This video review for Tomorrow We Work is slightly overdue, the idea was to shoot this out before a brief vacation to Maine. I ran out of time with all the other bullshit going on before my 3 AM departure to the airport. So, excuses and all that aside… We’ve had this video for quite some time now at the North County apartment and its been viewed a solid amount of times. Steve Kennedy preordered this video some time ago and we were all pretty damn stoked upon its arrival… Continue reading if you care about what an edgeman has to say about TWW…
I’ve always been a big fan of Voices, also produced by Joe Cox, which if you haven’t already seen… You just may have a slight case of regrets. But all you regreters are in luck because Voices comes with Tomorrow We Work on its own seperate disc in this nicley presented, doubled-up European case of shredding. When Voices came out it gave a lot of Euro shredders the spotlight and it showcased what riding in the U.K. is all about… The terrains, the spots, the weather and the riding ability of all the dudes over there was brought to attention for all of us sloppy Americans.
Once again, Joe Cox and his crew of shredders brings the Euro riding scene to us, jam packed full of their bmx culture and cloudy UK scenery. TWW has an “artsy” type of feel to it, as a movie of its caliber should with such a gnarly amount of time and work put into it. The intro to the film opens slow and gives you a lot of scenery and things to look at before any riding has even begun. I’m never one to hate on “artsy” bmx vids because I like both sides of the spectrum, I like to see fast shredding and lifestyle orriented shredding as well. I’m not worried about the time spent viewing landmarks and street signs before the shred begins, so I’m real stoked on the filming for TWW. Of course the camera work is top notch, these dudes know how to properly use a camera too, which is always nice on the eyes.
The actual riders that really stick out in my mind right now are Dan Cox with his freecoaster abilities, Joe Cox with his all around shred abilities and Josh Bedford for kicking ass with going big and fast. Those 3 sections are really rad and Josh Bedford has a fast paced br00tz orriented song to go with his fast paced riding, so that of course is my favorite section. I won’t count out the rest of the riding from everyone else though, all the dudes in this video can shred. I definitely saw a long rocket icepicker down a ledge, crankflips down staircases and some other rad antics. I was also happy to see lots of peg use during the entire film, stoked when people indulge with their pegs on numerous surfaces. I was also really stoked on the crash section which used an old Modest Mouse song, it worked out real well to all the failed 360’s, rail hops and grinds gone wrong. The overall music is pretty good too, its a lot of music I don’t really tend to partake in, so its a good switch up from what I’m used to. The variety of seemingly Euro indie music really goes with the visuals, it leaves you with that foreign type of feel that gets me stoked on visiting/shredding Europe one day…
I’ve heard people talkin about how this video was really built up before its release and how it didn’t really stand up to its talked about image. When I first viewed TWW, I slightly agreed with the above statement, but after a few viewings I feel that it delivered as it was suppose to. Those of you may not agree due to its slower pace, soft music and dreary scenery but I really enjoy this movie and think highly of its production and shredding. Tomorrow We Work is a solid bmx vid and I think everyone needs to check this out to see what were missing over the pond. Did I mention it fucking comes with Voices? They originally made only 500 copies of Voices and now you can come up on it if you missed it the first time around. Voices is a few years old and still holds it down today…
Be sure to check out the longer Tomorrow We Work trailer too…
