Franky Walsh

Franky Walsh

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Sunday, August 16, 2009

FLAT

August is always a test for the urban surfer. Its so flat we're going insane, frothing at the mouths, stealing from corner bodegas, cursing at little old ladies, Is there no end in sight? I guess time will tell & when Septembers comes a knocking things start to look a lil brighter but till then troops, get that chin up & quit your bitchin. Do some sit ups & push ups & go for a jog, cuz when its on, its on & I'll be there in full swing, cameras a blazin!

Cheers & Hnag in there yall,
Psycho

Monday, August 10, 2009

THE REEL THING

If you haven't seen my other works through EVP, then heres my professional Demo Reel. Its just awesome to point my camera at anything & everyone! I do love it so!

EARTHMOVERS VIDEO PRODUCTION REEL from Thomas Brookins on Vimeo.




Cheers,
Psycho

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

IM WATCHING YOU!!!!!


Photo Courtesy of Shawn Roche Photography

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

EVP WELCOMES GREY GHOST SURFBOARDS

Welp, if ya cant think of 1 shaper in NYC then your just not a surfer. The amazing & infamous Joey Clams & Grey Ghost surfboards joins the Earthmovers Video Productions sponsor List for the feature "Shadows of the Same Sun." His style of board shaping is unmatched in NYC which is apparent in his surfing style and attitude. His customs are ridden by some of the best surfers on the Beast Coast & its hard to contain yourself looking at some of those beauties as you can see I've lost all composure lusting after that sick, sexy lil Quad Fishy! (He actually didnt shape that board but I have no excuse for my actions! again... lol!) Proud to have him!



Photos by Megan Sullivan

See more on GG Surfboards & Joey here,
throughtheeyesofaghost.blogspot.com

http://magic-quiver.blogspot.com/2009/02/grey-ghost.html with photos by Shawn Roche.

Stoked, Love ya Joey!
Psycho

P.S. I cannot wait to see Frroky's new Quad when its all glassed up! I'll now leave you with a gratuitous shot of me rockin a Rock&Roll floater!

NY Post Vs. Rockaway Beach

I don't know what it is but almost everything the NY Post ever writes about us here in Rockaway is usually negetive, from Rants about how there's nothing here and how barren it is to misquoting local businesses but the article posted about the Lifeguard having headphones on while on duty wasn't really a fair shake. Meanwhile they continually ignore the much larger issues such as crimes going unattended to, prostitution & drug dealing & crimes of all kinds happening across the street from a Precinct yet it never gets fixed while citizens get ticketed for swimming with out their wallets to show proper ID when asked or the ridiculas backwards way the Parks Department deals with picking up the trash & conservation issues but hey, that might be too much work for the Post? Yes, the lifeguards usually don't wear iPod headphones and I am not condoning it at all, but the day that picture was taken, it was a very rainy day with storms & calm seas. Not a swimmer in sight for miles. pretty much an empty beach & this lifeguard knew that. Not to mention, those lifeguards are mostly local people, sitting in the blistering sun all day watching over swimmers under the control of the Parks department. (which isn't exactly the best manager of our city's public nature parks and have many backwards rules & regulations seen as ridiculous to many professional life guarding associations and beach organizations from Long Island to California.) Even if you ask a life guard about the bureaucracy of it all, they can list a thousand things wrong with how its handled here in the city & many local opinions believe its ass backwards from the way a beach should be controlled & caters to an elderly community who has a larger say in the town government because they don't understand the changes happening in the Rockaways with all the development & new traffic.

None the less, these Hero's save so many people on a daily basis, they should all be handed medals each week. 2 days ago a lifeguard saved 2 kids stuck in a rip-tide right in front of me only to be scolded by 1 of the boys, saying they were totally fine & weren't drowning. Their ignorance of the danger these two 6 or 7 year olds were in was apparent and also equally as ignorant were the parents sitting on the beach clueless that their kids were being sucked out to sea. No one wrote about the save, no one talked about it & no one patted this young lady on the back or said, "Good lookin out." She did her job & did it well & there 2 less grieving parents in the world today. Who knows why the NY post has to always bash Rockaway & look for reasons but they do it regularly. Im just sick of the media trying to grow drama for the sake of sales because theyre not smart enough as an organization to write intelligent news articles that can sustain them but the next time one of the Posts staff is at any beach & has themselves, family or friends in need of assistance, maybe they might think twice about how ridiculous that embarrassing article was when they get a 2nd chance at life.

Props to the Life Guards of NYC & Rockaway beach & thank you all for everything you do.

Psycho

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