Skateboarding Reviews - Videos & DVDs

If you're going to put nine years between video releases and title your video, "Fun", it had damn well better be fun. Fortunately for Powell, this is indeed a fun video. Not as much fun as an old Bones Brigade flick, but the Powell of today is abscent of the Peralta part of the equation that revolutionized skate videos. Although rumor has it Stacy may return to put out special editions of all the remaining Bones Brigade vids.

Josh Hawkins gets thing started with the opening part in Powell's 35-minute Fun dvd. All the rider parts are good and each contains guest riders, friends or whatever you choose to call them. This is your standard good skate vid and I recommend it, but Powell's history kind of catches up with them for those who were down in the Powell Peralta days.

Stacy revolutionized the format of the skateboard video with the Bones Brigade crew. They broke the mold and created unique fun videos that were much more than a series of rider parts strung together. Good skateboarding is good skateboarding, but we've become used to getting 30 minute DVDs consisting of rider parts - one after the next. We need and deserve in injection of fun (and wouldn't Powells Fun DVD be a good place to start?) that re-ignites history when Powell Peralta was making history with each release.

Skate vids are not merely marketing tools for skate companies, they should provide entertainment and stoke the viewer to go skate (possibly on a Powell board). Fun is definitely a good skatebaord flick, but I want more from the company that pioneered skate vids... even if half the equation (Peralta) is missing. Go have some fun and then buy a copy of Fun. George Powell will thank you.

If you're going to put nine years between video releases and title your video, "Fun", it had damn well better be fucking fun. Fortunately for Powell, this is indeed a fun video. Not as much fun as an old Bones Brigade flick, but the Powell of today is abscent of the Peralta part of the equation that revolutionized skate videos. Although rumor has it Stacy may return to put out special editions of all the remaining Bones Brigade vids.

Josh Hawkins gets thing started with the opening part in Powell's 35-minute Fun dvd. All the rider parts are good and each contains guest riders, friends or whatever you choose to call them. This is your standard good skate vid and I recommend it, but Powell's history kind of catches up with them for those who were down in the Powell Peralta days.

Stacy revolutionized the format of the skateboard video with the Bones Brigade crew. They broke the mold and created unique fun videos that were much more than a series of fucking rider parts strung together. Good skateboarding is good skateboarding, but we've become used to getting 30 minute DVDs consisting of rider parts - one after the next. We need and deserve in injection of fun (and wouldn't Powells Fun DVD be a good fucking place to start?) that re-ignites history when Powell Peralta was making history with each release.

Skate vids are not merely marketing tools for skate companies, they should provide entertainment and stoke the viewer to go skate (possibly on a Powell board). Fun is definitely a good skatebaord flick, but I want more from the company that pioneered skate vids... even if half the equation (Peralta) is missing. Go have some fun and then buy a copy of Fun. George Powell will thank you.