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Auckland’s Jakob Hayward, Marco Len, Tyler Wells and friends feature in Jake Oh’s new animated and skateboard short film.
Posted 24 May 2024
Downtime is a short film by James Cruickshank telling the story of Converse Cons rider Jamie Platt’s recovery from a two-year injury and more generally, about skateboarding in London in winter and the many challenges that entails.
Narrated by Jamie, Downtime also features Converse Cons riders Ben Raemers, Felipe Bartolome, Matlok Bennett-Jones, Bobby De Keyzer, David Stenstrom, Harry Lintell, Carlos Cardenosa, Mike Arnold and Remy Taveira.
Shot, edited and directed by James Cruickshank.
Assistant Editor and Second Unit Camera: Sirus F Gahan
Produced by Jerome Campbell
Music by Joel Curtis