tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55882087771960313912023-11-15T09:02:05.443-08:00Blade Video ReviewBladeVideoReviewBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572890874307672177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588208777196031391.post-90936188264840650382010-01-25T18:31:00.000-08:002010-02-25T23:40:38.676-08:00I Was a Cloud<div style="text-align: center;">I Was a Cloud</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/DVD-Cloud-2T.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal">All I really know about Erik Bill is that he is from Idaho and he rollerblades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’ve seen an online edit of his skating and I liked it, so when I heard he was making a video, titled I Was a Cloud, I thought I’d give it a look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I Was a Cloud not only features Erik’s skating, but also includes profiles on Cameron Card, Erik Bailey, Chris Olpin, and many more.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Also, the DVD has great cover art, and a good artistic feel to it all around, if that means anything to you.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I can appreciate it.</p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacndn.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I Was a Cloud opens with some scenery shots and introduces the riders who are in the video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There aren’t too many skating clips in the intro, as the intro really just sets the mood for the rest of the video, which I can only describe as “feel good”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was pleasantly surprised with the first trick for two reasons:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>First, I didn’t know that Cameron Card was in the video, and secondly, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the footage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The flick was filmed with a Canon XH-A1 and looks really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Beyond the camera itself, the NDN is a good filmer, so there aren’t really any “bad” shots.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first of way too many profiles belongs to Cameron Card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This got me juiced because all I knew about this video was that Erik Bill and Erik Bailey had sections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I haven’t seen much of Cameron at all since his injury, so it is great to see him skating again, and doing it so well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you’ve never seen a Cameron Card section before, his style is the smoothest and he’s really solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There are a lot of soyales and tts’s in this section, but there is still plenty of variety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Easily one of the top sections in the video, I Was a Cloud has a great start with Cameron Card.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaccc1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next profile is from this guy, Phil Davidson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section has started growing on me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Phil has some tricks that look really sick, and then others that just seem like a random kid from wherever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I really liked the perfect alley-oop fish 360 off, the sick style on his spins, and some of the creative stuff Phil does in this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The music on in this section doesn’t fit my personal taste, but it works perfectly in this section, so that’s cool.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;">**this section is actually online already, so i'm not putting screens. go watch it and buy the video**</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">After Phil Davidson comes Chris Olpin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you’re like me then maybe you watched his miniview in VideoGroove, and I think he had a little section in some other video, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So, also like me, when you hear about a Chris Olpin section you might be thinking “SKIP!”… but not so fast!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you skip this section you are missing out on a great section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The skating, music and filming are all really good, and this Chris Olpin section is nothing like any section you’ve seen of him before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He skates really fast, does tricks switch and natural, and has such improved style and overall skate moves that this section is one of my favorites from I Was a Cloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you consider yourself an un-fan of Chris’ skating, I suggest you pick up this video and watch his section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Your mind will be changed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacco3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Erik Bill is from Idaho, so the next section is a montage featuring what I would assume is primarily Idaho rollerbladers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is your standard local skate video section, full of people that you’ve only heard of if you live in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nonetheless, this section is still watchable because of a good vibe, good filming and music choice.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacidaho.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The next guy to get a profile is Tad Tregeagle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Like most of the people in I Was a Cloud, I’ve never heard of this guy before, but I like the way he skates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He makes his tricks look nice, throws in a couple switch tricks, and just comes through with a decent section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Still, I would have much rather seen Erik combine most of these profiles into shared sections or montages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There are just too many sections in this video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s one thing to watch a VideoGroove that is an hour long, but every clip is someone you’ve heard of busting their ass for DAP, and it’s another thing to watch a long ass video out of Idaho/Utah full of people you’ve never heard of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Still, Tad’s section is cool enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I didn’t like the song but I don’t like a lot of songs.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacted2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacted2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacted1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacted1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yet another profile section, this one is from Eli St. Germaine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I think this guy is from Idaho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is a perfect example of what could have been done differently with this video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Instead of another section of a random guy who doesn’t necessarily have the abilities that warrant a full video profile, there are a good number of tricks in this section that could have been used toward a shared/split section that would work properly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The rest can be used for DVD bonus material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The same could have been done with like 4 or 5 other sections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In any case, Eli does some good tricks, and I like this topacid on a curve drop ledge.