Going to the London premiere tonight!
never been to a premier of this magnitude, it will no doubt be phenomenal.
Yes, this was my first proper premiere tonight aswell. Sort of bummed on other stuff so it may have affected my general opinion on the video. Also it's a shame they told everyone to leave when the credits had just begun...
Honest opinion - I was
slightly disappointed on the video. I definitely didn't leave thinking it was one of my favourite videos ever - the way
This Is Skateboarding did. Maybe it was Jerry Hsu's short part or the way the intro is pretty much a clone copy of the
This Is Skateboarding. There's something about the video that didn't quite do it for me. That being said...
Kirchart - classic. White attire. High speed everything. Simple tricks executed really well.
Westgate - so fucking gnarly. Great opening section. The guy can skate anything and he can push properly. I especially enjoyed the downhill ollie over the gap to rail.
Suski - surpassed my expectations. I'm a big Suski fan and he seriously killed it. I loved the grind to grind combinations.
Herman and Kevin Long - big let downs for me. Considering how much of an impact these two dudes had in the last video I'm mostly disappointed with these guys. Herman's skating is sick but I can't help but disprove of his '
dope steez' that is nowhere reminiscent of his earlier sections. It seems like he's just not trying as hard as he could/not being natural. As for Kevin Long, nothing really stood out to me. It's lenghty and I understand he has had injuries but from what I remember some of his tricks were quite sketchy.
Leo - GNARLY. The boardslide up across and down (possibly from Thrasher last year) was insane. That Skateboarder cover grinding up the rail was his last trick and no matter what anybody says - it crowns him as the king of skating up rails. The rail is actually really steep and high too.
Reynolds - professional skateboarder through and through. I would have preferred another song but I can't really say shit when he back 360's Bercy.
I will be buying this video and I hope it grows on me more.