SHOOK BRAINSTORMED REVIEW

I have enjoyed everything Chad Shack has ever been involved in all the way back from the early days of Shine, so when Nuno over at Odyssey offered to send me a copy of the latest issue of Shook, Brain Stormed, I was all about it. Every issue of Shook has been good as far as I'm concerned but some have been better than others. How does this one measure up? I'll give you a part by part run down but don't take my word for it, cop it and decide for yourself.

The first section is this dude Shawn Real. At first I was watching this and thinking "fuck, this dude is really good" but then I realized I had actually seen him ride a couple times at skate parks in Florida last winter and was just as impressed back then. He does a sprocket stall to barspin out on a dumpster. He does a bunch of good street lines and hang fives. His last trick is a huge fucking handplant. Very good way to start the video.

Next up is the west coast mix section. If you hate big white tee shirts and long icepick grinds you'll hate this part. Personally I really like the way all these kids ride and think it's super refreshing compared to all the long haired AIDS victims who dominated video parts a few years back.

Andrew Mick has a full part next. I saw a full part online of this kid recently and was pretty impressed, and while this part shares some of the same footage, it's mostly new stuff. He does an over toothpick down a rail, a really good Derek duster, the world's biggest smith to 180, some crazy nollie grinds on a ledge down stairs and the biggest icepick grind on a ledge ever. You gotta love it.

There's a good mix section next which I guess is probably the east coast equivalent to the west coast section. Lino has a really good line, Tony Neyer ( who's last name kind of sounds like a derogatory term for black people which might make him an accidental racist ) kills it, Joof gets a clip and other people do other things.

Next up is the "GREASE TOUR" which features Steve-O, Marlon, Oba, Joof, Jarrod Allen, Nick Steben, Rahmel and Ralphie. After sitting through listening to some gay lord freestyle for 20 seconds and Rah dance for some reason it gets down to the riding. Steve does a ton of good rail shit, Marlon does the best front wheel lines, Rah icepicks up a rail, and Joof does the longest icepick. Oba does this HUGE smith. Jarrod does a huge fucking gap. I really like this part, it comes off as just a really fun road trip and the riding is super good.

Anyway you pretty much get what you'd expect from an issue of Shook at this point. It's right on the cutting edge of progressive street riding, it's better than Props and it makes up for being a little bit short by being top quality the whole way through.