Check out my new freebording video!

www.freebord.com/bsv/ (click on Luke Howell)

Constructive criticism (or any criticism) is appreciated. Hope you enjoy it!

Please vote if you want.

dude that was sick, lovin it!!! only thing i could add would be more moves but hey thats up to you.
p.s. if you like that vid you should check out the SAC video i was workiing on for the last week, came out pretty good i think.

constructive criticism (as i want you to win)
#the whole thing lacks a narrative and theme for the viewer to be drawn in by. (location changes cant use the same transition as a view change)
#there is too much slow more or there isn't enough fast action to counter act it
#the song has 3 distinct parts but the video doesn't match with these but i cant work out how you could change this easily

I say this because the opening shot is of you at the top of the hill, you are not shown at the end and it doesn't appear to flow. we need to see that you didnt stack it and live to go on to another hill.

#the third shot change is obviously not the same place as the last cut left you off at even if i didnt recognize the hill
this works in a way though as you come into shot at the right place but it doesnt fit well, if it was cut to change 2/3 seconds later with a double change (white flash to black to white to the new clip or similar)

#at 18 seconds you move off, that isn't in order with what we just saw
#The song could be over laid with a increasing tempo and volume drum and bass track that could be matched with the video as ti is as it speeds up more than the song does
#more than one person should be in many more shots as it makes the scene appear far more interesting and fun; what the judges are looking for. (i guess)
#the footage doesnt get any better in slow mo as your not using $10 000 cameras, some more effects to mask this is the only help i can think of unless the daily motion down size is to blame.
#30 seconds: really good but more cultural features could be included/you were next to the war memorial, a cliqued old and new connection could be made
#colours have been played with but some special effects could have been done with the 33sec 180 or what ever it was to make the already prominent wheels stand out like them leaving a green slash/glow sort of mark where they had been.
#there are 2 endings

after the first 30 seconds its really good but the first 30 are so important as any faults in the beginning makes a viewer more prone to criticize what they watch later in the clip.

more social stuff needs to be in it like you jumping over your friends in the concrete place you were in, there is no connection between the riders as it is. smile... look like you are enjoying it a bit more especially at the end.

wow, thats a lot more than i intended to write. dont take any of it personally as im not making stuff that good and its pretty impressive but its audience could be left behind by its action. i just wanted to give you some feed back

What sort of board is that and where can I get one???

The Best !!!!! Well Done

sick vid dude first free board clip i've seen but looks fkn rad

Cheers for the votes guys, tell your friends!
Kitecrazzy thanks for the crit. I was trying to stay away from cheesy effects at let the shots speak for themselves. You made some good points though. As far as more guys in shot, I was going for a more solitary feel, I guess its a matter of taste.
Mrwandaful, freebords are available from SOS Surf in WA or online at www.freebord.com.
Carbine, go buy one, that stack was care of Dane and Joe in NZ, and they were on longboards. The bloke who posted the vid (from the US somewhere)was wroooong.

Dude I live right near there. PM me if you want my mobile number, we should ride some time!