Skateboarding Reviews - Videos & DVDs

Each rider gets a part in this somewhat formulaic video from Transworld. They've definitely tried to break out of the mold, but watching a half hour of music videos should stimulate a few new ideas. OK, they "interview" a few street whackos and try to break up the rider's parts with skits, but the humor falls short when you see Dan Drehobl killing it in his part.

After that, do I need to see a homeless guy ranting about this and that? If anyone from TWS reads this review... the answer would be NO.

HBO's "Taxicab Confessions" was funny. Drunken idiots get into cabs and start confessing to all sorts of oddities or they start having sex. Either way, it was fun to watch. I enjoy watching Tony Trujillo skate. I don't require a forced comedy skit in which he pretends to be a cab driver who picks up skaters and delivers them to skate spots. The cab skits were ridiculous and didn't add anything to the video. Worse, they didn't tie into anything we saw.

The TWS film crew might benefit from watching some of the old Bones Brigade videos. Stacy Peralta has a good sense of humor, knows how to make a point with humor AND he knows how to make a great film.

So, I'm doing an awful lot of bitching considering I'm giving this DVD a pretty good rating. All in all the excellent skating outweighs the feeble attempts at humor. There's some great talent on this disc and it shows in all the parts.

Each rider gets a part in this somewhat formulaic video from Transworld. They've definitely tried to break out of the mold, but watching a half hour of music videos should stimulate a few new fucking ideas. OK, they "interview" a few street whackos and try to break up the rider's parts with skits, but the humor falls short when you see Dan Drehobl killing it in his part.

After that, do I need to see a fucking homeless guy ranting about this and that? If anyone from TWS reads this review... the answer would be FUCK NO.

HBO's "Taxicab Confessions" was fucking funny. Drunken idiots get into cabs and start confessing to all sorts of oddities or they start fucking. Either way, it was fun to watch. I enjoy watching Tony Trujillo skate. I don't require a forced comedy skit in which he pretends to be a cab driver who picks up skaters and delivers them to skate spots. The cab skits were fucking ridiculous and didn't add anything to the video. Worse, they didn't fucking tie into anything we saw.

The TWS film crew might benefit from watching some of the old Bones Brigade videos. Stacy Peralta has a good sense of humor, knows how to make a point with humor AND he knows how to make a great film.

So, I'm doing an awful lot of bitching considering I'm giving this DVD a pretty good rating. All in all the excellent skating outweighs the feeble attempts at humor. There's some great talent on this disc and it fucking shows in all the parts.