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BREACH CULTURE
CURATION Emil Shevelev / Gargoyles
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BREACH CULTURE / FILE N° 047 A PHOTO CURATION

STILL in MOTION

Fifteen frames.

All from Gargoyles, 2025.

Photographs by EMIL SHEVELEV

CURATED BY Chris Ilabaca
SUBJECT The Gargoyles crew
LOCATION Montréal, Québec
SCROLL ↓ Run the film
◉ 15 FRAMES — From Gargoyles — MONTRÉAL · 2025 — The crew that stayed — ◉ 15 FRAMES — From Gargoyles — MONTRÉAL · 2025 — The crew that stayed —
ACT ONE

Opening the project hard.

Max Lee Pottie rigs a rope in a demolition zone. Jeremy Gagnon
goes first with a huge drop. This is how Gargoyles begins.

Max Lee Pottie setting up a rope to spot mod for a descent line in a demolition zone
F — 01DEMOLITION ZONE
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Max Lee Pottie

LOCATION
Downtown, demolition zone
ACTION
Rigging a rope to spot-mod a descent line
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Before the descent, there's the rope. Max rigged this line himself to spot the mod in a zone that was already set for demolition. The whole frame is scale — the water tower, the fire escapes, and a body hanging in the middle of it all.

Max Lee Pottie performing a dive roll over a roof gap in prep for his ender clip
F — 02DIVE ROLL
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Max Lee Pottie

LOCATION
Rooftop, Montréal
ACTION
Dive roll over a roof gap
CONTEXT
Prep for the ender clip line
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Shot from below. Silhouette against the sky. Max diving horizontal over a gap while prepping the ender clip — the last shot in Gargoyles. Every jump before this one was just getting here.

Jeremy Gagnon taking a huge drop against a graffitied wall — the opening shot of Gargoyles
F — 03THE OPENER
03 / 15 ★ THE OPENER

Jeremy Gagnon

LOCATION
Industrial backlot, Montréal
ACTION
A huge drop — the film's opening shot
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Jeremy starts the project hard. This is the first thing you see when Gargoyles begins — a massive drop, graffiti wall, full commitment. Emil said the crew knew the bar had been set the moment this frame came off the camera.

Max Lee Pottie breaking the jump to the rail with Lucas Begin visible in the background
F — 04TWO IN FRAME
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Max Lee Pottie
+ Lucas Begin

LOCATION
Industrial, Montréal
ACTION
Breaking the jump to the rail
BACKGROUND
Lucas Begin, watching
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Max in the foreground, Lucas Begin watching from the background. Two frames in one: the jump that happened, and the next one somebody was already thinking about.

❝

I locked in completely. I didn't really feel much in that moment. I was more in my head, making sure everything was set up and ready to get the shot. The feelings came after, when we celebrated the accomplishment.

— EMIL SHEVELEV
ACT TWO

Descent lines, from roof to street.

Six frames. Lucas Begin's side flips. Dylan Cheung's church sequence. Tommy Charest's mental battle. Scroll down — the reel runs sideways.

05 Lucas Begin working on a descent line from the roof
Lucas Begin Descent line from the roof · side flip from rail
06 Lucas Begin ending his descent line with a side flip from a seated position
Lucas Begin Seated side flip · ending the line
07 Dylan Cheung sliding down the roof of a church in prep for a jump over a gap
Dylan Cheung Sliding the church roof · prep for the gap
08 Dylan Cheung jumping a gap on top of a church during his descent line
Dylan Cheung Jumping the church gap · descent line
09 Tommy Charest prepping for impact on a big droppy challenge
Tommy Charest Prepping for impact · big droppy challenge
10 Tommy Charest committing to the drop after a long mental battle
Tommy Charest Committing to the drop · after the mental battle
REEL 05 / 10
❝

Emil didn't leave parkour. He found another way to be inside it. The camera didn't pull him away from the culture. It pushed him deeper in.

— CHRIS ILABACA / BREACH CULTURE
ACT THREE

Olympic Stadium, and the classic gaps.

Louisa Chang makes history. Lucas Begin scouts.
Dylan Cheung strides over a classic.

Louisa Chang, first woman to do the iconic Olympic Stadium wall run in Montreal
F — 11OLYMPIC STADIUM
11 / 15 ★★★ HISTORIC

Louisa Chang

LOCATION
Olympic Stadium, Montréal
ACHIEVEMENT
First woman to do the wall run
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

This is the one. Montreal's iconic Olympic Stadium wall run — first woman ever. Emil said following her to the location felt like she'd already done it. There was no stress on his end filming, and she seemed super calm. Like it wasn't a huge challenge. It was.

Lucas Begin scouting ideas for a line at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal
F — 12SCOUT
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Lucas Begin

LOCATION
Olympic Stadium, Montréal
ACTION
Scouting a line · playing with ideas
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Same stadium as Louisa's wall run. Different day. Lucas is just playing with ideas — the slow part of the process nobody photographs. Emil does. The scout is where the line gets built.

Dylan Cheung striding over a classic gap in Montreal
F — 13CLASSIC GAP
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Dylan Cheung

LOCATION
Montréal
ACTION
Striding over a "classic" gap
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

A "classic" gap — the quotes do the work. Every city has them. The ones everyone has tried. Dylan's stride over it is both an achievement and a tribute to everyone who came before.

Lucas Begin taking a hefty drop after a drop-wall spin with a twist
F — 14DROP · SPIN · TWIST
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Lucas Begin

LOCATION
Old Montréal
ACTION
Hefty drop · drop-wall spin with a twist
BACKGROUND
Clock tower, autumn trees
FROM
Gargoyles (2025)

Lucas is in four of these fifteen frames. That's what it looks like when a crew member is also one of the main subjects. Here he's taking a hefty drop after a drop-wall spin with a twist — the kind of move that takes more words to describe than to do.

FRAME 15 / 15 ★ THE ONE HE'D BEEN WATCHING

Paul Brault,
visualizing the roof gap.

Paul Brault visualizing and prepping himself for a roof gap he had been eyeing for a couple of years
F — 15 / END

A couple of years Paul had been eyeing this gap. Watching it from the street. From the roof opposite. Building the line in his head. This frame is the moment he stood there and decided the time was now. The stuff that happens before the jump is often the real story. Anyone who's been there knows that.

— From "The Ones Who Stay Close" · Breach Culture

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