Blast From The Past: Rakish

[m3rrix]

First of all I want to thank Daffy for taking over from me while I was back home in Australia for the holidays. I think his selections were top notch and if he's keen, I'm happy for him to post regularly to this column. So without any further ado, here's this week's blast from the past.

The 2006 bike collab between kert and kr3mlin, Rakish, was uploaded to GTAS not long before the forums went down in mid-2006. Consequently I feel that the video never really got the attention that it deserved.

kr3mlin and kert were at this point in GTA stunting really pushing the boundaries of what was possible in SA – showing that things were indeed different than in the VC engine, but different in a good way. Bikes, while an obvious example, had only previously been popular for natural bumps. That all changed with Rakish. With a wide variety of stunts, kert and kr3m really showcased what the bike was truly capable of; using both the BMX and mountain bike in grind combos, grabs and big airs. (I could be wrong but I think this was also the first video to include that strange roof-grab-to-precision bug that always seemed so popular at TMS.)

The pace of a bike video necessitates something a bit different from the editor. This is the kind of challenge that kr3mlin relishes and he seized it with characteristic flair, electing to use a hip-hop soundtrack and a slow swipe for transitions within stunts. While not always popular at the time, kr3mlin’s work has come to have a long lasting influence on editors like Warow, who share kr3mlin’s objective to break with the GTAS mold.

Rakish is a stylishly edited bike collab between two of the big names in early SA stunting.

Rakish

‘this vid kicked mucho asso’ – RAD
‘lots of sick stuff, definately a keeper’ – Eddeman

[RedX]

This was one of the "Further Viewing" suggestions from a previous blast from the past, so I checked it out then ^^

Fucking awesome video

[Ghost]

When I wrote my BFTP it was a toss up between this video and Overwatch. It thoroughly deserves one of its own

[Reynard The Fox]

Never been fond of bike only videos, nice read 

[Dimension]

i like this topics cause you help that this
awesome videos will never be forgotten

[Laketown]

his choices were great until his posted a modded video and then took it down straight after.

also still wanna write one of these

[VaNilla]

Remember this inspiring me to try bicycle stunting a long time ago,

[ExPlosion]

Such a wonderful video, I watched it a few times times while stunting for my solo and even now it was inspiring  .

[NuclearDeath]

Bikes, while an obvious example, had only previously been popular for natural bumps. That all changed with Rakish.

I strongly disagree, both of them showed a lot of creativity with bicycles in the respective crew, this video is just a beautiful bonus.

Anyway, as much as I love stunting and creativity maybe you should try to change your approach. Those blast from the past are always about how a stunter shows unique stuff while everybody else on the forum is just a sheep bumping without thinking. It's more complicated than that...

Still, I love this video a lot. They are both true inspirations.

[__JREN]

olllld schoool! 

[m3rrix]

Anyway, as much as I love stunting and creativity maybe you should try to change your approach. Those blast from the past are always about how a stunter shows unique stuff while everybody else on the forum is just a sheep bumping without thinking. It's more complicated than that...

I simplify because: I don't know the truth, I can't remember the truth and because it makes for a good story. I hope no one believes that I am an authority figure on all this.

[Rainbow]

Awesome video 

[Shifftee]

Now that's what I call classic! 

[TrYp]

Was a great watch.

[RAD]

McBump.

At the time of it's release, Rakish only recieved a luke-warm reception from watches, both for being a 100% pedal-powered video, and because of the soundtrack from Damian Marley, but I loved both aspects... I was kind of hoping the boys would shoot for a sequel, or it'd even inspire a following of similar vids in the was that infested did with his grenade boosting.