Get Familiar Premier

Saturday, November 18th 2006, Washington D.C.

Film Maker_Chris Hall

Chris Hall's 'Get Familiar' video premiere went off with a bang in Washington D.C. �Get Familiar� is the first major skateboarding video ever to be produced and premiered in the nations capital. The premier drew the entire D.C. skate scene and then some to a new theater located within the George Washington University Campus and just a few blocks from the White House. The event brought out skaters from all era's of skateboarding in D.C. I saw people who hadn't been around since the 1980's as well as many younger skaters with their parents. Chris had 2 showings of the video and both were packed with people highly anticipating the video. Darren Harper had a huge posse of friends including Felix Arguelles, who was there with a videographer to help film for a Famous Stars & Straps documentary. Bobby Worrest barely made it back in time for the video and The Gonz was seen dropping in on a giant 10 foot tall skateboard right outside the theater. Two of D.C.'s most coveted skaters, John Igei and Ali Mills, were there as well. Chris was seen all over the place at the video and handed out tons of giftbags to younger skaters.

As the lights dimmed and voices were hushed, the video started and people got to see what Chris's 2+ years of work amounted to. Mark Gonzales, Donny Barley, Daewon Song, Bobby Worrest, Casey Rigney, Zach Lyons and Darren Harper all had full parts. Also Joey Pepper, James Craig, Fabio Cristiano and Reese Forbes had shorter guest parts. Many folks were impressed that an independent film maker was able to put together a video with such a high profile line up. I won't ruin any of the tricks for you, but some of the best skating I've seen recently goes down in this video wether it be style wise or banger wise, its there. Directly after the premiere everybody (over 21 that is) headed down to Topaz Lounge for the after party, thanks to Chris Silva for hooking that up. Peace to all the skaters who came out and get a copy for yourself just in time for the holidays! Check out Getfam.com for more info.

- Keir Johnson

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