RAGE’NRESPECT
The Rage ‘N Respect crew are
renowned for putting out really
cool, well-made FMX edits. All
their films, produced by Julien
Chat (Adrenafilm), are original,
well-filmed and edited, have cool
soundtracks and are full of sick
riding. If you haven’t seen them
you should go check ‘em out
online!
“It’s always cool to see people
enjoy what we do,” says Gerald.
“There are so many FMX edits out
on the internet that it’s not easy
to be original and to create new
or almost unseen shots. Julien
Chat and I always team up and
rack our brains to find a way to
stand out. It’s a great pleasure to
set up a project and then see the
end result on a big screen. We
always try to work as a team to
be as creative as possible, and
get the most out of every video
we make.” explains Gerald. “It’s
hard to find enough sponsors
to fund the projects these days.
In the beginning, I personally
invested a fair amount of money
into our videos, before we got
support from Dickies Europe
and Von Zipper Europe (which
no longer exist).” Looking to the
future Gerald optimistically says:
“Dickies Europe are supporting us
more and more in the direction we
are taking things - it’s cool. If we
could find more sponsors who are
keen to get involved in producing
edits, we could push our videos
even further. There may be some
surprises in 2015, who knows, we
definitely have some ideas in the
pipeline!”
For 2015, the Rage ‘N Respect
guys will be taking part in the
TV program ‘La France a un
incroyable talent’ (the French
version of Britain’s Got Talent). “I
created a team with some guys
from Rage ‘N Respect, plus two
buddies of ours. You need to be
motivated to achieve this kind
of project - it’s not like doing a
normal FMX demo.” Says Gerald.
Initially, the team consisted of
Franck Bataille, Corentin Corbet,
Guillaume Faurie and Gerald, but
Gerald crashed and injured both
legs during the first practise. “I
fractured my tibial plateau and
talus bone after hitting neutral at
the top of the ramp. I felt pretty
embarrassed for crashing like that
[laughs].” recalls Gerald. “I then
invited Elie Averty and Yann Le
Quellec to galvanize the group.
Those guys fitted into the team
well and represent who we are
perfectly: down-to-earth guys
who don’t take ourselves too
seriously.”
“Being quite underground, we’ve
slightly surprised the French
FMX scene by taking part in a
TV program broadcasted on
mainstream French channel
at 8.50pm.” says Gerald. “I
think FMX in France will benefit
from being brought to a larger
audience. That’s mainly why we
did it. I’m hoping this project will
create new opportunities and
help us give back to the roots of
the sport with more substantial
means, as well as give us the
opportunity to do things like
produce some good freeride
edits.” The Rage ‘N Respect crew
have always put an emphasis on
the freeride side of things, and are
influenced by the DBK movement
in California. “420% All Natural
and Chasing the Storm made us
want to burn our ramps. Before
lighting the match, we realized we
still need them too much at the
moment [laughs]. We just plan to
stay ourselves and to keep having
fun together. We’ll see where it
takes W2