDIBLE] who's this?
Who's this, huh?
Who's that?
Is that Elmo?
-He's hungry.
TY EVANS: When he opened the box, he was like-- this is so
funny-- see his face, he's like, ah, Elmo.
I took the good tape off of him, stuff,
put his blanket on.
That's his blanket.
So that's his good tape.
Me and Neckface filmed a bunch of shit, and he wanted to put
something together for his art show.
And so I start putting his shit together, and my wife
start going into labor.
As I was finishing it, I remember she was like sitting
out there like ready to go to the hospital, and I still sat
here and had to finish it and drove down there to the art
gallery, and gave him his DVD, came back, picked her up, we
went to the hospital.
NECKFACE: It's done.
It's ready.
For war.
Kill some goats.
Wearing the mask.
Kill them with the mask.
Kill babies, crackheads, crackwhores.
-You skated for Powell?
TY EVANS: Yeah, I was terrible though.
I was never really that good.
It was like whatever.
-Were in any of their videos?
TY EVANS: Yeah.
Yeah, but it was like--
-Which ones? "Celebrity Tropical Fish?"
TY EVANS: No, like years after that.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
It was called "Suburban Diners," and it was like I'm
in it for a second, shocking.
So let's see, the first video is a Planet Earth video called
"Silver." So this was my film school, right here.
-You filmed that on 16 millimeter?
TY EVANS: No, some stuff.
Yeah, this was the very first video and it was terrible.
It's so bad.
It's funny because it was like, this video was like
right when I first starting to learn to film, and I got a 16
millimeter camera.
I don't necessarily know everything and don't
necessarily know what I'm doing.
And it's like I have to figure it out as I go.
And the downside of that is as you're figuring this stuff out
like you're going to do stuff wrong, and people see that,
and they're like aw, that sucks.
But you know, you learn from that.
With anything like if there's something new, you can try to
embrace it and figure out how to use it.
I think that's how like everything is like in filming
and photos and everything.
Yeah, this one was all electronic music and people
were fucking tripping.
Like what the fuck is this shit?
Chany's part in this was not--
and he was super good.
And he was like a vert guy.
-Yeah, I remember Ocean telling me that, I don't know
why they would've skated together a lot,
but for some reason--
TY EVANS: Yeah, Ocean always skated with Chany.
-And he said he would tell him English, like how to say
things in English.
But he was just saying like fucked up shit.
-Yeah.
TY EVANS: They told Chany that refills were called "pap
smears." So he would go and ask for a refill and say, can
I have a pap smear, please?
[GRINDING NOISE]
I think it was cool for the time it came out.
I mean, I know people hated the music and that's fine.
But like any video that I've ever done, there's always been
something that people really hate about it.
And that's, I guess, comes with the territory if that's
what you want to try to do and do something new.
Look at how dusty this all is.
- [INAUDIBLE]
TY EVANS: Yeah, this one.
Mosca.
Reynolds, [INAUDIBLE], Jeff.
[INAUDIBLE]
[WHEELS GRINDING]
TY EVANS: It all came from me wanting to do a skate video
with everyone.
So I was like, alright, fuck, maybe I could do it through
TransWorld.
When I went there, they'd already had maybe like four
videos out, and they were finishing up one.
All those videos just started feeling like to me really
repetitive as far as like, whatever, it's
just the same shit.
In my head, I was like, alright, the next one really
needs to be fucking different.
Like it really needs to have some kind of like personality,
you know, instead of just like these
nameless skaters and skating.
-Finland, his name's Arto Saari.
And he thinks he knows a lot because he can ride a
skateboard around.
You know, he's the kind of kid that just stands there and
does a 360 flip.
And he's just not really looking at his board.
He just does it.
TY EVANS: So this was like one of the very first, this was
the very first day I went out with Chad
from the Tail Slitter.
[GRINDING]
TY EVANS: And you know what?
I think he was super hesitant about doing a part.
He said, yeah.
But he always seemed like someone who
would always say yeah.
But I don't think he wanted to do it.
I just kept like really forcing myself on him until
like at the end like he felt comfortable.
I think I even maybe showed him some of the stuff.
-And what's Muskin like to film with?
TY EVANS: He's fun, man.
Especially like--
I mean, I haven't skated with him in so long-- but back
then, it was like it was fun.
It was cool.
He was like super like hyper and psyched and hype on
everything.
It was fun.
I remember back then like he'd always bring
that huge ghetto blaster.
And I had this drum and bass tape he was super psyched on.
