When The Lion Grumbles...

My part in "LIBERATE YOURSELF"

2011-10-25T15:00:00.000-07:00

Here is my part in the new Liberation Skateboards video offering entitled Liberate Yourself. You can check the full video out at the Liberation website. Support Liberation and skateboarder owned brands. They are dope.

Calyx Hemp Clothing welcome commercial

2011-06-02T09:32:00.000-07:00

I now ride for Calyx Hemp Clothing. Thanks to owner Russell Pace for his support. Check them out at http://calyxclothing.com/

Cheated!

2011-04-23T14:31:00.000-07:00

This is a really dope video from Philly from back around the turn of the millennium. I was filming alot with a filmer by he name of Alex Muccilli who was a great filmer at the time and a really funny guy. This era was a great time and im stoked to have had a part in the video. I remember we had a dope premier at Sub Zero and i think we had one at Tattoo Moms too. If im not mistaken, i think Rich Adler and Gabe Bustamonte boxed at the premier and Rich destroyed him. Cheated features all the shredders of the day, many of whom are still killing it today. Im pretty sure Cheated was edited by Kevin Ritchie. Im glad Ortega posted his one up. I sitll have a master copy and have been thinking about posting it for ever but never did. Thanks Ortega. Word up.

CHEATED from andrew pry ortega on Vimeo.

2nd Place Trophy!

2011-03-29T07:57:00.000-07:00

My sons Ezekiel, Samson and I built some race cars for EZs Pinewood Derby for his cub scout troop. EZ took home a second place trophy. It was a great time building and racing with the boys. What are we going to do on the next trip?

here is EZ and Samson

EZ is gettin down in his bus that is being converted for living on the road while he travels the country.

And the always beautiful Mercury!

Upside down

2011-03-29T07:47:00.000-07:00

handplant into bank

Night Time Mirror Image Smith Grind

2010-12-05T14:11:00.000-08:00

Here is a photo i lifted of the Liberation Skateboards site. It was taken a couple of weeks back while we were out cruising around downtown Philly. This is an old spot that has always been one of my favorite hits. This photo of a reflective smith grind was shot by Mikey Carfora.

Liberation Skateboards - Liberate Yourself Trailer #1

2010-12-05T13:36:00.000-08:00

Here is a trailer for an upcoming video from Liberation Skateboards. The video is called Liberate Yourself and i will have a full part along with the rest of the team. The video is going to drop sometime shortly after the new year. Most of my part is going to be filmed in this winter cold that is creeping upon us, but then again, that makes for the nicest footage in my opinion.

Yesterday

2010-09-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i went skating with Kelsey from Liberation Skateboards. Got a board from him and had a fun session. Check out Liberation Skateboards.

Throwbacks to the Southwest

2010-09-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

This is a little throwback video i threw together from the southwest usa. Some of my favorite spots of all time are hidden out there.

music:

The Indica Trading Company (Puma Punku)

Some back in the day mix i made.

2010-08-31T18:05:00.000-07:00

This is a mix i just put together of a bunch of old street skating from about 98-03. Im editing a few more videos of a bunch of old stuff i found so they will be up soon.

Music by:

The Indica Trading Company featuring OMega Raw (Gunshot Buss Hollow)

Jay Bertsch Footage Mixtape

2010-08-16T10:53:00.000-07:00

music by The Indica Trading Company
http://www.unsigned.com/theindicatradingcompany

Knock On Wood Skateboards Philly trip.

2010-01-14T19:02:00.000-08:00

I was siked to be able to show my friends from Knock On Wood Skateboards out of Knoxville TN around this great city of Philadelphia. It was real cold outside the whole time but we managed to stay siked and skated alot over the course of the two days. They were in town for the Focus Trade Show and they had a great looking booth and some nice products to show. These guys rip.

new VU Skateshop promo on The Berrics

2010-01-14T09:28:00.000-08:00

Greg Lang, Damon Shields and I all have tricks in this new VU Skateshop jawn thats on theberrics.com right now.

Here are some samples from some designs i have done.

2009-12-14T07:32:00.000-08:00

This is my friend Gonzo.

Elusive Filmworks logo

Sacrifice Skateboards catalog

Concrete Media Group logo

Logo for Concrete, which was a small TV show that i was hired by to produce, film, edit, and direct.

Another logo for Concrete. I think this was used on some printed material, a media kit maybe.

Logo for the Concrete site skateconcrete.com

Some skateboard designs and layouts.

Two of my decks

Collaboration deck with Cro Mags and OutLook Skateboards.

Collaboration between The Darkness comic books and Outlook Skateboards.

Collaboration deck between Ice T and Body Count and Outlook Skateboards.

Wheel graphic for a collaboration between Outlook Skateboards and the punk rock band J.F.A.

The other side of the J.F.A. Wheel

Outlook Ad

Another OutLook Ad

Another OutLook deck.

some newer photos

2009-12-09T15:30:00.000-08:00

Sketchy uphill bump to bar front porch ollie decapitator. (Fioli photo)

Tight spot 5-0 in front of a dope peacock painting. (Fioli photo)

Switch bluntslide in Baltimore while skating with Gary and the Vu crew. (Stuck Photo)

Another shot of a switch bluntslide. (Stuck photo)

Backlip in B-More. (Stuck photo)

And another angle of a backlip. This spot is dope. (Stuck photo)

Nightshift polejam. (Kiffner photo)

Tailslide in a warehouse wasteland. (Kiffner photo)

Once again.....Some more random skate photos.

