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I want to see a movie of Trackhead ascending mountains only sped up, so he's fucking RIPPING. I want to see him slarving huge turns up the Grand, high-fiving at the top and then we need the shot to cut to him at the bottom of another mountain.
Slow-mo shots of skiers coming downhill are so 20th century.
are you both retarded or am i missing some subtle nuances ? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Twoplanker
well ok i KNOW that tate is retarded because only mental subnormals can do that sort of crappy editing, but i wasn't sure about you TP...
and on topic: i've seen extremo grande lines in cham. and the skiing involved. and it WOULD look boring on film if you would not include narrator voice or other shots. an AK line doesn't gte boring because the skiing happnes in a time which is more suitable for film.
As some here i do not really see the problem of implementing both. But that's maybe just me and i don't really care about ethics. (hell I do only climb bolted routes so what do I know about ethics :the_finge )
And no i wouldn't wanna see footage of someone skiing cho oyu. because seeing someone skiing a big broad flat open field is not interesting, even if it is at 8000m.
It's ALL about the up. And multi camera angles covering all the UP action.Quote:
Originally Posted by bad_roo
Think about it, aerials angles, cross valley angles, hi/lo perspective. Cut from cam to cam while slogging through meadows. The action would be mind boggling.
Verbier Extreme requires the riders to hike their asses up to the top of the Summit.
I say Bravo.
Do you guys think skiing has the same mass market appeal as sufring and skateboarding? I would like to think so but there are soooo many more wanna be poser surfers and skaters than skiers. How many people wear billabong or vans stuff who have never been on surf or skateboard? On the other hand, how many people wear Spyder? Surfing has half naked people in the sun, skating supports a whole youth subculture and, as such, more easy to convince a large production house to pony up the cash to produce, market and distribute a major production. I wish/hope I am wrong, I just don't see that many people outside skiers watching a large scale ski movie. Now, if they could just get a few half naked scenes with Sarah Burke, I may change my opinion...
I know. I love the Upper Peninsula too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Trackhead: honorary yooper.
I think Two Planker's idea was right on. Riding Giants was excellent, and I believe a comparative picture (or sequel) about skiing would be excellent as well. I think it would do well with the puplic. After all, Americans went nuts at theaters for a documentary about penguins.
When my buddy and I rented Riding Giants, we fast-forwarded to the gnar parts, then popped in another DVD.
Why? Because he knew the backstory.
All I can think about is Frozen and me, screaming at you to hurry the fuck up, 'cuz the camera heli is costing serious $$$.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
I think the heli fly-around as someone is making a kickturn up a switch back would be siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.
Yeah, he mean to say "da UP action."Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan
THis was genuine humor. I laughed.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
I've been over at TTips lately and after reading a 10 page thread of drivel and drag out nit picky debate I thought to myself "p-stash, you've gotta get out of TTipsland for a while and back to TGR where they don't debate ad-nasium page after page". :tdo13:
Well, I am from Minnesota, so I can hang with the Yoopers.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Wow, I can't believe it took me so long to cunt it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Twoplanker
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Originally Posted by StuntCok
Exactly.
Scary after reading this I thought I wrote this in my sleep last night.
Surfing is way more "fashionable" (as in every environment-wrecking-SUV-momma has a surfrider sticker on the back of her suv) and vogue than skiing will ever be.
Someone else already listed the reason why.....half naked people, warm weather, massive yuppie support thanks to longboards, and Hollywood.
Thank god skiing, and the mountains, will never get there.
Heh. Sorry you started that Hummer thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by powstash
This has been an interesting thread. I haven't surfed for years but I've always enjoyed surf porn more than skiing porn, mostly for the reasons people have noted. And I'd rather watch ski mountaineering footy than 'big mountain' rage-fests, but that's just me - I see someone ripping a major face on film and generally think "big balls", I see someone on film climbing a peak to ski a tricky shot and I think "monster balls." Like TH said, it's a more layered game.
Uh, skiing was fashionable in exactly that trendy way starting in the 30s, lasting for a bit. It still lives on in North Face Goretex wannabees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Booger
I'm not sure where you live that everyone has a Surfrider sticker... but there's a big difference between surfers and the buyers of surf culture. The camps don't much overlap.
As Dave Parmenter likes to say....everyone surfs now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cj001f
Maybe at Dredge, Rivermouth, Pipe, and South Jetty there may be a difference between the guys in the water and the ummm, I dunno, the multiple suvs I see on the east end with Surfrider stickers on their car but that doesnt change the fact that every year the surf gets more and more crowded.
Ill agree with your point about ski fashion in the 30's, and maybe your point about the 2 camps not overlapping (more so 15 years ago than now).
Of course everything changes and maybe you were living in Pierpont 20 years ago but the culture is noit as refined as it used to be.
How many skiers wear Spyder? I see a lot of North Face gear being worn, and I would bet they don't ski much, if at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by StuntCok
Just saw the movie 16 blocks, the bus they were on had TNF ads all over it and that was NYC public transit.
Agreed, I think the documentary on the Tenth Mountain Div alone was two hours on Discovery Channel. That's just the American guys, the French, Italians, Germans etc all had divisions in WWII, then there's EVERYTHING else. It would have to be a boxed set to get it right. As for the copyrights, that's a whole other problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crinkle
Would be a cool thing to see though.
Good Luck,
Jay
TNF makes great gear, but it's also sold in Macy's, Dicks Sproting Goods, etc. They have a huge marketing engine, and like SUV's people that don't need them, (ie never venture off the highway) but them. Personally I buy whatever I can get a good proform on, but the average joe that skis once a year over Christmas is going to buy the most recognizable name or what ever the highschooler working the counter at Dicks says they should buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmcpheet
Good Luck,
Jay
How about a movie about jibbing? You could cover the history of jibbing, get some interviews of some jibbers, some sick non-sub W13 jib approaches, maybe a bunch of jibbing footage from unique angles, followed up by more jibbing footage but with guys/gals dressed up in gorilla costumes. Then you could throw in a bunch of stoner one-liners, maybe some jibbing blooper shots, and a gangsta rap soundtrack.
You can call it, 'Jibbing with Giants, and Gorillas'.
Pure genius I tell ya.
There was also a docu on the Tenth called "Fire On The Mountain" that was an hour long, with extensive archival footage/photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by mnflyfish
I won't be comfortable making that until we know for sure what is the dope pant.Quote:
Originally Posted by iskibc
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Originally Posted by The Suit
Makes total sense. Maybe put it on the back burner for now.