Video Review - Separations

There is only one way to describe this video, instantly forgettable. In the main, it looked like it was shot as a home movie, with a soundtrack chosen at random from the bargain basement of a punk music shop.

To qualify this, I'd say that while watching this film, there was no time where I was impressed. The skating quality was not good. I'm not saying that I could do everything in the vid, but I know skaters who can. You know when things are going badly when they show so many shots of skaters doing 360's.

The majority of the video is skaters jumping over tall things and grinding high ledges. It shows the skaters have strong legs, but that is about it. The average length of the grinds is about 3ft, there is no big gaps, nothing to inspire a rained-in skater.

The video was shot in 1997, but looks older.they have some of the newer moves, but they always seem to look sketchy. There is one section with Chris Edwards on the ramp used in Fast Shoes. It looks like Fast Shoes took all of the good stuff, and Separations is a collection of the stuff found in the bins after editing.

It's one of those videos you keep watching because it's got to get better, it's got to get better, PLEASE! Near the end you get sections from Steve Thomas and Randy Spizer which, though better than the rest of the video, do not do these exceptioanl skater justice. I watched through to the obvious 'Secret Section' where they added a few slams, some more unusual situations, and the predictable

sections. In short, the only reason I was not very annoyed with the quality of this video was that I got it for £5. Any more and I'd be very disappointed.