Chris Mathis in “Devil’s Pocket” – JENKEM

Meet Chris Mathis. He’s an ironworker in his 30’s who filmed an entire part on weekends in Jake Todd’s new video “Devil’s Pocket.” It’s not often you find a guy who picks a day job that is equally, if not more, dangerous than skateboarding. Enjoy a Philadelphia skater whose style and trick selection are informed by years in the game and a respect for his craft.

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JAKE TODD RAW TAPES: EPISODE 1 – “THIRD SHIFT”

Thories of Atlantis is kicking off a new raw tapes series with TOA Philly-based filmer Jake Todd. Jake has been helping film and create projects for TOA over the past few years and he has built up quite a catalog of tapes filled with clips from Traffic, Hopps, Dial Tone, Picture Show and Theories riders. So to start with his first Raw Tapes episode, Jake is taking us on some sessions from LA, Philadelphia and Baltimore as seen in Traffics’s most recent video “Third Shift”. Featuring Luke Malaney, Josh Feist, Dustin Eggeling, Mark Del Negro, Pat Stiener, Kevin Taylor, Chris Teta, Hiroki, Chris Mathis, and Mark Wetzel.

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SABOTAGE4 – leftovers

SABOTAGE 4 Leftover footage featuring Chris Mathis, Anatoly Bitny, Andrew Davis, Ryan Thompson, Dave Platowski, Tore Bevivino, Yannick Hammer, Ryan Higgins, Brian Panebianco, Kevin Bilyeu, Starter Mark, Adam Vizy, Lil Wayne, Walt Wolfe, Mongo, Bryan Leddy, Nate Pezillo, Auttiesh Danger, Brenden Grandstrand, Dylan Sourbeer, Jon Hadley, Trent McClung, Julian Heller and Joey O’Brien.

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