When people apply that well-worn “robot” complaint to footage from the likes of Shane O’Neill and Paul Rodriguez my head tends to vaguely nod but when watching the footage itself this head-motion is usually replaced by the furrowing of brows in a vain attempt to grasp really why that is. Like how come Shane O’Neill doing a 360-flip noseslide nollie 270 heelflip out the hard way doesn’t stir me from the couch/computer chair, is it something to do with his arms, would it make a difference if he were taller, was not performing in a warehouse painted in neutral colors, etc. Maybe it is one of the galaxy’s great ungraspables, but all that type of confusion seems silly when you’re skipping backward on your first trip through the new Real video to watch Jake Donnelly’s section again and screw your face up (again) at how he takes the recoil on the switch heelflip over the schoolyard ledge and steps, or how he hangs onto the kickflip b/s tailslide down that orange hubba, or scootches to safety landing the screwed-up backside 180 over the railing. Additional thumbs up to the crack on the kickflip frontside tailslide and the switch f/s bigspin near the end, but probably the top compliment you could pay this section would be to acknowledge it prompted you to shut off a vid that still held unseen parts from Peter Ramondetta, Ishod Wair, Dennis Busenitz and Max Schaaf to go out and skate.
Tags: Angola, East Oakland, Jake Donnelly, Jesus Built My Hotrod, Lil Jon, official like a referee with a whistle, Real, San Francisco, Since Day One, the galaxy again, Too Short
April 25, 2011 at 12:54 pm |
That video really does need to be watched in two doses anyway. It’s just too much too fast (in a good way.) When people ask me my favorites I alway say that you aren’t going to be disappointed by the obvious (Peter, Dennis) but the “what the fucks!?” go to Ishod and Jake. You just really can’t fuck with fucking with Bay Area spots (some anyway) and hearing one of their most notable spokespersons yelling “beeitch” at you! Go Jake!
April 26, 2011 at 1:40 pm |
my thoughts, exactly.
April 26, 2011 at 12:12 am |
funny, i thought i was reading a skateboard blog, not ‘overly self-indulgent ramblings by a bad writer who is sad that he got rejected from a state college creative writing MFA’
April 26, 2011 at 3:08 am |
s0000 entry level bro…
April 26, 2011 at 1:44 pm |
not really that funny, acutally…. if you’ve discovered this in not a skateboard blog and is something to do with someone not getting into a state school or whatever, why do you come back? that’s a bit funny maybe… but not in the haha way, in the weird troll sorta way. you feel me dog?
April 26, 2011 at 3:06 am |
“furrowing of brows” reminded me of p.g. wodehouse, good stuff pilot.
April 26, 2011 at 9:55 am |
best parts in this order: Dennis, J.T. Aultz, Donnelly, Hardy, Ishod
April 26, 2011 at 4:06 pm |
I’d actually just say there’s no wrong answer as to whose part you liked the best- everyone did what they do best, it just comes down to preference. Not trying to start a circle-jerk over this thing or anything, but the video is fucking solid!
April 27, 2011 at 12:38 am |
Hi-yo!
Time to go skate and slam
April 27, 2011 at 1:34 am |
Definitely one of “the galaxy’s great ungraspables”. I ponder it all the time. There’s a good reason they call it an “x-factor” I suppose.
In the end I just don’t even try to grasp any of it. Just ignore the dudes like O’Neill who warrant a “blah” and get really stoked on the dudes like Donnelly who warrant a “BOI-OI-OI-OI-OI-OING!”