Chris Wedman Photography

“Next time I come out here, I’m calling the cops…”

chriswedman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:26:45 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve had any problems shooting a street photo, so I wasn’t that surprised about the lack of love the citizens of Calgary expressed towards blading this past Sunday. It seemed that every where we went some angry person decided that we were either a menace to the public or ourselves.

Angry citizen number one was a security guard with a chip on her shoulder. This lady obviously had nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon except threaten to call the police because we wouldn’t leave the ledge in her abandoned parking lot alone. Hear threats fell upon deaf ears as we took our sweet ass time skating the ledge. I assumed the police were too busy fighting crime or stuck in a Tim Horton’s drive-thru that they probably wouldn’t be bothering us today. Several attempts at the tall ledge later, Goss nailed his trick we made our way onward in search of our next photo spot…

Regina Takeover Part 5

chriswedman — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:37:55 +0000

Clips, skate photos, and portaits were on the Sunday agenda. The Regina crew spent the day skating while I was at work. As soon as I got off work we went back to Commonwealth Stadium and Alf did a sick line down a triple set of stairs. Be sure to check the new Regina video for that!

It was starting to get late so we had to make sure we got out portraits finished. We were on our way to do portraits when we got sidetracked by a fountain that the city had drained for the fall…

Richie Eisler – Launch from the bank to soul over the two benchs and back into the bank.

Regina Takeover Part 4

chriswedman — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:22:51 +0000

After Jon Knip nailed this backside royale at Commonwealth Stadium, it was time to shut the skating down for the evening. Tired, cold and hungry we made our way back downtown for Thai Food…

Regina Takeover Part 3

chriswedman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:55:32 +0000

Alf and Richie filming lines at Mount Pleasant Elementary School.

Devon Hanofski – Disaster Royale

Regina Takeover Part 2

chriswedman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:21:13 +0000

Friday evening was spent at the infamous Sherbrooke rail. Anyone who comes to skate Edmonton demands to skate this rail. The only problem is the short runway, but it’s easily remedied with plywood. We searched the back alleys and before we knew it we found enough wood for our perfect runway…

Regina Takeover Part 1

chriswedman — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:37:07 +0000

Devon Hanofski, Dustin Werbeski, and Richie Eisler came to Edmonton this weekend to skate, shoot photos, and get some hot clips for the new Regina video. Here are the photos from the afternoon session from Friday afternoon. Be sure to check back everyday this week for more photos…

King of The Street 2007

chriswedman — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:42:33 +0000

If you were there I’m sure you had a great time. If you weren’t there be sure to come to the competition next year. Here’s what you missed…

The Garbage Man Can…

chriswedman — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:07:40 +0000

Jordan Coles
Garbage Can Gap
Calgary,AB

“More Dangerous Than Millwoods”

chriswedman — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:48:24 +0000

Danny Thepsouvanh – AO Fishy @ the Millwoods skatepark in Edmonton

Everything in Excess: “An American Tale”

chriswedman — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:00:04 +0000

We stayed up too late Saturday night and getting up first thing in the morning was tough for everyone. It took a while to get everyone up and ready to go, but we eventually made it out the door. Due to our late start we didn’t make it to the border till 11:30am. Getting through the border was no problem, they asked us where we were going and sent us quickly on our way. Since we all skipped breakfast we stopped in Shelby to fill up on American junk food that we can’t get in Canada. While crusing arounnd Shelby we found two things churches and crazy anti meth billboards, remember kids ”say no to drugs”.

When we arrived in Great Falls we had two things on our mind, food and skatepark. The local Hardee’s found us before we found the skatepark so we settled on food. All of us ordered monster sized sourdough burgers and enjoyed every minute of it. Somebody should really think about opening a Hardee’s/Carls Jr in Canada it’s nothing short of amazing.

After a quick bite we got directions from the locals and found the skatepark. This place was epic, I’m talking about the stuff dreams are made of. Giant bowl with pool coping, hips, little rails, ledges all over, and more. Not long after we arrived we met up with some Montana skaters; Cameron Talboot, Howie and Eli. Everyone killed the park it was amazing watching everyone tear apart the bowl. It didn’t take long for the park to kill me though, after one big slam I retired for the day and decided it was time to start shooting photos.

The heat started to wear on us and the group decided it was time to take it to the streets. Our first spot was kink rail at the University, not exactly the best photo spot but everyone had a good time. It didn’t take long before a few cars pulled up to politely ask us to leave. We didn’t get any hassle so we made our way downtown.

The next stop was a curved rail at the Great Falls courthouse. Chase and Cam stepped up to kill the spot while everyone else just relaxed and I snapped a few photos. It briefly started to sprinkle near the end of the session but mother nature held back and let us continue on with our day.

Afterwards we found a long handi rail that curved at the end. Everyone seemed a bit disinterested so we all went off exploring downtown. We found some thin sheets of plywood propped up against a brick wall that we wanted to use as a wallride. It didn’t work out and the boys almost ate it quite a few times before giving up. Right across the street from that we found a square rail that went along a wheelchair ramp. A piece of the railing was missing so Cam was able to charge from across the street up the ramp and on the rail to 540 off the end. After a few shots at a few different angles we called it a day and headed off to find some place for dinner.

We were going to hit the local “Taco Treat” but due to the fact that everyone in our crew was paying by debit we had to go somewhere else. We went up the street to find somewhere that would take debit and eventually settled on Subway . After sitting down and relaxing we came to the conclusion that we were all worn out and it was time to head out. We said farewell to our American friends after eating and made our way back north to Canada.