Exactly.
Get what youâre saying but that is pretty dismissive view. You canât say Blessed didnât have some top tier skating
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Top tier is subjective. Progressive toward a certain way of skating yes. It actually had many levels of skating thinking about it but could have been overshadowed by the look/feel/vibe of the video.
This style has become top tier as itâs influenced the direction of skateboarding overall.
I didnât think Fully flared was top tier at the time, I thought it was several steps back to make a few steps forward, which I think is also important.
Just to be clear - when I say that I didnât like the filming, I am also glad it wasnât a Strobeck imitator or a dude on a pogo stick filming with a VX.
I just felt like the fisheye never really got in there that often. Because of that, I felt like I was distantly witnessing rather than being fully involved. I hope that makes sense.
The filming was clean but very pedestrian and I think when you are mainly skating ledges, it needs to feel a bit more dynamic.
As an example, I think those Vans videos over the past few years have had more involving filming. Primitive have also done a good job with their fisheye lines, too.
I wish I had some really good examples.
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Would love to know what the original choices were.
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@anon83623327 @Haven_Hamilton_Official Of course theyâre both skate videos. They serve different purposes and are supposed to represent different things, thatâs what I was getting at. I never said that the skating in Blessed was bad. I really liked some of it.
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Worth re-watching, its a lot to take in. Middle section I didnât enjoy so much but the beginning and end are rad.
Watched it last night. I felt like a dog being shown a card trick
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Got to wait all day until I can watch this. I need to stay off Twitter and this forum, Iâm hearing too many spoilers
Kinda agree but there are two angles to view this. As something to hype you up to go out and learn something and up your own skill or to sit back in awe at someone elses skill. I canât relate either but it does look beautiful to me (once I can disregard his hunch)
I can totally enjoy some gnarly transition skating like Pedro/sandoval sections but thatâs even further away in relation to me.
I can see why people will find fault in this Suciu part absolutely, I can see/feel them too but I decide to let them go and appreciate what i do love about it as that is pretty overpowering.
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Can someone download this and send me a link so I can save it to my iPhone?
Sure?
Phone screen wonât do it justice.
Will watch it on my telly then youâre right.
Why not watch it on a proper screen instead?
Wonder if heâll get a better board offer. Heâs only on Habitat because he wanted on Alien so badly.
Innit ha. Mine too even if iâm slightly less close to the light at the end of the tunnel than you (not by much mind)
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Seriously though, what is better? You mean relevant today donât you?
I mean âbetterâ, like a company with more presence, more social media output, more distribution, more fans and ultimately a better royalty cheque.
Not sure what you mean but I guess those companies are the relevant ones.
Habitat might have all that in the US, we donât see it here much nowadays. But I get you. They are backseat at the moment but I donât know what his motives are or whether loyalty and itegrity makes him stick with them?
Donât think so, I think itâs own personal thing, could be wrong.
