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FREE PEGASUS, A skate film by Brian Lotti
What makes for a great day of skateboarding with
friends in a beautiful city? Free Pegasus is a skate
film that combines good skateboarding with a little
storytelling. This film expresses the charms of an
essential skateboard experience: connecting with
friends and cruising through a magic urban
landscape.
Free Pegasus lends viewers a taste of a warm and
juicy skateboard metropolis: Barcelona, Spain.
American professional skateboarders Clint Peterson
and Cooper Wilt join European locals Luypa Sin,
Marcus Mueller, Daniel Lebron and others to cruise
and session many of Barcelona’s popular plazas and
neighborhoods. These guys skate from spot to spot
in this city and the local architecture and classical
monuments make for interesting stops along the way.
But perhaps more than a picture of a particular place,
Free Pegasus, is really a portrait of the colorful
skateboard community that thrives in Barcelona.
This story charts how various skateboarders make
their way through the day to cross paths, connect,
skate and then meet up at the big plaza for sunset.
Skaters from all over Europe meet to ride and share
the day. There are a few different languages spoken,
and Free Pegasus makes clear that skateboarding is
an activity which transcends borders and cultural
differences. In this story professional and nonprofessional
skateboarders alike are protagonists. All
these skateboarders ride the same spots and speak a
common visual language. Then, the skateboarding
spirit continues as everyone gathers to share food
and music into the evening.
The gypsy-waltz marching tones of Beirut, the robust
poetry of Akron Family, and the local flavor of live
recorded Flamenco guitar music all contribute
towards creating an upbeat and European-flavored
musical score. This film has been shot with color-adjusted video cameras to create the effect of supersaturated
16mm film.
Athletes:
Cooper Wilt
Clint Peterson
Luypa Sin
Daniel Lebron Castaños
Justin Strubing
Thibaud Fradin
Jesus Fernandez
Alain Goikoetxea
Marcus Müller
Hector Garcia
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