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Soundtrack Listing
Shane Cross Opening: Baron – ?
Shane Cross: Baron – ?
Intro: Baron – Powerhouse
Geoff Rowley: Baron – Stand By Me Feat. Lemmy Kilminster & Dave Lombardo
Geoff Rowley Outro #1: Baron – Intro Feat. Geoff Rowley and Lemmy Kilminster
Geoff Rowley Outro #2: Baron – Drum Solo Feat. Dave Lombardo
Louie Lopez: Baron – This is Forever
Rodrigo Tx: Baron – When Is Now
Ali Boulala: Baron – Pink Panther
Bob Burnquist: Baron – The End Of The Beginning feat. Black Mountain
Luan De Oliveira: Baron – Ignition
Desert Mini Ramp: Baron – Arizona Lead In
Grand Canyon: Baron – Desert Convoy
Curren Caples, Ben Norderg, Willow: Baron – Lead the Storm
Rune Glifberg: Baron – Scream My Name Feat. Jim Lindberg
Tom Penny: Baron – Love Shroom feat. Mack Winston
Lance Mountain Intro: The Damned – ?
Lance Mountain: The Damned – History of the World Part 1
Mark Appleyard: Baron – Burn Out Like Fireflies Feat. ((sounder))
David Gonzalez: Baron – The Process of Extinction Feat. Early Man
Credits: Baron – Swagger Rich Feat. Warren G. and Snoop Dogg
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Credit to skatevideosite.com for soundtrack listing
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Introductory Musings
Plagued by team changes and personal issues, Flip skateboards finally premiered their long-awaited completion to the Sorry trilogy some time last week. Despite losing big names such as Bastien Salabanzi, Arto Saari, and PJ Ladd and after the industry-wide loss of Shane Cross and the following imprisonment of Ali Boulala, the Flip video measures up to the one standard Flip has always set for itself: It feels like skateboarding should. Some sketch, lots of craziness, some bar-raising parts, a sick soundtrack, and creative styling throughout the video make this years most anticipated video what it is. Although some will debate what could have been with a more traditional soundtrack and some will dislike bits about the parts, as a whole this video is undoubtedly the most mind-shattering piece of skateboard media since Fully Flared, and in its own completely unique way.
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Shane Cross
Trippy editing with lots of peace signs, flowers, and other various mind-stimulants wind their way through Shane’s part, possibly for the mushroom chewing constituency Flip has always catered to or possibly alluding to Shane’s own passions, either of which is fine with me. Shane surfs through the beginning of the video breaking several claymation-world laws im sure, but the heart of his part lies in the footage he was able to gather before his fated accident several years ago. A few things feel somewhat dated, but as with the rest of the video, you must keep in mind that this has been in production for six years, meaning some companies (Toy Machine, Transworld, Black Label, etc) have put out multiple videos while this was being filmed. With that in mind, his nollie flip down Rincon and his 13-set tre have a sickness all their own, while other tricks, like what’s undoubtedly the biggest handrail nosegrind i’ve ever seen, are to this day untouchable. Although not a skater I was keen to follow when he was alive, this kid kills handrails in one of the most stylish ways I’ve ever seen, and lots of the rails he skates are so large that at home we would call them ‘joke rails’ (a rail so ridiculous you joke about doing it, thinking it’s impossible). A part that seems to truly represent Shane Cross, and one that’s sure to have the industry and the kiddies sitting speechless in remembrance for years to come.
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Intro
Coming after the R.I.P. part as determined in such classics as Yeah Right, the intro is quick and set to a fairly fast song, and that combined with the displayed antics show a glimpse of the destruction that follows. I should mention that most of this video’s sountrack was done purely for the video, and all by one guy, except for Lance Mountain’s songs in his part. Keep that in mind when listening to the music in the video, because it’s pretty intriguing on it’s own level in addition to what it adds to each part. Clocking in at the 1:00 minute mark, the intro is straight to the point, quick and brutal.
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Geoff Rowley
Alot of people are disappointed to see Rowley doing something other than hucking himself down the gnarliest obstacles possible; however, I personally feel that this is just as sick if not sicker than his two older parts with Flip. He has discovered a passion for ditches apparently, and the vulgar police encounter in the intro will have you laughing. His song is one of the more lyrical of the video, and the vibe it lends to his part is great, for lack of a better word. The vibe is hard to describe, in other words, but it’s sick indeed. Watch out for his opening kickflip front axle on the bank to ledge Arto nosepicked in Mind Field, Jimmy Boyes 3-story drop in on a dirt roof, and Geoff’s second to last trick, which he got a Skateboard Mag cover for. Basically Rowley pulls off a classic part while pushing ollie impossibles and frontside flips to a whole new level.
