In the days of heavy production and achingly-expensive HD DSLR rigs, it’s nice to be reminded of what skate videos once were: Documentation of guys exploring and skating their cities. 5Boro deserves credit for bringing that feeling back to just that with “Join, or Die.” It’s about as perfect of an NYC skate video as you can ask for — the locations and shooting are on point, and the music is killer — and it just so happens to be filled with a wealth of talent. On a gloomy day in Brooklyn like today, it’s enough to get me yearning for the warm days of wandering ahead.
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