Taking the YOU out of YOUtube.

DEFINITELY not too stoked on Googles attempts to destroy youtube entirely. Its pathetic how they keep trying to get people to join google plus and compete with other social networks such as instagram or facebook. Youtube is a huge community. Almost every person has a youtube account whether it be to watch videos, play music or even be creative and make a few videos. But the way their choking the public community is horrible. The way google is setting things is in favor for the bigger corporations such as vevo or other music related channels. I haven't seen anyone famous come out of youtube for a long time anymore because they're slowly killing them off thanks to google. I believe the last guy to get out of there was Fred and he was NOT funny. Not on youtube and not on his movies lol. Some are still climbing and weathering the storm such as epicmealtime. But with this who knows how long because not many people have google plus accounts. Anyway this is starting to become a google rant. Let me close that with this one statement. "FUCK GOOGLE PLUS". Back to more important matters. I could give a rats ass if i remain youtube famous honestly. I love skateboarding and like to share it with the world regardless of views, comments, or whatever. This is another fine example. Me and chris decided to get a little bit of skate in on my day off. As everyone knows we can really skate as much because of daylight savings time and Im always getting off right when the sun sets so the struggle to skate is real. We managed to get these couple tricks in. Check it out. all the footage is filmed by mr christopher. 

BEAUTIFUL CHAOS

"Its poetry in motion, and its chaos. Thus, Beautiful Chaos"

 

I haven't updated this page in a long while so I think I should get back on the grind with this thing. Well past due definitely. This was the new video that I mentioned months ago that we were working on. The thing that differs this from Mudville is the artistic quality and the feel of which the skater or even a universal audience can relate to. The goal was to reach not just the skateboarders indefinitely but everyone else to help understand not just the stereotype but how skateboarders are in actuality. There are a variety of different personalities most of them humble of whom if one gets kicked out of a spot, they would abide by it and just go on to the next one or come back when its closed rather than starting a confrontation with a person doing their job just to get it on camera or for kicks. I wanted the average joe to get a good understanding of how a skateboarder truly feels on that piece of wood with wheels. One can relate if they feel passionate about anything in life. Whether it be basketball, painting, collecting, car enthusiast,  football, baseball, whatever it may be; I wanted then to understand that that passion is what drives us skateboarders to do what we do. To get up after a gnarly slam, dust yourself off and literally try again. Its a stress reliever, a way of life, an art form, a sport, it embodies many different definitions to whichever personality harbors it. But in the end, to us it all leads to one solid word. SKATEBOARDING. Please enjoy this film and please pass it down from generation to generation so that way they know skateboarding isnt about who's the best, or who can do what.... its about having FUN! 

Talks of a new video?

So if you haven't already figured out. We're working on another video. Not sure what to call it yet nor whether or not I'm going to make a trailer for it, but one thing is for sure this is going to be THE last part I'll come out with. Skateboarding is slowing down dramatically for me although my love for it has never been so strong for it. I hardly have time for it with all that is going on right now. But its as they say, "Absence makes the heart  grow fonder". I wont quit of course but I can definitely feel my body slow down. Doesn't feel like it used to about 5 years ago. I guess you can say age is taking its toll. It sucks getting old. I guess you can say that this video is more about the essence of fun and the "passing of the torch" for the younger rippers. I feel my skateboarding going a different way though as depicted on the picture below. 

 

 Definitely thinking a little more different. Emilio and Chris will be featuring in this video. They're killing it as usual too. I'm not quite sure of how I'm going to lay this one out. I have plenty of ideas on how to do it. But I definitely don't want it to be your typical skate video layout . I had an idea that struck me a few months ago. I cant quite say what it exactly is due to the fact that I dont want people trying to copy it, but I can say for sure that no one has definitely done it yet here in this city or in Stockton. I definitely want to be the first. This is a pretty big project like Mudville although, Mudville was pretty stressful to make. This one will have more of an art to it. It also has a moral and a message that I hope people will get. For sure the skaters will get it, but I want a universal feel to it. I want it so that way anyone who views it gets the message. Also Im relying on Chris Consul to be my co director. Its difficult doing this stuff alone and for free. I should charge for this shit. But its a passion and a fun hobby. If I didn't have any of this I seriously think that I'd cave into the pressures of life and get locked up in the pit of my mind insane. I'm going to put alot of work on this one and will cut off the whole "part 1, part 2" stuff.  It'll be one whole video. Im just worried about how youtube will take it ...

Usually youtube will limit videos to about 5-10 mins. Since I'm partnered I believe I have 15-20 mins. Hopefully its 20 because I'm aiming for that. If I have to utilize "Parts" then I'll limit it to just 2 and put the whole video on Vimeo. I also have the obstacle of WMG copyrights on youtube. If at least ONE of the songs (and there are alot of songs that are going to be used for this video) gets blocked out then the whole video is ruined. At least Vimeo doesn't have those bogus rules. The only down side to the whole Vimeo thing is that majority of my views come from youtube since I have alot of subscribers and have that Partner revenue. We'll now I'm getting way too ahead of myself. These are just a few adversities that I have to overcome as a skater who happens to film and direct. Hopefully, this thing works out right and we finally get a title and set date for release. My brain is storming several different ideas, I just hope they fall together in place right. 

