Nike Debacle: bonus footage

Nike SB’s HD video project Debacle (watch it after the jump) is clearly in the running as 2009’s best video for pretty much for all the reasons that its not their 2007 video Nothing But The Truth (the reviled SB debut that was so bogged down in ambitious but ultimately irritating sketches that the actual skateboarding seems to have been stricken from the collective memory of skateboarding even though you had sick parts from Omar Salazar, Todd Jordan, Lewis Marnell, Chet Childress and Stefan Jonaski amongst others. Considering that the packaging was pretty beautiful, maybe they just need a re-issue minus the sketches…). Lean and mean clocking in at just 23 minutes with full-parts from Nike ams David Clark, Daryl Angel,  Shane O’Neill, Grant Taylor, Justin Brock (the last two since been made pro) and a Theotis Beasley cameo, its all high-energy gnarliness with no clear stand-out—definitely a good thing.

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A couple of months ago, Nike unleashed the first extras footage (check it out after the jump and actually better than the newer batch) and now they’ve dropped another 4 minutes worth and its great stuff. First off, they’re properly edited pieces and not just a bunch of clips collaged together and second, it shows just how hard these guys went after footage. Justin Brock just stacks footage—that smith grind to gap out at 00:48 is killer; Daryl Angel continues to prove why he’s so talked about (and its clearly more than the oft-cited “he’s a d**k”), I love the jersey barrier line at 1:39, and Grant Taylor is just ill—he’s up there with Alex Olson for having a bag of tricks and a style that puts him more in league with Julien Stranger than Sean Malto (whom we also love over here at jnhdotcom, albeit for different reasons.)

Bonus footage #1 and full Debacle vid after the jump.

Nike Debacle: bonus footage #1

Nike Debacle feature

Nike Debacle from mike on Vimeo.

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