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It is not meant to be ground-breaking, life-changing, trend-setting, or scene-defining. It’s just fun. Ride/Relax.
Mash SF put fixed-freestyle on the map, the Bootleg Sessions shows just where the cutting edge stands at the dawn of 2008. Amazing to say the least. Kids throughout the land are surely scrubbing back and forth through these videos pieceing together just how to make it happen for themselves. The video quality is questionable at best as it is a compilation of riders around the country, not a feature film, but the bike handling itself is pushing the limits of urban fixed riding and more than makes up for it. Its all about the flow. The aggressive riding of one Tom LaMarche blows me away time after time, and the flatland-esque technical mastery of Burd Phillips draws you in for the long-haul. Everything else in between is like nothing I’ve seen before – track bikes in skate bowls, intricate skids, even more intricate sequenced moves. Give it time, just like all scene-defining, ground-breaking, trend-setting videos this one too will look dated sooner than people can imagine, the ball has barely got rolling.
$20 shipped to anyone in the US, a bit more for the foreigners. Highly reccommended, this is a good one that’ll get more than one or two watchings.
Big ups to these kids. So much fine riding with the Slow Sunday crew!
Tom’s an animal and Tony’s on his heels. Watch out West Coast!
I saw a John Prolly cameo appearance in there…
Was I abusing Tony? heh. I’ve yet to see it. Don’t spoil any surprises.
The video is awesome. It reminds me of the skate videos I used to watch when I was younger.
represent!