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Osiris The Storm revisited
« on: March 02, 2007, 10:26:23 AM »
This video, more often than any other, gets singled out as an example of one of the worst. But until last night I hadn't even seen it. Indeed, my expectations were very low, but nonetheless I was impressed. Here's why:

Kanten: he gets tech, he gets gnar. Those back-to-back, fatty-to-fatty back 360s were superhuman.

Knight: the guy's solid. So what if he shares a name with a gay porn star.

Hsu: Funny how this guy's so much in fashion now, because in '99 he was illusion-flipping like everyone else.

Lussier: I had no idea the guy was that good

I actually enjoyed the tracks and the kits in this vid. A refreshing change from the whiny indie rock and the neo-bohemian combos that have taken over the last few years. I'm going to stick my neck out and say the soundtrack, for the most part, was better than, say, Static II's (which mostly sucked).

Dobstaff, Kasper and Tyrone might be lacking in the style dept., but they put on a good show. That one curvy rail that Tyrone 5050s is out of hand. Mayhew's tailslide impossible out on that curved ledge was a never-been done so far as I know, and Chad Fernandez's rail tricks are still eye-poppers to this day.

Smolik's shared part with Brandon Turner was hype too. The late '90s aesthetic (track pants, anyone?) might not be in vogue right now, but that's no reason to bash a vid stacked with first-rate footage.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2931306131312407577
« Last Edit: March 02, 2007, 10:31:34 AM by Commercial D »
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2007, 10:44:28 AM »
thanks for the review dallas handsome

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2007, 10:54:09 AM »
when the video came out, the dificulty of tricks blew minds.  I think it was the editing that in the end killed it.  All that paintball footage????  But like you said, even though they were pretty goofy looking, they were doing so many tricks that nobody else was at the time.   

I can't believe Dallas, you of all people, hadn't seen it until last night.  That's crazeir than a tailslide impossible out.

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2007, 11:08:54 AM »
I remember my friend traded my his IPATH grasshoppers for this video..
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2007, 11:37:10 AM »
when the video came out, the dificulty of tricks blew minds.  I think it was the editing that in the end killed it.  All that paintball footage????  But like you said, even though they were pretty goofy looking, they were doing so many tricks that nobody else was at the time.   

I can't believe Dallas, you of all people, hadn't seen it until last night.  That's crazeir than a tailslide impossible out.

Chad Fernandez was the inspiration for your fakie bigspin boardslide on Woodsworth right?
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2007, 11:39:51 AM »
i agree
all hate on the storm should stop

i still think Chad Fernandez' part is one of the greatest of all time

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2007, 11:50:30 AM »
if you imagine everyone in the storm wearing brown chords, lakai selects, a white or earth toned shirt, and a knit beenie, its a pretty good video by todays standards

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2007, 12:27:16 PM »
Where's the catch?
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2007, 12:42:52 PM »
worst.  editing.  ever.
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2007, 12:49:56 PM »
The Storm stinks.

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2007, 01:50:59 PM »
i would definitely disagree that chad fernandez' part is one of the greatest of all time. The production of this video definitely destroys any legitimacy that it could have had, hi8 footage, loss of audio in alot of clips and generally outlandish music in many places add up to a horrific video. I remember my homie asking Dobstaff where the hubba at the end of his part(nollie heel nose Lincoln curb) was and he could only reply with "thats fucked up man."

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2007, 02:04:52 PM »
The editing sucks and the filming is sub-par but the skating is no joke. Kanten's fatty-to-flatty bs flip was outtahand. That Pharaoh Monch instrumental gets me hyped!
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2007, 02:15:51 PM »
that video was the shit
back when i was like 13 i watched that shit every day
those back 360s kanten russel did at the end of the video at that demo.... holy fuck
rediculous

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2007, 02:31:14 PM »
the filming was generally sub-par

however, dave mayhews tailslide shuv tailslide was flawlessly filmed

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2007, 06:53:40 PM »
That video is disgusting. It makes me want to hang myself instead of go skate.
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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2007, 08:56:20 PM »
That video is disgusting. It makes me want to hang myself instead of go skate.

Yeah there is really no point in trying to extract any virtue out of The Storm, or claim that those who hate it only do so because it's the cool thing to do.  The Storm is a shitty video,  people who are trying to claim that it's an underrated gem need to chill and let those skeletons stay in the closet.

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Re: Osiris The Storm revisited
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2007, 09:32:55 PM »
the cameras, filming, and editing were way way behind the standard for 99. 
that paintball footage was uber lame.

there are some pretty decent skaters in the video.

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