DVD Review: Jack Be Nimble

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Jack Be Nimble is a film by John Adams and Andrew Kazlauskas. It is about the Roll Series which was founded by Collin Martin. You can follow Collin Martin’s 2007 tour which was planned to stop at all the Roll Series events in the USA...

Paul John Piencak, Paul’s mum and Josh Whitfield express their opinions about the tour and rollerblading in several short interviews during the film. The DVD documents the problems Collin Martin and his friends had to face to create the Roll Series and to organize the tour. There were tons of problems from broken car-parts to lack of sponsorship, but it is great to see how these guys overcame these problems and still managed to pull through with their plans.

If you want to see a fast-paced and full-of-action skate video this is not what you would like to watch. But if you would like to know how it feels to be on a skate-tour and how real street contests in other cities look like, then you should check out this DVD. It is fun seeing all the different spots and all the known and unknown skaters killing them. The live on tour as well as the friendship between fellow rollerbladers is portrayed really well.

After watching the whole thing I have to say that it might be a little bit lengthy but I enjoyed it very much. The DVD won the price for the best documentary feature at the Illinois International Film Festival 2008, this alone should be reason enough to watch it at least once!

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