VCR's need food. And not just junk food. They need nourishment. Think of
all the horrible things your VCR has eaten lately. You know what I'm talking
about. Now is your chance to give your video box the meal it's been waiting
all summer for. And this year no one will go hungry.
The following is a menu of fine dining for your tape muncher. Rather than
giving a review of all the videos we could find, we've chosen to highlight
some of the good ones. Having narrowly survived the video review wars of
1995 we've decided that reviews are not the proper way to rate videos. Something
about late night death threats from videographers is part of the reason,
but mostly snowboarding is good, and snowboard videos are good. Got it?
So click up, and chow down.
TB5
Price: $30.00
Produced By: Standard Films
Riders: Jim Rippey, Peter Strom, Kevin Jones, Andy Hetzel, Jim Moran,
Victoria Jealous, Bryan Iguchi, Noah Salasnek, Tom Burt, Johan Olofsson,
Nate Cole, Brian Savard, Dave Hatchett, Mike Devenport, Juha Tenkku, Dave
Downing, Chris Engelsman
Sponsors: Sims, Ice Age, K2, Burton, Spy, Airwalk, Zumiez
SOL Comments: This is by far the most epic Standard film ever.
Which means it has more death defying first descents, avalanches that make
your skin crawl with fear, and the worst soundtrack ever (unless, or course
Ozzy really speaks your language). One thing: Johan's part rules, but then
everyone already knows that. The riders are top notch (even though they are
the exact same crew that was used last year) and the locations are insane.
This is an excellent selection if you're interested in extreme riding to
the tenth power, but if you have any fear of heights you want to watch this
one. The parachuter snowboarding off at least a 1,500 foot cliff in France
will make you lose your dinner. The only down fall to this film is that the
constant intensity of it all desensitizes you to some of the less insane
of the insane shit. Rock on butt rockers.
Steak & Lobster
Price: $30.00
Produced By: FLF Films
Riders: Kevin Jones, John Sommers, Jimmy Halopoff, Jason Brown, Chris
Roach, Todd Richards, Jesse Hyvari, John Cardiel, Tina Basich, Joe Weniger,
Dave Price, Megan Pischke, Clark Kent Hurlbut, Joni Makinen
Sponsors: Stick Magazine, Haz-Mat, Lamar, Sessions, Burton
SOL Comments: Can you say TAHOE? This video is Tahoe rider
heavy, but FLF does a good job of pulling in some excellent big mountain
riding footage and a lot of hucking. The best part of the film, however isn't
even the riding, it's the amusing lobster and steak eating, shit-talking
session between Chris Roach, Jimmy Halopoff and company and the amusing French
maitre d' scene at the entrance of the Tahoe backcountry. If you're going
to buy TB5 and Mack Dawg, this will round out the collection for the year.
Tales of the Krypt
Price: $30.00
Produced By: High Voltage Productions (Jamie Mosberg)
Riders: Kevin Young, Jeff Brushie, Wes Makepeace, Todd Richards, Nicholas
Droz, BJ Leines, Devun Walsh, Bobby Meeks, Gabe Crane, Joni Makinen, Dave
Craig, Thomas Ligonet, Karleen Jeffrey, Carabeth Burnside, Jean Baptiste
Charlet, Tony Roos, Justin Allison, Jeremy Baye, and Shane Jenson
Sponsors: Airwalk, Westbeach, Morrow, Lamar, Joyride, Burton, TransWorld
SNOWboarding
SOL Comment: Tales does an excellent job of giving viewers
a look at some of the best up and coming pros, as well as an inside look
at personalities like Jeff Brushie. The only problem with the film is the
annoying computer animation snowman that High Voltage added to help host
the show. Also, there is a segment with a couple of five year old kids drinking
beer and robbing a store that gets a little too surreal and seems a little
out of place. Otherwise the riding is solid and varied from freeriding to
the locations range from New Zealand to Hood to Vermont. And one more thing,
we hope you like black and white footage because there's a ton of it in here.
Stomping Grounds
Price: $30.00
Produced By: Mack Dawg Productions
Riders: Peter Line, Daniel Franck, Dave Lee, Ingemar Backman, Kevin
Jones, Blaise Rosenthal, Jamie Lynn, Carabeth Burnside, Jim Rippey, Joey
McGuire, Todd Schlosser, and many more
Sponsors: Bent Metal, Level, Atlantis, Burton, Billabong, Boks
SOL Comment: Dogger knows how to get the most out of star riders
be it jumping over an enormous road gap in Tahoe or hucking 20 feet out of
a pipe. This is probably some of the best hucking footage available with
all of the household names. Stomping Grounds has some pretty decent music,
some excellent skate footage of Carabeth, and a great angel on Ingemar's
winning big air in Riksgrassen (if you aren't already sick to death of that
jump). Without a doubt this is the film to get if you want to see A pros
spinning like 7 year olds on the tea cup ride at Disneyland.
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