FALLEN - RIDE THE SKY DVD

Product Description
Fallen Footewear's Brand New skateboard DVD. Produceced by Jamie Thomas. Directed by Mike Gilbert and Jamie Thomas. Starring Jamie Thomas, Chris Cole, Josh Harmony, James Hardy, Matt Bennett, Brian Hansen, Gilbert Crockett, Tommy Sandoval, Tony Servantes and Billy Marks.

Review:
The new Fallen Video Ride the Sky, had it’s worldwide premier last Aug 7. I downloaded, to see the much anticipated cinematic offering from Jamie Thomas and crew. The skating is of course insane with perhaps the most insane parts by Tommy Sandoval, James Hardy Brian Hansen and Chris Cole who may not even be human. There is all kinds of skating, from tech to soul ditches to huge gaps. The soundtrack is definitely of the blues/rock and roll variety, more introspective as opposed to just thrash shit punk or up in the club with a 40 oz, rap. Sick soundtrack to us but surely some will disagree. Jethro Tull, Brian Jonestown Massacre, CCR, Lynard Skynard, Danzig, Judas Priest and Jimi Hendrix just to name a few of the bands that some of the younger generation will be turned on to and have not heard yet.

The look of the video is very clean with out special effects which leads to the question; out of the possibly 2 biggest videos of 2008, Ride The Sky or Lakai’s fully flared which is best? Well, Fully Flared is like Iron Maiden selling out an Arena for 7 nights in a row with 3 different Eddies and all the fancy pyrotechnics and stuff. Ride The Sky is like Motorhead playing for 3 hours with no opening band with lead weights in Lemmy’s boots, in the rain with Heroin and hookers – Ride The Sky is more raw than Fully Flared but the roots of both productions (skating), is metal for both and the best for a number of reasons. Skating, oh yea. Gilbert and Hardy will be household names soon. Hardy has been skating/living at the Black Box park and it shows. Sandoval is out this world with a huge front flip on a double set and a feeble to smith on a wicked rail. Slash with a kickflip over a gap that most snowboarders would say no to. Thomas front grinds in Alabama and of Course Chris Cole with a huge tre on a bank in China. Cole had the closing part btw. The above are just a few of many bits of insanity the flick offers.

Any real modern skater will buy both Ride the Sky and Fully Flared and watch em over and over. The Chief will never let us down.

Skating by
Matt Bennett, Tony Cervantes, Brian “Slash” Hansen, Billy Marks, Gilbert Crocket, Josh Harmony, James Hardy, Tommy Sandoval, Chris Cole, James Hardy and of course Thomas

Co Director/Filmer – Mike Gilbert
Co Director – Jamie Thomas

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www.fallenfootwear.com

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