Two tricks, that may or may not be related by blood, which popped out at me watching the great Gang of Fourstar tour vid: rumored-to-be-pro-now Tyler Bledsoe’s fully functional ledge combo at 2:30, making the most of a multi-dimensional object in 3D European space. Later, skipper Rick Howard’s backside nosegrind at 11:02, or more specifically, the way he slips the front foot back just so after the pop-out… really I did watch this like ten times. It’s weird, every time one of these Crailtap-backed tour productions comes out (starting back with “Beware of the Flare”) it always hits me how this is probably the best showcase for Rick Howard’s skating these days, though I was a big fan of his section in the Lakai video. I don’t know. Bledsoe’s gap to backside lipslide might have been the best trick in the video. Well, think I’ll watch the foot-flutter again, hold on.
Tags: Brothas from Different Mothas, Europe, Fourstar, Gang of Four, Guru, Mall, Premier, Rick Howard, rip-sticks, skull cracking, Tyler Bledsoe
boil the ocean 
October 13, 2009 at 3:50 am |
Damn skippy.
Rick is the boss, just gets better with age.
Agreed on the Bledsoe gap to backside lip, fucking gnarly.
October 13, 2009 at 4:30 am |
Waaaaaa! Talk about the Flip video!
October 13, 2009 at 7:42 am |
Can anyone else not get the video to work?
October 13, 2009 at 8:03 am |
Some smart cookie at Slap posted this:
open up quicktime
go file > open url
and paste http://www.fourstarclothing.com/videos/gang_of_fourstar.mov_disabled_due_to_saturation_DreamHost_JK
click ok
This video is pretty much a Rick Howard goldmine. Could’ve done with a bit more Jensen and Puig, although that Puig teaser on Crailtap was pretty cool. Such a booming switch f/s heel!
October 13, 2009 at 8:18 am |
Gotta say, this vid definitely smoked the Flip one.
October 13, 2009 at 9:19 am |
Yes! Thanks Sean!
October 13, 2009 at 9:23 am |
talk aobut the flip video geff was the best
October 13, 2009 at 9:26 am |
you know this is coming…
max schaaf won the video.
October 13, 2009 at 9:28 am |
Thanks for posting up the link to it, I kept getting the Max day in the life. Shame they had such shit weather in the UK.
October 13, 2009 at 10:37 am |
Was the famed Lucas Puig switch frontside heelflip even in the vid? I kept watching for it, but it was late in the day and as previously stated I devoted a lot of time to watching Rick Howard’s right foot so maybe I spaced it. If not, a bold choice by Crailtap to devote such a sweet move to a web clip…
October 13, 2009 at 11:40 am |
What about Rick’s bench line, with the hurricane and fakie feeble (or whatever it would be called)? That was a major highlight for me.
October 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm |
Yes! Sean, thank you!!
And thank you Boil The Ocean. Fantastic writing, as always.
October 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm |
That’s what did it for me too- the fakie ollie frontside hurricane. That’s what I would call it, but your guess is as good as mine.
Pretty sad that a 17 minute podcast is ten times more stoke-inducing than the mega-produced Flip claymation fest……(Rowley, Lance, and Bob excluded)
October 13, 2009 at 4:11 pm |
this vid is EPIC.
We used to watch the Beware of the Flare before we went on our trips just to get psyched. much love to Four Star and Girl!
October 13, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
I don’t even know who in town has the Flip video; agreed that Blood’s ledge combo on the combo ledge was mega, didn’t catch Rickk’s foot flutter but I have a feeling it’s something like those dudes who skate mini-ramps really well do when they come out of a fakie hang-up. Praise Mesa for sneaking in Belle & Sebastian.
October 13, 2009 at 11:42 pm |
The Flip vid was online at skatevideosonline.com, but has since been taken down. I wouldn’t pay for it.
October 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm |
Malto’s ender, son.