Already Been Done

By Rob Brink

Because 2010 was the dawn of the online pro video part being a new standard in skateboarding, a few months ago we started an article on the “Top 5 online video parts of 2010″ and got in touch with some of the skaters who made those parts. Then, about a week ago, the entire skate blogosphere published “Top Online Video Parts of 2010″ articles ….

So we scrapped ours.

However, having already spoken with Daewon Song and Shane O’Neill and noticing that none of the other articles decided to do anything of the sort, we figured that not using their commentary would be a disservice to our readers, and sorta rude, considering the two of them made the time to speak to us. So, in no particular order, here they are:

“I remember watching Dylan’s part at 3 a.m. and thinking ‘Wow, this part is amazing.’ I couldn’t believe it was just a web video! The next morning watched it again. Such a great part.”
-Daewon

“Dylan’s part was so amazing. I liked how it was put together—really easy on the eyes. Dylan has been absolutely killing it and it was amazing to finally see the footage of all those gnarly photos we saw come out in the mags. The frontside tailslide kickflip was the best. That was, hands down, the best one of those I’ll ever see.”
-Shane

“Seen this part in Texas. Chico showed me! I tried to pretend it wasn’t real, haha. But this part definitely put Shane in the spotlight and it’s well deserved! He killed it!! I would have paid three bucks.”
-Daewon

“Daewon’s part was awesome. How he went back to all the spots and re-did the lines was awesome. Me and my friends filmed the same tricks we did years ago back in Melbourne like that sometimes. Then, after that section there are tricks in there that I thought wouldn’t be going down anytime soon, but he does them with such power and control. Switch frontside shuv krooks to bigflip? That’s insane.”
-Shane

“Vincent’s always fun to watch! He charges and kills everything. So stoked to see him skate the way he does and always seems to be having fun! Everyone at Girl and Chocolate rip and having Vincent just adds so much extra!”
-Daewon

“Vincent’s Lakai commercial was amazing. I liked the way it was put together and it just all flowed so quickly. Vincent is a ripper!”
-Shane

“What an awesome part. He skates the way he’s always skated, but always steps it up, up, up and is so solid! He always steps his shit up!”
-Daewon

“Paul’s part was my favorite. It reminded me so much of Paul in In Bloom back in the day, which is my favorite video. I like the nollie hardflip he did down that 12 stair. That’s the best. That trick is so hard, let alone doing it down a 12 stair. And he made it look so good.”
-Shane

Oh, and one more thing from Daewon:

“I’m working on a new secret project before the end of this year!”