Our knowledge of the fast-paced, edgy world of extreme sports is limited to "standing on moving, thin slivers of wood is really difficult," though we don't need to know much more than that to appreciate the gaming-influenced video posted below.
Titled "Gnarcade," the video is your basic snowboarding clip compilation, showing the deft maneuverability of athletes like Scott Stevens, Micah Hollinger and Chris Beresford. Fine, we don't know who they are -- but we do recognize the references to Bubble Bobble, Portal and Super Mario Bros. that pervade their slippery shenanigans.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2010 11:30AM aristokrat said
@Clarke
Sweet, a youtube indie scene kid, catching all the videos before they make it big! =p
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Sweet, a youtube indie scene kid, catching all the videos before they make it big! =p
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 11:43AM thisredengine said
@aristokrat Most likely is a hipster as well whose homepage is Pitchfork and loves the Miracle Whip commercials.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2010 12:49PM TheyDidItFirst said
@Clarke
Psh, I saw this 2 days ago when it premiered at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, so I'm even coler.
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Psh, I saw this 2 days ago when it premiered at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, so I'm even coler.
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 11:44AM thisredengine said
Hope they don't get a C&D for all those homages.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2010 12:12PM thisredengine said
@knetworx Square Enix is vindictive enough to do such an act.
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