The past 6 days have been dedicated to loops from “Looks OK to Me“, an amazing video by Ben Chadourne featuring Bobby Worrest and Hjalte Halberg.
There’s a lot of reasons as to why I love this video. Bobby and Hjalte just look great on a skateboard, Ben’s filming/editing give it a special feeling and just add to the amazing skateboarding, the songs throughout the edit, specifically “Once In A Lifetime” during the Pulaski section, it’s all so enjoyable.
I remember watching this video when it released back in 2016, and a few times since then, but Bobby’s “Out There” piece that was released recently reminded me to go back and watch it again. I then remembered how much I enjoy this video, and decided I needed to make some loops from it. With all of that being said, here’s a few stand outs from the 6 loops I posted this week, from this masterpiece.
I’m a fan of just about any variation of a 180 to fakie manny, and this fs flip fakie manny definitely fits into that. The way Bobby lands on it at almost 90 degrees and it somehow silently slides around is incredible. He made a great looking trick look even better. It’s not in the loop, but the sw tre he does when he rolls away from this is another thing of beauty…
Recently I’ve had an obsession with how cool pivot to fakies look. It’s simple, and a trick that people tend to do as they’re just cruising around, but they look so cool. Hjalte’s pivot grind rock to fakie stood out to me. I like the quick tap of the rock to fakie, especially on a quick and steep bank like that. I think the fact that I tend to associate Hjalte’s skating mainly with amazing flip tricks, ledges and manuals, made this clip of him skating a bank even cooler.
The filming, the way he did the trick, and the tile ground. It all just looks so good together.
Ben Chadourne actually released a new edit this week called “Firesides” featuring Nik Stain, Paul Grund, Hjalte Halberg, and Bobby De Keyzer. It’s a real good one, so give it a watch, and don’t be surprised if you see some loops from it in the future. 🌀
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