Skate video
A skate video is a movie of or about skateboarding typically showing new tricks and a series of skateboarders in a montage set to music. History. Released in 1965, the short film "Skaterdater" is credited as the first film to depict skateboarding and therefore the first "skate video." In 2015, The Berrics campaigned for the film's acceptance into the National Film Registry. However, the Powell Peralta company is often credited as creating the first skate videos proper that were not a part of a fictional film or a documentary. Their first video, "The Bones Brigade Video Show  (1984), was expected to sell just 300 copies on VHS, but it sold 30,000. From the invention of the skate video genre in the 1980s till the early 2000s, skate videos were distributed via VHS tapes sold primarily at skate shops. In the early 2000s skate videos transferred to DVDs along with the rest of the home video market. The advent of social media and new digital filmmaking tools such as Instagram and YouTube challenged skate video traditions, putting less emphasis on full videos and more emphasis on shorter clips. The conventions and styles of skate videos continue to evolve 	Skate video
422617	and redefine themselves alongside the sport of skateboarding. Producers. Skate videos are usually produced by skateboard companies to promote their products, but small skate shops, magazines, websites and independent skaters may also make skate videos. Famous skate videos by producer include Video Days" (Blind, 1991), "Mouse" (Girl, 1996), "Welcome To Hell" (Toy Machine, 1996), "Fulfill the Dream" (Shortys, 1998), "Photosynthesis" (Alien Workshop, 2000), "Sorry" (Flip, 2002), "PJ Ladd's "Wonderful, Horrible, Life"" (Fancy Lad, 2002), "This Is Skateboarding" (Emerica, 2003), "Cheese & Crackers" (Almost, 2006), "Skateboarding Is Forever" (DC, 2010), and "Propeller" (Vans, 2015). "411 Video Magazine" was a popular bi -monthly video log published in the 1990s and 2000s. Film director Spike Jonze has shot several skate videos. Many amateur skateboarders hold professional skate videos in high regard, and as authentic representations of skateboarding, and attempt to create their own videos. These videos sometimes make their way to compilations by skate shops, but are usually shared with friends only. Content and style. In most skate videos, skaters show their skills in sections called video parts, but other formats and techniques, such as montages, are used, and new tricks are often demonstrated. It is common to have the best highlight trick  as the final trick in video parts, this is referred to as the ender. Most videos feature "slam sections" of tricks that end up in failure and spectacular falls where the skateboarder is hurt. They are macabre yet popular because they serve as a reminder that skateboarding is a dangerous sport. Another common feature is sections covering skateboarders off the board, covering their personalities. Although skate videos vary in aesthetic style and content, there are several common denominators. They are usually anything from half an hour to an hour long, feature skateboarders performing tricks in urban environments, and are edited  to include song-length segments. Ultimately, producers try to promote their idea of skate style, achieved by montage and editing. Often the videos are shot using a fisheye lens. Skate videos are also notable for featuring music soundtracks of punk rock, alternative rock, or hip-hop music.