'The Nature of Skateboarding' is the skate movie you didn't know you needed - G-SHOCK took four riders in the unspoiled nature

When we think of a skate movie the first images that come to our minds are probably urban frames where large city squares and grey buildings are the great protagonists, along with that concrete ground that hurts so bad when you hit your face on it. The new skate movie powered by G-SHOCK Italy, written and co-directed by Davide Martinazzo and Niccolò Rodighiero, changes completely the classic concept of a skate movie, taking the ramp in an unprecedented location, set among green valleys and pristine lakes.

Shot between Lago del Corlo, Asiago highland and Monte Grappa, The Nature of Skateboarding brings to life Martinazzo's (crazy) idea, the Vans Italia team manager author of one of the most acclaimed skate movie of the year, How To Survive a Skate Tour. This time Martinazzo decided to challenge the physical and mental limits of four riders, taking them to unconventional spots, to say the least, as the author himself told us:

The idea comes from my constant need (shared by all skaters) to find always different and new locations. The more alternative the skate mission is the more fun, challenging and interesting it gets.

In the different shots of the movie alternate images of lakes kissed by the sunlight, luxuriant valleys, winding hairpin bends that remind of some beautiful scenes of the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The locations are definitely evocative, but were they practical as well?

The difficulty was finding locations that were in line with the project but also made to be skated. We see a lot of different spots during our trips, we usually stop with our van but then we later find out that for one reason or another we can't skate there. For this movie we chose visually powerful locations but that were also suitable for skating.

Skating where no one has ever done it before, facing new limits and challenges with passion and commitment, this is the motto of G-SHOCK, Challenge Your Limits, which became also the mantra of the talents in this movie, who all wear the unbreakable watches of the brand. A real challenge towards our limits that Davide Martinazzo wants to explore also with other skate movies in other unexpected locations.