''Yeah Right!'' is a 2003
skateboarding video
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by
Girl Skateboards
Crailtap is a skateboarding distribution company based in Torrance, California, United States. The distribution company is home to Girl Skateboards, Chocolate Skateboards, Royal Skateboard Trucks, and Fourstar Clothing.
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(featuring
Chocolate Skateboards), directed by Ty Evans and
Spike Jonze. ''Yeah Right!'' is notable for its soundtrack, length, and the extensive use of never-before-seen (in a skateboarding video) special effects. In his book ''Skateboard Video'', Duncan McDuie-Ra considers ''Yeah Right!'' one of the four "finalists" of the skateboard video canon.
Summary
A short prologue pays tribute to skater
Keenan Milton
Keenan Milton (August 4, 1974 – July 5, 2001) was an American professional skateboarder from Atlanta Georgia. His sponsors included DVS Shoes, Chocolate skateboards.
Keenan was the second child of nine children born to Phyllis Patterson. He h ...
, who died in 2001. Milton was part of Chocolate Skateboards team, a subset of Girl Skateboards.
The introduction credits for the video feature a unique series of shots in ultra-slow motion, filmed with Jonze's personal camera that is capable of shooting 100 frames per second. The camera is low to the ground and very close to the skateboarder as various flip tricks are completed.
Although ''Yeah Right'' features mainly skateboarding, there are many special effects used. There are several different scenes in between skaters' parts which make use of
green screen technology like the "invisible skateboards" bit and other camera effects such as the "magic board" and the "Skatetrix" bits.
A cameo is made by
Owen Wilson
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. He is in a parking lot with Rick Howard,
Eric Koston and
Mike Carroll preparing to perform a trick on a handrail. By framing the camera very carefully, it appears that Wilson attempts a
backside bluntslide. However, while the camera was facing the opposite direction for a moment, Wilson had slipped out of the frame and is replaced by
Eric Koston who is wearing a wig and matching clothes. Koston performs the trick down the staircase and Wilson reappears in the shot after Koston lands to make it look like he completed the trick.
Cast
''Yeah Right!'' features the
Girl Skateboards
Crailtap is a skateboarding distribution company based in Torrance, California, United States. The distribution company is home to Girl Skateboards, Chocolate Skateboards, Royal Skateboard Trucks, and Fourstar Clothing.
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team, along with
Chocolate Skateboards.
(in order of appearance)
*
Keenan Milton
Keenan Milton (August 4, 1974 – July 5, 2001) was an American professional skateboarder from Atlanta Georgia. His sponsors included DVS Shoes, Chocolate skateboards.
Keenan was the second child of nine children born to Phyllis Patterson. He h ...
– memorial section before the intro of the film (Milton rode for Chocolate until his death in 2001).
* Brandon Biebel
*
Brian Anderson
*
Marc Johnson – Chocolate section
* Chico Brenes – Chocolate montage
* Jesus Fernandez – Chocolate montage
* Daniel Castillo – Chocolate montage
* Chris Roberts – Chocolate montage
* Ricardo Carvalho – Chocolate montage
* Scott Johnston – Chocolate montage
* Richard Mulder – Chocolate montage
* Kenny Anderson – Chocolate montage
* Mike York – Chocolate section
* Justin Eldridge – Chocolate section
* Gino Iannuci – Chocolate section
* Robbie McKinley
*
Guy Mariano
Guy Mariano (born March 31, 1976) is an American professional skateboarder. Mariano first gained recognition at the age of 14 for his video part in the Blind Skateboards video '' Video Days'' (1991).
Early life
Mariano attended John Burrough ...
– Girl "Veterans" montage
* Rudy Johnson – Girl "Veterans" montage
* Tony Ferguson – Girl "Veterans" montage
* Jeron Wilson – Girl "Veterans" montage
* Rick Howard – Girl "Veterans" montage
*
Paul Rodriguez
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Jereme Rogers
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Rogers returned to professional skateboarding in June 2010 with a pr ...
*
Mike Carroll
*
Rick McCrank
*
Eric Koston
References
External links
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''Yeah Right!'' track listing
{{Spike Jonze
Skateboarding videos
2003 films
Films directed by Spike Jonze
2000s English-language films