Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573628484
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,365 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Hair-raising camera work distinguishes this documentary on the skateboarding events of the 1999 Gravity Games, a gnarly competition held in Providence, Rhode Island. In the "Skateboard Vert" competition, skateboarders compete on large wooden U-shaped ramps. Shrieking down one side of the ramps provides the speed to sail up the other side, where airborne tricks are done at the top. Slo-mo camera work emphasizes the beauty and danger of the airborne maneuvers. The really wild stuff, however, takes place right out on the streets of Providence, during downhill skateboard races. The competition was videotaped by NBC Sports, and the very professional production work features cameras that follow skateboarders as they careen around corners and down steep hills. Some skateboarders are seen rocketing off the track and into hay bales set up to catch them, but amazingly, most of the racers manage to keep their balance and speed to the finish. As you might imagine, the skateboarders, some of whom are the subject of brief profiles, are an eccentric lot (think sun-bleached dreadlocks and surfer-speak). They take skateboarding to a level most people would never imagine, and while it may be an esoteric sport, this video makes it accessible and entertaining. --Robert J. McNamara

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Enough Street Skating!, May 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Gravity Games - Skateboarding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This a good video to watch at maybe a friends house, but not to buy. In the beginning of it, they have a lot of previews for movies and stuff not related at all to skateboarding. it takes up a good twenty minutes of the video. but once it get's going it's alright. there's a lot of vert skating, which is kind of a bummer, because i was hoping to see more street skating which is more exciting. the downhill skateboarding is pretty cool, but it gets kinda boring after a while. they only show a brief minute long video which consists of a ton of different clips for street.if you got 14 bucks to burn, i'd suggest you put it towards a different video, unless you only want to see vert skating, and downhill.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Vert Feast - If you want vert get it now!, October 30, 2001

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"lochnessmonster" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gravity Games - Skateboarding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm a vert fan and this is by far the best vert ramp coverage I have seen in ages, it could have shown a few more riders, but it was still awesome. I'm sick of all the street stuff, for all you streeters out there you probably will hate this. For those of you like me who have skated vert and know how gnarly this stuff really is, you will love it. Don't think twice if you like vert just get it.

3.0 out of 5 stars O.K., June 22, 2000

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"kathmal13" (nj,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gravity Games - Skateboarding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

GETS BORING AFTER AWHILE BUT IS COOL