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DUEL
AT
DIABLO
SA SANCTIONED CONTEST
PAGSAMY ARTS
Although we are still in an era
where any skate video is a good
video simply because it exists, most
skaters have begun to discriminate
when it comes to purchasing viddies
for personal consumption. Who
wants to shell out cold clams for a
tape that may be worth only one view-
ing in the first place? By the time
you've invested a coupla hun into a
stackable library of tapes you begin
to wonder why you didn't just buy a
camera and shoot your own footage.
Still, there is some tape out there
worth viewing between skate ses-
sions or while you're waiting for the
new Powell-Peralta epic to come out.
ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE
Action East Video
Bad skate video at it's finest. This
tape features some hot East Coast
skate talent giving their all.
Highlights: NYC street action from a
local perspective. Brooklyn Bridge
banks. An eye-opening freestyle se-
quence with Joe Hemeres and Mike
Kinney showing tight trickery. It's not
a contest. There's a convincing
display throughout by street pirate
Mike Vallely. One incredible run at
the blue ramp by Jeff Jones will have
you reaching for the replay button.
Lowlights: Jeff Jones only takes one
run. Long, boring and outright lame
footage between the few good parts
makes this video pretty hard to sit
through. Examples: A very sketchy
frontside air that almost results in a
slam that, for some reason, they
decided to show in super slow mo-
tion. Maybe it's supposed to be
comedy. Another sequence shows
skater after skater whipping by the
camera lens to perform maneuvers
you never see. Bad lighting for the
barn sequence. Overall impressions:
Nice attempt by Joe Willix and his
crew, good insight into regular
skaters having regular fun, and an
urban feel that you don't get with
most tapes. However, it won't exact-
ly get worn out from too many runs
through your VCR. Action East, 220
E. 57th St., New York, NY 10022.
RANT
and
REEL
BARECOVER/NSA STREETSTYLE
IN TEMPE
NSI Video
"Duel at Diablo"
To go into detail about the skating
in these videos would seem like a
rehash of contest coverage that
you've already seen in these pages.
Let's just say that the skating here
is "state of the art" (has someone
copyrighted that phrase yet?). You
may want this two-tape set for your
collection if you're into the current
stuff.
Given the relatively unedited
nature of both of these tapes, you get
to watch the action run by run, in
order of appearance. This enables
you to sit back with your buddies and
kind of armchair judge the skating
and compare your decisions with the
final tally. One thing about contest
videos, whether good or bad, is that
they tend to be repetitious and soon
become rather stale and dragged
out. With that in mind, I have to say
that they could have easily edited this
footage down to one, 60-minute,
action-packed tape.
As far as action on the tape goes,
it kind of has a "Dad taking home
videos of the kids" look to it. Definite-
ly a one-camera job but done well,
considering the confusion that sur-
rounds these pro events. Much of the
pro ramp competition is shot in late
afternoon sun, so it's a little shadowy.
The soundtrack consists of the
background noise (standard chorus
of "yeah" after each maneuver) and
music (NSA contest tapes being
played over and over). Announcer
Beau Brown's commentary fades in
and out, adding that on-site feel. All
of your fave skaters are on these two
tapes (names are subtitled at the bot-
tom of your screen), and they're in
top form. The street obstacle course
was nothing new but was set up well
and was conducive to modern
moves. The ramp was standard issue
NSA regulation and the skating is
hot! Buy one or both. NSI Video, PO
Box 895, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.