Local Exposure DVD review

Nov 27, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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For most riders it's a dream to get invited on Roadfools but soon enough the Local Exposure tour is up there on top of that list. Round three looked like good fun where a crew of pro riders joined Allan Cooke in his giant RV on his way to find local talent at the local parks. The pro crew on the bus consisted of Corey Martinez, Gary Young, Michael Cleveland, Chris Doyle, Kenji, Biz, last year's winner Brandon Hoerres, Kranz and Catfish plus special guest Dave Mirra.

When that crew shows up at your local park you know shit is going to go down. They started off in Atlanta, and found some talent in the locals.

Off to Hazzard County skatepark in Georgia, then to Factory Skatepark for the third stop. Basically there was talent at every stop of the tour. One rider got picked at every stop who got hooked up with a bunch of goodies from the sponsors of the L.E. tour. The riders get interviewed and look back on the day to break things up a little in the DVD. It's a good mix of riding, cool graphics and fooling around. Leave that fooling around up to Catfish. He had me laughing out loud a couple of times. Biz dropped out again early on in the tour with a foot injury. The dude just has no luck in 2006. A tattoo artist (Brian Lee) joined the trip as did Jayk who signs, plays guitar and doesn't have a hair problem when he wakes up.

The Local Exposure concept is quite neat and since they're at # 3 it's not played out yet. The riders have some time-off of doing "demos" at the park and still did some more riding (concrete + trails), went wakeboarding, indoor skydiving, played midget golf and gambled with the dice some more. This all adds to the reason why the big boys are waiting for Allan to pick up his Boost phone and call 'em up for Local Exposure number 4.

The video is put together really nicely. Get it yo!

BdJ

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Photos by: Justin Kosman/L.E.T. 2006