"The Beginning" is a skateboarding film by Birdhouse Skateboards which features the professionals and amateurs of Birdhouse. The film was released on October 12, 2007. The film starts out with Jean Postec, Tony Hawk, and Shaun White on a vert ramp in the middle of a desert displaying their vert skills. After that it shows the street skaters of Birdhouse taking bails that they land leter on in the film. Shaun White does not have his own video part in the video. Special features include - The Making of The Beginning, Jeremy Klein in Japan, friends montage, flow montage, outtakes, sponsor commercials, Todd Falcon skate film, and team bio's.
This is the order of appearance by skaters in the film.
- Justin Figueroa
- Shaun Gergoire
- Brian Sumner
- Randy Ploesser
- Willy Santos
- Jean Postec
- Tony Hawk
- David Loy (skater)
- Nate LaCoste
- Riley Hawk
- Jon Dickson
- Derek Burdette
- Jeremy Klein
- Sean Eaton
- Matt Ball
- Steve Nesser
The songs that are used in the video are
- Nine Inch Nails - The Beginning Of The End
- Hopewell - The Birds of Appetite
- Roky Erickson - Bloody Hammer
- The Rosebuds - Leaves Do Fall
- Tegan and Sarah - Living Room
- Kelley Stoltz - Ever Thought Of Coming Back
- The Upstarts - Got What It Takes
- Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation
- The Starlite Desperation - Born To Be Dizzy
- Frank Stahl - Leaving Austin
- Shocking Blue - Eve And The Apple
- Adult - Skinlike
- Roky Erickson - Cold Night For Alligators
- The Black Lips - Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
- Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool
- Hopewell - Synthetic Symphony
"The only thing that I would like to see out of this video is that for all of the kids that start skating, they could be who they want to be in skating, they could do what they need to do, and they can just have fun." - Brain Sumner talking about The Beginning