He'd always be like, did you bring your tape?
Yeah.
He'd put it in, and you can hear it in the background in
some of the footage.
I remember, he was going to try, what the fuck?
He was going to try something on Staples.
I think there was footage of it in one of the videos.
And the security guards were like [INAUDIBLE] trying to
kick him out and trying to take his board
and this and that.
And I remember they took his ghetto blaster and it had the
tape in it.
He was like super bummed that the tape got stolen.
He wasn't too worried about the ghetto blaster.
EDWARD VALESKI: Star Center, this is
Edward Valeski speaking.
How may I help you Mr. Muskin?
MUSKIN: Ah, how you doing today sir?
EDWARD VALESKI: Terrific, how are you?
MUSKIN: Pretty good, pretty good.
Just cruising the AZ, you know?
A little vacation out here.
What's going on?
You know any good handrails are out here?
EDWARD VALESKI: I have no idea.
MUSKIN: You haven't been there yet?
EDWARD VALESKI: No, never been there.
MUSKIN: Alright, man.
You ever skateboard?
EDWARD VALESKI: Nope.
MUSKIN: You never?
EDWARD VALESKI: Never.
MUSKIN: Aw, man.
Guess what?
EDWARD VALESKI: What's that?
TY EVANS: It went "Feedback," "Reason," then "Modus." I knew
like I wanted to do something different, and I didn't know
what it was.
I was talking to Carol about that, and then he was saying
that they wanted someone there too.
And so, ultimately, I ended up going to Girl.
We started filming for "Yeah Right." But over the course of
filming for "Yeah Right" I think we started in 2000, and
"Yeah Right" came out in 2003.
So it was three years to make it.
But over that course we did like, we made "Chomp," and we
made like some tour videos like "Hershio Barge" and
"Beware the Flare." We made those videos.
-What was the concept of "Chomp on This"?
TY EVANS: The concept was no concept.
- I fell on my face, man!
I fell on my face!
TY EVANS: It's like Team Monaco would always have me
film them, and they'd always be like wait til our video
comes out and all this shit.
And then Bird would always call me up and he'd play like
music for me.
I'd just get a phone call and I'd be like, hello?
And I'd just hear him be like, chew on this.
Play some song and be like film that?
So I always thought it was funny.
And then I was like, I told this dude, Team Monaco, I was
like let's call it "Chew on This." And they're like, let's
call it "Chomp on This." And I was like, yeah.
That sounds sick.
It was just whatever, some fun video to make.
It is what it is, you know.
[BEEPING]
The other guys we were skating with they saw like us like
just being idiots trying the most simple
tricks like dying laughing.
But it was cool because it like it kind of helped.
It made the sessions more fun compared to like now where
it's really militant.
Like, meet at my house at 9:00.
We've got to go here, this and that.
I think, I don't know man, that was cool.
We should do another one like that like.
I think it's cool though, like have fun and really state with
the people rather than be like be the filmer.
I know we all suck but it's still fun and it puts everyone
on the same page, you know?
As long as you're doing something different I think
it's great, you know?
From my end of it like I know how to film skating, and
capture it, and edit it.
And that's pretty much the best of my ability for making
skate videos, you know?
All that other stuff is a lot harder to do.
Like a lot of people have really like hyped it up to be
this really good video, and I think it is really good.
But I also think it is missing some components.
I feel like it's missing some
personality, and it's missing--
you know, it's really skate heavy.
So Spike came over here last week and this is his notes.
So for the intro it says, slow fade on titles.
Personality of Jesus fills rushed.
Royal family needs personality.
Lucas-- you need to see his face.
This is pretty sick-- "more hugs, more love." Alex, you
want that in your part?
More hugs, more love?
So it's like how do I balance like more hugs, more love with
like I just want all skating in my video part.
How do you juggle that?
But I think after this video, I'd like to go in a different
direction for sure.
-What's the next thing you're working on?
TY EVANS: We're going to do a Chocolate video, which will be
like how "Yeah Right" was where the focus on Chocolate,
and then any of the girl-guys who want to have parts will
have parts.
So it's good man.
We're going to do that.
And we're doing it all high-def with the new high-def
cameras, and it's going to be good, man.
And we've got like the first couple real tricks.
So I psyched.
I mean, we've got the first usable tricks
that'll go on the video.
So it feels like alright, really feels like
everything's situated.
[CRASHING NOISE]
Oh!
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
You can get face lifts.
You can get fucking botox.
Hell, you can make yourself look better.
[SKATEBOARD WHEELS GRINDING]