In the Fully Flared book, that came with "The Final Flare" (2008) boxset, Marc Johnson explains the beginning stages of the video..."It was kind of just known that we were all going to start this project. I don't remember a specific phone call. I didn't have any initial thoughts about the video. I didn't have any idea that it would turn out to be what it actually ended up being. Back then, in my mind, it was just 'we are working on a video.' It wad a lot more laid back. I'd just go skate with the bros and if you got a clip, you got a clip. The beginning was a lot more mellow..." In February 2004 a handful of the team embarked on a trip to Barcelona and Mallorca. The goal was to have the video done by the end of 2005. During the trip it snowed, which the locals explained never happened. The team met up with European riders JJ Rousseau, JB Gillet, and Lucas Puig."The Barcelona/Mallorca trip was the first official 'oh this is really happening.' It was fucking freezing cold and it snowed. It was sick to have the whole crew there skating around. This was the first 'lets get up early in the morning, get down to Starbucks, blah, blah, blah.' You are just going and going and not stopping" - Mike Carroll. In March 2005, with the original video deadline approaching, a rough cut of the video was made to let everyone know where they stand. While Marc Johnson already had 15 minutes of edited footage, others had as little as 30 seconds. It was evident that the team had a lot of work to do if they wanted to meet the deadline set for the end of the year. Marc felt embarrassed as if he was that guy, or that prick, that had the most footage.