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What’s Loopin’: Gronze

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Crew/homie videos are special, it’s something that I tend to gravitate towards because they feel so relatable. They cause my mind to wander and think about random skate sessions I’ve had with friends, tricks we’ve filmed, and trips we’ve been on. They’re natural; it’s friends skating together because they want to, not because they share a sponsor.

My first memory of watching a Gronze video was the Gronze Island – Episode 1 – Gran Canaria edit on Thrasher. This immediately became a video I always watched before going skating. I loved the song choices, the look of the spots, and obviously, the skaters involved. Gronze’s most recent release, TARÉ, reminded me how much I enjoy their videos, which quickly led to me rewatching their 2021 full length, Gronze World. Here’s a couple of TARÉ standouts to start it off –

The man behind it all, Max Geronzi. I always look forward to Max footage, regardless of whether he’s skating his 80’s setup or not. He came through with 2 clips in TARÉ; just enough to get me stoked while leaving me wanting more. One of them was a line ending with this Nollie Front Heel. Just look at his foot flick and wait for the board to hit it, I wish I knew what the level of control felt like. I also love that he rolled away loose like that, in my opinion it added even more flavor to the clip. Also, if you need a good laugh, watch this.

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What’s Loopin’ – 9/30/22

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It’s been about a month since the last time I poured out my thoughts on here, and today I had the urge to do it again, so here we go…

The past couple weeks have been full of great video releases, and with the fourth quarter just around the corner, I don’t see that slowing down anytime soon.

Louie Lopez is in full effect right now. Just about 6 weeks after the release of his “Honor Roll” part for Spitfire, he’s back again. “Louie, Again & Again” dropped last Thursday on the FA YouTube, as well as on Instagram. A full part being posted to Instagram right away might be a debatable topic, but personally, I think it’s great, at least in this case. I’m huge on watching video parts on a computer or TV when possible. But, for the sake of convenience, I think it’s cool to upload a full part straight to the Gram.

Louie is hands down one of the most gifted skateboarders, and one that it feels lie everyone enjoys to watch. He has this magic in him that gives off a vibe of him just cruising around, yet he’s doing amazing tricks, at spots that rarely look easy to skate. This manny was an obvious choice for a loop, he couldn’t have done it any better.

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What’s Loopin’ – 8/25/22

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Back in July of 2020 I first got sparked on Shin Sanbongi’s skating, and actually wrote about it here. Here we are, 2 years later, and Shin just dropped another amazing video part. My original stoke on Shin’s skating was how well he flows around, and how much fun it looks like he’s having, and this new part gave me those exact feelings, again. Shin seems to find the perfect spots to highlight his style of skating. It’s almost like every clip gives off the feeling of him just showing you how he skates, naturally, versus him really trying to … Continue reading What’s Loopin’ – 8/25/22

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What’s Loopin’ – 7/10/22

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With a couple amazing video projects releasing over this past week, it only felt right to let out my thoughts out. When something releases and I’m stoked on it, I immediately text my friends, start talking about my favorite clips, and become obsessed. It turns into something I can’t stop thinking about, and wanting to talk about. I love that feeling. It’s a feeling that I crave when I don’t have, and I try to cherish when I do. Well, let’s dive into what gave me that feeling this week. First off, an amazing video project out of Boston by … Continue reading What’s Loopin’ – 7/10/22

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What’s Loopin’: THE SOUR SOLUTION lll

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Over the past couple weeks, The Sour Solution III has been premiering in Europe, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the online release. Well, on a day where I hadn’t thought about the video, boom, it dropped. I knew that this video deserved a proper viewing, on a big screen and with my undivided attention. Sunday night I made dinner and pressed play on the 3rd Sour Solution video, and it was everything I could’ve asked for.

Sour has created amazing videos in the past, setting themselves some very high expectations to live up to. The great thing about high expectations is that when you deliver, it’s a big deal. Well, they delivered. As soon as I read “Sour Films” on my TV screen, I got that feeling. That inside excitement. It’s this joy that I get from skate videos, something that is hard to explain, and can really only be duplicated when I watch another highly anticipated skate video.

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What’s Loopin’: BAKER VIDEO WITH, ANDREW ZACH and ROWAN

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I know I love a skate video when it makes me want to write, and here I am, writing. 3 days ago, Baker made an Instagram post announcing that they had a new video dropping at midnight, and the countdown was on.

I was immediately looking forward to this video, and went to bed with the plan of watching the video as soon as I was up. I love that I didn’t know they were working on a video, it was teased for months, all of a sudden I just had to wait one day and then enjoy it. Although, a good build up and tease can be great, as well.

From the skating, to the music, and of course the B-Roll/Hijinx, this is a great watch. If you somehow missed it, scope it below, then enjoy the loops!

It kicked off with non other than The Boss. Reynolds is someone that I think just about everyone enjoys to watch. Although he’s often recognized for jumping, rightfully so, I was looking forward to some cool manuals, and well pieced together lines out of him, and got just that.

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