Videos

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.

If LIVE can tend to beat you over the head a little with everything Toriotoko and most nostably their eponymous full-length video from 2018, that is never malevolent, nor for nothing and this newly published excerpt from the DVD (rewatch the previous one here) should demonstrate why the hype, being no less than Shogo Zama's part. The energy, the style, the taste, the sound of the bearings, the filming, the editing do not need words; the quality and the love for skateboarding just communicate themselves, if you can feel it, then you know.

For more Shogo Zama, Magenta also just published the "JUST CRUISE 2" part that he shares with Casey Foley from Australia on their YouTube channel, here!

Not too long after Jameel Douglas', Lui Araki's and then Soy Panday with Vivien Feil's, now is the turn of Léo Valls' part from the new full-length Magenta video, "JUST CRUISE 2" (available on DVD ici) to drop online. For the first time, he can be seen sharing screen time with the brand's new recruit Florian Maillet, the notorious pleasure enthusiast and imminently, around this street corner, Léo comes powersliding into your mind in between two trips, three clips with Feugz, four public talks, twelve urban development projects, twenty switch flips and one thousand baby bottles.

Just a couple of weeks after Jameel Douglas', it is now time for another section from the new Magenta full-length video "JUST CRUISE 2" to drop online, this time directly hosted on their YouTube channel and featuring Lui Araki (notably of Strush Wheels and L.I.F.E. fame). Two minutes of free-flowing frantic footwork in and around a city of Bordeaux which really has come a long way in terms of reception since Léo Valls' local implication; and then all the way to Paris, too, as to make an extended take of a French trip (courtesy of Covid regulations) all the more worthwhile.

An article on Lui's part is up on the Magenta website here, and Clément Harpillard's "JUST CRUISE 2" photo zine can still be found here.

The camera work still is by Stéphane "Feugz" Feugas and Andréa Dupré, and the soundtrack is by Matías Enaut.

A new video piece by the legendary Zach Chamberlin just dropped via the San Francisco wheel co., Loophole wheels and we're talking a solid eight minutes of impeccably presented sincere skateboarding on and through the old streets of Marseille, France, featuring the perfect mix of some of the team, locals and visitors and friends from all over, joining forces and vibes on some of the country's oldest crusty spots.

So, "MON GARS IN MARSEILLE" is plenty to possibly wax lyrical about - but let's let the skating do the talking, and also the person who - once again - brillantly captured it all thanks to his trademark Sony VX-1000 and Super-8 wizardry: Zach was down to answer some of our questions indeed, regarding the process, the city and his current activity with Loophole and in general. You can find the resulting conversation in 5W's form, below!