COVID-19

03/17/2020 1:42 PM ET

The situation surrounding the COVID-19 virus has altered many of our daily lives. TownSkate and Trillness™ related productions will take all necessary precautions to aid in the prevention of COVID-19 at home and abroad. Be mindful to display safety measures and good hygiene in all daily functions and activities. Make sure to follow all updates and advancements regarding productions amid the pandemic. We’ll get through this!

-J

Winter 2019-20

02/25/2020 9:35 AM ET

A DAY AT HOLLY – Filmed Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020

02/21/2020 7:54 AM ET

We’re deep into the winter season now, with a few small productions to speak on. Below are a few of our winter productions with emphasis on the aspects of winter sports and activities. We’re enjoying the winter and what it has to offer Michigan. It’s truly a blessing to be able to experience such polarity in weather conditions, as these conditions make for the best footage.

11/04/2019 3:16 PM ET

Check-In Post Summer 2019

The summer of 2019 has passed us by, and it’s another one in the books. Our season is never over though. We have multiple projects in the works, along with winter projects being planned. Winter brings on a whole new environment of snow-related skating sports, often coming in the fashion of snowboarding or skiing. It goes without saying, but snowboarding is the snow/land equivalent of skateboarding & longboarding, while skiing is the land equivalent to inline skating & rollerblading. In using these comparisons by no means goes to say this multitude of skate sports are comparable in any way. The leans and weight transfers are much different when talking about and comparing snowboarding and (to) longboarding for example. With snowboarding, you’re locked into position with the board, no matter what happens to it, while with longboarding and skateboarding, the user is standing on top of a flat surface existing as a “separate but unified” entity, that being between the user and the board. All of these comparisons are important to take note of when viewing or participating in any of these sports. As a general disclaimer that will become present in all of our future videos, we’d like to endorse and support the use of safety equipment along with extreme caution when participating in any type of downhill or freestyle sport involving skating or skiing. Many of our videos include skaters that have years, even decades of experience, and while we encourage skating at home and abroad, we also must encourage the safety aspects and dangers involved with participating in such activities. Nonetheless, stay tuned to townskate to see what’s in store for Winter ’19-’20! Cheers!

STATUS: COMPLETE

7/29/18 11:27 PM ET

ALM II Complete

From I to you, I’d like to thank everyone that played a role in making ALM II a possibility. We look forward to many more productions like this. Enjoy!

7/23/18 11:31 AM ET

Final Marks

Editing is now underway for ALM II. Please look forward to this latest production streaming some time this week on our YouTube page. All news will also be posted to this website. Cheers.

7/18/2018 4:04 PM ET

ALM II Update 2 – 1080p

6/12/2018 11:07 PM ET

ALM II Update – 1080p

6/8/2018 12:58 AM ET

Finishing Touches

We’re in June. Further production beyond the film date is necessary for ALM to be complete. We are in need of another film session involving both drone and GoPro footage. We’re thinking of introducing some digital video to also be incorporated into ALM II, as it turned out to be quite beneficial in ALM I. We’re looking forward to the completion of this production, hopefully sometime in the middle of June. Thanks for the patience.

4/23/2018 8:44 AM ET

City Communication

Through our resources, we have contacted Frankenmuth City regarding our involvement on May 6th, both in the streets, and in the skies with our drone. The drone provides shots and angles that are incomparable to shots taken by man on the ground. In ALM I, the drone footage we captured created an invigorating and new perspective to our viewers, allowing a birds eye view of the Longboard Legends. We are working in conjunction with City Clerk and Fire Chief, Phil Kerns, a connection we acquired in late March while boarding a pre-run in Frankenmuth. This connection may have been made by fate, but it may just have been our saving grace. Frankenmuth is known for its strict city ordinances, making any connection we can make on the inside a beneficial one. We are still awaiting a confirmation green light on the drone from Kerns, but as of now all systems are a go.

4/9/2018 12:08 PM ET

Film Date Set

A film date has been set for ALM II; Sunday, May 6th, 2018. On May 6th, filming will commence in the streets of Frankenmuth MI. We’re hoping to get majority if not all the footage we need on this single day. If additional days are needed, then we will accompany that and plan accordingly around it. Our members are excited to begin filming ALM II, as most of us involved in ALM I feel nostalgic, as it was a grand time filming it last summer. Our drone master Gabe Pena will be in attendance on May 6th, as we will be experimenting with new camera angles not seen in ALM I. Stay tuned!

3/28/2018 12:01 PM ET

A Longboard Movement II – Frankenmuth

ALM II sets its sights on Frankenmuth, Michigan this time around. In Spring 2018, we shall embark on another production, testing the boundaries of grade, curve, and death. Some of the proposed hill runs are located on busy roadways, with high risk for injury. As said in a statement earlier this week, these hills are not for the faint of heart. We will be experimenting with different camera views and angles than expressed in ALM I. We hope to use ALM I as a building block to help us make ALM II even better.

Below is ALM I, a production built from the ground up in the Summer of 2017.

A Longboard Movement – 1080p