Let fans of Shinpei Ueno, Tightbooth and inspired skateboarding overall rejoice, today, as the whole of "LENZ III" just disembarked, straight from the land of the rising sun and now online for free.
Tightbooth Production a.k.a TBPR for those-who-know have come quite the way since their first offering: "DIALOGUE BETWEEN INSIDERS" in 2007, then promptly followed by the first "LENZ" in 2009 which was inspired by the legendary video encyclopedia that is "OVERGROUND BROADCASTING" by Takahiro Morita via FESN.
The word was to document and represent emergent heads from the Japanese skateboarding scene at the time, at home and around the world, but notably all the way to San Francisco.
In 2014, "LENZ II" followed suit with an even longer video and crazy parts for Seimi Miyahara and Koichiro Uehara, out of many more. In addition to introducing Japanese skateboarding to a whole new generation of skateboarders worldwide, indirectly, it also documents the progressive development of Evisen.
That means it took all these years for "LENZ III" to exist, after that; but now, behind us, they are and today, it is possible to dive into what's been announced as the ultimate chapter of a long trilogy without even needing to leave the false security that is one's YouTube. The culmination of globalization for sure, some have been overheard arguing.
In addition to the few sections that already dropped online over the past few weeks (and one always can ingest more TBPR here), that's about one hour of unseen footage on the clock, notably including a Glen Fox part.
The DVD is sold out, but the Blu-Ray as well as the soundtrack (in vinyl form) still can be ordered, here for instance.