that was good....but far from his best stuff.
Thanks for the interview btw. I'm curious to see what happens when Taillandier moves to Paris, as an edit like that is obviously kinda limited by the spots available in Bordeaux, which is a small city. If he films some downhill shit in Paris like he did in SF.....could be epic.
Finally it seems to me a shared Valls/Daurel part would be awesome for some strange reason. Probably cause they're both super fun to watch and it would cover transition as well as street?
quite frankly, this is all leftovers from various projects and most of the clips date back to 2014-ish. most of the skaters featured in the montage don't even live in Bordeaux anymore, and maybe half the spots have been torn down since (such as those wavy ledges at the bottom of the church). I was living in Bordeaux and present when most of this was filmed and edited ; this exact montage has been sitting on Yoan's hard drive (in this current state) for over three years. no idea as to why he's just putting it up now.
I wish Yoan wasn't so much of a constant inner struggle ; as an artist he has a sharp, very accute vision of how he wants his stuff to look like, and be presented, but realistically he's more often than not lacking the means to achieve materializing just that, and I'm not just talking about money but really everything - time, opportunities. moving to Paris and skating with new skaters should definitely do him well. what he's been dropping for the Futur guys has been sick so far, so it looks like he needs some company (not just talking brands) to give him fresh perspectives maybe. as of now it seems like being stuck in Bordeaux has been burning him out, for quite a while too.
Seb Daurel had a full-length vert part (!) in Nikola Racan's "Solsticij" (
https://theories-of-atlantis.myshopify.com/products/solsticij-dvd /
http://solsticij.bigcartel.com/product/solsticij-pre-order). it was a really sweet surprise and that section made me feel like I was watching "Useless Wooden Toys".