April 20th, 2007 - by Be-Mag
DVD Review: Teach Them Well
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connor obrien, dvd review, jeromy soderburg, teach them well
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Teach Them Well is a DVD brought to you by Connor O’Brien, Clayton Woodley and Brent Henderson. I was really looking forward to finally watching this DVD. By looking at the overall appearance of the DVD I can say that I’m not disappointed, but...
Teach Them Well is a DVD brought to you by Connor O’Brien, Clayton Woodley and Brent Henderson. I was really looking forward to finally watching this DVD. By looking at the overall appearance of the DVD I can say that I’m not disappointed, but still there were some things I don’t like. For example Jeremy Soderburg who is skating great but whose appearance and style are strange in my eyes. Also the song used for his section is way too hectic but I bet that there are kids out there who really dig Sole’s Banquet of Sarcasm. The second thing don’t like is Ian’s section. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t say that is section is not dope. His tricks are super sick and the Muse song is great.
What annoyed me was his new style; I think that Ian is one of the few persons who really looked way better with wider clothes.
But let’s talk about the good parts of the DVD now. My favourite section is Cameron Card’s. Cam’s style is amazing. This guy makes rollerblading look so easy and fun. It’s unbelievable how clean his tricks are and how sweet his lines are. Leif Erikson by Interpol is the perfect song to make his section extremely great. Did I already mention that I believe that Cam’s one of the most underrated pros out there? The Montage sections show sick skating and nasty falls. To make the second Montage a bit more interesting Connor and his partners decided to add some Santee spice, and we all know what this means! Some of the skaters are Bailey, Collins, Stockwell, St. John, Broskow, the Santee Crew and many others.
Connor is skating to Wolfmother’s Woman. After I had seen Connor’s section in Trash I thought that he’s the sickest guy on earth. But lately I began to think different. To me it seemed as if his skating is no longer what it was back in the day. Fortunately his section proofed me totally wrong! The youngest skater with an own profile is Victor Arias who is simply too good to be true. I have never seen anybody who has got the same amount of control when he is spinning about two thousand times in a single switch-up. Sometimes watching a Victor Arias section makes me think about the fact that there might be some aliens on our planet. To sum this up I want to say that this DVD is definitely a must-buy. The filming and editing is more than okay, even tough it can’t be compared with Carl Sturgess’ or Doug Urquhart’s. Also the choice of music is great, even if I really didn’t like Jeremy’s song. If this is not enough for you I just tell you that there are also three bonus sections which you will have to explore by yourself.
-Lui Summer
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Comments
May 13th, 2007 @ 23:58 - by Shifty-UK
you don't like Ian's section because of his clothes? seriously. fucking clothes? this sounds like a review in Us Weekly. I want to throw up.
April 27th, 2007 @ 11:47 - by Be-Mag
you're wrong iain is sick
April 23rd, 2007 @ 02:28 - by RoLLeRBlade93
@lui: car analogy - style is just the surface, the clothes, the body of the car. what it looks like. tricks are the engine, the performance, the abilities it. you can have the lamest looking cars go amazingly fast with awesome handling (sometimes).
basically, any 0-60 in 2.3s honda civic or acura. they look ridiculous but i would still love to have one.
April 23rd, 2007 @ 01:04 - by mike_currier
@Michael.: But isn't rollerblading also very much about style - of course it's about fun - but what about style?
April 23rd, 2007 @ 00:56 - by dakata
Maybe if Iains section wasnt twice as good as the last one he put out you could talk shit but he fucking murdered it in this video so dont bitch about pants pants pants its fucking stupid.
April 22nd, 2007 @ 18:45 - by RoLLeRBlade93
for a moment i was not going to give the big 'fuck you' on this review after reading how iain mcleods section wasn't as good because of the clothes he wears, even though it pissed me off. i firmly believe that the clothes make the man. then i realised this is fucking rollerblading, iain mcleod is an all seasons pimp period.
April 22nd, 2007 @ 18:38 - by pipe_down
haha, i think ian is one of the few people whose style is actually better now after the whole tight pants movement
April 22nd, 2007 @ 15:52 - by RemyDyz
4/5 wheels
-one
April 22nd, 2007 @ 12:26 - by jason_r
%{color:green}i really liked this video too%
April 21st, 2007 @ 03:55 - by Be-Mag
that DVD is just amazing and definitely a must have...for the first video connor and everyone else did an amazing job...good review job by the way (at least from my point of view...)
April 21st, 2007 @ 01:25 - by mike_currier
@joeymc: It's hard enough to get rollerbladers to do this... I asked a few people to do a Jon Elliott Razors Pro Skate review for austrianinline.net an none of them did it. I also asked about 10 people that don't rollerblade to write something about Barely Dead and non of them did it! Somehow people are not too much into work that doesn't earn you any money.
April 20th, 2007 @ 19:29 - by lstieger-Cesium
Like I have said before: It would be amazing to get people that aren't involved in rollerblading to do reviews.
you don't like Ian's section because of his clothes? seriously. fucking clothes? this sounds like a review in Us Weekly. I want to throw up.
you're wrong iain is sick
@lui: car analogy - style is just the surface, the clothes, the body of the car. what it looks like. tricks are the engine, the performance, the abilities it. you can have the lamest looking cars go amazingly fast with awesome handling (sometimes).
basically, any 0-60 in 2.3s honda civic or acura. they look ridiculous but i would still love to have one.
@Michael.: But isn't rollerblading also very much about style - of course it's about fun - but what about style?
Maybe if Iains section wasnt twice as good as the last one he put out you could talk shit but he fucking murdered it in this video so dont bitch about pants pants pants its fucking stupid.
for a moment i was not going to give the big 'fuck you' on this review after reading how iain mcleods section wasn't as good because of the clothes he wears, even though it pissed me off. i firmly believe that the clothes make the man. then i realised this is fucking rollerblading, iain mcleod is an all seasons pimp period.
haha, i think ian is one of the few people whose style is actually better now after the whole tight pants movement
4/5 wheels
-one
%{color:green}i really liked this video too%
that DVD is just amazing and definitely a must have...for the first video connor and everyone else did an amazing job...good review job by the way (at least from my point of view...)
@joeymc: It's hard enough to get rollerbladers to do this... I asked a few people to do a Jon Elliott Razors Pro Skate review for austrianinline.net an none of them did it. I also asked about 10 people that don't rollerblade to write something about Barely Dead and non of them did it! Somehow people are not too much into work that doesn't earn you any money.
Like I have said before: It would be amazing to get people that aren't involved in rollerblading to do reviews.