Powder And Rails On VBS.tv
August 26, 2008 – 4:48 pm PT by MikeTags: Powder and rails, VBS.TV —
With first a skateboarding show called Epicly Later’d and more recently a skateboarding show called Hi-Shredability, it’s almost inevitable that VBS.tv come out with a rollerblading show. I would call that show, “Roller Boyz”, stressing the Z making it “Roller BoyZzz”. The show would be an on going round circle discussion and the topic Rollerblading. The panel would include industry heads, Rollerblade pioneers, and the host Arlo Eisenberg. Unfortunately there is no such show in the works.
But lucky for you “extremist” VBS have premiered a new show called Powder and Rails, which features in its first 10 weekly episodes, some of the most notable and influential boarders in the sport’s short history including Damian Sanders, Jeff Brushie, Tom Burt, Trevor Graves, Steve Graham, Todd Richards, Mack Dawg, Jeremy Jones (jib), Dave Seoane, Pat Bridges, Mike Hatchett, and tons more.
Here are a few words from VBS…
“The series will delve through the storied history of the sport with an emphasis on how it transformed from a novelty for yuppie two-plankers to something bored skateboarders did in the winter to one of the most anticipated events in the Olympic Games.
This VBS series begins with the legendary Fall Line Films releases in the late ’80s, particularly The Western Front. The videos shifted the focus of snowboarding, inspiring a whole generation to forget about contests and focus more on tricks and mountain exploration. They also helped, plant the seeds for the proliferation of professional snowboarders over the next two decades.
Moving forward, the show will explore the popularization of snowboarding in the ’80s through today, the ever-changing trends of snowboard culture, and the sport’s incessant technical progression. Think of it as a giant avalanche of blinding white knowledge that will blanket your eyes with every single relevant factoid and point of interest that has ever happened in snowboarding.
Yeah it’s going to freakin’ awesome!”
