My friends over at Cliché were nice enough to include me in their mail-outs for the latest French gem:
Clé. The most stand-out element of Clé is the
interfusion of the skateboarding and on screen music. Each skater’s section is introduced with a skit that includes an intertwined reference to the music for the section in some wave or form. JB and Lucas are preluded by duelling flamenco guitarists (Jesus Fernandez and Danni Lebron), Collet is introduced via Duracell and his drum sampling wizardry, Joey Brezinski plays his song (by Beirut) over an I-chat and Lyon reggae legend Nasser does a radio shout out to Brophy which then provides a back drop (Bombay Bicycle Club) for his curtains section. Skate-wise, the DVD is full of creative and athletic potion. JB once again stylishly destroys Lyon with a part that shines over his Lakai effort. New blood Flo Mirtain can back smith the gargantuan. Javi, Cale and Ricardo share a section full of gold. Cale steps it up on the manual front and shows he still has the gnar-boots with a kinky 50/50 from the depths of Satan’s lair. Javi ollies in to some kind of achaeic dinosaur dish. Ricardo (mayor of Lisbon) is once again confirms his title of PPP (Portugese Powerhouse of Pop). Joey Brezinski proves that he is up right up there on the forefront of two-wheeled madness. I swear he could have filmed that section on one truck. Charles Collet is one sweet looking flying carcass with some epically gnarly, yet steezy moveage. Margaret River bunyip: Andrew Brophy takes the last part with some of the fattest skate action you will ever see on this planet. Apart from leaping over multiple cityscapes he also shuts down the SF three up three down with a 30 foot long blunt. He may as well have capped that spot after he was done: shutdown! In amongst the full parts there is an amusing Oz tour, a hilarious Wheel of Fortune tour and an international flow section during which awesome names like Boris and Ale are introduced, but are stood out over by our Sammy Winter. Holy shit his roll away at Marin Place still has me in hysterics. This video is obviously more of a compilation of different filmers works, a bit less cohesive than other Cliché jaunts, but Junior has done an incredible testament to global rippage in this one. And the musical element gives it a more playful, cleverer feel to all the other discs out there in the market. A must see.