Giovanni Luigi Reda (born February 6, 1974) is a

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

, videographer, director and skate personality internationally recognized for his work in skateboarding.

Early life

Reda is from Mill Basin, Brooklyn, and went to college in Atlanta. Reda talks with a strong New York accent and is known for his sarcasm and insulting humor.

Skateboarding

The Berrics

As of 2012, Reda is the staff photographer for the skateboarding website

The Berrics The Berrics is a private indoor skatepark owned by the professional skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a port ...

. From 2008 to 2011, Reda produced and starred in a weekly video known as Wednesdays With Reda. In this show, he typically interviews people associated with the skateboarding industry, although he has done episodes involving celebrities or actors. Reda's last Wednesdays with Reda was in 2017. Before working at The Berrics, Reda worked for multiple magazines, including ''Big Brother'', ''

Transworld Skateboarding ''Transworld Skateboarding'' (''TWS'') is an international magazine on skateboarding that was based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also ran an accompanying website and video production company. In February 2019, the pub ...

'', and ''Skateboarder''. Reda was also the chief photographer of the Zoo York skate team for a while. In the 2000s, Giovanni Reda won ''Transworld Skateboarding'''s Photographer of the Year award (P.O.T.Y.).

Games

Reda is also known for his appearance in the ''Skate'' video game series. In all games excluding ''

Skate 3 ''skate 3'' is a 2010 skateboarding video game, the third installment in the '' skate'' series and the sequel to 2009's '' skate 2'', developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It was released worldwide in May 2010 for PlayStati ...

'', he appears as the cameraman. He records the

player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional Character (arts), character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters tha ...

doing the main goals of the games.

References

External links

Berrics bio

Transworld – Interview

Reda's Bobshirt interview
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