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaceli1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaceli1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaceli2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwaceli2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">After this is a Jay Whitmore section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don’t know who Jay Whitmore is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is another section like the Eli St. Germaine one:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Take the best clips and use them for a split section and then use the rest for as bonus material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jay does some cool tricks and a lot of ledge transfers and little random grinds that anybody can appreciate, but not everyone can do.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The NDN got it right with the next montage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is a shared section with a bunch of people I haven’t heard of, but all of the tricks in it are really cool and make me want to see a lot more from each skater.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This guy Jeff Stanger totally steals the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He has a sickening style, tricks switch and natural, and just kills it hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Just look at the true topsoul below!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I Was a Cloud should be more like this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you take all the 45 other profile sections, just take the best clips and turn them into 3 shared sections you’re going to keep a lot of people’s attention better than 45 profiles of people we don’t know.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Extra props again to Jeff Stanger.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I am now a fan.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacstanger1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacstanger1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacstanger.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacstanger.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a>Mike Petrack is the next profile in I Was a Cloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is another section that could have been combined with someone else and the rest used as a bonus section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There are a lot of good tricks and lines in here, and I like Mikey’s style.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacpetrack2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacpetrack2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacpetrack1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacpetrack1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dan Dickerson also has a profile in the video, and it’s pretty good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There is something in his skating that is lacking in some of the other sections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Maybe it’s a few new spots, or the way Dan steezes out some of the tricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Whatever it is, I like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Really solid skating, a good trick and spot selection, and good filming all contribute to a nice profile.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacdan1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacdan1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacdan2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacdan2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I guess if you’re going to have a bunch of profiles and you don’t want to combine them, you could just have a mini-profile like Ty Acuff has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is less than 2 minutes long, but it works really well:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ty gets to show off his skills and we get a good, short look at his skating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That’s pretty much what local videos are for – highlighting local talent.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No better way to highlight someone than this section – short, good clips, good editing… good miniview.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwactyacuff2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Finally we come to filmer/editor/skater Erik Bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I Was a Cloud is his video, but thankfully he doesn’t have tons of clips of himself all over the whole DVD, a la Too Much Love 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I really enjoy Erik’s skating and was looking forward to this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you like his skating then you will like his profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Erik has a visible confidence in his skating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He looks like he is having fun and doing exactly what he wants to do, and that is what rollerblading is all about (and pantz).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbill1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbill1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbill2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbill2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br />The closing profile in I Was a Cloud goes to Mr. Erik Bailey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This profile is the main reason I sat through 14 other sections to get to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This Bailey section definitely isn’t a WAV/WAV2 section, but it is obviously still sick.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bailey skates the same stuff that everyone else skates throughout the video, but he kills all of it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The same ledge that Phil savanna’s down, Bailey fakie 450 backroyals, and so on and so forth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section really shows the difference between pros and locals, and what a difference it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bailey kills it nicely, though there aren’t really any insane hammers, if that is what you’re looking for.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/IWAC/iwacbail2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I Was a Cloud closes like it opens – with a fun section that shows the vibe of Erik Bill and his friends.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I’m sure if I were from the area I would absolutely love this video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As it is, I’m not from the area, so seeing full profiles of 8 people I’ve never heard of isn’t the most awesome thing ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If some of the sections would have been combined, I would like it better, but they weren’t so I’ll have to live with I Was a Cloud as it is – a sick local video with TONS of skating from unknown locals, known ams, and top pros like Bailey.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pros:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tons of skating, lots of sections, Bailey/Card/Olpin/Bill/Dickerson/Stanger all come through really sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The unknown guys are fun to watch and see what kinda stuff they’re into skating out there in Idaho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Good filming with a good camera means clean footage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Music fits well in pretty much every single section.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cons:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Too many profiles to sit down and watch straight through – I kept falling asleep cause it was so long and I didn’t know who the people were.