Ground Glass: Ronnie Kessner

Very few skate videographers attempt to capture skateboarding on 16mm film. And for good reason! At $50 a minute, you’re at the mercy of high costs, old equipment and the consistency of skaters. Videographer James Thomson was up for the challenge and has Ronnie Kessner skating through Thailand for his newest episode of Ground Glass. Settle in and get ready to watch some warm, ultra-analog skating caught on technology invented in 1923.
Video by: James Thomson [ / jamesthomsonfilms ]
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[@billseigs]

Ever since I live in Bangkok, I can not imagine skating in that heat. Respect! 😁

[@cadu906]

i was thinking the same !

[@Crcmvnt]

Ronnie has such impeccable style. Combined with the music and visuals this is a beautiful piece of art.

[@tasdsoccerdude]

shot on film! that makes getting the clips even more precious

[@crondigady]

I have spent years in Bangkok. Incredible city to skate in. The sidewalks are horrible to skate long distances from place to place but there are thousands of spots with sidewalks, ramps, ledges, knee high rails, and beyond. Great edit!

[@doodofsweetness]

Gorgeous. Film is so grounding. Everything about this is on point. Feels like "beauty," in every respect.

[@aidanknight]

Shoutout to James Thomson, whole thing looks INCREDIBLE. Great lens choices.

[@stuartcorrea940]

What lens did he use? Is that why the vid has a certain hue to it? Absolutely insane colors I love it

[@jackcrook4435]

Its a 16mm film camera. Expensive to shoot on. That last trick was crazy considering the film costs! Haha.

[@Mescalineinthesun]

i live in bangkok now so awesome to see these spots being ripped. fire.

[@GeFarr]

Be there or Pattaya to live in 7 years Thailand rips !!!!!!

[@randomguy-fv3sp]

Keep these coming. Utterly bueutiful!!! ❤

[@kaykool9066]

Yo this is dope AF 👏

[@vibing2471]

Amazing edit and skating ! As someone who is part Thai and from NJ, I really loved seeing this

[@filmbuff4]

I lived in Bangkok for over a year...this video really hit me with some nostalghia.

[@skateplusrice]

the colors are so vibrant

[@ryanrowe1975]

Masterpiece

[@HisBeverness]

FFFFFFFFFFUUU..... this is so god damn GOOD! Skateboarding, travel, film ♥

[@Ice-hl8uu]

This video hits different, real masterpiece!

[@reeeezy100]

Calm down buddy ...no not a masterpiece slow Mo half cab crooks then jump cuts to city scape there's endless edits like this kessner is dope stop throwing round the term masterpiece

[@SkateRatYuki]

Everything about this piece is gorgeous! 😍✨

[@CertainExposures]

The Venn diagram of film lovers and skaters is probably a great big circle. Great work on the edit James! The transition from 1:55 - 2:05 was my favorite. What was the camera package?

[@UppingDowners]

Let’s go love Ronnie best style shout out Jenkem

[@malice4422]

So what is this series? Skating and shoegaze? Skating and Kevin shields? Im loving it, serious

[@louielouielouee]

Skating with an old film camera. Imagine being this consistent that you would try flip out tricks for a camera like that

[@malice4422]

@@louielouielouee I didn’t even think about that, damn. That pop shuv nose grind 180 was so sick to me

[@abrahamlefty]

Love the slow motion. Great style man. Need more feels like this

[@ajbender_]

Masterpiece!

[@aldanmichael9386]

my favorite mbv song

[@HisBeverness]

Is it MBV? I was watching like, this song is great but they ripping off MBV big time 🤣

[@kid2174]

You guys put this together really well! Enjoyed everything 🍻🏆

[@GeFarr]

My home away from home..See you in Feb 🇹🇭 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@NeuralNetProcessor]

Crazy how skating these days isn't all about doing stuff switch but more concentrating on style with their regular stance. I dig it.

