Hey everyone and welcome to my review on the ride BMX headlights full-length video that just came out this past week
So normally with these BMX news videos I talk about everything that happened in the previous week within the world of BMX
I think you guys might care about but this week is a little different because all I'm gonna be talking about is the ride BMX
Headlights full-length video which is available on iTunes and a few other places for $9.99
So if you guys want to check it out
I'll provide a link in the description
For you to check it out and buy if you want to
Before we get into talking about different sections and all of the other stuff involving this video
I want to start out by saying that I had no idea how much
Actually needed to go in to a review on an entire full-length video
probably because I haven't really watched that many full-length videos before first of all the filming of
every single section in this video is
Fantastic, we all know Mike most Roni is great at what he does and we wouldn't expect anything less
So it applies to every single section
I wanted to say it before we actually got into anything
Also the editing and song choices are very well done. And the song choices are great for all of the people in this video
they seem to go well with all of the riders and their riding it's kind of something that is a theme throughout the video that
It all goes well together
I felt like I needed to say that so you guys could keep it in mind while I'm talking about every single section because it
Applies to everything and I don't really want to say that 10 or however many different times for every section of this video
So with that being said, let's move into talking about these sections of the ride BMX headlights video
Here's a quick list of everyone that's in the video straight from iTunes and not in the order that they appear in the video
Some of them are in the right place
But some of them aren't we've got Johnny rakes Sean elf Walters Tate Ross Kelly Mike mast Roni Brady Tweedy
Justin sprite Ryan biz Jordan Zach creme us Jake Seeley Brock Raiford
Calvin Kosovich and DeMarcus Paul
So a few of those were in the right place
but a few of them weren't the first person in the opening section of this video is Johnny rakes and
with this section
There are crank flips bar spins in a million different combinations of the two and grinds that I bet
Ninety-nine percent of the riders out there
other than maybe Garrett Reynolds
can't do I think my favorite clip of this section is the roller coaster up reel grind to no footage can
double crank flip because as someone who does no foot of can double crank flips
It's really hard to find places to do that trick that aren't just like a jump
definitely know how hard that one is and it's completely crazy that he did it out of a roller coaster up rail grind and
Another thing to mention about this one is that the creativity of the filming of this section is off the charts
There's a couple different water reflection shots that could have
legitimately taken the place of the actual shot of a trick and I don't think
anyone would have noticed at all or
said anything about it for that matter because of how well done they were I think the reason that I don't have a ton to
Say about this section is that I personally can't comprehend half of the stuff that he's doing in this video
Whether it's rail over rail over rail over
Barspin to rail 180 Smith 180 crank flip just insane stuff and I have a hard enough time
Telling what's regular and switch and all of that stuff on its own when you have a video like this one where it's so much
Insanity packed so tightly together
I just kind of sit back and watch the insanity which you will definitely do when you watch this section next up
We've got a section from Sean elf Walters and want to start out here by saying that they say
BMX riders look at the world a lot differently than most other people
do I want to add to that by saying that there are some
BMX riders that look at the world a lot differently than most other BMX riders - and Sean is
Definitely one of those people this section from him literally
Blew my mind with all of the fence bouncing and just insane spot usage in this video
It it it just blew my mine
Shawn is one of the people who are at the top of the spot usage game right now and he's doing it in a way
that most other people if not
Everyone else just isn't doing he takes spot usage to a whole nother level
In this section with things like using one of his fence bounces to make a rail
Possible that most people would probably not even look twice at so yeah this creative spot usage section from Shawn
Following Johnny rakes just absolutely insanity section
Completely blew my mind and it's definitely one of my favorites from the video and after that we've got a section from Ryan biz
Jordan someone who might have more video parts in full-length videos
Than anyone else in BMX right now
His section is pretty much what you'd think it would be but with a little bit of spice thrown in there
There's a ton of big and burly stuff in here combined with some very technical stuff like one clip
That is like a playground, but it's surrounded by this concrete barrier
That is basically a pump track and he comes flying around this thing pumping every single roller in it
It's it's literally a perfect pump track and then he uses it and jumps one of these rollers that goes over a sidewalk
so there's a break in this barrier lands in the roller and then goes over the next one and goes into a manual and
