CANDIDE. FLAWLESS.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

That editing was beautiful.......

And Candide is an amazing park skier.

But he needs to learn to quit flailing with his arms off drops.

Quiet that shit up. Should call that edit "IT'S GOOD"!!!

Besides that, awesome.

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I kind of agree. However I think its the shifty he does on every other clip in that trailer. It is technically hard to do, sometimes he makes it look great but others just look dumb and there are a few he tries to throw off-balance that lead to those sketchy landing clips. More of them probably would look better if you shoot tight slow motion, but in realtime shot from a distance I think it doesn't looks so hot. I think it's like some sort of new signature cliff air style he's trying to progress by the fact he throws in almost every situation he can do it in.

Nice eyes Blurred.

That music was a refreshing change from the fast paced rock typical in other ski movies

the dude is like a cat. cat's don't have style when they're falling, they just stomp that shit out.

more park...less powder.

Just watched it again, at 1:44 you get a close up of his bindings, looks like he's running STH 16s instead of the Coreupt binding. I wonder what's up with that?

That was stellar. He can spin but doesn't do it every fookin opportunity he gets. I dig that. I haven't seen lines charged like that in any other recent flick. But enough about Candide.... with cinematography and editing like that it almost doesn't matter who's skiing or how. Huge kudos to the dudes who put that together.

Incredibly smooth sking. So much confidence - it just made me really happy to watch, thanks for posting!

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Originally Posted by skier666

That was fucking sick....the music, editing....that's what I'm talking about. It makes me want to watch it again!

He does have that ex-mogul skier locked knee syndrome but hell, he's lining up those lines like its a slopestyle....pretty solid shit right there.

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He does have that kind of style, Tanner looks similar I find in that type of terrain.

But yeah, this is absolutely ridiculously sick. I've watched it 4 or 5 times now. The filming, editing, it's just pure awesome. I love how it's mostly full lines shown at full speed, that is real skill right there.

And yeah, B-? He stomped a double where he was off balance in the air off the second (watch 4:10) then hauls ass into what appears to be a natural takeoff 1080 to stomp. That is amazing.

Soundtrack info anyone? Checked his site as well as the production studio site....

to those hating on candide's skiing

pssst...he's better than you

that shit was awesome

Since when do we call twisters "shiftys"?

This takes me back to High Life, where Kreitler disses on park skiers for being guys that "just take off and land" and "not real skiers". Then Candide's park segment follows directly after. Kinda ironic.

Sick video:yourock:

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Originally Posted by hop

Since when do we call twisters "shiftys"?

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haha-you got me there. I'd say ever since emo was invented.

oh my god. you guys talking shit make me laugh.
lets get fukkin real, the sickest gnarliest smoothest biggest shit youve ever done on skis would not have made that teaser.

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Originally Posted by patrickski

to those hating on candide's skiing

pssst...he's better than you

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quoted for the truth.

^^^^Most of us, yes, teamdirt.....no.

Wicked skiing and editing, too bad people want to pick it apart. off axis 7 off a cliff to flat landing? pfffft...

meh, they are both rad. but why pick it apart? no one picks shit like that apart....

i dunno i guess if i was a pro skier and saw somthing like that id prolly be a little agitated. i dont know if i would try to discredit it, but still....

I loved it so much I watched it twice!

In some of those charging lines it felt to me like it was sped up a bit to make it look like he was really flying through there. The spray dissipates and he drops just a little too fast. Maybe I'm just used to everything being slowed down.

The feel is a lot like the intro to The Fine Line.

I agree that most of what looks like flailing is him doing shifties and styling it a bit. I know that in my big air days I'd get a little bored in the air and end up moving around. I'm sure it looked like flailing.

Can't say much more than what's already been said.
I didn't even notice the arm flailing, I was too busy watching him slay those lines.
Most inspirational ski film segment I've seen in a long time.

That clip had me feeling like I just shot some smack.

lucky...........

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Originally Posted by teamdirt

I kind of agree. However I think its the shifty he does on every other clip in that trailer. It is technically hard to do, sometimes he makes it look great but others just look dumb and there are a few he tries to throw off-balance that lead to those sketchy landing clips. More of them probably would look better if you shoot tight slow motion, but in realtime shot from a distance I think it doesn't looks so hot. I think it's like some sort of new signature cliff air style he's trying to progress by the fact he throws in almost every situation he can do it in.

Nice eyes Blurred.

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You're one of the people in this thread who actually have been around for while and know what I'm saying. It's too bad people couldn't see a guy like Dave Swanwick or Rob Van Arnem ski those lines....they'd see what I mean.
REALLY quiet.

Candide might be the most progressive park skier of our time....but the consistency of natural hits don't have the same boot to them, thus the off-balance arm compensation. Most here don't understand that's why zero spins are so tough. Your shit has to be dialed.

This is all coming from a guy who thought Tanner was much smoother than Seth in Believe.....so take that for what it's worth.
Sick none the less, and what most people probably don't see is this.........
Candide had to memorize those lines before killing them. THat is the real talent.
Skiing with your hands over your head is poor form imo 2:27-35......but that's just me. Flame on.


