Quik

I was too busy being a smartarse and forgot to write my comment about the video. I liked how the skateboarding was just to provide the movement through the environment. The tricks weren't the focus as is usual in a skating video, just some straightforward stuff to interact with the environment. A nice little snapshot of slice of life. It captures the feel of moving through your world. I didn't like the ending. The video could have benefitted greatly by finishing the narrative by having him arrive somewhere. Like the short film Rendezvous (1976) cutting up the streets of paris in a ferrari (turns out it was a mercedes dubbed with ferrari engine sounds) where it is elevated above just a speeding car ridealong by having him arrive to meet his girl. Arriving at school, a friend's house, a coffee shop, anything that would have brought the journey to a conclusion. Even if it was just ultimately an ad for Quiksilver when all is said and done.
 
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