Rewind: Marc Johnson’s “Lost & Lakai’d” part (2013)

MJ’s unused Pretty Sweet footage made for a pretty good video part on it’s own.

I’ve watched MJ’s part from Pretty Sweet more than anybody else’s in that video but I’ve watched this two minute not-even-a-real-part (its basically an ad for his as-then new Lakai pro shoe) of unused Pretty Sweet clips WAY more. It’s got nothing to do with the skating (because MJ always rules) but it’s everything that Pretty Sweet isn’t: no slow-mo, almost no lifestyle/angst, and no grandiose David Bowie song that overshadows the whole part. Literally every clip in here is video-worthy (The schoolyard line! The LA high line! The street gap bigflip! The loading dock nosegrind! The fakie smith fake flip out [WTF]! The non-ender ender!) and the tune “Electrify Me” (That riff! The ride! Their only good song!*) by The Plugz is killer.

A thing to consider: This is the caliber of skating you got if you had to edit 5 years of Marc’s unused clips down to a couple minutes. Imagine what else there is.

*Ok, not their only good song but the only one that sounds like this.

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