Blank Paper's "In Short"



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Blank Paper's "In Short" DVD

After so many shred pr0ns, you feel like you've seen them all. Sure, every so often, a vid will have a killer closer here or some as-yet-unseen banger park rotation there, but in the end, it's all at the very least, really familiar. In short, you've seen it before.

But you haven't seen "In Short."

This film, imperfections included, breaks any previous shred film mold presented yet. Even the menus are thoughtfully executed and worth your time with 30+ minutes of bonus footage. Without giving too much away, the video is divided into five segments. I'll leave it at, "There's a Japan segment and an Alaska segment." Fill in the blanks for yourself by watching the video. Tents blown away on AK peaks, the cyclical life of a shred stick, one-footed bonk to boardslides, artful shredding sans snow (no rails!), unparalleled stop-motion photography, pipeline pow under cascading cliffs. This film deftly evades any conventional description or classification, as Benedek, Weber, LeBlanc, Basich, Schmidt, Messier and others round out the cast in this multi-faceted, stoke-inducer.

The film isn't perfect. Some songs are a bit too light-hearted; it's not wall-to-wall amped up shred, as dialogue and off-hill shots frequent some segments. The bottom line stands firm though: It's an unconventional shred flick that is honest and artistic, yet isn't pretentious or artsy. An original, fresh perspective on snowboarding with humor and creativity in spades that leaves you stoked to ride.

I have yet to see DC MTN LAB 1.5 or Let It Ride, but this film garners my only perfect rating for this snow pr0n season: FOUR out of four popcorns!