New Flavors trailer

Another video (by Kevin Horn) showcasing next generation Twin Cities talent including jnh.com favorite Tom Rohrer. Premiering December 19, 2009.

There’s a ton of footage (New Flavors and otherwise) at Kevin’s YouTube channel. (A big chunk of which begs the question of why do you kids keep filming in shorts? Its ok to wear shorts, just stop ruining clips with them.)

One of the things I love about the indie skate video movement is that its evidence that skateboarding is a sub-cultural activity and not a sport. When I first started skating, people only filmed when they were seriously trying to get sponsored, and if they were sponsored it was because they needed footage for a video. Now kids begin filming as soon as they start skating and while they may want to get sponsored that isn’t the primary motivation. It parallels music more than anything else—a garage band may not expect (or want) to get picked up by a major label but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to play shows and make records. It excites me how much skateboarding has changed in the 22 years since I first got a board, I can’t wait to see where all this ends up 10 years from now.

Tagged as: new flavors, Skateboarding, tom rohrer, twin cities