Bodega Boys and friends luxuriating in the sun, even in the winter. Skaters:
Silvia Kambouridis,
Jeremy Raff,
Robby Silcox,
Augusto Castillo,
Hector Gonzalez,
Miguel Ramos,
Ariel Surun,
Mike Schmitt,
Alex Ryerson
Sean Kelso,
Justin Brasco,
Mike Torres,
Greg Carideo,
Anthony Esquivel,
Kevin Wielechowski,
Andrew Nemiroski,
Sam Leviton,
Geoff Levy &
Brendan Brown.
Main Camera:
Jeremy Raff,
Mike Torres &
Augusto Castillo. Editor: Jeremy Raff. Locations:
New York City,
Philadelphia,
New Haven,
Hartford &
Hudson Valley. Music:
Witch,
Joy Orbison,
Pearson Sound &
Cory Hanson. Check this amazing photo/ video collage on Instagram.
Bodega Boys spring training down at the Del Boca Vista Corner Store & Deli located in Miami, FL. Drawing on his South Bronx connections, unknown Montanan moose hunter Cameron Talbott proved his bodega bona-fides and qualified for the 2022 season.
Featuring:
Cameron Talbott,
Mike Torres,
Augusto Castillo,
Jeremy Raff &
Edwin Rodriguez. A video by Jeremy Raff.
Previously: Cash Only (NYC, 2022) by Jeremy Raff & Mike Torres.
The fellas came up for some New Haven pizza over the weekend of my birthday, in October 2021. - Jeremy Raff.
With skating from:
Mike Torres, Robby Silcox, Augusto Castillo, Brendan Brown, Johnny O’Donnell, Erick Rodriguez, and Jeremy Raff. Connecticut skateparks: Willimantic, Plainfield, Edgewood, Scantlebury.
Previously: Enter the Bodega (NYC, 2021) by Mike Torres - Full Video.
Up north with the Bodega Boys, with skating from: Augusto Castillo, Andrew Nemiroski, Ariel Surun, Robby Silcox, Mike Torres, Ian Hutchinson, Jeremy Raff, Brendan Brown, and Alex Ryerson.
The team that brought you One For The Road joined forces again in 2017. Nights & Weekends is a documentation of rollerblading in the streets of NYC, filmed by Mike Torres & Augusto Castillo.
This 30 minute video stars Justin Brasco, Augusto Castillo, Mike Torres, Grant Hazelton, Tadd Labozzetta, and Alex Ryerson. It also features Chris Santiago, Ariel Surun, Eddie Chung, Ian Copp, and many other bladers in the NYC scene.
Nights & Weekends will premiere at Anthology Film Archives in NYC on 4/14/18, and will be available on Sellfy immediately following the event. To pre-order your tickets to the premiere, go here.
2nd Nature skate park with Chris Brito, Nick Fatato, Augusto Castillo & Jordan Baez.
NYC had its snow on a day we usually link up to sesh at 2nd Nature Skatepark. Featuring: Jeff Mateo, Jordan Baez, Mal “airtothe” Ashby, Augusto Castillo, Ryan Many, and Eddie Chung.
Visit Ghetto-community.co. 2nd Nature Skatepark: Peekskill, NY.
Augusto Castillo’s section started one night in January 2016 over some beers at a local bar in Bushwick. We knew we wanted to work together to make him a well thought out section as a stand-alone piece.
For a large portion of this, Augusto was working second shift in midtown, which means he wasn’t getting off of work until 11pm, and I was working a 9-5, so the only way our schedules would line up for one on one filming is if we were putting in some seriously late nights during the week. This ended up giving his section a very special feel since we realized we had just as much (if not more) night footage as we did day footage.
There was a couple things I didn’t realize when we began this project. First was that Nate Moore had a ton of Super 8 footage of Augusto that he was willing to contribute, and second was that Augusto was SUPER good at filming.
Both of these things ended up making One For The Road possible since Augusto basically filmed my entire part, and since Nate had loads of beautifully shot Super 8 footage that helped beef up the supplementary sections and give a wonderful aesthetic to the video. I think it’s safe to say, without this section, the video wouldn’t have happened. - Mike Torres.
CAMERA: Mike Torres, Nate Moore, Greg Mirzoyan.
Filmed in MIA-FL, ATL-GA, LA-CA, CT, NY-NY.
Sections: Augusto Castillo, Edwin Rodriguez, Zachary Pollak, Pablo Porta. Friends: Daniel Henderson, Jarlord Santos, Sean Grossman, Chris Smith, Nick Gunter, Grant Hazelton, Jon Fromm, Anthony Alari, Jona Seufferheld, Jeremiah Pollak, Robbie Squire, David Sizemore, Ian Copp, Edward Chung, Mike Torres, Tadd Labozzetta, Chris Padilla, Chris Moraco, Luis Corrales, Chris Aberger (typo in video), Yandriel Silverio, Julian Garcia, Eugen Enin, Jordan Williams, Joey Lunger.
Filming & editing: Pablo Porta. Additional Filming: Zachary Pollak, Augusto Castillo, Ian Copp, Julian Garcia, Chris Smith, David Sizemore, D9lv (Daniel Enin), Yandriel Silverio.
Music: 1. Bluhdlo - “Sayonara” 2. Coubo - “Myrrh” 3. Erotnas x Kiezen - “Free Shy” 4. j^p^n - “hallow. []” 5. j^p^n - “bloom. []” 6. Porches - “Car” 7. Bedroom - “Nothing Lasts” 8. paysndu - “raremucquenee” 9. Max Roach - “It’s Time” 10. Chicago - “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” 11. Chicago - “Colour My World” 12. Tomppabeats - “fckig[beeper]” 13. Mild High Club - “Chasing My Tail” 14. Gustavo Cerati - “Tabu” 15. Mild High Club - “Elegy”.