manuals out of the barrier
Pumptrack thing and it was just a spot usage thing like that
It's super technical and burly at the same time that kind of represents this part very well
There's also some super burly and crazy
kinked handrails and curved rails and an S rail in here
Just a lot of amazing riding from Biz in this one and that brings me to Jake's Seeley's section in this video
Jake is another one of those riders who's at the top of the spot usage game and it seemed like
every single trick in this video or every single clip in the video is just
Spot usage is way up here along with the difficulty of the tricks
we all know how technical and insane Jake is when you combine that with the spot usage of things that
out of people probably wouldn't be able to make a trick out of you have an
Amazing section even being around three minutes long. This one was so crazy
I feel like it's another one that I'd have to watch a few more times just to understand everything that happened in it
Next is Calvin Kosovich is section. This is another one that's around three minutes long, but it's seriously chocked full of
Burly riding. There's only one or two clips in this entire section that aren't something
Completely insane in burly Calvin is one of those riders. That's just known to go big in this section is no
Exception to that and I felt like this one is one that went exceptionally
Well with his personality or at least what I could gather of his
Personality from the feeble talk that he did as well as other videos in the past and this was another one
That was just around three minutes
So there's not a ton to say here other than its
Burly insane and definitely a great section in the video
then after that we've got Zach creme is's section and this is one that if you watch this section
And you don't notice Zach's eye for spots that appear to be
impossible or very very
difficult to ride you probably weren't paying attention because the entire beginning of this section is
Nothing, but spots that look like they're like almost spots where if you went to it
you'd either ride right past it or look at it and be like, oh man, this would be awesome if
would be if it's full of spots that are like that and if you combine that with the fact that Zach not
Only rides these spots that most people would just ride right past but also the fact that he's doing it
extremely smoothly you have the makings for a very unique video part and that is becoming a theme of this video a
Standout clip for me is the one where he does a tree tap to fakie on this sidewalk setup
That's like a raised up sidewalk. He is legitimately
Further back than vertical whenever he does this tree tap and it's it's just so awesome
So taking a quick break from talking about specific sections of the video to talk about it as a whole so far
there's been a great mix of writers and video sections every
Single one of them has stood out in their own way and been unique and I haven't found myself distracted or bored
Whatsoever in watching this video yet up until this point
Which is something that's hard to say about full-length videos for me and is probably why I haven't really seen that many of them before
So let's move into talking about the next section in the video. This one comes from Brock Rayford
Brock's section brought a change of pace that I honestly didn't know that I wanted at this point in the video
But as soon as the fast-paced Burley style of his riding kicked in my brain was kind of like hell
Yes, it might have been the shortest section of the video yet
But it's more than made up for in the insanity of the riding
We've seen the photo of the rail ride barspin to wall ride and after seeing the clip
I honestly don't think that he could have done it any better
This is definitely a standout section of the video. Even though it's a short one
and then after that
we've got a split part from Brady, Tweedy and
Justins breach from Brock's fast paced and burly section we go straight into a split part with two tech
Animals Brady holds it down with super technical combos using all of his pegs
And then Justin comes in swinging with some
Super burly tech moves of his own one of Justin's clips that really stood out to me
Was the super fast nose manual toothpick grind to nose manual
There was a bunch of people around whenever they filmed this one
it probably had no idea how fine the line is between success and
death on that clip
Justin's last clip in here is another death-defying one where one wrong move
Could have literally set him six feet deep into a stairwell
After that came what I could only guess was a friend section because there was a bunch of different people in the video
But I was a little confused because I didn't know if Brady and Justin section was over yet
So a little bit of confusion there and there really wasn't any mention of a friend's section in the description on iTunes
as soon as I saw a clip of Jeff Z
Followed by a bunch of b-roll of a sign or something that said friends. It was clear that it was a friend section
There were a ton of familiar faces in this one and a few
Unfamiliar faces in here and at the risk of making a list that is completely wrong with the wrong people
I'll just let it be a surprise for any of you guys who watch the video
Because this friend section goes off and then after that we've got a section from the video creator himself
Mike must roni and I really love the way that it was immediately obvious that it was Mike's section by the
Juxtaposition between the way that the camera is held in the hand and then the riding video from both a POV
