This is Authentic, Too
Dave Waite on some diamond plate, while filming for the video. Photo by CJ Cabiles
In this article CJ discusses Authentic Skateboards sophomore video titled ‘This is Authentic, too’.
A lot of the current skate videos feature high class skaters doing mind blowing stunts on obstacles that never cease to increase in difficulty. Though impressive, it doesn't exactly make me feel like skateboarding, if anything it does the opposite. 'This is Authentic, Too' does a great job at feeling more down to earth and shows what street skating actually looks like if you catch a glimpse of some skaters out in the wild.
Cleanup crew. Photo by CJ Cabiles
Here’s my notes on the video:
Authentic Too is fun, light hearted, and very enjoyable to watch. Whether your new to skating or a seasoned veteran theres something for everyone to enjoy in this video.
Overall the video gave off playground vibes, it just makes ya happy & feel like a kid again.
The soundtrack was pretty fire in my opinion, each song fit with each skaters style & flowed properly from one to the next.
Bam Bam is stuck in my head and I'm not mad about it.
Homie sections even had some unexpected bangers in there.
Shoe game throughout the video was solid. I must see Daves dunk collection before I die.
They even had the Rob Grauer guest star appearance! That dude rips.
43min long but felt like 20.
Large variety of tricks & different styles of skateboarding which I liked a lot.
Everyones enders were sick. 3 of em rock'd!
Edgar is unpredictable but so fun to watch.
Connie is hella filthy but needed more jumping into bushes clips like in the first.
Dave is the goat & also the slappy god.
Alex's 4th to last clip was easily one of my favorites. idk what its called but I love that shit.
Spencer back heel is automatic & his fingerboard clips were so sick.
That CJ guy needs a fuckin haircut frfr.
Jacobs switch pop shuv rewind (or whatever its called) looked so fun that I had to learn it.
Prestons switch hill bomb was insane!
Brandon has the most beautiful flick.
Tom’s museum of glass clip was just as insane as the one in "Get Down". Death wish skateboards type beat. Also, bro is low key handsome like let’s be fr.
Squad waxing up a newly unveiled spot. Photo by CJ Cabiles.
Authentic Too gives off playground vibes, especially since a lot of the clips were filmed on school playgrounds. It’s just some big kids hangin out, jumpin around, & havin a good time. I personally loved all the music choices & think it created a great vibe for this fun crew of dudes. As far as skateboarding goes this video has it all. It’s got ledge skating, rail skating, manny clips, hippy jumps, 4 downs, hehe's, slappys, gaps, wall rides, no complies, regular, switch, hill bombs, bam bam, summer clips, winter clips, high fives, fist bumps, some gnarly shit, some tech shit, some weird shit, some goofy shit, Etc. Whatever kind of skateboarding you enjoy, there’s someone in this video doing just that. What I look for in a good skate video is how it makes me feel once it’s over, and all I could feel after this was an instant desire to get out there & skate!
Tacoma. Photo by CJ Cabiles.
Thank you for your time & reading my review. Hope you have a blessed day and also #FuckCancer!