So with the youtube generation of skaters never quite understanding what it means to actually wait for a video to come out and have to buy it or watch it with a friend, it seems company's like Zero and others have begun to fight back. The result, short videos with cheap packaging for a low price. Reasoning because videos don't sell like they used to ( did a skate video ever break even ? plane tickets, hotels, equipment, etc. ) and it'll immediately go straight to youtube or some other video hosting site. While I understand the idea behind the change it seems that it has also "dumbed" down the skating. Zero's Strange World is a great example ( and not the only one mind you ). The am's went off and pulled some sick parts together (as they should to "prove" themselves worthy of the Slap forums). The pro's slacked, I understand many were coming off of the fallen video but what was Elissa Steamer's excuse again ? Or Rattray's ? Well ... Rattray had just finished the Osiris Feed the Need Part like ... 3 years ago, ummm so did Balding Brockman and he pulled out a full section ( quite ridicolous at that, frontside bluntslide like whoa ). I just wonder if these promos, short online videos and new "Strange World" styled dvds are going to be the downfall of video progression. Will everything just go straight to youtube and be simpley park clips of your used to be favorite pro doing front 5-0s on little transition in some slip ons talking about his low key day ? Hopefully I'm wrong, I figure as long as $lave is around and Girl/Chocolate skate videos will never completely die or ... slack.
P.S. and now Zero is starting to film for "Cold War" will this be only pro parts with am montages ?
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On another note, I can be cool to see some pros toning down their skating at times. Because it gives you the opportunity to see them doing lines and not banging singles. And when I mean line, I don't mean one easy trick immediately followed by a ridiculous flip in flip out combo ledge maneuver, but an actual succession of several solid tricks.
ReplyDeleteThat's why bonus footage is very often as good as the rest: the skating might be at a lower level, but you can see them doing tricks with style and ease rather than risking their lives for a too easily forgetable hammer.