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Overall:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you like blading videos, then you should get this.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If you like local videos that highlight your everyday rollerblader, then you should get this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you like videos that are filmed well with high quality cameras, good editing and music, and Erik Bailey/Cameron Card, then get this!<o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->BladeVideoReviewBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572890874307672177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588208777196031391.post-60943737832231107522010-01-15T21:42:00.000-08:002010-01-30T12:46:52.053-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro3.png"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Too Much Love II:<span> </span>The Breakdown</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aggressivemall.com/v/vspfiles/photos/DVD-TNL2-2T.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.aggressivemall.com/v/vspfiles/photos/DVD-TNL2-2T.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Admittedly, I’ve never seen the original Too Much Love, but when the trailer for Too Much Love 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breakdown (TML2) hit the web I knew I needed to cop the second installment of the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John Bolino is amazing, I’d been yearning for a fresh Jeph Howard section, and of course there is that little Chris Farmer section.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">TML2 is a local video out of Minnesota, produced by Blake Cohen and Brett Dasovic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Like I said, I’ve never seen the first video, so I can’t comment on the progression between the first and second, but as for TML2 - it is a good video with room for improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you watched the trailer and saw Howard, Bolino and Farmer you may be expecting some kind of epic video, and I have to say that I had high expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But after watching the video it’s easy to see that this is just a local video that happens to feature some top pros.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The video is a documentation of part of the Minnesota scene, and that scene is definitely healthy.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The intro begins with clips from each profiled rider in the video – John Bolino, Jeph Howard, Chris Farmer, Michael Garlinghouse, and producer/blader Brett Dasovic – and progresses to include skaters from all over Minnesota and a few faces from elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The filming and editing is alright, and for this video, the song is decent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thrown in are some ill tricks, and there you go – TML2 has a solid intro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Notable skaters from the intro, who also appear throughout the video, include Blake O’Brien, Aaron Peterson, James Beary and Derek Larson.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2intro1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">The appeal of TML2 lies strictly in its profiles, the first of which goes to Jeph Howard. Jeph’s been laying down serious hammers since back when he was wearing sweatpants that looked like they came from the Skittles factory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Well, he’s still laying them and they are just as intense as ever.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I can’t say that I approve of the song for this section, but that’s okay because it’s not my video, nor my profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The song is boring, but if anything I think it puts that much more focus on Jeph’s skating, which is incredible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Right off the bat he destroys it with a disaster fishbrain on what looks like a gap to 16-stair down rail that sets the tone for the rest of the section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Like I said, TML2 is a local video that has some top pros, and Jeph is one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rail transfers, gaps, gaps into and out of rails, switch-ups, Jeph kills it through the whole profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Notable tricks are an illusion zero makio (snake zero makio) on a down rail, alley-oop topsoul fullcab gap out over a rail to drop, and a ridiculous topsoul to HUGE drop that you can see in the trailer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don’t know if Jeph has room left for more sponsors, but if he does they should be knocking down his door after watching this section.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2jeph3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">One aspect of the video that I don’t really feel is the sampled audio from various movies at the beginning of each section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>However, any section that begins with a sampled Woody Allen audio clip is the kind of section I want to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m talking about Michael Garlinghouse’s profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The last video I reviewed was the Vibralux team video, On Top, and Michael has a section in that video, as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Between those two sections I’ve really started digging his skate moves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There really isn’t anything lacking from the section – Garlinghouse pulls tricks switch and natural, does gaps and grinds, and skates all kinds of different obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Beyond that, he has an individual style that keeps growing on me, and hopefully others, as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The music in this section is mellow and has an easy-going feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’ve never met him, but from watching his skating alone it seems like Michael has the same type of attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Another reason I love this profile is because there is some seriously sick terrain being shredded down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dope ledges, crazy spots, freeway overpasses, and lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some of my highlights from this profile are the line that goes right foot true porn and then inspin fastplant-to-left foot true porn, some ill stylish grabs, and a full allyooop acid on a stair ledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I wish more people would make sections like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Variety in tricks, skating both ways, sick terrain…great stuff.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml1gar2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml1gar2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2gar1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2gar1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2gar3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tml2gar3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:LucidaGrande, fantasy;">The next section is a montage split among Aaron Peterson, Jeff Dahmen, Kevin Meland and Josh Ulrichsen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The music is off target again in this section, and it’s too bad for the riders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The song has no climactic point – or much variation at all, for that matter – which makes it hard to build up any intensity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What results is a string of clips put to music, none set apart from another, nothing at all to grasp your interest except for the skating itself.