
Other videos put out by Habitat:
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Mosaic
Habitat
2003, 38 minutes
Current Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Habitat’s Mosaic is 35 minutes of street skating with almost constant trick action and no filler. There are a few very brief snippets of pools, a half pipe and a mini-ramp, but all together these cut-aways from the main theme are probably less than a minute long. That theme: street skaters in their natural … habitats. Including a segment devoted to the Alien Workshop crew, the video features at least twelve different skaters, which comes to no more than three minutes per skater on average. There is no shortage of stairs, rails, ledges, gaps, loading docks, banks, etc. This is street skating in the wild, so there are no skateparks to speak of. Also notably missing are the attempts at comic relief that take up time in other videos. So no pranks, stupid skits, horseplay, tom-foolery, chicanery or garbage. Just skating.
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February 08, 2004

Mosaic is a solid video, but not a spectacular one by current standards. The skating is all very good, but there are few get-you-up-out-of-your-seat moments. Tim O’Connor stands out for his style, but he may have the shortest part in the video. Brian Wenning does justice by adding some extra speed to his tech. However, only Fred Gall’s part got me really excited. Not only does Gall show the flip, pop, spin, ollie, and nollie mastery common to everyone else, but he adds some extremely stylish wall rides. The standout feature of Mosaic is the flow of the video. The video isn’t over-edited and the tricks are rarely one-and-done; they are almost all done in sequence with several other tricks. This is a good example for up and coming street skaters. It also means that the skaters in the video are truly good and definitely have their tricks down. They don’t need editing help or just the right camera angle to make them look good. So, although there isn’t much to blow you away in this video as some others, there is not much to complain about either.
PhiloPsych
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What to Expect:
 
Featured Skaters: Steve Berra
Ted De Gros
Jason Dill
Fred Gall
Danny Garcia
Kerry Getz
Stefan Janoski
Heath Kirchart
Tim O'Connor
Anthony Pappalardo
Rob Pluhowski
Danny Renaud
Ed Selego
Anthony Van Engelen
Danny Way
Brian Wenning
Sound Track:
If you dig the music from Mosaic, check out the soundtrack for it.
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