{"id":21087,"date":"2018-06-12T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=21087"},"modified":"2019-06-18T21:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T01:10:33","slug":"nigel-sylvester-takes-us-phenomenal-ride-london-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/go-london-paris-nigel-sylvester\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Sylvester Takes us on a Phenomenal Ride from London to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21115\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21115\" class=\"wp-image-21115 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182-950x634.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182-950x634.png 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigel Sylvester in a scene from his \u201cGo \u2013 London to Paris\u201d short film; Photo courtesy of Harrison Boyce<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Give<strong> Nigel Sylvester<\/strong> a bike and a smart phone, and he\u2019s got all he needs to bring his imagination to life.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester\u2019s fans and fellow creators gathered at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-837-2nd-anniversary-marks-rise-retailtainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung 837<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">, Samsung\u2019s first-of-its-kind technology and cultural destination in the heart of New York City\u2019s Meatpacking District, for the premiere of the BMX pro athlete\u2019s latest film, \u201c<strong>GO \u2013 London to Paris<\/strong>,\u201d to find out what drives his creativity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">The fifth installment in Sylvester\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygo.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GO<\/a> film series embodies the spirit of Samsung\u2019s \u201cDo What you Can\u2019t\u201d mantra \u2013 exhibiting how this BMX athlete defies barriers to take viewers on a remarkable ride around the world, inspiring them to make their own dreams happen \u2013 through adventure, ambition and innovation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGO &#8211; London to Paris\u201d is a stunt-filled, exhilarating, and one of the most immersive tours captured on film of these two iconic cities. Sylvester navigates through the streets with his Galaxy S9 in hand, capturing memorable moments throughout his insane adventure and utilizing Samsung&#8217;s most advanced smartphone features like Super <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-galaxy-s9-s9plus-available-now\/\">Slow-mo and Dual Aperture<\/a> to highlight the drama of pulling off his gravity-defying tricks. Combining this with the phone\u2019s front &amp; rear-facing cameras, he showcases his epic BMX skills against the backdrop of recognizable sights like London\u2019s classic skate park, South Bank, and the Pigalle Basketball Court in Paris.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nigel Sylvester Takes us on a Phenomenal Ride from London to Paris\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nD3KXq_owt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;Dream big &amp; don&#8217;t wait for permission to go after what you want,\u201d <strong>Sylvester said<\/strong> at the premiere. \u201cWe have so much technology in our hands and the freedom to create on our own terms. You don\u2019t need to wait for someone to tell you it\u2019s okay. Just GO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester said his partnership with Samsung further allows him to explore his curiosities, passions and to share his stories with the world through meaningful content creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incredible thing about a brand like Samsung is that they believe in my unconventional ideas and they support me bringing them to life.\u201d Sylvester and Harrison Boyce, the film\u2019s director, shared with Samsung\u2019s Newsroom that they used the same creative vision for the film, \u201cWe use the city not just as a backdrop but as a motivational tool,\u201d Sylvester explained.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_21089\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11181149\/963955948-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21089\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21089\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11181149\/963955948-1-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14123049\/963955948-1-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14123049\/963955948-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NY &#8211; MAY 30: (L-R) Mark Anthony Green, Nigel Sylvester and Harrison Boyce speak onstage during Nigel Sylvester&#8217;s &#8220;GO &#8211; London to Paris&#8221; screening at Samsung 837 on May 30, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for Samsung 837)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cI was a young kid from Queens with a lot of ideas and a very big imagination. I\u2019ve always had a relentless desire to explore my curiosities,\u201d <strong>explained Sylvester<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Watch Sylvester\u2019s entire <strong>GO<\/strong> film series at <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygo.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OnlyGo.co<\/a><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">, and his appearance in Samsung\u2019s commercial <a href=\"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/making-of-make-it-yours-jesse-coulter-samsung-galaxy-s9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make It Yours at Samsung U.S. Newsroom<\/a>. In it, he shares one crucial piece of advice to aspiring creators \u2013\u201cMake mistakes until you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give Nigel Sylvester a bike and a smart phone, and he\u2019s got all he needs to bring his imagination to life. Sylvester\u2019s fans and fellow creators gathered at\u00a0Samsung 837, Samsung\u2019s first-of-its-kind technology and cultural destination in the heart of New York City\u2019s Meatpacking District, for the premiere of the BMX pro athlete\u2019s latest film, \u201cGO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29720,29718,29721],"tags":[10743,720,8752],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-21087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-mobile","category-product","category-product-mobile-smartphones","tag-galaxy-s9","tag-samsung-837","tag-samsung-experience"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/14110550\/hboyce_180418_A7R02415-e1528790712182.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29720,"name":"Mobile","slug":"product-mobile","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29720,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29718,"count":984,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-mobile\/","term_path":"product\/product-mobile"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21087"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=21087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}