Cover photo by Patrick Ring.
All other photos (unless stated) by Will Wesson.
Daycare is, unofficially at least, the first Line Skis street movie.
It features a stacked crew of riders, some of whom you rarely see in the streets.
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So, first and most obvious question; whys the movie called Daycare?
Will Wesson:Haha, its kind of an inside joke that just developed over the course of filming.
Basically, Im way older than everybody, except for Andy [Parry], whos involved in it.
Id just be like: Ok everybody get in the van, Ill drive you to the spot.
Does everybody have water?
Does everybody have food?
I was definitely proclaimed Team Dad pretty early on and thats why its called Daycare.
Theres a lot of different spots in the movie.
Where was it shot?
It started like that the first year with me and Kale Cimperman in Iowa.
PR:I started running into Kale at the library.
He told me that hed been hitting street with Will and I asked if maybe they need a filmer…
I kind of hopped on board after that and it just snowballed.
The first year it was Will, Kale, Me, Taylor, Bennie, Andy, and Reagan.
The last year is when everybody kind of started piling in.
You ran into Kale in the library, do you mean an actual library?!
I was going to school at the University of Utah and Kale was a grad student and professor there.
It was my last year and, pretty much right when I graduated, Daycare picked up.
Did you already have a list of the spots you wanted to back and hit?
How did it work?
WW:We found a lot of new spots thanks to Google Maps.
Reagans pretty good at that, he’s definitely the Google Maps Master.
It was a pretty fun little scavenger hunt.
We really just have to thank Will for being super on it; No!
Its got to be about the spots!
WW:Yeah, I was pretty bossy!
How many spots did you guys pick, and Will was just like ‘nope!?
PR:There was a lot!
Now that its finished, its like Alright Will, youre right.
Ill never question you about it ever again!
Jed making life difficult for himself with the squeeze
Did you hit any spot twice in the whole movie?
WW:We tried to keep it all very individual.
OK, we found a cool spot, who has the best skiing style or best trick for it?
Thats gonna be the coolest shot and if thats you, thats your spot.
Everybody would work together to help that person to do their thing.
I think that makes the best video.
Its not just a chaotic session.
What was the timescale between the first and final shot of the movie?
I hit this big tree that fell over and Kale filmed it.
Theres also a shot in the credits where I do a down, gap, down backslide.
The most recently filmed shots were from a spring storm in Salt Lake City in early- April 23.
So it was almost exactly three years?
WW:Techincally, yes.
We thought wed hold on to them and see if they turned into something.
More people got involved and it became a real video.
Same philosophy as TC, but less trip-based story and more just standout moments caught on video.
When Will and I sat down to edit, we pretty much already had the same vision.
Thats another thing, along with Will and his spots, he cares equally about everything thats not skiing.
Outside of skiing, I film a lot of skateboarding.
Skate videos often play into the hijinx and funny antics other than strictly skate porn.
Then minimal artsy stuff, because most people dont care about that stuff.
But I actually really like snowboarding!’?
PR:That was actually the first snowfall in Utah, the first year.
That was early December and Taylor wanted to hit that spot.
Its at a Freemason building.
WW:No, its something different!
Its a Masonic Temple.
Those dudes were part of it, but they didnt actually run it.
PR:Their dads were though.
WW:They were drunk and going to a party, and just felt like yelling at somebody.
It was really cold, like near 0 degrees F and they were wearing short-sleeved shirts haha.
When we actually talked to them, they chilled out and one was pretty hyped to be on camera.
PR:They came out hot!
Taylor lands it and then they got really upset and, whatever, we put in the movie.
This is our property, this isnt our property.
I said all of thats going in!
WW:And Taylor got the clip, so thats a bonus!
Kale bracing for impact…
Are you guys happy with how the movie turned out in the end?
WW:Yeah, we just kind of set out to not be too repetitive.
are a lot more standardized with the way that things are filmed.
We went pretty heavy fish-eye on this movie and I think that makes certain spots more skiable.
We played into the filming side of things and the spots and the funny stuff.
It all came together to make it more of a unique project.
Im just stoked on how it came together and I appreciate everybodys hard work.
Will in particular, everybody in the video owes it all to Will.
Thank you to our DayCare dad!
WW:It was super fun obviously.
Hes a hilarious dude to hang out with and we’ve been friends for over two decades.
PR: He did do a 450 swap though!
WW: Yeah, true, he can be tech too.
That got him and Ross Imburgia excited again.
That and the table smashing haha.
They hadnt taken street as seriously for quite a while.
It just hadnt been worth it, in terms of the consequences and what they thought was worth shooting.
For me too, there were a few years when I was a bit over it.
You have to be having fun in the street or else theres no point in doing it.
Its dumb to risk getting hurt if youre not enjoying yourself.
If you have a fresh outlook and group of friends with a similar vision, then its really fun.
I got karma for laughing at Andy!
His clips are crazy.
Andy hit a roof spot!
I dont think a lot of people would do his style of tricks on a street spot.
Patrick Ring in front of the lens- Photo Alex Havey
Thanks guys!
Daycare drops tomorrow, October 31st on NS & Line Skis Youtube.
