"Randomly stumbled upon this perfect flat roof and really wanted to get a trick on it. When I look at this roof I feel like it's a stair set without the stairs... Maybe around a 12 or so. To me it's just a little more interesting to do something off this unique roof set up. With Colin Mackay being in San Diego for this one, he shot this dope sequence. Little first T half cab for the boys. " - MG Photo by Colin Mackay

"The aftermath. Little celebration after she worked. As you can see I was hyped to get this clip." - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"If you know me well I actually put my hands on my head like this all the time. For some reason it's a comfortable position for me haha." - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"Chilling on my beautiful whip." - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"Playing back the magic we created together!" - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"This was a super fun day. Had the whole crew out for a few laugh attacks and went home with a clip in the bag." - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"Visualizing the manual to drop. Not much room for error on this one or warm ups. This house was telling me to do a 720 but I decided to go with the manual." - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"The roof manny was a lot higher jump on once I got on the roof. From the ground it looked below bar height, once I got up there it was inches higher. It all went as planned in the end though. " - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"T bog over the double rail hop. The janitor came out moments before this worked and he was actually totally cool with us riding at the school once we showed him we were good people. This was a fun/funny day with the crew. " - MG Photo by Joey Cobbs

"With minimal time to give the half cab a go, I gave this roof a quick straight jump. Moments after I got back on the roof, this busy parking lot was crawling with people telling me to get off the roof. One go later we had our half cab clip. When all goes smoothly there is no better feeling then setting a good example for all the people watching. When random bystanders see you falling it changes their perspective to just seeing the danger in what we do. When we land our tricks in front of them, these people feel the magic we feel and see how stoked we are about it. There is no better feeling then spreading that positive BMX energy to people who only have a clue about it because you just so happen to be in front of them in that moment." - MG Photo by Colin Mackay

You can be a major part of the process of documenting a video section, as the videographer or photographer, but the only person who truly knows what it took to make it all happen is the rider himself. After 9 months of filming Mike Gray's 2016 Haro Video has dropped, it's incredible, and we've got some of the highlights of the project described in his own words.