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Iconic skateboarder/film director Stacy Peralta is getting grief from all corners for a recent commercial project commissioned by Burger King via bad-boy advertising agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky in which Peralta traveled the world to find “Whopper Virgins.” Burger King apparently wanted to find out which tastes better the Whopper of McDonald’s Big Mac, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
The campaign immediately sparked a backlash in the blogosphere and beyond, with critics claiming Burger King is exploiting poverty-stricken regions for marketing. “I don’t think indigenous people should be used in that way to amuse a bored public that wants a sensation at any price,” a commenter wrote on Gothamist.com.
It’s no surprise that Peralta’s footage is extremely well shot, seemingly sincere, funny, and compelling. But working for Burger King on a project that introduces crap fast food to third world cultures seems like an incredible waste of Peralta’s immense talents. Then again we’ve never eaten a hamburger in our lives, so we’re no authority.
[Link: Chicago Business and Fuel.TV]
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[Link: Welcome To The Dangerzone]
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We’re suckers for the video embeds. Sorry.
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This video and song by Joe Klein is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, but it could have been shot yesterday. . . Zinka rules. (Download the free MP3 here).
[Link: New Media Creative]
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In this gnarly clip for Totinos Pizza Rolls Danny Kass shows just what some action pros will do to get paid (or maybe just a year’s supply of munchies). The dude can ride. No joke. The clip has the title advertising spot on the homepage of YouTube.com today.
[Link: Pizza Roll Into The X Games]
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Ten minutes inside the mind of Kelly Slater or the best surf trunk commercial ever.
[Link: The Mountain And Wave]
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Touchgrind is a new $4.99 skateboarding game for the iPhone. The guys at Gizmodo gave it aa run through and they seem to think it’s pretty cool. We’re not up for paying the $4.99 to do our own test, so we’ll just trust them.
It’s a fun time waster with a seriously high level of polish. Due to the limitations of the iPhone, I’m not sure how exactly to solve the issue of not knowing where the hell you’re going, but if they do come up with a solution you’re looking at one of the best games available for the platform.
To pick up a copy visit the Apple iphone App store and search for it.
[Link: Touchgrind via Gizmodo]
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Question: why do the people who appear in electric skateboard videos always look like they’re stepping onto a skateboard for the first time? Answer: because they are.
[Link: InventorSpot]
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This is the kind of TF that makes us think taking all that money might be worth the grief Ryan Sheckler has survived all these years. This place is like a cathedral of skateboarding.
[Link: Skateboardworks]
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