Most young boys dream of having a career like Corey Adams. The ability to combine skateboarding, directing and writing into a profession must conjure up the same warm feelings you get when school is closed due to snow. But Corey Adams’ life wasn’t all snow days and recess, it was hard work, followed by more hard work and, on the good days, credible winks of recognition in between the labor.

Corey dropped out of film school and made his way into the industry. Corey landed a job at FX Make Up Studios as a janitor and soon worked his way up to doing SFX techniques for films like “Freddy vs. Jason” and “Scary Movie.” During this time, Corey kept his own creative practice thriving with projects like “Of Wolf & Limb” (co-piloted by director/writer Alex Craig) and the long-running series, Swampdonkey. Corey broke into the spotlight when he and Alex’s first full-length film, Harvey Spannos, won the Fuel TV Entertainment contest for sports action earning them $1 million budget for the follow-up. The big-budget masterpiece, Machotaildrop premieres tonight in New York. (Cue the winks.)

Capturing the same mystical world as “Harvey Spannos,” where skateboarding is the highest form of sport, Blair Stanley (Rick McCrank) is God and dreams come true on the ramp. “Machotaildrop” follows the story of Walter Rhum (Anthony Amedi), a 17-year-old skateboarder whose life transforms when he is asked to ride for the highly prestigious skateboard company, Machotaildrop. Paralleling the dynamic relationship between sponsor and athlete through the lens of fantasy, “Machotaildrop” is a story about youth and adventure.

We caught up with Corey to ask him some questions about skateboarding, his latest projects and his dream film.

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