The late 1990s and early 2000s may have been a strange time in board design – the so-called “potato chip era” – but what the time lacked in quiver diversity it made up for in pure, heart-thumping video parts punctuated by fast, power chord-driven soundtracks. There’s a lot to dislike about that time, but damn if it wasn’t raw.
Enter Puerto Rican underground charger Sebastián Soto, whose recent edit Crudo (Spanish for “raw”) harkens back to the era where surf edits had no script, storyline, or any cohesive narrative to speak of besides being a collection of banger clips from around the world. The Distillers track is an added kick in the pants, and pairs nicely with shots of Sebastián charging Playa Zicatela death pits. And by “pairs nicely,” we mean the music is a can of gasoline and Sebastián’s the lit match.
