Sean Grossman has been a pivotal force in documenting the New York blade scene. With his releases such as Big Apple Blade and Caprice, along with the JalHeads series, Grossman has solidified himself as among the best in documenting blading. But he isn’t just a phenomenal videographer. Grossman retains an incredible skillset on the blades as well, so we decided to hit him up for a Top 5.
Introduction : Ryan Loewy
Photographs by Ryan Loewy for Be-Mag
Top 5 most played on your iTunes/Spotify
The Sound- Total Recall
Snoop Dogg- Murder Was The Case
Boy Harsher- Pain
Cortex- Mind of Darkness
New Order- Your Silent Face
Top 5 Ways to Annoy You
When you’re eating with someone at a restaurant and they put food you don’t want on your plate
When people don’t move out of the way when you’re trying to exit a subway
When someone uses 98% of the toilet paper roll and they’re too lazy to pop a fresh one in the holder for the next culprit
Being cut off/ stuck behind a granny on the road
Clip poachers
Top 5 Best Things About Traveling
Meeting new people
Adjusting to different lifestyles/ cultures
New food (even though I’m a picky SOB)
Getting away from routine
Weather
Top 5 items To Bring When Blading
My testicles
A beverage
Flowers
Camera
A tampon (for the bitches and complainers)
Top 5 People You Look Up To Outside of Blading
Kevin Smith
Robert Smith
Mandy Patinkin
Ben Kadow
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Top 5 Worst Injuries
Breaking ankle
Bleeding testicles
Broken finger
Tearing cartilage/ ligaments in my knee
Bashing my skull jumping a 20 stair and waking up in an ambulance
Top 5 Videographers
Gavin Fitch
Carl Sturgess
Brandon Negrete
David Sizemore
Chris Saccente
Sean Grossman: Big Apple Blade 2014 from Sean G. on Vimeo.
Top 5 Bladers
Chris Murphy
Mike Lilly
Alex Broskow
Chris Farmer
Micah Yeager
Top 5 things You Would Like To Do With Blading
Inspire kids to get into skating
produce more content/ videos
meet more skaters around the globe
revive the Jalheads
bring NYC back on the map
Top 5 Best Things About Blading
friends
feeling like you’re brothers with complete strangers (all you have is blading in common)
the feeling you get after landing something cool
clears your mind
allows you to be creative and believe in yourself
Top 5 Life Experiences
Africa
Big Apple Blade Premiere
1 week solo trip in SoCal
Montreal
Getting my bachelor’s
Top 5 Careers You Would Like To Pursue After Blading
Producing videos for other organizations (Currently working for an NGO)
Veterinarian
Playing keys
Personal Trainer
IT
Top 5 Places To Visit Before You Die
Cairo Pyramids
Thailand
Barcelona
Tokyo
Alaska
Top 5 Moments Of Your Blading Career Thus Far
Big Apple Blade Premiere
Winning 2 Oil City Comps
3 BCSD events
Pow Wow
Tri-State Skate parties
Top 5 Ways To Spend $5
Egg & cheese wrap from DelMonicos
record guy on 14th st
chicken over rice platter
miss vicki’s jalapeno chips
brown rice pizza at Jandi’s
Top 5 Foods
Anything from Essen
Falafel & Hummus
Blossom Vegan
Naya
Pizza
Top 5 blading rituals
Gulf Wax
Shin guards
Jal
Instagram stories
Just Did It
Top 5 things to do before you die
skydive
Travel to every continent
have a kid, maybe 2
live in California
hurricane topsoul John Bowne rail
Top 5 Best Reasons to Live in NYC
Best transportation
PIZZA
the city never sleeps
unlimited possibilities/ opportunities
it’s “real”
Top 5 Reasons Not to Live in NYC
Expensive
Dirty
Smelly
Little time to chill
People are assholes