The '80s called — they want their jockstraps, slant boards, and questionable sports medicine back.
Collection of six short films from Nova. "Pumping Eight" — These two muscle eaters show what a slant board is really all about. "Lapping It Up" — Towel-flipping horseplay by a couple of speed swimmers leads to a stinging sore cock, but after it's been kissed and made well, additional stroking seems to be in order. "Hard Tackle" — A football player's strained muscle needs careful, loving attention and it certainly does get it. "No Holds Barred" — Wrestling is the kind of body contact sport that arouses tremendous responses - even when you end up on the bottom. "Extra Innings" — Mutual admiration between baseball teammates can't go far enough, but it surely can go all the way. "Hard Kicks" — A leg injury brings two soccer players into the jock aroma of the lockerroom and helping a buddy becomes a two-way sport of hot lips and hips.
Production
Period-accurate gym equipment that's now museum-worthy.
Costume
Jockstrap fashion that peaked in 1981 and never recovered.
Director
Scott Masters
Tom Manley
(segment "Pumping Eight") (archive footage)
Todd Russell
(segment "Pumping Eight") (archive footage)
Pete Watson
(segment "Lapping It Up") (archive footage)
Don Michaels
(segment "Lapping It Up") (archive footage)
Rick Scott
(segment "Hard Tackle") (archive footage)
Rusty Evans
(segment "Hard Tackle") (archive footage)
David Shaw
(segment "No Holds Barred") (archive footage)
Rick Steele
(segment "Extra Innings") (archive footage)
Greg Samuels
(segment "Extra Innings") (archive footage)
Chet Samson
(segment "Hard Kicks") (archive footage)
Don Taylor
(segment "Hard Kicks") (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nova was a pioneering gay adult studio in the late '70s and early '80s, producing films with higher production values than typical fare of the era. Scott Masters directed numerous titles before the AIDS crisis transformed the industry.
The 'sports injury requires intimate massage' trope seen in multiple segments became a foundational narrative structure in gay adult cinema, allowing for plausible deniability about why men were touching each other onscreen.
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