Elysian

[TurBo]

Greetings stunters, I owe you a bit of context so here's a preface:

This project, in its first, dare I say primordial, incarnation; given the short history of our community in the grand scheme of things - was a 2010 prospect devised by Red for a grand tour de force and a celebration of taxi stunting and stunters alike.

That wound up being a three-way video released in 2012 which donned the name ''Atmosphere'' due to lack of momentum garnering amongst the provisionary throng of stunters who were approached initially.

In what felt like eons later, during covid, I had a hankering to form this collective of stunters - not
necessarily taxi-fiend exclusive and certainly not a closed-off clique, and put together an extravaganza worthy of this unique way of stunting.
 
Ever since I began pursuing vice city stunting, manipulating the taxi in all manners has been my personal favorite mode of operation in the game for its seemingly endless, untapped potential and malleable nature.
These euphoric ascents [pardon the metaphor, I'll drop the pretenses momentarily] were previously brought to the forefront of stunting videos by the likes of Kaneda, Neo, Red himself and my partner in crime - Rainbow, all of whom I owe gratitude to for breaking ground, inspiring, motivating, refining and redefining the genre time and again.

Ultimately, having passed many hands due to extraneous and unavoidable issues - it has landed with puzzLe who has graciously and sedulously pieced this together in a manner consistent with his vision [full creative license] that enhances and elevates the stunts as a centrepiece.

Well overdue, here is

Elysian

Google Drive Link

Stunters:
Dannye
Darkstar
Ezraph
Gryzlek
Max
puzzLe
Rainbow
Sheeptea
TurBo
ZeRo

Editing: puzzLe

P.S: Simon was unintentionally omitted from the thanks list - so I will thank him here as I have in private.

[SyperDimon]

Nice!

[MadX]

Great stuff from all of you guys, I really enjoyed TurBo's precs and the overall creativity from everyone!
And also puzzLe once again with an amazing edit

[AllBeast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQJ8_eXyx0

[MV]

https://youtu.be/quRyt5zuIFc

[Kai]

Good job, everyone involved! Lior cooked with this one 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_1xG-q-ZtI

[Herb]

Really great vid all around. Darkstar's prec near Washington Beach was my favorite. Edit was solid but people gotta start putting leaves back into lc before recording

[Macsta]

This was awesome! Loved the whole vibe!

Dannye's grind, Darkstars precisions, Rainbows precisions, and all of TurBos stuff... such a creative thinker, with incredible execution. Loved the LC arrow precision, shit that was clean! And also the finisher, unexpected beauty!

Great stuff everyone! A truly brilliant vid

[Plani]

Amazing how you guys keep finding awesome spots in those maps! Really enjoyable video. Lots of neat stunts. Editing was really cool.

[TurBo]

Just finished poring through the feedback, be it live reactions or the comments - really appreciate it guys and once more, none of this could have materialized without the boys' contribution, feedback and encouragement as well as puzzLe overseeing the entire operation creatively and getting it to the finish line.

[Oliver_]

Some really creative Spots. You guys have a high quality taxi video.

[Dannye]

Video turned out fantastic guys, good stuff! The mix of taxi stunt types was great - climbs, precs, grinds (let alone the combinations of them) - so much solid stuff in there, right from the word go with Max's clever opener. In addition, some highlights for me would also include Darkstar's crazy washbeach roof prec, Max's massive tank-hit building ledge prec, TurBo's perfectly neat-and-tidy diner sign prec + unexpected fire-escape prec... and I could easily continue listing many more, from everyone!! I really enjoyed the edit too, with the music choices great and ditto the setting of the stunts to them (plus I can't deny the satisfaction of Rainbow's musically-appropriate hole-in-the-wall stunt - a fun stunt already, made even moreso). Lots of lovely camerawork and transitions also: like the shaky-cam lead into Max's LC climb, the early tracking shot at the start of TurBo's Starfish Island roof hopping, the tease shot of Max's tank-hit prec, the stationary-to-moving cam swap for Darkstar's tall rooftop prec, the transition from Max's double-grind to TurBo's antenna, and the road-gap camera on Max's borgnine roofing. Very cool video everyone!

[Viper]

Really great video! You guys surprised me a bunch with these spots, and unexpected combos. The edit and music were very pleasant and I feel like stunting now

[puzzLe]

Thanks for the kind feedback everybody, appreciate the replies and live reviews <3