Stefan Janoski: Best 2 Skateboard Video Part’s Of The Year

Posted on15 December 2008. Tags: Inhabitants, Nothing but the Truth, skateboard, Stefan Janoski, Video Parts

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Video Filming has entered the “Age of Technology”! Everything has transformed and gone through a metamorphosis. All aspects of video from filming, making, editing and even watching videos have been affected. Working backwards we see that you, the viewer, the camera person and even the skater have jumped in head first into some far out skate videos! You don’t go to the local video store and rent a video of your favorite skater. Even if you went to Blockbuster, you’d probably be renting a DVD and not a VHS tape. The largest Skateboard Companies, Shoe Companies and even Sunglass Companies are rolling out credits! Hell, even the skater down the street with a MacBook and a VX. I’d be willing to bet that most of you click on YouTube to watch just about whatever you want and all for the right price! Yep, it’s definitely a different World out there today! Gone are the days of the antiquated Boob Tube! The TWS Awards are keeping up with the changing  times. For the first time ever there’s a The Best Two Video Parts in One Year Award. May I have the envelope please…and the Winner is… Stefan Janoski.

By now I believe that most of us have heard that 2007 was the “Year of the Video”. It could have just as easily been referred to as the “Year of the Two Video Parts”. Ten or more Skaters fell into that category in 2007. That is number unprecedented of entrants! I’m telling you, it is a whole new World! An impromptu category was created for that specific reason. It made history to have the “Year of the Two Video Parts” on the TWS Awards Ballot! For Stefan this was a well deserved award. It was a simultaneous commitment to touring and not some out with the old show and start filming for the new show during the same year thrown together project. Habitats “Inhabitants” and Nike SB’s “Nothing but the Truth” were both dropped in October. “Nothing but the Truth” called for trying on some acting for size. All of that garnered two nominations for Best Street Skater and Best Video Part! Plus, as you know, his last part in
Inhabitants had almost everything to do with Habitat getting nominated for Best Team and Best Video and now he’s taken home the very first Best Two Video Parts Award. Janoski did what some of the best Skaters in their time did but he didn’t do it while filming for one video. He did it while filming for two parts.

This, more than anything, is a testament to Stefan Janoski’s ability to stay both consistent and dynamic, while at the same time capturing our attention with progressive and inspiring skating. Somehow he manages to grasps and relate that addictive quality that so often gets lost in the mix. The 360 flip in “Nothing but the Truth” and the fantastic last 3 clips in “Inhabitants” at the UC Davis rail were enough to convince even the biggest haters to jump on the bandwagon. I would have to say that both Duffel and Silas deserve honorable mention for having put up such a worthy fight though. Ok, so now that 2007 is officially the past and we’ve all had a chance to pick up the pieces left in the wake of the barrage of videos, take a look at Stefan’s parts in “Inhabitants” and “Nothing But the Truth” back to back. This category may disappear in coming years and we should definitely get our fill of it while we can!