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All the 30+ year boomers with kids here were hoping this video would reinvent the wheel
lol
All the dudes who are bummed on the hijinx in GX1000 or Supreme videos are bummed the same hijinx aren't in this video.
And that's really it. Baker really contributed much more than skateboarding with its past videos, it contributed to a culture and that trademark fingerprint is missing in this one. If it had bum fights and vomit and gay bird moments then this would much more tolerable. The skating is actually good. Not great but good. The vintage baker vibe has changed though. That's that shit we wanted and it no showed.
That's quite an astute observation.
I said this longtime ago they were trying to shift away from that Bum Fights Wingnut batshittery.
As much as we wouldn't like to admit it & know the situation Baker/Deathwish hasn't been the same since Antwuan got the boot Greco & Ellington left to start Deathwish.
Do I miss those days and shenanigans of fuckery? You bet your ass I do much like AntiHero had the punk diy ethos Baker/Deathwish defined an era 2000-2003 and it seem long since past if not watered down after they created Deathwish and the videos that followed.
To give a summary or just my opinion I'll say this
Baker/Bootleg rad skating hijinx for days definitive
Baker2g again definitive and groundbreaking with the random shit here and there
Baker 3 shit was wild as fuck and blew the doors down for skating during that time especially EE part & Antwuan's relaxed style.
Baker has a Deathwish tour that video great video but it was a mixtape of everything after Baker 3, fights random shit and Antwaun being the unofficial mascot
Bake & Destroy another mixtape that was good and had it's moments.
Deathwish Video Bloody brilliant and had that razor edge of good skating Dickson deserved the ender as he reminds me of a hungrier Jamie Thomas in his prime. Furby and Moose just seemed like filler people to round out the team even though talented weren't marketable.
All I am saying if you look at the chronology of their videos it seems to have that poignant edge that other vids don't have at the time.
What I am saying is I wouldn't be surprised if this was the final nail in the coffin, and they became a clothing hypebeast brand.