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This was the ad for a promo video from New School. Since it was only five bucks, I ordered a copy. It was dubbed onto a full length VHS tape, even though the video was only ten minutes long. This was probably cheaper than getting a bunch of copies professionally made. All of the footage was from the spring and summer of 1992 so there were a lot of big pants and pressure flips. The skaters featured were Mike Chu, Alan Lo, Tom Boyle, George Karr, Justin Bokma, Mike Cox, Donnie Cameron, Danny Susek, Jason Corbett, Jim Duhamel, and Pete Mihalenko. Jim and Pete had the last two parts and I think they might have been turned pro after the vid came out. The soundtrack has some era appropriate post-punk/hardcore, the Beastie Boys, NOFX, and a couple of oldies.
Select highlights:
Mike Chu opens his part with an ollie down Wallenberg from the Back to the City contest of either late August or early September 1992. This was probably the last trick filmed for the video. Mike skates around a couple of those wooden parks that they had in California at the time.
Alan Lo is a little kid who does a lot of pressure flips and other assorted slow moving grind/slide combos.
Tom Boyle has a part with mini ramp and vert action. He's good for a couple of noseslides on the street, too. The Rock's part was mostly filmed at one indoor park, I think it was Cheapeskates. He rips.
There's a shared am part with George Karr, Justin Bokma, and the rest of the guys I mentioned. Curbs, stairs, gaps, and flip tricks coupled with big shorts and Airwalk NTS shoes that reflect the style of the era.
Jason Corbett's footage is mostly at an indoor skatepark in Canada and looks like it was filmed in one day. Jason shreds. He might even do one of the first Barley Grinds ever on a ledge.
Jim Duhamel tackles some handrails and skates fast. He puts together a few lines out in the streets.
Pete Mihalenko has a solid part. He does a he really nice backside 360 ollie down a decent sized gap. He does a lot of flip tricks and lands everything on the bolts, including a couple of backfoot flips.
And that wraps up a review for a video you've probably never seen and wasn't on the internet since last I checked.
Thrasher - November 1992 Volume 12 Number 11
4 comments:
Rick ibaseta does a barley grind on a bench in France in 1281, which i think woulda been a little before this video but if not the same time frame
I read the review in a monotone voice...not sure why.
1281 was in 1991. I'll have to go back and re-watch it. I think I can sort of picture Rick doing that trick, but it's been a long time since I saw it. Rick was awesome.
Hey dude, I'm a huge skate video nerd and looking to digitize all the weird little promos and stuff and get them online for everyone to watch and this promo has eluded me for years. I was hoping I could get in contact with you about this one and any other promos you might have that aren't up anywhere like the Underworld promo from 93. I've tracked down all the other New School vids except this one and it would be huge for alot of people to get it up online. Thank you much and seriously amazing blog!
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