Yes, we know, some of you have already watched the bootlegged version of Adidas Skateboarding’s highly anticipated full-length skate flick “Away Days.” Yes, we know, in times of high-speed Internet and online streaming, patience is a scarce good. And yes, we also know that a certain someone’s part is outright mind-bending and stuffed to the brim with tricks we couldn’t even reproduce it on Skate 3 (side note: will Skate 4 ever come out?) Yeah, yeah, you’ve already seen it and now you can’t shut the fuck up about it. But guess what, dear online pirates – the joke’s entirely on you. While you may bask in the questionable pride of someone who’s aware that he knows a little more than anyone else – however brief that moment of superior knowledge may be – you’ve spoiled yourself the opportunity to experience the glory of “Away Days” with an entire audience dying to witness how many flip-in, flip-outs Rodrigo TX will do and whether of not Busenitz will be the first skater to break the sonic barrier. Even if you come to the theater on May 28th to join our cozy little premiere of one of the most feverishly yearned-for skate videos of all time at one of Frankfurt’s most beloved cinemas, you will be deprived of a fundamentally different watching experience. You will already know which trick will occur when, you will anticipate the amazement of the audience – you will be removed from the immediacy that informs the experience of a film unfolding before the eyes of an entirely ignorant audience. In other words, watching the pirated version of “Away Days” beforehand is like jerking off prior to going to an orgy: everyone will see you’ve got a limp dick.
At any rate, we hope that plenty of both online pirates and genuinely unaware folks will show up at Harmonie Kino in Frankfurt’s historic Sachsenhausen district to celebrate “Away Days.” The line-up is suberb, the tricks will make your eyeballs pop out of their sockets and afterwards your feet will itch like uncured syphilis. Even if you can’t make it to the premiere, we cordially invite you to drop by our store afterwards (around 8 pm) to drink a free beer with us and our friends. Wait, let me rephrase that: Even if you can’t make it to the premiere, in which case we wonder how you distribute your priorities, we cordially command you to drop by our store afterwards (around 8 pm) to get shitfaced. Got it? Then get your free tickets at our store. See you there!
