BAD TIMING "JUST KIDDING" REVIEW.

( Note: This isn't the cover of the DVD or anything, it's just a picture of Aaron Smith from the Bad Timing Myspace. I got a promotional copy of the video to review before it was sent to the printers and I'm not sure what the cover art is going to look like. )

I never saw the first Bad Timing video, all I knew going in to watching the new one, Just Kidding, was that Darryl Tocco, Aaron Smith and a couple of the other dudes in this video are sick from seeing them ride in real life. Oh and that the trailer, which you can watch here, is really good.



Anyway I wasn't let down at all. The video has a really good, fun vibe to it. It's mostly street, but has plenty of high quality park riding too, which never comes off as excessive. The music is also on point, lots of good classic rock and older songs which makes it something you'll want to watch over and over. Here are some of the highlights:

+: The Philly street section was dope. Dirty Sanchez, Joe Mcintire and Pat Loughlin have the most brakeless street type part in the video and it's awesome. You will definitely be stoked on the icepick stall to suicide no hander and one of the longest feeble rail to 180 ever.

+: Darryl Tocco's part is sick. He does the best barspins and does them on and over pretty much everything. He rides with a lot of power and the way he boosts every bunnyhop is just awesome. Also his ender is something I never imagined would happen when I was struggling trying to sprocket stall that fence 5 years ago haha.

+: Chase Dehart footage. Just as good as his Fitlife stuff, that guy is so fun to watch.

+: The NH kids kill. Aaron Smith does one of the wildest gaps ever in Montreal and Lee Hopkins footage is really good even though he steals a bunch of JD Heino's Manchester lines from Turbulence ( LOL ).

+: Josh Frye rules. He has a ton of really good lines on street, tons of pegless grinds and manages to pedal grind up a rail at one point.

+: Geoff Slattery and Randy Brown are both rippers. Geoff does an alley oop 360 transfer that is pretty unbelievable and then goes ahead and 540s the same gap for good measure. Crazy. Randy Brown has really good style, huge pop and a ton of quality clips.

I don't have much negative to say about the video. There's one extended interview with some random drag queen which, while funny, is also just sort of gross and awkward. The first mixed section is sort of boring but it's still not bad. They steal KP's song from the System video but whatever. I'd say this video is worth buying, but if not make sure you find a way to see it at some point either way.

Just Kidding should be out within the next 2 weeks. You will probably be able to buy it direct from them or from one of the mail orders, I'll let you know when it's officially available.