Autumn Line's "Technicolour" Review
By: Mark Dangler
Video: Autumn Line’s “Technicolour”
Tunes: Mostly indie rock
Riding: Street, rails, park, backcountry jumps
Featuring: Matt Hammer, Cody Rosenthal, Spencer Link, Jake Olsen-Elm, Brett Butcher,
Ben Bilocq, Jake Devine, Peter Benchetler, Eric Fernandez, Lance Machado,
Scott Blum, Gabe Taylor, Brendan Hayes, Greg Hahn
Watch this part: Peter Benchetler
Run Time: Appx 31 mins
Autumn Line, this year releases its third effort “Technicolour”.
This year’s film offers a line up of mostly am riders with a few bigger
names tossed in the mix such as Gabe Taylor and Matt Hammer and follows
a serious stylistic agenda that suits the title of the project.
Editing, color, and the construction of the video itself is where
Autumn Line hits it best this year. All of this contributes to a unique
image for the film that wasn’t as heavily prevalent in their past
projects.
The riding is heavy on street, park and backcountry jumps. Ben
Bilocq opens with more or less a full rail part, while Cody Rosenthal
follows up with smooth style on features at Mammoth Park and
surrounding areas (check out snowrev’s day in the life with Cody
for more, he rips!). Peter Benchetler may have the best overall part in
the video, with good footage from the backcountry and some solid
jumping at sessions like Superpark.
The main aspect missing from this year's video though is a true
standout part. Previous Autumn Line projects had it with Jonas Michilot
in “Never Felt Better” and Gabe Taylor in “This Is For Everyone”, but
this year in “Technicolour” it just doesn’t seem to be there. Some of
the sections seem to have suffered by riders filming for multiple
projects such as Gabe Taylor, who filmed for Grenades “The Boned Age”
and Jake Olson-Elm, who has ender in Newsroom Cinema’s “Bad Ideas”.
Jake and Spencer Link’s split part looks like it was filmed basically
within about a week long trip over to Asia. With several exciting names
on the rider list, it’s disappointing that it appears not many of them
were fully committed to the project.