Poor Boyz Productions


Poor Boyz Productions is a North American entertainment company which specializes on Freeskiing, Wind surfing and Standup paddleboarding 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, J.F. Cusson and Mike Douglas. Auclair appeared in ten of the company's films before his death in an avalanche in 2014.
In 2005, Poor Boyz Productions began filming "The Windsurfing Movie". This movie included windsurfers Levi Siver, Jason Polakow, Kai Lenny and Robby Naish. "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 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.

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