Same angle and just cutting back and forth between them when it comes to the riding
It's really hard to tell the difference between spots that Mike created or modified himself in spots that were pre-existing
But it's all freestyle
So it really doesn't matter and when you ride the way that Mike does
The spots that you might need to do the tricks that you're dreaming of or envisioning in your head might not exist at all
Or if they do they probably exist on the other side of the world in a place that no
BMX rider has ever seen them
so sometimes you just got to do what Mike does and create your own spots or
Modify existing ones to make your dream tricks come true and this section was definitely the most entertaining
section of the video up until this point at least in my eyes and the clip where he just plows through the orange sign is
Probably my favorite clip as well up until this point in the video and that brings us to Tate Ross Kelly's section
There's not a more fitting person out there to follow Mike's section than Tate Ross Kelly
And I know that I just said my favorite clip came from Mike's section
But as soon as I saw the clip where Tate threw the tennis ball and it ended up in his wheel instantly
That was my favorite clip of the video and after watching the whole thing
still my favorite clip on the entire video there were so many clips in this video that
literally left me laughing out loud with my jaw dropped and just how
in insane
They were these two sections from Mike and Tate both were the most memorable
Sections of this video and it just goes to show that riding and thinking outside of the box stands out. So
Much more than just following the status quo Tate and Mike you guys
rule and that brings us into
DeMarcus Paul's
Section before I get into anything to do with the writing of this video whatsoever
I just want to say how admirable it is for someone to start their section with b-roll including their entire family
I think that's super awesome and it honestly makes me that much more of a fan of
DeMarcus Paul and that's probably part of why they chose
DeMarcus in this section to close out the entire video
It is chocked full of
Bangor after Bangor after Bangor and at the end of the video at the last minute or so
it was just crazy trick after crazy trick after crazy trick to the point where you're just like can this get crazier and
then it does and then you wonder again and then it keeps going because you know that it's not over yet and it just keeps
getting crazier and crazier the pegs up a rail to gap over a full sized fence MLS clip or
Completely out of this world in this video is definitely a well-deserved closing section of this video
and so that brings us to the credits and
Talking about this video as a whole the credit section is basically Johnny rakes part 2
featuring others from the video followed by a ton of different b-roll and
celebration footage as far as the video as a whole goes
I'm not really sure how it could have been better to be completely honest
the only thing that I think I could nitpick even
Slightly about is the small lack of b-roll that kind of lends itself to the personality of the riders
But at the same time I would also argue that the writing somewhat does that itself throughout the video?
So basically, it's just a nitpick. And other than that, I mean the filming was
Fantastic, like I said and throughout the entire video there was not one single shot that felt out of place or poor
Filmed at all
And also like I said earlier the editing was very well done
and there wasn't a single place in the video where I had to think about or focus on watching the video and it was genuinely
pleasant to watch which is something that I think is exactly
What you want in a video like this one when it comes to video production or the video production world?
They say that sometimes sound can be just as important if not more
important than the visuals in conveying a message and while I would argue that that is absolutely
Not the case for a BMX video where the visuals are
100% of what you're trying to see and kind of the whole point
I would also say that bad audio and bad sound and bad music is the easiest and quickest way to
completely ruin an otherwise great video headlights has great sound design that always lent to the visuals rather than
distracting from them and
Always help tell the story of the writing and that's kind of what I want to leave this review on
Is that the ride BMX headlights video is?
100% full of things that complement each other and everything complements something else and there's nothing in this video it
feels out of place
whatsoever which leads me to think that there are going to be a lot of people that call this the best full-length video of
2018 every single rider is unique in their own way and brings something completely different
To the table and at the same time none of these riders, really
Outshine or take away from any of the other riders in the video
the riding is so different throughout the entire video and organized in a way that it keeps your attention very
well
basically
What I'm trying to say here is that everyone involved has done a fantastic
Job on this video that I thoroughly enjoyed from the very beginning to the very end
Well done, and that's gonna wrap up my video review on the ride BMX
Headlights full-length BMX video I have left a link in the description
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because it was awesome to watch truly and
We'll see you next time for another video. Goodbye