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Luis Lopez
This kid is seriously tiny. Some of his clips almost induce vomit with their kid style. But others……. wow. A sick riff cuts its way through the background of his part, and he hucks and heelflips his way into oblivion with braces glaring. Yet another handrail ace, Luis has surprising variety and pulls out some rare tricks, even ventures so far as to unleash the Guy Mariano pioneered backside pivot flip out on tranny. Watch also for his back foot flip down Danny Supa’s backside big heel stair set, and some really sick rolling angles of spots you usually don’t see like that (such as his nollie inward heel into the street). His ender is amazing as well; obviously Lopez has a thing for bigspin heelflips.
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Rodrigo TX
Pop and really awkward tricks. That’s the basis of Rodrigo’s part. Some of the tricks he does I honestly have no idea how he makes his body perform, in such awkward applications and switch hardflip manuals and difficult rotations out of other various tech ledge tricks. In addition to the incredibly difficult tech, he also has as much if not more pop than all the big jumping names in the business today. He switch frontside flips over a legit bench from flat, as an example. Another epic song sits behind his skating, and keep an eye out for switch. Notice the kickflip front bluntslide on the Chinese rail Koston falls on in his Fully Flared intro, and watch out for some personal one-uppers on that Barcelona bench from flat. Also, Rodrigo is to the switch hardflip what Paul Rodriguez is to the switch tre flip. Overall, one of the most technically impressive parts I have seen in a long time, with some sick tranny tech, lots of mannies and ledge experimentation, and some serious display of pop and switch skill. Lots to love in this part.
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Ali Boulala
Introduced as a jester, Ali seems to sport some kind of weird dong piece in the opening skit. As usual, we are reminded how much of an individual this guy is. This part is surprisingly alot what I was expecting from Ali; seamless switch style, sick ollies, and weird clothes. He doesn’t really go tech at all, other than a nollie frontside bigspin switch manual, but he still has variety via early grabs, a boneless, and spots that no one else can skate. He also shreds to the pink panther song, remade. His ender is an all too familiar spot skated completely differently. Also notice the nosebonk fs 180 and the lofty fs flip over the bar.
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Bob Burnquist
This part is going to be the major part of the video for years to come. Danny Way has some work to do for his Plan B part for sure, because Bob reinvents mega ramp skating after a ridiculous grand canyon skit (the footage of which appears later in the video). The song is some kind of acidic, Filter-esque track, through which Bob slaughters any big tranny in his path with combinations I can’t yet name. The real highlight comes with his mega ramp footage though; watch for destruction on the manny pad and rail, and also some into-the-big-quarter-from-the-deck stunts such as a roll-in late shuvit. A purely amazing part, my mind is always numb after watching this. I could go on for about a whole page about the tricks he lands in this part, but I’ll save the stun-factor for when you choose to watch it. Watch his feet come off on his ending trick, and be amazed.
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Luan Oliviera
Don’t let a parent see the opening scene, if they object to clay objects masturbating. Luan gets tech as hell, and delves into Rodrigo territory with tricks that turn your shoulders the wrong way, such as his opening switch 180 nosegrind nollie fs bigspin out. Alot to like in this part as well, a techno-esque song with fast speed makes you think youre in The Fast and the Furious, and the skating makes you want to never 5050 again. It should also be noted that this kid has a no-bullshit style; he doesn’t fake it, he doesn’t force it. How he lands is how he lands, and much of the Flip footage of the past has conveyed that very element of skating. It’s refreshing, and it helps that he’s easily one of the best young guns in the game. Individual tricks don’t even come to mind; his whole part is completely stunning. This kid is the future, and I don’t say that lightly.
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Desert Mini Ramp
A little session of David Gonzalez and Mark Appleyard tearing up a mini ramp in the sand, mostly focusing on Appleyard’s ridiculous air tricks and some sick time lapses of clouds. Right after, two guys (them?) hop into a Mustang and rev out to an immense canyon, which I presume to be the Grand Canyon, since Bob Burnquist’s leap/grinds into the abyss follow shortly after the completion of their drive. I wonder how many shards his board blistered into upon impact on the floor of the canyon?
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Curren Caples, Ben Nordberg, Willow
All three are young bloods, and all three kill it. Curren is the smallest, and starts off the shared part ripping tranny like his life depends on it. He also goes huge on a massive tail drop and some of the spots he skates, including a massive tre to ditch bomb. Once his body catches up to his feet, this kid will be another version of Grant Taylor. After Curren comes Ben Nordberg, a guy I had previously never heard of, but who kills it with some of the hardest tech tranny tricks I’ve yet seen. He bigflip disasters what I consider to be a small vert ramp, and spins his way out of some ridiculously involved stalls. He also gets down with a switch laser line before the stage turns to Willow. Willow has a disappointingly small amount of footage, but he feels like a Flip version of Jordan Hoffart without the pizzaz and variety, and leaps his legs to bits on lots of frontside-spinning flip variations and long stairsets.
