Poor Boyz Productions

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.

Poor Boyz Productions
TypePrivate
IndustryMotion pictures, family entertainment, Freestyle Skiing Media Production
Founded1994 (1994) (Redondo Beach, California as Poor Boyz Productions)
FounderJohnny Decesare
Headquarters
Redondo Beach, California
,
United States
Area served
North America
Canada
Key people
Johnny Decesare
Websitewww.poorboyz.com

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
  • "War" - 2006 Movie of the Year - Powder Magazine Awards[12]
  • “YEAH DUDE!” - 2007 IF3 People's Choice Award
  • “Reasons” - 2008 iF3 Best Film - Pro Category
  • “Every Day Is A Saturday” - 2009 iF3 Best Film - Pro Film Category
  • "Reasons" - 2009 Movie of the Year - Powder Magazine Awards[5][13]
  • “The Grand Bizarre” - 2011 iF3 Best Film - Pro Film Category
  • The SUP Movie, 2015 - SUP Best film

Freeskiing Films
  • "Fade to Black" - 1996[14]
  • "State of Mind" - 1997
  • "Degenerates" - 1998[15]
  • "13" - 1999*
  • "The Game" - 2000
  • "Propaganda" - 2001
  • "Happy Dayz" - 2002
  • "Stereotype" - 2002
  • "Ready, Fire, Aim" - 2003
  • "Session 1242" - 2003
  • "X=10" - 2004
  • "WSKI" - 2004
  • "War" - 2005
  • "Pop Yer Bottlez" - 2005
  • "Safety Meeting" - 2005
  • "Ski Porn" - 2006
  • "Photo Play" - 2006
  • "Yeah Dude" - 2007
  • "Idea" - 2007
  • "Reasons" - 2008[5]
  • "Journal" - 2008
  • "Everyday is a Saturday" - 2009
  • "Jib Jam 2" - 2009
  • "Revolver" - 2010
  • "The GRand Bizarre" - 2011
  • "WE: A Collection of Individuals" - 2012
  • "Tracing Skylines" - 2013[16][17]

Windsurfing and other films
  • "The Windsurfing Movie II" -2009
  • "Video Evidence"
  • "The Windsurfing Movie" - 2007
  • "The SUP Movie" - 2015
  • "Paradigm Lost" - 2017

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. "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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