Poor Boyz Productions

Poor Boyz Productions
Private
Industry Motion pictures, family entertainment, Freestyle Skiing Media Production
Founded 1994 (1994) (Redondo Beach, California as Poor Boyz Productions)
Founder Johnny Decesare
Headquarters Redondo Beach, California, United States
Area served
 North America
Canada
Key people
 Johnny Decesare
Website www.poorboyz.com

Poor Boyz Productions is a North American entertainment company which specializes on Freeskiing, Wind surfing and Standup paddleboarding films.[1] The company was formed in 1994 by Johnny Decesare and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California. In 2012 Poor Boyz began producing freeskiing videos in association with Red Bull Media House.

History

Poor Boyz Productions was founded in 1994[2] by Johnny Decesare. Using an 8mm camera, Poor Boyz Productions first film, Fade to Black, was filmed over the next two years and released in 1996.[3]

The studio's next film, Degenerates featured the skiing of JP Auclair, J.F. Cusson and Mike Douglas.[4] Auclair appeared in ten of the company's films before his death in an avalanche in 2014.[5]

In 2005, Poor Boyz Productions began filming "The Windsurfing Movie". This movie included windsurfers Levi Siver, Jason Polakow, Kai Lenny and Robby Naish. "The Windsurfing Movie" premiered in Hollywood on July 15, 2008.[6] The company later released two more windsurfing films.

Poor Boyz Productions released freestyle ski movies every year until 2015.[7] The films have a variety of themes, including street skiing.[8][9] Some of the skiers featured in Poor Boyz Productions films have won IF3 International Freeski Film Festival or Powder Awards, for their segments in Poor Boyz films.

In 2014 the company created films of two California stand up paddleboard surfing competitions, one of which aired on CBS Sports,[10][11] and in 2015 made a stand up paddle surfing movie in Maui.

Awards

Freeskiing Films

Windsurfing and other films

References

  1. ↑ "Sammy Carlson's two-year movie project". By Sam Kimmerle | ESPN, Nov 9, 2015
  2. ↑ "Twenty years of Poor Boyz Productions". By Mike Rogge | Sep 14, 2014 XGames.
  3. ↑ "The Truth: Johnny Decesare on Circuits, Movies, and More". SkiNet, 12/19/2008
  4. ↑ "State of the Sport - Ski Movies", ESPN. XGames.
  5. 1 2 3 "Timeline: Remembering JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson". Freeskier, September 29, 2015
  6. ↑ "Windsurfing hits the big screen" . Professional Windsurfers Association
  7. ↑ "Boyz Done Well" – By Mike Berard on September 6, 2012, International Freeski Film Festival website
  8. ↑ "WATCH: How These Guys Street Ski In Detroit Is Insane". Real Detroit Weekly. archived from the original by the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Watch these insane guys go skiing in abandoned buildings in Detroit". Death and Taxes, by Joe Veix / December 10, 2013
  10. ↑ " Bringing SUP to the masses". The Beach Reporter, Michael Hixon Sep 24, 2014
  11. ↑ "Body Glove Mavericks Invitational: The view from the boat". Easy Reader News, February 13, 2014
  12. ↑ "2006 Powder Award Results". Powder Magazine
  13. ↑ 2009 Powder Award Results. Powder Magazine
  14. ↑ "The History of Skiing, 5000 B.C.-2011". Powder Magazine, August 17, 2016 By John Clary Davies
  15. ↑ "Street Roots". Powder Magazine, August 17, 2016 By Kade Krichko
  16. ↑ "Retracing Skylines". POWDER Magazine. 10 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "2013′s Best Ski Films: Read Freeskier’s review of Poor Boyz' 'Tracing Skylines'". Freeskier Magazine.
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