“The best video I’ve ever seen.” For once we didn’t sit on the fence. The video in question has probably stood the test of time (but I’ll see if I can check that with the original reviewer).
Non-skaters might also be interested in the early work of Jason Lee, including London footage at Shell Centre etc. His opening comments always struck me as a wonderful comment on the state of the art in those days. These days, of course, we can share the thing itself instead of just writing about it:
COUCH SESSION
Blind’s new video has been a while coming, but it was certainly worth the wait. It’s one of those videos you just have to have. The skating’s so hot — and you get to see long runs of linked tricks, instead of just cutting to individual highlights, so the days of the one-trick wonders are numbered. There’s also some amazing stuff which was shot over here, which will give another particular boost to European skating. Over to Simon Evans, now, for the first reaction…
We live in strange times, times in which skate videos influence all skaters’ trickery and style. We live in video days. And Gonz’s company, Blind realise this. Video Days, the Blind way.
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