NORTHWEST is the new film by Rick Charnoski and Coan Nichols, creators of the renowned pool-skating documentary, FRUIT OF THE VINE. In their latest real-life road movie, Nichols and Charnoski focus their super-8mm lenses on hand-sculpted concrete skate parks and the skaters who build and ride them, while making friends, visiting old ones, and wreaking havoc across the Pacific Northwest. Skateparks to drain pipes, transition is key: camp out, wake up, skate. Capturing the lifestyle of DIY skateboarders who "create their own reality", the characters write their own visual short stories of what it means to live the life of a full-hearted skateboarder. The pace and understated aesthetic of the cinematography help the audience begin translating the terrain on their own.