-Ivyn Taasin

MUDVILLE PARTS 1-10 FULL! :D

It was a great ride while it lasted. If you've been following up with these posts then you know it was a very hard and stressful journey. But nevertheless, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. So much fun, great trips, and bonding with friends. The video ended up turning out GREAT! So much great feedback from facebook, instagram, twitter, and especially youtube! This by far is my Mona Lisa I give out to Stockton and Lathrop. South side Stockton in particular because thats where it all began. There are some msgs within the videos. If you want to know them you'd have to ask me ;D. Mine is pretty obvious. This will most likely be my last full lenth video I ever make and probably the last serious video part I ever make. Hours of editing and unpaid work but the fruits of my labor is worth it to inspire so many people with out skating. Remember that skateboarding isn't about getting sponsored or any other hype shit. Its about having fun with friends and just enjoying the ride while you can. You might meet some dicks along the road but you  can tell them to go lick your ass while they spit that shit haha.

-Ivyn Taasin

I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you to all the companies that help make this happen, all the skaters, my homies. Rob did a good job in pickin up the part, chris did a great job in filming, everything turned out great. swag

MUDVILLE

ALSO! If  you havent seen mudville yet! CHECK IT! 3 parts out of 10 are already out.

 Lately I've been having sessions in the morning since I have to babysit my son. Its hot as fuck in the morning/noon especially since the sun is directly above us with NO shade to spare. But aye, Im thankful these dudes wanted to come out and skate. Skateboarding by yourself is alright, but not too fun. Anyway its been a while since I got to skate with MistahSB. Im glad he came out to join the festivities and get gnarly. For someone who hasnt skated in 6 months dude still has it in him no prob. He may not think it, but it definitely looks like hes been skating still. Anyway here are a few out of the many pictures I took. Chris Consul took some too if Im in the picture.

 THANK YOU BASED GOD

 90 Degree weather. Joey Aint feelin it haha

 Joey Castrejon

 Fakie sw 5-0

 Nate getting cool

To manuel

 Fakie sw smith

 Front shuv and nollie back shuv

Sid Mascardo tailslide 270 shuv

CLIP OF THE DAY - IVYN TAASIN

This is me when I had varial heels before I sprained my ankle and lost them forever. This was taken early summer/late spring of 2011...or was it 2010? I really dont know. I have so much footage from long ago that I dont get to use at all.. Alot of them are tricks I cant do anymore. But anyway, I just remember it was a hella hot day. Me Nate and George were chillin at the park what felt like a desert. I wanted to get that trick real fast and it came to me pretty quick. Didn't take that many tries. Now when I try to do it it takes forever and 2 days. Skateboarding is funny like that I guess.

CLIP OF THE DAY- ROBERT TAMAYO

Today's clip of the day is Rob and his 360 shuv up the lathrop skate park bank. The tre shuv is another trendy trick like wallrides, wallies and front foot catch tres. But I admit, aside from all the trend skating I really love the way those are thrown down things. On another note, I edited this one a little differently from my other clip of the days (if you havent seen the others because I havent posted them here, please feel free to view them on my youtube channel). I think I'm going to start using this edit alot more from now on. One mistake that I did catch later like Marks "Clip if the Day" is that I rendered the quality in 720p rather than 1080p. Fuck! It was left over from the night I was trying to make older clips work again that weren't in HD. But oh well right? Rob's trick came out pretty damn good still.

CLIP OF THE DAY! - MARK LOPEZ

Mark Lopez gets a clip of the day by request. I wanted to save this for the Mudville video but he suggested otherwise. I cant argue with that, it is his footage. Mark Lopez has varial heels better than anyone else I know. I've seen him take it down small and big stair sets and even seen him get real techy with that trick. I lost this trick after I sprained my ankle. Personally, I think its a pretty fucking rad trick and if you ever get it make sure you get that shit on lock so you never lose it. Mark has been out of commission as of lately due to a knee injury I believe. I gave him some suggestions on how to help him recover faster so he can hop back on that board again. Hope he recovers quickly!

A few street sesh pictures of us not skateboarding :D

So as of lately I've been eating alot of hot steamy SHIT! My fiance is getting mad at me for staining my clothes with my own blood.

This tree has nothing to do with skateboarding. Instead of this tree maybe I should've took pictures of the half naked cheerleaders practicing their routines. But nah..

Maybe I lied a little bit about the whole "pictures of us NOT skateboarding". Nate was really trying to get buck on this hubba. This bad boy is a dangerous obstacle.

Its been a while since I saw my boy Nico! Almost been a month. I believe the last time I saw him was at my babyshower for my son. He was throwin some shit down at the courthouse earlier. Unfortunately for I didnt take any pictures of that and we got kicked out by a fat guy.

Chris lurking around as usual. He's officially gained my trust with the camera. His camera skills along with his skateboarding skills have been improving. But he did complicate things earlier when we tried to pick him up at his house haha

Rob came out of the cuts to join us in this session 30 mins before the sun officially set. Its all good though. We ended up hitting a few spots in the dark that was pretty well lit and the camera was still able to film really good too with minimal light! Wait till I get a light for this bad boy then filming under low light conditions will be no sweat.

Four Based Bro's-tage

Featuring Ivyn Taasin, Candy Elizondo, Chris Consul, and Emilio Garcia

Filming by Ivyn Taasin
Additional Filming by Candy Elizondo, Chris Consul and Emilio Garcia

Edited by Ivyn Taasin

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Freedom

This is my liberation from everyday life. My break in your typical "scheduled routine". This is me breaking the shackles of whats to be expected of me. This is my freedom