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Unfortunately the skating alone isn’t enough for this section to pull its weight compared to the profiles, but I have to give the riders credit for busting their asses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They all come through with some decent clips.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I really liked Kevin Meland’s skating, and Aaron Peterson kills it with a sick ender.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture5.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture5.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture4.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture4.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/Picture3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:LucidaGrande, fantasy;">Producer/Editor Brett Dasovic is up next with a full profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Brett’s skating is the kind of skating I enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He spins both ways into and out of grinds, grinds both ways with spins in and out, and jumps big gaps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That being said, I found myself wondering why I didn’t absolutely love the section.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I think it is because of the music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is Brett’s section in his own video, so I’m positive that he wanted that song to be used, but I don’t know why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Though, I must admit that the music and skating go well together somehow.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Not my choice, but at least it works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Brett kills it with hard tricks landed both ways, lots of lines, massive 180’s, and a controlled style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Brett shows us here why he’s on the come up.</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2BRETT1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">One of the main reasons I wanted to pick up Too Much Love 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breakdown was because I couldn’t wait for a new John Bolino section.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If you don’t know how dope this kid is on blades, let me say this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he’s THIS dope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>JonJon does some seriously sick tricks for his section in TML2, but he is capable of much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bolino does 540’s both ways over double sets, rewinds in the middle of switch-ups, and has such a smooth style that makes it look like he’s hardly even trying.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>While the John Bolino profile was one of the highlights of the video for me, it is no exemption from the curse of bad music choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sometimes you can use a good song, but when you use it in a blading video the song doesn’t work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That’s pretty much what happens in John’s section, and TML2 as a whole – songs that aren’t necessarily bad are put with skating and it become monotonous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In any case, this section is a hit and a miss.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What hits are some seriously sick tricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What misses is that even though Bolino kills it, he is capable of killing it much harder.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But beggars can’t be choosers, so I’ll take whatever section of John I can get.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TML2JON2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">After the JonJon section there is a montage that is mainly shared among the profile riders from the video.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Howard, Garlinghouse, Farmer, Bolino, and Dasovic all have some sick tricks and are then joined by some friends for a couple tricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is a good look at the overall video – the profiled skaters kill it hard, and the locals come through with good tricks of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I think its kind of cool to see your regular average local dude in the same section as John, Jeph and Chris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Notable clip is Bolino’s line of switch 360 then back torque to true makio then outspin backslide 270 off.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/montage2TML2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/montage2TML2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/montage3TML2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/montage3TML2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:LucidaGrande, fantasy;">Buy this video for the Chris Farmer section – it’s worth it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Obviously the most anticipated profile of Too Much Love 2, Farmer comes through with the sick delivery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Straight annihilation left-footed and right-footed, Farmer kinda shows everyone what’s hood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There really isn’t anything to say about the section, so I’ll just tell you what my favorite parts were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>First and foremost is the launch to topacid on a wall into some sketch landing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There’s the zero spin switch backslide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All the tricks from his ONE interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Farmer handles in a way that only Farmer can. A+</span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm4.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/TMLfarm4.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:LucidaGrande, fantasy;">Too Much Love 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breakdown ends with a really good closer/friends/credits section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Faces from the Minnesota scene roll through with nice tricks and the song, filming and editing was fine.</span></div><p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tmlcloser3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tmlcloser3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tmlcloser2.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tmlcloser2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/TML2/tmlcloser4.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;">Too Much Love 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breakdown is a good video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>From the next TML release I expect to see some nice crane/dolly shots, hopefully a really sick camera, and some more sick skating from the Minnesota team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Hopefully a better soundtrack will be included.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;">Pros:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All 5 main profile sections, especially Farmer, which is worth the price of the video alone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Jeph Howard’s section is also completely off the hook and is also A+ material. The DVD also includes all the A Day With Brett & Jeph edits from the internetz, as well as a couple remix sections.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;">Cons:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Music choice.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Also, this is a local video, so if you don’t like to see local skaters and only like the big names, you’ll have to deal with some “who?” questions, but not many.