Giovanni Reda

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Giovanni Luigi Reda (born February 6, 1974) is a photographer, videographer, director and skate personality internationally recognized for his work in skateboarding. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Reda is from Mill Basin, Brooklyn, and went to college in Atlanta. Reda talks with a strong New York accent and is known for his sarcasm and insulting humor. [3]

Skateboarding

The Berrics

As of 2012, Reda is the staff photographer for the skateboarding website The Berrics. From 2008 to 2011, Reda produced and starred in a weekly video known as Wednesdays With Reda. [5] In this show, he typically interviews people associated with the skateboarding industry, although he has done episodes involving celebrities or actors. [5] Reda's last Wednesdays with Reda was in 2017. [5]

Before working at The Berrics, Reda worked for multiple magazines, including Big Brother, Transworld Skateboarding, and Skateboarder Magazine. [6] Reda was also the chief photographer of the Zoo York skate team for a while. [6] In the 2000s, Giovanni Reda won Transworld Skateboarding Magazine's Photographer of the Year award (P.O.T.Y.). [6]

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.

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  2. "The Rules of Skateboarding #5: Giovanni Reda". VILLAGE PSYCHIC. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. 1 2 Nicholson, Alex. "Juxtapoz Magazine – Giovanni Reda Leads a Vans Vision Walk in Los Angeles". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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  5. 1 2 3 "Wednesdays With Reda | Series | The Berrics". theberrics.com. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  6. 1 2 3 "Giovanni Reda Interview". TransWorld SKATEboarding. 2004-08-20. Retrieved 2019-12-01.