About Me

WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY?!


My name is Daniel Panzone. I'm 25, live in Riverside Ca. I am the Production Manager of SMG "Source Media Group" which is a production and design firm in southern CA. I shoot freelance stuff for Monster Energy, Ride, Red Bull, Fit ect ect, you get the point and of course, Vital!




What's your favorite type of riding and why?


Park, Street and Dirt



What are some of your favorite spots?


Pala Pipes, Chino 2 Right Hand Hip, Mission Valley Y



What is your dream spot?


Iala Skateparks right hand hip



Who are your favorite riders?


Friends and anyone who's down to have fun.



You obviously shoot video so whats in your camera bag bag?


Panasonic HPX 170

Focus Enhancments Firestore FS-100

2 x 32 GB P@ E series cards

Audio-Technica 897 Shot gun

Sachtler cine 7 +7 Tripod

Senhieser Wireless lav/plug

Kuala softy for shot gun

Rohde 15' Boom w/ internal cabling

Senhieser MD46 hyper cardiod handheld x 2

Redrock Micro Matte Box with ND Filters

Bogen Telescoping mono-pod

Cannon XL 214 Super 8mm Film Camera

Canon EOS 5D MKII with 24-105mm kit lens

Ogio Ty Evans Video Backpack to carry it all



So you shoot a lot but do you do much editing? If so are you Mac or PC?

I am a Mac lover and will be till I drop dead and then some. Come on I have the apple symbol under my favorite companies!



Whats your setup for post production cosist of?

Mac Pro 2.66 Quad 5gb ram dual optic drives 4TB of internal storage

2.53 Mac Book Pro (for travel)

GTECH mini drive 100GB (for travel)

Dual 23" Cinema displays

iPhone 3g(s) completely hacked whats Carlson got now haha

GTECH external Raid hard drive 500GB

Contour Shuttle Mouse

Graphire tablet

Lazyboy Recliner(beats the desk chair by a long shot)




When I'm not riding, I like to:


Work....Shoot, Edit, travel, spend time with my girlfriend and friends



Girls think I:


Have pretty eyes....weird huh?



My parents think BMX is:


THE DEVIL. I'm not kidding.



Mode(s) of Trasportaion?

1999 Toyota 4Runner for road trips and camping and such

2004 Dodge SRT-4 for doing 160mph and out running the cops on trips to vegas!!




What is something you would change about BMX?


The Industry paying professionals to do their jobs!!!!! Web content is just as, if not more valuable than print in this day and age, websites make money from adverts, the advertisers make money from the websites traffic and kids buying there product, so why is it so hard for the rider and creative guys to make a living?



Do you shoot photos or video? If yes, why?


I do it all!!



What makes you learn new tricks?


frustration



How many songs on your iPod?

a shit load