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:LucidaGrande;">Overall:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you can get past the music, there is some decent skating in Too Much Love 2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Breakdown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You need to buy this video for the Jeph Howard and Chris Farmer sections, no doubt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Length is pretty much perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:LucidaGrande, -webkit-fantasy;">...that's what she said.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->BladeVideoReviewBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572890874307672177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588208777196031391.post-29745215468996769712009-12-26T23:28:00.000-08:002010-01-30T14:04:22.098-08:00"On Top" Vibralux Team Video<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/VXintropic.png"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f75/ianball/on%20top/farm1.png"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;">“On Top” – Vibralux Team Video</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/896/vibraluxontopfrontlowdj8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 432px;" src="http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/896/vibraluxontopfrontlowdj8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;">We all know how to start a rollerblading company: get some t-shirts printed up, pick a few of your friends to be on the “team”, sell the shirts, and then go under a couple years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Pretty much standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What’s not standard is when your friends are the best rollerbladers in the world, and instead of going out of business, the quality of your products continues to get better and better, and you start producing signature model jeans and “Best Of…” videos for your riders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What’s even more astray from the norm is giving those riders money from those products!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is exactly what AJ’s been doing for the last few years with Vibralux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now, after four (five?) years the wait is over – the first Vibralux team video has finally dropped, and it’s easy to see why instead of folding after a couple t-shirt lines, Vibralux has risen to the top of the industry as the hot threads to cop.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Starring Chris Haffey, Chris Farmer, Alex Broskow, Don Bambrick, Fabiola Da Silva, Mike Gnarlinghouse, Brenton Wheeler, and Michael Collins, the first VX team video, On Top, is a showcase of what wearing Vibralux clothes can do for you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The video was filmed on tour throughout the U.S., and from the looks of things, must have been a blast to produce.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/VXintropic.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The video begins with a long take tour through a VX sweatshop where the riders are introduced in a wonderfully creative way – screen print each riders name on a t-shirt, package up the box, throw it in the party van and we’re off on tour with the Vibralux team to see why they’re On Top…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The vibe throughout the intro makes it clear that this is a tightly knit group of friends who were brought together by blades, but go far beyond just a clothing company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The skating, filming and editing in the intro let you know that you’re not in for a super-serious, death defying hammercore video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is just a group of close buds cruising around the country tearing spots apart as only the VX team can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you rock the threads, you know AJ cares about quality control, and that’s also visible through the way the video is all shot from the same camera.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>No more black and white footage to make it all look the same!! Good call, Chauncey!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/gnar.png"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/farm1.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/farm1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;">The first profile of the video goes to Chris Farmer, who skates to some Alice Cooper song that I’m not all too juiced about, but it fits the skating just fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Of course AJ’s clicking on the mouse, so the music and skating work together perfectly, even if I don’t personally enjoy the song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don’t really even need to talk about the skating – it’s Farmer.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He rips impossible tricks with impeccable style, as always.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He’s also back to the 3XL sweats for this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Oh, wait – my bad, he’s not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>My only gripe about this section – as with any other Farmer section – is that it’s too short! Not even 3 minutes long, and it leaves you wanting more, more, more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/farm2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">The next profile comes from Mike Gnarlinghouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A lot of people might not even know who this dude is, and probably think he’s only on the team because he’s friends with the guys or something, but he comes through with nice style and good tricks. AND, he never forgets to grab!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Gnarlinghouse obviously isn’t on the same level as the heavy hitters from VX, but the section is fun to watch, and he does tricks that are good for him with a distinct style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is also pretty short, but for someone as relatively unknown as he is, sharing a spotlight with the rest of the Vibralux team, two-minutes is more than anyone could ask for.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/gnar.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">Gnarlinghouse’s section ends and transitions into a section from the other Michael – Michael Collins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AJ’s one-liner at the beginning of the section is the funniest thing in the video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I wasn’t surprised by this section but I wasn’t disappointed, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Collins could probably bust way harder tricks if he would really try to do it, but the tricks he comes through with in the video are really good, and his style is coming along nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He must be at least 16 by now and is gaining the type of control over his body he needs to be able to work the trick how he wants it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is just as smooth as all the other sections and the music, skating and filming go together nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As we all know, LeRock knows what he’s doing with the camera/computer combo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is the right length – short, but doesn’t feel rushed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/collins.