First of all I want to thank Daffy for taking over from me while I was back home in Australia for the holidays. I think his selections were top notch and if he's keen, I'm happy for him to post regularly to this column. So without any further ado, here's this week's blast from the past.
The 2006 bike collab between kert and kr3mlin, Rakish (http://www.gtastunting.net/index.php?topic=11247.msg244690#msg244690), was uploaded to GTAS not long before the forums went down in mid-2006. Consequently I feel that the video never really got the attention that it deserved.
kr3mlin and kert were at this point in GTA stunting really pushing the boundaries of what was possible in SA – showing that things were indeed different than in the VC engine, but different in a good way. Bikes, while an obvious example, had only previously been popular for natural bumps. That all changed with Rakish. With a wide variety of stunts, kert and kr3m really showcased what the bike was truly capable of; using both the BMX and mountain bike in grind combos, grabs and big airs. (I could be wrong but I think this was also the first video to include that strange roof-grab-to-precision bug that always seemed so popular at TMS.)
The pace of a bike video necessitates something a bit different from the editor. This is the kind of challenge that kr3mlin relishes and he seized it with characteristic flair, electing to use a hip-hop soundtrack and a slow swipe for transitions within stunts. While not always popular at the time, kr3mlin’s work has come to have a long lasting influence on editors like Warow, who share kr3mlin’s objective to break with the GTAS mold.
Rakish is a stylishly edited bike collab between two of the big names in early SA stunting.
Rakish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY7JiqF4xpA#)
‘this vid kicked mucho asso’ – RAD
‘lots of sick stuff, definately a keeper’ – Eddeman