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Frank Lavallee: a Short Skate Film

Brett Novak4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2011 to 2013
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Short film by Brett Novak on Montreal freestyle skater Frank Lavallee, released in 2011. Runs about three and a half minutes, with music by Forest City Lovers.

Why skaters like it

Posted in r/skateboarding as new work from Brett Novak and for Montreal pride. Threads compare Lavallee's freestyle to Rodney Mullen and argue over how creative it is.

What skaters said on Reddit

u/breadford2013 · -1 points

[VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO] Freestyle isn't "creative", it's just redoing old tricks that went out of fashion to be different. Rodney Mullen was creative because he invented all the weird tricks he was doing, but everyone who skates like and is compared to Rodney Mullen isn't because they're just copying what he's already done. Watch that Pedro Barros video that got posted today instead of this.