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

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

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

Early life

Reda is from

Mill Basin, Brooklyn Mill Basin is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is on a peninsula abutting Jamaica Bay and is bordered by Avenue U on the northwest and the Mill Basin/Mill Island Inlet on its remaining sides. Mill Basin ...

, 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 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 portmante ...

. 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'') was an Skate magazine, international magazine on skateboarding that was based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also ran an accompanying website and video production company. In Februar ...

, and

Skateboarder Magazine ''Skateboarder'' was primarily a digital skateboarding publication that produces a limited run of hard copy versions that are sold in skateboard shops. The publication was the United States (US)' first skateboarding magazine and, as of August ...

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

Games

Reda is also known for his appearance in the 2007 - 2010 series Skate. In all games excluding Skate 3, he appears as the cameraman. He records you doing the main goal of the games: get coverage from The Skateboard Mag and Thrasher.

References

External links

Berrics bio

Transworld - Interview

Reda's Bobshirt interview
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