Category: Film & Video

Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

From Canada via Skull Skates, the new DVD Resist Control is not your typical skate video by any means. The company that once made asymmetrical regular and goofy-foot boards has no problem bucking the system and following their own path. Resist Control is a loose documentary of skateboarding from the 60’s to present day. And […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on November 22nd, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Pool skating, what could be better, wait I know, nothing. Pools rule. There’s just a rad feeling that you get when skating something that wasn’t built to be skated. Well this video is all pool skating and it will get you stoked to grab your stick and go jump a fence. This isn’t another Chlorine-style […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on October 28th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Lots of pool skating from our hessian friends at Concussion. If metal and agro skating are your thing then you can pick this up for $25 postage paid, including stickers. There’s some suspiciously punk sounding tracks in there as well. Pool skating figures heavily, but without the heavy canonizing that has been the trend in […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on August 27th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Whatever you think of the murdering scumbag, the movie that deals with his downfall is pretty good. It’s almost a better chronicle of the time period in general as opposed to a strict documentary on Gator. Good footage and interviews. Jason Jesse provides essential comic relief a la Wentzl Rummel in Dog Town. Some more […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on June 9th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

If it was all I had to live for, I’d have to kill myself. I watched it at a friend’s house and was bored out of my skull. I planned on borrowing it to write a review, but life is too short. The fourth Santa Cruz video, 1990’s Reason for Living marks a departure from […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on May 19th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Wheels of Fire (1986) Streets on Fire (1988) Speed Freaks (1989) Santa Cruz may not be relevant as a skateboard company anymore, but at one time they were up there with Vision and Powell Peralta. These re-released DVD’s are not strictly new, but have recently become available again after drying up in the distribution channel. […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 7th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

I really liked Sorry, the first time I saw it. If you waited forever for Sorry to come out on DVD, you may wonder what the fuss was. I know I did. Watching Sorry again I was underwhelmed. I guess the novelty of Johnny Rotten as narrator had worn off. I still love Ali Boulala. […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 7th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Another recent re-issue. This time form ON video. Although this movie was released in 1980, it reeks of the 70’s. It’s fascinating too because it was filmed over a time period where skateboarding was rapidly evolving. As a result you get to see narrow 70’s boards mixed with the beginning of the pig era. Freestylers, […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 7th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Recently appearing on DVD for the first time is the 1986 movie Thrashin’! it’s available at some chain stores for as low as $9.99, and at that price it is surely worth collecting a few bucks from friends and watching it through a haze of beer. Guess what? The movie still sucks, but Sherilyn Fenn […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on February 25th, 2004

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Vision is a name that conjures up some heavy connotations from the 80’s heyday of skateboarding. Love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t deny the impact they had. The Classic Sk8 DVD Retrosk8 series is a bare bones reissue of some old videos. Besides holding the record for a how many times a product can […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on August 17th, 2003

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