A Summer Well Wasted

Shot throughout the summer of 2003 on MiniDV with a small crew of local skaters around Kilkenny and nearby spots (the streets, car parks, and any flat ledges we could find).
No budget, no sponsors—just friends, a borrowed camera, and a lot of time skating, falling, and filming.

The edit was done on a basic setup (Adobe Premiere Pro), with a full soundtrack of tracks we loved at the time (punk, hip-hop, whatever was blasting at the time). It captured that golden, endless-feeling summer vibe: bail montages, the odd make, and the pure joy of just being out skating every day.
It never got a massive online release (pre-YouTube era), but copies were burned on DVDs as well as VHS and passed around the Irish skate scene. It was the thing that made me realise I wanted to keep filming and editing—not just for skateboarding, but as a way to tell stories and freeze moments.