spoiler list / my hot take after each part:
Strobeck's clips in Kader's part definitely stand out (compared to Beagle's long lens, which someone else mentioned is quite good and keeps whole body in frame). also the technique on the nollie bs flip was perfect, I can sort of see why Drew wanted his part to end on that. not many kids his age throwing that trick down stair sets looking that good. Rolling stones didn't quite make sense for him, but I can see Drew being inspired by how Bill put Tyshawn's skating to Bob Dylan.
Tristan's part is sick, he skates a lot of steep banks and does one too many late shove its. He rides into back tail on that bank in NYC that Stu kirst keeps knocking himself out on. Some gnarly gap out to grinds or wallrides. Two very steep noseblunts. the music seems to fit his skating better than Kader's opener part.
Some clips of Dustin drunk as fuck to open his part. Low-key shit at LA high. Still got a nice kickflip. he skates some famous spots like Le Dome. the music has a sadder, emotional vibe.
Jacopo has several tricks at Milan train station. short part that doesn't quite do him justice. ends with him doing a trick down the smallest hubba I've ever seen, like skatepark status.
Tyson skates to some reggae-ish track and opens with a nice Suski grind down a rail. Back tail fakie on a burly high outledge right off the highway into a ditch. Nice kickflips into grinds down shit, he's capable of more than we've seen so far. He does the Alexis Lacroix thing where you ride the board like skis, and does a flip trick down the Macba big set.
Zach's part is visually entertaining, but trick-wise not very hard. He has the sketchiness that CJ had, but doesn't go as big down shit. Reynolds scoops a little wasabi in a spoon at a restaurant and Spanky snorts it, which is awesome comic relief. he ends with a cab flip on flat and half cab heel down a set.
Spanky's part to the Ramones is similar to what we've seen on Insta lately. Beagle's rolling long lens is dope and really adds to the visual mix. solid part but nothing really standout.
Herman's part is sick, sounds like some New Order or Joy Division that he skates to. he's still got all the good looking tricks he's known for: kickflip, tre flip, sw front heel. his clips are over too soon and it transitions into some Reynolds clips.
Stella has a kickflip down a little 5 set, then Elissa and Shane have a few tricks, then Reynolds has a few clips, one where he's skating a vert ramp like it's a mini
Riley's part is short but has some cool shit, nice kickflip suski grind on a bank to ledge in a ditch and solid 5050 down a kinker. but he still does finger flips and double flips, and he's sticking with the tighter jeans and longer wheelbase board.
Theotis is looking like a grown man now and the Hall and Oates song "i can't go for that" somehow fits his part full of flips into manual tricks. he really does have nice flip tricks and control, still looks like he skates a skinnier board. dude spends plenty of money in the club and on gold jewelry and shit.
Reynolds has a little part after, he and Ellington throw tricks down that set that Kader nollie bs flipped. He ollies two garbage cans stacked on top of each other off a curb cut
Baca's part has more footy of him than we've seen in a long time, people ain't lying that he came through. Nuge has a couple tricks thrown in. Baca's definitely a skate rat, you can just tell he still spends a lot of time on the board, good control. he's got his kids with him in a bunch of clips which is rad. lotta good clips of him in the ditches. the noseslide 270 shuv down the curved rail in LA is crazy, he pulls his hands back to avoid touching the wall.
Beagle's got a handful of manual/ledge tricks. He lets the camera roll as he swings by to some dude offering him a blunt with like 5 different types of weed in it. Murdy firecrackers Hollywood high.
Neck has a boardslide on a picnic table and he's playing with some app that lets you create like that Tai chi / zen music, pretty sick. he shouts out Jake (one of many references to Jake, the others are the carwash spraypaint and a zoom in on a Carharrt vest)
Rowan's part is a noticeable change (for the better) in difficulty and filming quality. he has good trick selection and switch shit. he seems like the archetype of the skater who can do lots of cool shit but most isn't caught on camera. Logan's filming is on point here, as usual.
Figgy has the closer and one of the more well-rounded parts we've seen from him: some ledge and manual tricks, not just big rails, although there's plenty of those. backside crook nollie flip out down a big rail. also Bennett grind down a curved rail.
Overall I bet Drew had a good time editing this. lots of good close up face shots that Beagle manages to get that really show some emotion and character. and the angles and colors were pretty good. music choices from Drew were sometimes a gamble but he nailed a lot of it. no one's part really stood out (okay maybe Figgy's) but a lot of great clips in here scattered throughout.
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