TurBo - Excelsus

[TurBo]

Hey to everyone, it has been ages since I posted, much more so a thread and especially a video of my own.

I guess a bit of an introduction is in order: I started working on this solo in the Spring of 2016. Seems forever ago and it kind of has been a long, stop-start project without a set deadline and without an intention to churn out stunts.

In the past 4-5 years my interest in stunting has seen fluctuations, on good months I'd be on a roll of several stunts a week/month and then I could take long periods off stunting entirely. However inactive I became and however little time or interest I had for/in stunting along the way I'd still periodically check in on the forums even if I didn't comment.

This solo, a taxi-themed one, owes credit in large part to my close mates in the scene and some notable taxi inspirations of old, and new who have helped re-ignite the old flame each time. The goal was to create a solo as diverse and with spots as unique and fresh as I could. Being that I had way more spots than what has ended up in here and I still in fact hold a sizable mental repository of prospective spots I think it'd be safe to say this is a significant one for me, but definitely not a denouement.

During these very strange times, I have found more time for a lot of self-reflection and indeed set myself targets to be done with while I was not busy with remote-studying/working/living and I have managed many of these. Finishing up this long-awaited solo, primarily for myself, is one of the successful ones. 

Finally, I'm really indebted to Max, who took on the project kindly and courteously kept me posted at any notable point of progress, deliberating on different aspects, from the most minute of details to the more holistic ones. I could not have asked for someone whom I would have liked more for the vision I have for my videos and stunting videos in general. A great synthesis between complementing a stunt and making content king while also crafting an experience that transcends a montage of cool tricks and is unique and memorable.

That will be it for my babble, I hope you'll enjoy the final product and thanks to everyone that helped me make this happen.

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P.S: In my rush, and thinking I had already obviously put his name in, I forgot to mention Rainbow in the 'Special Thanks' list, who, needless to mention has been a major part of my obsession with taxi throughout the years.

P.S 2: Max made a review template for anyone wishing to do that, head to this link to make your life easier: https://pastebin.com/ydcEav4E

[Herb]

This was simply amazing. Lior you're a taxi god

[Silw]

Amazing video! One of the best Taxi videos I ever saw. So much creative shittt, I love your taxi stunting style! Loved the Intro with the latin american music also the outro were you repaired the taxi in the workshop was a cool scripted scene! Editing was extremely top Notch, good job Max. I can't pick a stunt that I liked most because they were all amazing and extemely creative  Hugeeeeee boyyyy, what a video! 

[SyperDimon]

Nice!

[krs]

yoo TurBo my guy, I remember I loved playing SA:MP with you  fantastic vid, 3:37 was probably my favourite. Congratz man!

[MtS]

Christ... the stunting level is godlike, you managed to develop some serious skills not only in wall boosting but also every other taxi method there is.

The editing is amazing, everything was on point and a lot of great details in terms of editing and scripting.

Well done both of you!

[Mati]

That's neat Tub! 

[Rainbow]

Will do a full review this weekend, but tl;dr: very awesome 

[Aries]

This video is sick. Chock full of great ideas. Love the palm tree boost to roof in particular. 9 mins grind was great too.

Trust Max to do a falling stunt in a taxi rather than boosting.

All in all definitely the best taxi video this year, heck even the decade

[Skuller]

You don't see big taxiboost solos like this one everyday! Stadium pl combo was my favourite oh and I lost 7:53 and 8:51 as spots but that's no big deal, awesome job both of you!

[Srcry]

Certainly worth the wait! Some damn fine wall climbing.

[Sheep]

Didn't lose a spot so that's pretty great.
Will give more detailed comment later

[BlackTear]

everything about this video was awesome. loved the editing, the music and the stunts. this is probably the most impressive taxi stuff i have seen in VC

[MV]

Man oh man, I've been fucking waiting for this! Ever since I saw you roll over on that finisher.. fuckin 3 years ago? 4 years ago? However long ago, I knew you had something special in the works, and this was certainly worth the wait. I saw this pop into my sub box and jumped Was really nice to see you finally land that finisher

Firstly, seeing TurBo still kicking it through all of these years is truly inspiring. Your style has always been captivating and leaves us waiting for the next crazy boost that you'll nail. Taxi-only vids as a concept can seem boring, but your creativity makes your solos the freshest shit that I may see all year.

Stunting wise, I never thought I'd see some of these precisions ever landed, and you just so happened to land them in the gnarliest ways via the insane combos, or just generally genius spots. I'd say the precisions were standouts, but the whole fucking video is a standout The grind combos were so lovely, such as the staircase grind2prec, the two double grinds.. but the huge boosts were phenomenal too. That casino boost2prec was nuts.

I don't know how you come up with some of these spots.. From the satellite dish landing on the stadium in VC, to the double-taxi spot, and even landing the billboard by the construction site, are you fucking kidding me? Unreal. From the complex combos or clean precisions, I enjoyed every stunt.

Max, I've always really enjoyed your edits, and even look at them for inspiration of my own, however this surpassed my expectations by far. The camerawork was truly extraordinary, the colours & timecyc were ethereal. Each effect and transition to each new clip seemed to be perfectly calculated by math if "perfection" was able to be solved by an equation. Did that make sense? I don't know, I like to think it does, but either way I fucking loved it. You made a work of art, and I think that you were the best choice to edit this video. Fantastic work. I loved the intro & outro too, especially the rotating-still zebra clip after the intro.

Beautiful. Immaculate. Brilliant and inspiring. Y'all are prodigies at what you two do. Shit, I'm opening VC right now, but only after I download this and re-watch it a couple of more times. The artistic style of Max's and creative eye of TurBo's was certainly beautifully crafted to make this masterpiece. Fuck yes.

Thanks for the shout out in the outro. I can continue talking about how enjoyable this video is - put a character limit on this site before I blow it up over this video

[Krypton]

Dayyyyyuuuum. This is sick. The Casino prec, Stadium satellite, VC Palm boost, and double grind were my favorites, but everything was impressive. There wasnt a stunt I wasn't happy to watch.

Part of that also goes to the always eye candy editing by Max. Love the angle work. Clean, colors were great, no complaints at all. Awesome video dudes, will definitely be coming back to watch this one!

Alright Rainbow, your turn