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Rune Glifberg
Starting out with a snake munching shrooms, Glifberg starts out with a bang frontside grinding that big bowl that Jaws Homoki dropped in on. He’s stepped up his game to excluding knee pads, and the majority of his part is on concrete, thank god. He skates to some crazy techno song, and flows tranny on a mission throughout the whole part, going frontside every chance he gets. Watch for a buttery backside flip disaster in a pool, a tremendous noseblunt, a stunning kickflip nosepick, and an ender in the vein of Bob Burnquist himself. Rune shows that he’s been killin it despite his lack of parts.
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Tom Penny
Although not the legendary footage many people had hoped for, Tom Penny hasn’t slacked as much as I had expected. In fact, although sketchy, it seems that amidst his roaming adventures he’s been able to put together a solid part with some impressive switch and a good degree of pop to go with it. A trippy song as always, sounding like something a snake charmer would play at first, morphs into a happy, electic guitar charged little piece, to the surprisingly good footage of Penny’s manual tre flip out on the slanted up ledge at the Jason Hernandez ledges, a smooth kickflip pivot fakie, some classic looking lines, and a personal two-up with a fakie inward heel on the brown bank he fakie flipped in a previous Flip production. While some footage feels a little weak (kicker to tre manny a picnic table?), fakie flip airs remind us of the legend Tom Penny could have become, and overall I was pleasantly surprised and pleased with his part. Notice especially his clean landings on his ender and the surprise before it.
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Lance Mountain
I believe it’s been almost a decade since Lance last had a video part, and let’s face it, the man is pretty old. He’s a legend from a previous time to most people. Yet the show he puts on in his backyard pool is not a joke, and he reminds us exactly why he is who he is. Beginning with a reminiscing introduction, Lance keeps his red flannel shirt a blur as he hippie jump grinds through his ladder, one foots his heart out, and tweaks any handplant variation to the very strains of his skeleton. I really like the theme of his part; he starts off wandering through town to the ‘backyard pool’ and then warming up, cleaning out the bottom, etc. The songs are different than all the rest in the video, I think they’re by a different group according to the online soundtrack listing. Watch for some lengthy pool coping boardslides, lots of fun over the pool ladder, and some innovation on backyard objects. If you’ve ever been in a real backyard pool, you’ll understand exactly how much this guy shreds. Although his style isn’t for everyone, the feats he accomplishes in pools are just as gnarly as the biggest rail around. Watch him get kinda wrecked at the end. This guy deserves some kind of award for his acting, Nike should have used him in Nothing But The Truth.
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Mark Appleyard
Only Mark’s third part to date that I can recall, some of his tricks have since been done and released to the public by other skaters; in other words, my earlier remarks about how long this video took to make apply largely here. I’ve heard some contention that Appleyard should have had last part due to the pure laziness he executes every baffling manuever with. However, according to an interview he didn’t try very hard for this part due to the nature of his first two Flip offerings. So take a moment to think about what his part COULD be if he actualy cared. Wow. Skating to a relaxed, smooth song, Mark shows off his transition skills and his nollie bigspins with shirt flapping and knees bending. His wallride variations are crisp, he still murders handrails and stairs without trying, and his tranny is mindblowing each and every time. I think I count nine possible ABDs (already been dones) but Apples style and the fact he did them first make those facts irrelevant. I believe he wins the award for best nollie bigspinner in professional skateboarding, soundly unseating Cody McEntire. Also notice he wears no pads when blasting in the concrete mini. That’s Dangerous. I won’t list specific tricks, because alot of the greatness of his part depends on your initial impressions. Favorite of the video definitely.
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David Gonzales
This kid is seriously crazy. One of the gnarliest all around skaters I’ve ever seen, the guy is young and has some incredibly mature style for his age. Although seeming like someone who would be better suited on foundation, his tricks speak as to why he gets the ending part in a major company video such as Flip. The kid doesn’t mind landing sketchy, and rips his way down huge gaps and big tranny alike. His rat-chomping intro is a bit curious, but it’s soon forgotten in the darkly heavy song that is his soundtrack and the carnage of his techy massacre on skateboarding’s limits. Kickflip front board shuvs down handrails, massive frontside 180s, and frontside flip noseblunt stalls in deep concrete pools display his all-terrain talent. Watch out for his tail flip drop ins, or pollie flips as we call them (power ollies, anyone?), particularly his switch one near the end. Also watch for a fakie flip and nollie flip noseblunt back to back, and basically every trick after that moment. David Gonzales, though young, is another big part of skateboarding’s future, and I firmly believe he deserved ending part.
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Credits
Some text, then some tricks that didn’t quite make the cut that are still worth a watch for sure. And some funny Flip fuck ups as well.
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Outroductory Musings
Original Soundtrack, skaters from all terrains and generations of skating, redefinition of mega ramp skating, and an ushering in of the new big names of tomorrow are all part of this video. Flip upholds their tradition of incredible, groundbreaking videos, and logs another classic with the six-years-in-the-waiting and trouble-plagued Extremely Sorry. The video that we all waited for was worth it.
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