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">Brenton Wheeler is sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He skates to a sick rock song and is a total badass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He does wall rides, gaps, grinds rails and ledges, does lines – it’s great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I really don’t know what else to say about this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s not too short, like the other sections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s not too crazy, but who would expect it to be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s a solid section full of solid tricks and I know if I were Brenton I would be well pleased with the way it turned out.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fact is, I’m not Brenton, and I still love this section; he looks like he is truly enjoying himself on those blades.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/brenton1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/brenton2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Brenton’s section ends with – WHAT’S THIS? Alex Broskow falling?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And then Gnarlinghouse and Haffey and Farmer and Bambrick all FALLING?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m not too sure what this was all about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Either they were all CGI’s or else perhaps there are some rocky roads on the way to the top…but it doesn’t last long because obviously these guys are the best, and the minute of falls were most definitely all the falls that took place over the entire tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/don1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/don1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/don2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/don2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">Only AJ can get away with using the same song twice in the same video – back to back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That’s because – 1. it’s a sickening song and 2. you get to listen to it while you watch Don Bambrick skate! (it’s Helter Skelter by the beatles,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>two different versions, and changes after the falls into the beginning of Don’s section)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Don comes through with another sick section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was expecting more from this section, but it was an unfair expectation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That is, this was a tour video – not a video where each rider can sit down with a list of things they want to go lace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Instead they drove around and found stuff in towns that they don’t live in and maybe had never even been to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That said, Don came through with tricks so hard and a style so tight that nobody can complain about this section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The song rocks, the filming is good, and we all know that Don is the man.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This section is 3 minutes long, which isn’t long enough for me, but that’s because I’m greedy and love watching Bamby skate.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/don3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">There is an upside to the end of Don’s section, and that would be the beginning of Haffey’s section!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Come on, you know I don’t even have to say anything – it’s Chris Haffey.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Simply put, he makes me want to be a better man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Haffey’s section is nice and long – 5 minutes. That’s what I like!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The dude from Radiohead sings along and Haffey kills it so powerfully and each trick is captured so well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Not an epic section, but like I said before, it’s a tour video and it’s not like he could list out a bunch of hammers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But he still comes through with a Chris Halley section that you’ll watch over and over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His last few tricks are hammertime for sure, but what Haffey trick isn’t?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffeycone.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffeycone.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/haffey2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">After Bonecrusher finishes wetting our pants for us, Brenton Wheeler smooth talks his way out of a situation where he clearly doesn’t know what’s going on. X-O-X-0-AB Alex Broskow doesn’t know the Tony Hawk codes, but he sure knows how to shred like he’s been on skates since he was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Actually…I think he knows the codes, too.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As always, every trick is flawless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He just makes it all look too easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This section is nice and long, too, like 4 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is your everyday Broskow section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His illusion spins are top shelf.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB4.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB4.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB1.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB1.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB2.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/AB2.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">Well, that’s it for the video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After AB stops skating there is a usual fun-style, AJ-style credits at the end showing each rider and whatnot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Also in the bonus part of the DVD are all of the Vibralux Free Online Videos from Chauncey LeRock, which are all awesome, as you know, because you’ve probably watched them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Overall, On Top is very sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s 37 minutes long and a blast to watch, and full of great rollerblading.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The music, filming and editing are great, and it feels like the Adam Johnson videos we all love.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/donok.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/donok.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/farmok.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/farmok.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, fantasy;">My number 1 complaint about this movie is the “okay”/”ready” sign they keep doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thanks a lot, dick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now every crew and kid is gonna be doing this and thinking they’re all cool, when really they’re just not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m sure it’s already started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you’re reading this and you know what I’m talking about, don’t do it! If you see other people doing it, don’t do it back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You weren’t on that tour, you don’t know how it started, and you aren’t cool or funny for doing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You’re just biting.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/okay3.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/okay3.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/ABok.png"><img src="http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/bladevideoreviewblog/On%20Toop/ABok.png" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, -webkit-fantasy;">Is this video worth your money:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>YES.</span></p>BladeVideoReviewBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572890874307672177noreply@blogger.com0