411VM Skateboarding 49
Released in DVD by 411 Productions (31 October, 2002)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

the trouth about this video!!!!!
Bike Blast U.S.A.
Released in DVD by Madacy (Music Distributor) (27 June, 2000)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Good fun but over the top
Gravity Games - Summer One (Skateboards, Bikes, Motocross, Music Video)
Released in DVD by Vidmark/Trimark (16 October, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Gravity Games
What's billed as the world's "largest adrenaline sports festival," the first Summer Gravity Games, held in Providence, Rhode Island, is comprehensively chronicled on this DVD that boasts a running time of four hours. As originally shot by
NBC Sports, intense attention is directed at some of the world's most talented competitors in "alternative sports." For example, contestants rocket up and down wooden ramps while performing ballet-like stunts on small bicycles, and intense dudes in leather bodysuits gleefully shoot down a hill in Providence in a breathtaking downhill skateboarding race.
Throughout the production, profiles of various competitors are presented, and at times the contestants themselves (such as Tony Hawk, who is introduced as a "living legend of skateboarding"), are the main attraction. But the production never strays far from the theme that these events are not stunts but legitimate, if admittedly offbeat, sports. The competitions in skateboard and bicycle events are followed closely from beginning to end. If the events seem mystifying at first to those used to traditional sports, they are presented in a highly entertaining and visually arresting package. For those who are already familiar with sports like "Vert Biking," Gravity Games: Summer One is a mother lode of gnarly action. --Robert J. McNamara

Decent eye candy...
Greatest Extreme Tricks
Released in DVD by Parade (19 June, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Street Pace Extreme
This collection of clips showing some of the world's best extreme athletes performing tricks that seem either impossible or simply insane begins with something of a cautionary note as a battered dude in a hospital bed intones a list of injuries sustained when the big fun got a little too gnarly.But if hearing about such downers as a "bruised pancreas and a bruised bladder" doesn't scare you off, there's plenty of wild action coming. The clips feature "big wave surfing," snowboarding, bmx bike jumping, skateboarding, and other extreme events. The tricks, which are almost always accompanied by throbbing rock music, tend to be spectacular feats of acrobatics, but an engaging aspect of the filming is that much of it was shot in totally ordinary circumstances. For instance, skateboarders are shown doing tricks not only on specially built ramps but on ordinary sidewalks, steps, and railings, and much of the material appears to have been shot with basic home video equipment. The action, spectacular as it might be, has a definite "do it yourself" feel to it. Of course, these tricks aren't for amateurs, and big names in extreme sports, including Laird Hamilton, Danny Way, Biker Sherlock, Fuzzy Hall, and Christian Fletcher, gleefully show off their best stuff, along with some occasional injuries. --Robert J. McNamara

its average
Kamikaze: Extreme Mountain Biking
Released in DVD by K-Tel/Dvd (14 December, 2000)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

The title might be a bit much
Manchester United Official History 1878-2002
Released in DVD by VCI (15 July, 2003)
MPAA Rating:
Director: PD

3 hours is not enough for over 120 years
NFL Insider
Released in DVD by USA Home Entertainment (30 October, 2001)
MPAA Rating: Unrated
NFL Insider lives up to its title. The diverse selection of stories immerses the viewer in the "inside game" of professional football. For instance, one feature explains the development of the "West Coast Offense" as pioneered by Bill Walsh in San Francisco and tells how the 49ers' style of play has spread throughout the league. Other features include a close look at Super Bowl XXXV (with footage of coaches Brian Billick and Jim Fassel, who wore microphones during the game), a nostalgic tribute to Pittsburgh's beloved Three Rivers Stadium (which was demolished following the 2000 season), and a humorous look at an NFL ritual, the "butt slap." The camera work, as one would expect from NFL Films, is consistently outstanding. --Robert J. McNamara

Not bad for use between the Pro Bowl and Training Camp
OP King of Skate
Released in DVD by Red Distribution, In (05 November, 2002)
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Starring: Tony Va-Hawk

King of Tame
Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit
Released in DVD by Choices, Inc (26 November, 2002)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Bob Armstrong

Not Bad Not Good
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 1996
Released in DVD by Image Entertainment (05 September, 2000)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Only for BGV
"the best of boards?" or "tao of skaking boarding"?