Baker 4 coming in August

[waltercronkite]

the golden years of skateboarding are over. This video really boastfully displays that.  enjoy the purple circle without me.. I still feel as though Andrew owes us an apology though.
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Does J Strickland troll on slap now?

[camel filters]

This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

[Sila]

I'm so happy this video wasn't filled with shots of homeless people/people on the street with mental health issues.

[Drain Bamage]

I'm so happy this video wasn't filled with shots of homeless people/people on the street with mental health issues.

What even is Baker these days?

[swordtechnique]

This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

Great analogy haha.  For me it's the lack of Beagle's influence. Feels like he had hardly any input at all. And dropping Cyril but keeping Theotis is wack as fuck.

[HORSES]

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Great analogy haha.  For me it's the lack of Beagle's influence. Feels like he had hardly any input at all. And dropping Cyril but keeping Theotis is wack as fuck.

Hate him or love him, Theotis actually has a point of difference in his skateboarding, in the fact that he can get quite tech. Dropping Cyril, Dee & Donta was 100% the correct call.

[swordtechnique]

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could have had better rewatchability if they trimmed the fat. a 45 minute runtime instead of 77 with the cut footage in b-sides would have made it a much stronger project imo.

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Which 32 mins would you cut exactly? Keeping in mind this is a full length skate video with a team, so all riders need to be represented.

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Roll away tricks, endless close up shots of Kaders face. Way too much roll up/roll away the editing should have been much tighter

Seriously what the fuck is that shit? Same with Supreme videos, it seems borderline fetishistic and is just overall creepy to me. Not a fan.

[Kanye Omari West]

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This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

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Great analogy haha.  For me it's the lack of Beagle's influence. Feels like he had hardly any input at all. And dropping Cyril but keeping Theotis is wack as fuck.

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Hate him or love him, Theotis actually has a point of difference in his skateboarding, in the fact that he can get quite tech. Dropping Cyril, Dee & Donta was 100% the correct call.

He can get tech but can he get buck anymore? Looking like he stops for tacos a little too often ya dig? Cj had a few moves in his tech bag though so it still isn't adding up.

[Dr-Feelgood]

I've never seen a midlife crisis as pathetic as the meltdown some of y'all are having in this thread.

Straight up this, i had to stop reading after a couple of pages of bitching. Half these clowns are just jumping on the bandwagon of people complaining cause its cool to hate on something.
Im a longtime baker fan, they made a video, they were happy with it, they put it out. Shut the fuck up and stop whinging, im stoked to just see them putting something out.
T funk killed it, spankys part was great to me maybe cause ive just always enjoyed his skating and figgy does what figgy always does, destroyed it. Bunch of pussys who have zero talent talking shit on people who made it, are having fun do what they love.

[50mm]

Rileys part wasn’t bad is my official stance.

[fakie nollie]

This has probably been mentioned but I'm glad people have footage spread outside of their defined part - makes it harder for those vultures at Thrasher to piece it out and fuck up the aesthetic of a full length.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Rileys part wasn’t bad is my official stance.

Controversial to say the least, but long past due in modern discourse.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

David Lynch was asked to direct Last Jedi. He saw some Wookiee costumes and started to get a headache, so he declined.

There's no greater point to that, just wanted to provide a fun factoid to the conversation.

[os89]

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This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

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David Lynch was asked to direct Last Jedi. He saw some Wookiee costumes and started to get a headache, so he declined.

There's no greater point to that, just wanted to provide a fun factoid to the conversation.

It was Return of the Jedi back in the day, not the last film, but yea pretty funny regardless. 

[Madam, I'm Adam]

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This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

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David Lynch was asked to direct Last Jedi. He saw some Wookiee costumes and started to get a headache, so he declined.

There's no greater point to that, just wanted to provide a fun factoid to the conversation.

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It was Return of the Jedi back in the day, not the last film, but yea pretty funny regardless.

Gnarred, my mistake. I shouldn’t post after a 14-hour workday.

[Ms. Tamzarian]

Figgy (...) He’s just not my kind of skater hut

[hateboard]

Well kids, you now know what it felt like when Plan B “Questioable” dropped and Powell was releasing videos llike  “Suburban Diners”.  In this case Baker is Powell and that Milton Martinez part would be comparable to Pat Duffy in Questionable.

There is good inspired skating in the Baker video (Baca, T-Funk, Figgy)but holy hell is that Baker era fucking over.  They’ll never recover from this, the illusion is blown. 13 fucking years and this is what they fart up? I mean not that it’s bad but these are supposed to be that top guys and some of them are phoning it in. (or not even bothering ala Nuge)

I understand they weren’t trying make the most gnarly video ever (admirable enough) and we’re going for a more low key thing but...it just didn’t work. It came off as laziness with a lot of the dudes.  The partying has affected the partiers skating sorry Dustin but it happens, it’s happening to me right now but Skating isn’t my job) and the sobriety has perhaps affected others more (made them and their skating boring, forced even (although technically they were throwing down , no energy, it felt like a job...and not in the good way, more like they had to do to.

That is except for Baca, who took his job seriously and TRIED HARD. Much respect.  His part ripped but he couldn’t save the video alone. (T-Funk charged hard too) The thing is after watching this..remind yourself that for the past 13 years most of these guys have been living a large life off of skateboarding and getting fucking  paid and really all they have to do is put out a solid video part.  Most of them should fire themselves into another line of work.  It’s disrespectful to all of us who have to work and scrounge  for time to skate for these dudes not to take their epic job seriously. It ain’t gotta be groundbreaking but it should be FUN and this felt like a funeral dirge for the 2000’s.  There were better videos than this coming out 25 years ago.  Figgy ripped too to give credit. He’s just not my kind of skater hut he earned his check.

