Brady and Rodrigues awe viewers

5/5 on the gnarr scale.

After almost six years in the making, Polar Skateboards finished its first-ever full length skate video. With one of the team riders, Dane Brady, being from Portland, of course there was a kick-ass premiere screening planned. And I wouldn’t miss a special showing at Cal’s Pharmacy Skate Shop on Burnside for all the kids under 21.

I arrived at the shop with my two friends a little early, so all the other guys were skating around on the street outside. When 7:30 finally hit, everyone rushed the front doors and waited for Cal’s to let us in. Finally they opened the doors and let all us skater kids in. Inside there were about 40 or more chairs set up in rows and the video was shown from a projector to a large piece of paper on the wall. Cal’s had bought Sizzle Pie for everyone, so we got free pizza and drinks. We sat down in the front row and the video started.

The film kicks off with some interesting music choices and a skatepark montage featuring most of the team cruising a park. Brady, the hometown hero, has the first part in the video. He kicks off his part by showing us his house, his dog and the curb he skates outside his Portland home.

The movie poster for Polar’s skate video. From web.

The video is very humorous and made a lot of people laugh. Dane’s part included some mind-bending tricks, including a nose manual on grass, a board slide up to switch 50-50 at the Pearl bump and his ender, which blew everyone’s mind, was a breakneck fast speed ollie through a swing. The filming in his part was on point, and it flowed together very nicely – easily the best segment of the video, in my opinion. There was a very loud cheer when his part finished.

Other parts from the video included Aaron Herrington with a lot of New York footage and very stylish lines. My favorite trick from his part has to be his huge bump to bar ollie with almost no speed. Hjalte Halberg’s part included an array of crazy ledge tricks and a nuts back 360 over this bump. My favorite montage from the video has to be the blobby crew footage. The editing Pontus Alv does in the montage is amazing. The names being edited into neon signs and flashing while night skating clips are going is amazing.

The last part in the video went to Polar’s newest pro, Kevin Rodrigues. Kevin is one of those skaters that blow your mind every time you see his footage. He did not disappoint at all. He did tricks that I have never seen before. His ender had to be my favorite trick in the video. It was an ollie to no hand nose pick on the front of a hand rail then he went into nose grind down the rail. I don’t know how it was possible but he did it.

Overall, I have to give the Polar video a 5/5 because the music, editing, filming, and skating were so on point, it was nuts. As soon as this video comes out, I will be buying!

Advocate Staff