Ever since Habitat spawned from the extraterrestrial skate deck manufacturer, Alien Workshop, they've been exuding some of the most original vibes in the industry. A art heavy brand that sponsors some of the most stylish skateboarders in the land to ride some of the most unique graphics out there. It's that creativeness that makes another aspect of this company such a success. Ttheir videos.

It started with Mosaic back in 2003 with which they stamped their style footprint into the grounds of the skate video world. The unique music and editing made the stylish lines of each skater that much better. Not that the skaters featured needed any help looking good on a skateboard. The technical brilliance of a guy like Brian Wenning who shared a part with Tim O'Connor, the all around street skating of Kerry Getz, Anthony Papalardo Danny Garcia, and a glimpse of things to come with a young Stefen Janoski. Then there's my favorite East Coast skateboarder, Fred Gall who reps the other side as hard as anyone. Mix that with a cameo from the Alien Workshop team; the weirdness of Jason Dill, combined with the handrail skill of Heath Kirchart, and throw in a double shot of some more all around street skateboarding with Anthony Van England and Steve Berra. Oh yeah, and speaking of all around skateboarding, it doesn't get any more all around then, Danny Way, and the street, vert and mega legend made an appearance as well.

Then it was on to Inhabitants, released in 2007. In the four years since it's first video the brand had proved it was here to stay, and was a force in street skateboarding. Now, it would no longer include any skating from its sister's riders, as in the Alien Workshop team, which may be due to the fact that Alien was filming for one of the biggest skate video releases ever, Mindfield. The guys at DNA Distribution, the parent company of the sibling brands, really do know who to put together a video.

Inhabitants would open and close with two of the best in the business. Thrasher's 2008 Skater of the Year, Silas Baxter-Neal, opened the door with the first part, and one of the most eye pleasing skate styles out there, as in Stefen Janoski, and his I Don't Even Look Like I'm Trying skating slammed it shut. In between the Baxter-Neal and Janoski's parts was the lineup of Mosaic, minus Pappalardo, who went over Chocolate skateboards, Rob Phulowski, who I heard just got really confused one day and couldn't find the door in the corner of a round room, and Brian Wenning, who just kind of gave up. Their replacements: Austyn Gillette, Guru Khalsa, Raymond Molinar and Steve Durante etched their names into skate video history. The only reason this wasn't the video of the year was a little thing called Fully Flared.

Now, in The Year Twenty Ten, which is coincidentally their 10th year as a company, Habitat is getting ready to release their third video, Origin, due out in the summer. The whole gang's back with the addition of Daryal Angel, so get ready for another Habitat classic. This may just be the video of the year, depends on if Chocolate ever gets their video out, and how the Transworld video is. There could also be a Thrahser Skater of the Year spawned from this video. Janoski? We'll see.