Super Sick Vid By a Friend of Mine

Paul-o-Rama

Paul-o-Rama

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click "play it" on the left side. I helped with the face blur editing. this is the real san francisco that most people don't see

 
the way i look at it is a form of mediation on the streets. when one is in the act of bombing, they are focusing so hard on the city around them, every noise, light, person, they are in tune to everything, it is really an amazing feeling, being so aware, and the adrenaline, its truly addicting. It is also a way of being recognized. it is like having a superhero persona. you can walk down the street in clark kent mode and no one will know who you are, but at night you become superman.
 
What i think you're describing is the thrill of a crime coupled with the perceived acquisition of infamy...is this correct?
 
^That one made me giggle. And a sick video by the way, I love the tags. What is it that you are tagging? I can only make out... Force... not too sure.
 
The editing was tightly wrapped, the skating was strong, but I'm left to consider the tagging.

I'm not very knowledgeable on the "bombing" scene, but in my mind there is a difference between tagging and graffiti. Tags are simply a name scrawled onto a wall in a slightly stylistic manner. Graffiti, on the other hand, is more artistic, for while it may include a name, the name is done is a highly graphical and colorful way, with images often drawn around it. After watching the video, I've decided that tagging is one of the most stupid, useless acts around.

Unlike graffiti, tagging is simply hideous. The tags, unlike some (not all) graffiti, are hideous additions to the cityscape. To be blunt, I don't see where the rush is in going around making a city look like shit. Certainly, there can be a rush in graffiti, but at least this form of painting is acceptable to look at to a far greater degree than tagging.

Watching the tags go up I thought of how they were making things look worse, not better. I certainly wouldn't tag up my city.
 
i think your better shut your fucking yap, you little faggot, before i tag your fuckin' brain.
 
^exactly, it takes no skill to just scribble on something. They guy tagging in that video was even arcing it down while he was writing making it look even shittier. If your gunna ruin shit at least put some effort into making your tag look nice.
 
I thought the views of the city were cool and the first song. Then i honestly dont think it was that good. They sprayed the same shit all over the place and it wasnt legible. The skating was alright on the ledge with the stairs but there wasnt much there..
 
dumb, tagging is fucking mental and I hope the cops book you for that shit in the near future so that you grow the fuck up.

The skating is sub-par at best and it seemed like there was more tagging than actual skating. My neighbor rides for the Darkstar am team and the tricks he does on a daily basis are so much better than anything in that whole video. There were no handrails just the same lame spots over and over, especially that little 3-4 stair building entrance.
 
while bombing is very artistic tagging can be too. have you ever seen someone with a sick handstyle? i suggest you check out a graffiti website and take a look at some good writers handstyles. lots of time go into them and many are artistic more than just letters. the letters take on a new form as art. these are the tags that are super. others are not so super and i strongly dislike the people who see graffiti as a way to write obscene shit for no reason other than trying to look cool. theres more to it than that
 
Not hating, the video was nice concept, not the best editing good quality, not my style of shooting or editing. But i liked it.

tags weren't soo good in my opinion but you hit good spots in broad day.

takes heart
 
I'm confused a little bit. I have a question regarding that video. Why do they hide their identity while hiding, but then right after they show scenes of skating and their faces are revealed! Are they two different crowds or one in the same people? cause if they're the same people then why bother trying to hide the faces when filming the tagging. That confused me a bit and I couldn't stop thinking about that for the whole film segment.
 
I agree about graffitti being sick and tagging just being ugly. if anyone tagged the side of my van for the sake of some stupid video id slice their throat. other than that i thought the skating was pretty impressive and the editing where he climbed the light pole was dope.
 
i agree with you, but the tag itself is a way for an artiat to let people know that "i painted this one and this one, but you dont know me"
 
i got pissed when you tagged the guys car. what the fuck is wrong with you idiots. fucking carelessly defacing someone elses shit? with ugly scribbles that you cant even really make out.
 
I lost all respect when the guy put some shitty tag on top of what looked like some nice graffiti, its like our skate park people do some nice work in there then these studied, kids who's balls haven't dropped yet put some shitty tag over top making everything look like shit.
 
When I read that it was about San Francisco I of course thought of flamboyantly gay people. When I watched the video I was greeted by dudes with long hair and girl pants. Can't say my SF stereotype has changed at all.
 
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