The bottom line is Baker doesn’t know what in the fuck IT IS anymore. It happens to all companies but this was kind of a shocker. The piss drunxs / sober squad  / new kids in the block thing don’t work. It’s a mess.

One more rant.  The godamn NAMBLA hugging at the bottom of the stairs after every mediocre trick (and some true  bangers) save that fuckery for when it is warranted! You know when it’s warranted? At the bottom of Milton’s kickflip into Sunset Carwash. That’s fucking when.  Go watch Milton’s part and see what someone that WANTS skateboarding looks like.  Thai shit will be forgotten like Powell 8.

1000%, you have elevated to master status in my eyes. You absolutely nailed it. Anyone who disagrees is influenced / compromised.

[DannyDee]

It's almost like skate videos can't be as impactful in an era of heavy single parts getting released individually, compared to an era where we got 6 or 7 major videos a year. I mean, in 2005 the other big releases were Skate More, Lost and Found, First Love, and New Blood. The only solo parts back then was the Kalis in Mono stuff put on the Habitat-Regal Road and the BA part in Super Champion Funzone. It's just a different era. No skatevideo will ever be as impactful as Questionable, or videos like Baker 3 filmed 14 years ago. We witness progression way faster now.

This video was good, and one of the better full lengths of this decade, especially for a team the size of Baker.

[LordManHammer]

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This video feels like The Last Jedi of skateboarding. Divisive to say the least.

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David Lynch was asked to direct Last Jedi. He saw some Wookiee costumes and started to get a headache, so he declined.

There's no greater point to that, just wanted to provide a fun factoid to the conversation.

Ahemm, it was Return of the Jedi don't you dare confuse the two. regardless of the ewoks that was a damn fine masterpiece as compared to The Last Jedi or anything Disney has butchered.

As far as the newest iteration of Baker 4 hmmmmmm I agree it felt rushed/lackluster, to be more specific it felt like a sequel that left more questions than answers.

T-Funk, Kader, Baca, stole the show and Justin Figeroa he held it down, I enjoyed seeing some cameos of other characters.

I get the feeling of Pretty Sweet ala full parts from unknown skaters and mediocre parts from longtime riders. I think Reynolds is putting the newest riders in the spotlight and to me they aren't cutting the mustard or just aren't trying anymore, much like Zero has but hasn't been Zero since Chris Cole left. 

[Bristol_Palin]

I've never seen a midlife crisis as pathetic as the meltdown some of y'all are having in this thread.

Yeah man I do not understand what people are harping about. Getting all fussy and starting apology petitions. Writing essays about a skate video.

[Sila]

I don't know what you guys wanted. Sloppy VX footage and kids smashing bottles?

The overall vibe of the video was great. I don't really care for tricks anymore. There's too many amazing skaters and i'm just desensitized to the madness of modern skating. So if the vibe is there i'm happy and Baker 4 definitely had it.

[moonordie]

Now the phrase "this is what you get when you fuck with Baker" has a new meaning after this video.

[swordtechnique]

Baker fucking around and becoming the new Blind skateboards, I swear

[LesbianPUNCH]

Just saw the Frankie heck part. What the absolute fucking fuck?

[radcunt]

Yeah "The Boss" fucken cooked it on this one

[swordtechnique]

Just saw the Frankie heck part. What the absolute fucking fuck?

Oh yeah, that flow guy who fucking rips? Fuck him, let's turn kader pro only for him to release a mediocre Supreme part and put Zach Allen on... Oh and fuck Cyril too

[hateboard]

I don't know what you guys wanted. Sloppy VX footage and kids smashing bottles?

The overall vibe of the video was great. I don't really care for tricks anymore. There's too many amazing skaters and i'm just desensitized to the madness of modern skating. So if the vibe is there i'm happy and Baker 4 definitely had it.

Yeh fuck tricks, they dont matter. Id rather watch gonz eat a taco with the right vibe than see people pushing the envelope on a skateboard. In case you are legitimately regular I will hold back my burns.

[somethingmustbreaknow]

i watched twice now and i still love it. all around good vibes in this.
BAKER BAKER BAKER

[Garth Marenghi]

Very pleasantly surprised. Rewatching certain parts several times is likely, rewatching the whole thing at one sitting isn't. Wasn't boring, though.

[silvertone_spacemachine]

Rileys part wasn’t bad is my official stance.

gotta agree with you.

This is my opinion but I feel like the majority of everyone that posts on Slap are taking in and digesting so many skate clips/videos every single day, just so much skating, and we're absolutely desensitized to it. I wonder what a kid would think of this video if they never saw a skate video but stumbled on it on Pornhub and watched the entire thing. I would venture (no pun) to say they'd be stoked or even just think to themselves "whoa that's pretty cool" or "that looks fun" - I could picture myself seeing this vid as a youth and getting into skating through it or having it motivate me to go out and skate. Sure Baker has changed, skating has changed, we watched it change before our eyes. We watch it change every single day. With that being said, most people that post here know the ins and outs so/how things were then and how they are now. Yeah, it's a different Baker than 14 years ago, but if we look at the bigger picture, it's still good skating by a good team and will still inspire some youngins to ask for their first board from Santa. The old heads still crushed and the younger dudes all had subjectively good parts, even if there were some we personally aren't all stoked on. It's all personal preference, but I think as a skate video, Baker 4 serves its purpose.

Also, imagine if the leak is b-roll troll footy and the real vid drops when it drops. Clearly not the case but would set the hijinx meter into the red zone