Volcom releases its first full skate film focused on Europe
- Text by Isabelle Blakeney
- Photography by Gerard Riera
High Time — Featuring the likes of Eniz Fazliov, Simon Bannerot, Harry Lintell, Madeleine Larcheron and others, the movie is 40 minutes of continental shred.
American skate and lifestyle brand Volcom has released High Time, its first European full-length skate film, documenting the highs, lows, flies and smashes of Europe’s skateboarders.
Filmed over a year, the 40-minute long movie documents 18 Volcom sponsored heavy hitters and rising talents from across the continent, combining old-school fisheye lenses and comic book-style editing with new high-definition cameras to showcase the joys of day-to-day street skating.
Skaters featured include Eniz Fazliov, Thanos Panou, Simon Bannerot, Harry Lintell, Madeleine Larcheron and others.
Directed by Roberto Alemañ and edited by Paul Labadie, the 40-minute film stays fixed on the skaters and their sessions in a declaration of Volcom’s continued commitment to the European skate scene and its people.
Volcom described High Time as showing “pure energy, raw skateboarding, no bullshit: just high spirits and the kind of stoke that’s fuelled Volcom since day one”.
Director Roberto Alemañ told Free Skateboard Magazine that High Time created “a look at what happens when the old ‘anything is possible’ skateboarder mentality gets applied to things that are way out of our comfort zone”.
He continued: “That, and some insights into a line of work that unexpectedly has a lot more in common with roaming the streets for clips than you’d think.”
After a month-long première tour taking the film to 19 communities across 13 countries, HIGH TIME is now available online. Watch below, and check out Volcom EU’s official website here.
Isabelle Blakeney is a freelance journalist.
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