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Rolling Thunder
Foundation
1995, 27 minutes
Current Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Anytime you see a 70's style board on a video box, you can assume that there's going to be some sort of history lesson or retrospective piece inside. Rolling Thunder is no exception to that rule. The opening credits are cut with close-up shots of bare feet downhilling on a banana board. This leads to a look back on the history not of skateboarding, but of Foundation and its part in skateboarding's evolution over the years. As we reach the present (or 1995 in this case), we are individually introduced to the Foundation team, via personal interviews inserted throughout each skater's part. Street skating dominates the video, although small vert bits pop up in Wil Taylor and Steve Berra's parts (as well as vert and pool riding in the historical montage). Some of the footage shows some attempts at composition, rather than the simple "follow the skater" formula, with a pretty eclectic mix of music providing the soundtrack to the calculated chaos of handrail hammers. To give a final insight into the life of a professional skateboarder, the video closes with some all-purpose footage from a Tum Yeto tour.

Thrashathon February 24, 2002

Rolling Thunder is pretty damn good. The Foundation team is full of hair farmers that skate with style. They're all a bit crazy, but isn't that what makes skateboarding so great? The idea of having interviews is creative, witty, and original. Although parts of interviews are filled with senseless dribble, some definite skate style and personality really comes out through it. And for all of you that think that 1995 skating is totally outdated, you may be mistaken, because there are lots of handrails, tech tricks, and pop to go around.

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Mr. Tips May 31, 2003

First of all, the monologue for the Foundation historical piece and for the closing tour footage is terrible. I don't know exactly who did the voiceover, but it sounds like they gave Ben Stein a 40oz., a handful of horse tranquilizers, and a poorly written script. And while the interviews are an interesting idea, they come off being a little dry and/or awkward. The skating is pretty damn good though, and that's what we all wanted to see anyway, right? Standout parts include Heath Kirchart showing everyone what the future of skating is going to look like by killing any handrail or gap/drop that gets in his way, Paul "Pop" Sharpe impersonating a Mexican jumping bean, and Steve Berra laying down some clean street lines. The tour footage is a little tame, but at least you get to see Muska skate and Templeton blow something up. All in all, while you probably won't have a huge adrenaline rush after watching Rolling Thunder, you probably will want to grab your board and just have a good time skating. And if we learned anything from Animal Chin, that's what really matters, right?

Mr. Tips

What to Expect:


Featured Skaters:
Josh Beagle
Steve Berra
Frank Hirata
Heath Kirchart
Steve Olson
Paul Sharpe


Also Appearing:
Donny Barley
Satva Leung
Chad Muska
Panama Dan
Wil Taylor
Ed Templeton
Jamie Thomas


Sound Track:
If you dig the music from Rolling Thunder, check out the soundtrack for it.

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