2009-10-01T09:45:00.000-07:00

Wallride to fakie over near South St. It was freezing this day at i think it snow flurries were falling when we rolled up to this spot.
(JBO photo)

Frontside indy blaster at FDR.
(Sabrina Bertsch photo)

Frontside 180 fakie nosegrind on one of the sketchiest roll ups in west Philly.
(JBO photo)

Smith blur in a alleyway in Knoxville TN.
(Patrick McInerney photo)

My son Samson and I rolling around in the grass down in TN. I love you little man....
(Sabrina Bertsch photo)

Here is a little interview I had from the first issue of Focus Skate Mag.

This is an OutLook ad using a sequence that i previously put up on another post. It appeared in an older issue of Focus Skate Mag. Shit, the colors are blown out on this upload for some reason.

OutLook ad that i designed that never got used. Not sure why the colors got blow out when i uploaded. hmmmm.

Nocturnal Skateshop ad that i had when i skated for Noc.

Article from Focus Skate Mag about the rogue skatespot we had going under 95. That spot has been going for years with numerous people contributing over that time. Skaters built then the stuff gets destroyed by the city, the parking lot owners, random vagrants and neighbor hood troublemakers. This article is about when we took control of one of the incarnations of this fine Philly skateboarding tradition.

Photos i found on my hard drive

2009-07-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

Photos i found on my hard drive from various times.

Switch Kickflip (JBO Photo)

Another Switchflip (Mazur Photo)

At home when i lived in TN (Sabrina Bertsch Photo i think)

Method Air Transfer (Stunkard Photo)

Typical

Another OutLook Skateboards ad that i came up with that Vince never used.
(Stunkard Photo)

5-0 Fakie shot by my brother on his cellphone.

The Lion And The Ghost

2009-07-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

The Lion And The Ghost. This video stars Greg Lang and myself with guess appearances by Damon Shields and Gary Smith. This is the first in The Lion And The Ghost series. Chapter 2 coming at the end of the summer.

The Lion And The Ghost - Jay Bertsch and Greg Lang from Elusive Filmworks on Vimeo.

photos

2009-07-26T18:25:00.000-07:00

Ghostly Smith Grind on a TN loading dock.

Nocturnal Skateshop AD

OutLook Skateboards postcard design that never got released for when my Vanilla Dutch deck came out. Vince from OutLook told me he thought the photo was a joke and that he cant run an ad where i am skating a curb. I like the photo.

more photos

2009-07-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

Nollie Tailslide in TN. (Casey Carter photo)

Another view of the Nollie Tailslide (Casey Carter photo)

Building the old bank to curd at front and tasker a couple of years back. (Gonzo photo)

Front Truck Grind in an abandoned elementary school in TN. (Patrick McInerney photo)

Laying the mesh on the bank. (Gonzo photo)

Ollie into skinny brick bank rolling out between two cinder block walls and between two closely parked cars into a busy street. (JBO photo)

Ezekiel's first skate photo. He was two. (Dada photo)

EZ's second skate photo (HaveBoard photo)

The Lion Of Judah

Boneless handplant thing on some random thing behind some building of things in some dirty little town in TN. (JBO photo)

Wallride in Old City (Mazur photo)

Wallride on a pillar in the dirty south. (JBO photo)

Some of my OutLook boards

2009-07-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a couple of my OutLook decks.

Vanilla DutchMaster model

JFA font model

OutLook Skates video part 2007

2009-07-25T03:40:00.000-07:00

This part is from early 2007 and was for OutLook Skateboards.

Random part from 2006 i think

2009-07-25T03:35:00.000-07:00

Here is some random street skating thrown together. From 2006 maybe?

Kickflip Disaster

2009-07-25T03:32:00.000-07:00

Im assuming that Ki Realer filmed this clip at the woodward park before it was woodward park since he posted it up. Word to Ki.

Some more random photos...

2009-07-24T18:10:00.000-07:00

Ollie in West Philly (JBO Photo)

Nose Grind (Mazur Photo)

Ollie Wallride (JBO Photo)

Backside Nosegrind (JBO Photo)

5-0 (Zoltan Photo)

Wallride in TN (Patrick McInerney Photo)

Wallride in TN ( Patrick McInerney Photo)

Smith Grind in TN (Patrick McInerney Photo)

Smith Grind (Mazur Photo)

Some Random Photos...

2009-07-24T17:42:00.000-07:00

Smith Grind in TN (Patrick mcInerney Photo)

I-Beam Pole Jam (Mazur Photo)

Switch Jam in Philly (Mazur Photo)

Ollie in TN Patrick (McInerney Photo)

Front Board (Mazur Photo)

Back Smith (Mazur Photo)

Backside 180 ollie (Mazur Photo)

50-50 (Mazur Photo)

5-0 in a tight spot ( Mazur Photo)