http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/mark-suciu-interview/Let me start of by saying this was one of my most favorite parts of the decade. I know there’re all the complaints about the length, the music, etc. to me, it was the most ambitious skate part ever created, although the ambition doesn’t necessarily make it the best. There’s a distinct composition to the part demarcated by the various sections where Suciu experiments with the various concepts thatre discussed in the interview (most obviously there’re the mirror lines but also just more gnarly atypical tricks combined, up-down tricks, and general spot obliteration. I think the concept part is something that’s been flirted with previously—Dill’s all-line mosaic part, and more recently Walker Ryan’s Wiltshire part—but Suciu has taken those concepts and turned them into something that’s just as pleasing for its technical skill as its aesthetic and creative pursuits.
If he doesn’t win SOTY, it’s because Thrasher is still stuck in their corny SKATE OR DIE image.
That being said, I did find his interview a little arrogant. Reading it all the way through, it doesn’t feel like he gives proper respect to the lineage of skate history. Look, I get it—he’s a smart motherfucker and, speaking as post-grad who’s sick of hearing high school dropouts glorifying their ignorance, I feel like Suciu’s intellect, creativity, and ambition is a breath of fresh air. But still, I wish he acknowledged his predecessors with just a bit more respect/reverence.
Anyways, did anyone else read the interview? Care to comment?