Poor Boyz Productions is a North American entertainment company which specializes on

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and

Standup paddleboarding Standup paddleboarding (SUP) is a water sport born from surfing with modern roots in Hawaii. Standup paddleboarders stand on boards that are floating on the water and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water. The sport was documen ...

films. 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.

History

Poor Boyz Productions was founded in 1994 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. The studio's next film, ''Degenerates'' featured the skiing of

JP Auclair Jean-Philippe Auclair (August 22, 1977 – September 29, 2014) was a Canadian freeskier. He was born in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. JP helped Salomon launch the 1080 ski in 1998 and in 2002, along with fellow freeskier Tanner Hall founded Armada sk ...

, J.F. Cusson and Mike Douglas. Auclair appeared in ten of the company's films before his death in an avalanche in 2014."Timeline: Remembering JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson"
''Freeskier'', September 29, 2015 In 2005, Poor Boyz Productions began filming "The Windsurfing Movie". This movie included windsurfers Levi Siver, Jason Polakow,

Kai Lenny Kai Lenny (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional big wave surfer, stand-up paddle (SUP) surfer and racer, surfer, tow-in surfer, windsurfer, kitesurfer, wing foiler and celebrity watersports enthusiast. Lenny lives on Maui. Car ...

and

Robby Naish Robert Staunton Naish (born April 23, 1963 in La Jolla, San Diego, California) is an American athlete and entrepreneur who has won 24 World Championship Windsurfing titles. He is also considered a pioneer of kiteboarding and standup paddleboar ...

. "The Windsurfing Movie" premiered in Hollywood on July 15, 2008. The company later released two more windsurfing films. Poor Boyz Productions released freestyle ski movies every year until 2015. The films have a variety of themes, including street skiing. Some of the skiers featured in Poor Boyz Productions films have won

IF3 International Freeski Film Festival The International Freesports Film Festival (iF3) is a film Festival dedicated to screening and rewarding freeskiing and snowboarding movies. Held annually at the end of October in Montreal, iF3 was created in 2007 by Félix Rioux, Doug Bishop an ...

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, and in 2015 made a stand up paddle surfing movie in Maui.

Awards

*"War" - 2006 Movie of the Year - Powder Magazine Awards *“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 *“The Grand Bizarre” - 2011 iF3 Best Film - Pro Film Category *''The SUP Movie'', 2015 - SUP Best film

Freeskiing Films

*"Fade to Black" - 1996 *"State of Mind" - 1997 *"Degenerates" - 1998 *"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 *"PNW" - 2007 *"Reasons" - 2008 *"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"2013′s Best Ski Films: Read Freeskier’s review of Poor Boyz' 'Tracing Skylines'"
''Freeskier Magazine''.

Windsurfing and other films

*"The Windsurfing Movie II" -2009 *"Video Evidence" *"The Windsurfing Movie" - 2007 *"The SUP Movie" - 2015 *"Paradigm Lost" - 2017

References

External links

Official Site
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