Onto something WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more important though.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/hidethefart

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Originally Posted by JakeCast

Whoaaa!! I'm not knocking Candide's ability at all!!! He is an amazing skier!

I was just mentioning why that might have looked cleaner than IFSA comp skiing...

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I uploaded a version to vimeo...I hate propitiatory flash players. That being said, it's worth going to his site as I'm sure they appreciate the traffic and that version has better resolution-

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Thanks for the conversion. I could only get about every 3rd frame on the other one. I was more impressed with his skiing when I thought Candide was girl. After seeing the whole vid, he just looks like another over caffeinated frenchy. Would be more impressive if he was smoking while doing some of those lines. Now that would say " I am Euro hear me roar."

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And what is up with all the long slow fade to black and back up. Too dark.
Couldn't see half the time.

I mean besides all that, he did have a couple of pretty good lines in there.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

Onto something WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more important though.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/hidethefart

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That's awesome. :biggrin:

Holy crap. Mind=blown.


Makes me want to learn how to ski...

I just thought it was beautiful, visually and aurally.

And I could dance to it. 97.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

You're one of the people in this thread who actually have been around for while and know what I'm saying

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how much for the apartment under teamdirt's nutsack? i got the condo just to smell what it's like to ski so well.

maybe he is trying to twister, it looks like natural style to me. i like it when people don't try their hardest to look like everyone else.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

... Skiing with your hands over your head is poor form imo 2:27-35......but that's just me. Flame on. ...

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No flames. It is quite the superfluous movement, but it seems to be an artifact of a skier from jibby side ... almost like he's coiling to throw some mega-twisty-thing, but the mega-twisty-thing never comes ... mostly because he's haulin down a sphincter pucker of a line that is in itself quite technical enough.

He's definitely not quiet, but his movements don't seem to put him in an otherwise poor position for the next turn/move. He has a strange way of almost making it look like he could do more in that space of time than the current 'standards' allow ...

The line he skis from ~3:40 - 3:51 is simply amazing.

As someone that never thought much at all of park skiers I'm quite impressed.

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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

Candide had to memorize those lines before killing them. THat is the real talent.

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This gets at my original post question - have these guys had a crack at these lines, and therefore at minimum have at least some basic level of familiarity with them, or are they really flashing them?

I'm no Alfred Einstein, but is it even possible to 'memorize' a line from any perspective other than skiing it, and be able to stomp it like that?

I'm sure we can all :rolleyes: stomp our own familiar lines, or even lines we're quasi familiar with, but if these dudes are doing that to lines they looked at from the lift, or from a helio, and 'took some notes on' and then skied them that way ... holy fack - that is other worldly.

sickness!

Candide reminds me, reflex/skillwise/ninja-esqueness, of Gigi Ruf. They both just have, as previous posters have pointed out, a cat's agility.

Amazing stuff, I'm too lazy to search....what was Candide's big injury?

I'm already stoked for the next segment

more please...

sequence starting at 4:10 = jaw dropping

http://gallery.brawl-hall.com/data/m...people2121.jpg

OMG how beautiful was that? Thats art, amazing shots

I've watched this clip at least a dozen times over the past couple days and have to say it's the finest segment of ski oriented film I've ever seen.

Not sure if it's the soundtrack, the editing, or simply the raw footage, but whatever it is, its really touched a nerve... effin awesome.

Bookmarked and rabidly waiting for more... Much respect!

ps, I could give a fuck about the arms, still exceptional.

i have important information about who actually understands what we are seeing, and the people who have been around here to know what small arm motions signify, and i also know why people care, and about why people get butthurt when other people don't like their opinions so they go and find poorly wrought joke jpgs in a defensive manner and post them.






fucking morons

Watched the vid, then took a nap on the floor here at work. I had the best dream-POWDER skiing!!! Sweet Candie!!!!! Thank you.

He's probably got ADHD and just can't keep still for even a split second. For reals, though, I kind of agree with Blurred on this one.

IMHO, the excessive arm movement sort of detracts from an otherwise stellar display of athleticism. The stuff where he's in the air and his arms alternately go up and down is obviously an intentional part of his style and not a rolling down the windows thing but it doesn't look great on film.

He also seems to flail on occasion while skiing. The chute at 4:49 is a good example. It's like he's out of control most of the time and narrowly averting disaster until he pulls it together at the last second for that 40 footer. Again, it's an impressive display of athleticism and whatnot but I'd rather see it made to look effortless.

And also, about the line memorization thing. That's one of the major things separates pros from the guys that kill it at their home areas which they know inside and out. Pros can scope a line from a heli or whereever, know what it's going to look like skiing it, and then stomp it in one shot. Based on this video, I'd say Candide's ability to do that is otherworldly.

This is what the skiing in my dreams looks, feels, and sounds like.

I've been watching this and the EH Self Edit a lot lately. They are what skiing should be. I'm not going to criticize for arm bobbles or whatever. They just both look like and convey that they are having so much fun playing with the mountains. These make me want to go ski...what more can you ask.

Cool to see Candide bring his game into big mountain skiing. He's always been one of my favorite skiers and after this he still is.