[@briegmarais-jegat1410]

Good project as always

[@robinisdad]

soo good

[@zackmccurdy8144]

Add some dystopian visual effects and some color and this here is a classic Workshop part. Pretty neat. Great skating 🤙

[@smashedbabyface8549]

So clean

[@Tony2Times1]

Dude is a beast! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🔥🔥

[@Wooargh]

So creative.

[@getfitwithct]

This was epic !

[@zacvotruba8374]

Switch flip was ultra butters

[@borys444]

The series is called shenanigan’s.

[@Cpistol744]

Classic old head weighing in here. Takes alot for me to watch some new guy skate, not bad. Not as big of a hipster as I thought, awesome spots, very good stylish skating.

[@evanloney7097]

Fucking Beautiful !

[@Not-Even-Close-666]

Perfect 🔥

[@jonathanrbryce]

Sick part yoooooooo🎉

[@pootinky1000]

fire

[@8369378]

Early My Bloody Valentine. Get in.

[@klavistata]

what cam was this shot on?

[@johncitizen8828]

Swongo in full effect.

[@0nlyCF]

What's the blue cap he's wearing? Anyone knows? 🙂

[@tomf4087]

It's a type of hat.

[@Romero88]

🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭

[@hookskateboarding]

Someone turn Ronnie pro please, April is blowing ittt

[@Meiereika]

02:55 same trick, same spot - Oski Rozenberg, Red Shark Part

[@karlkurt1]

Close, same bridge but they did it on opposite sides.

[@CollinGill7]

stylish

[@BLVCKSEA]

He's been getting a lot of coverage recently

[@succulent-chinnese-meal]

siiik

[@bubbyis1337]

my bloody valentine - i can see it (but i cant feel it)

[@duneslayer2457]

Damn this new band literally just copied Bullet for My Valentine’s name 🙄

[@williejones2665]

I agree with that popular skate critic guy.. alot of skate videos are underwhelming. where are the tricks?

[@Chuck_The_Human]

Wait this isn't the new deftones video

[@skater3333ful]

Thought this was a FA video based off the thumbnail LMAO

[@GeFarr]

Preduce guy's must have helped you with spots ❤❤

[@danielpeterson214]

fair to say that Ronnie is hella consistent if such trick selection is captured on film

[@SkaterWok]

🫶🏽

[@mardel420]

a 4 min intro video

[@rippendale]

awesome 440v2 commercial :)) is it just me or are the skate-sounds out of sync tho?

[@chillfailure]

love ronnie kessner but this was mad underwhelming til the last 2 tricks.

[@The_StairTool]

Song didn't help. Felt like I was being whined to sleep.

[@ecook.]

I don’t think it’s supposed to be a real part. The video description says abt it, more supposed to be about the filming and it being all shot in film

[@skateinspace]

its a film short you zoomer lol

[@dudeguy556]

this is more of an art project than an actual video part. you're not gonna be battling for a trick when shooting film is so expensive

[@chillfailure]

@@dudeguy556valid point! i watched his followed too, & i think hes still getting over an injury too. hes one of my favorites. i was kinda unaware of the context

[@GabeBeenBoolin]

Full slo mo vid and still only 3:53…….

[@christophervargas5112]

Song is really bad. Had to change the video. I can only watch it muted

[@jackcrook4435]

Says more about your music taste than the song

[@The_StairTool]

I usually am not bothered by music choice, this song makes this hard to watch.

[@The_StairTool]

Love the 16mm though! looks epic.

[@pknoblock1993]

It’s just the typical PH level 7 neutral music to use now a days…not a big fan either but with music rights BS you can’t blame companies for using it

[@The_StairTool]

@@pknoblock1993 I hear ya, but this is really a horrible choice of music.

[@malice4422]

Bro what it’s my bloody valentine, you can’t call that neutral, they are genre defining. You don’t have to like it though

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

@@malice4422 we've reached the point where music has folded in on itself so much that pioneers are now considered "generic" because none of the new kids are doing anything genre-defining with their own music and just riding the sound of something decades old