I liked Spaced Out alot. So much that I bought three copies but that is
another chaotic story. It was different than Universe2. Perhaps that was
intentional. U2 had lots of street style riding whereas Spaced Out
featured Kevin McMullen as about the only street rider. I would like to
have seen more of Steve Weber who I think is an outstanding rider and
does some cool street moves. Spaced out was heavy on trials and light on
MUni but, if you're featuring a trials rider like Ryan Atkins I would
say go for it.
It also featured lots of East Coast riders that you see little of in U2
because of proximity. It was cool to see Ben Plotkin-Swing and Joey
Cohn, both fantastic riders, featured independently as well as Carl
Hoyer.
It also featured girls. This was a good feature and one I would hope to
see more of and expose more girls to the extreme parts of the sport.
Although Sarah said she was reluctant to perform for the video, I'm glad
she was there. This is a big step forward. Seeing Emily (?) on the
impossible wheel was also cool. There you have a very young girl
featured showing that some of this stuff doesn't have to be a macho,
teenager driven sport. Now he just needs some geezer footage.
Spaced out was much less extreme that U2 but the music was more diverse
and appealing to me. Also consider that this was Jeff Groves' first
professional DVD compilation.
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