Avie Footage

**slippy** · 09-25-2006, 02:31 PM

You guys may have seen the edited version of this, but here is the raw version.

Location: Outside Whistler.
Story: I'm waiting for some skiers to figure out their line, and am shooting them while they are on top. It's a beautiful day, nothing seems out of the ordinary. Then the guide, who is trying to ski around the cliffs, sets off a slide, and I scramble to shoot it. My roller-coaster of emotions go from:

1)I'm bored. Wish I was skiing these lines.
2)Slide! Anyone caught?
3)No one's caught, radio the news to the skiers.
4)Sweet footage! Let's zoom out!
5)Oh crap, I'm buried. Give my best to broadway.
6)Phew, it's just a powder cloud, nothing more.
7)I have no rain cover on this $100,00 camera and it's gonna be drenched.
8)Maybe my hand will do the trick.....

All in the span of......5-10 seconds?

Turn up Dem Speakers QT, 3mb

**FrankZappa** · 09-25-2006, 02:35 PM

Ahhhh Fuck! is right.

Cool footage. Thanks.

**grizzle6** · 09-25-2006, 02:36 PM

Holy geez. Big slide, and great commentary.

**iskibc** · 09-25-2006, 02:38 PM

Yikes.

**phUnk** · 09-25-2006, 02:38 PM

**alto** · 09-25-2006, 02:39 PM

So your footage is in the Respect teaser. What's up?

**teleee** · 09-25-2006, 02:47 PM

**marshalolson** · 09-25-2006, 02:53 PM

"aw fuck"

**bcrider** · 09-25-2006, 02:58 PM

Scary shit!!!

**Sutter** · 09-25-2006, 03:08 PM

pretty funny for sure.

**StormRider** · 09-25-2006, 03:15 PM

It's OK to admit if you pooped your pants. I don't think anyone would blame you.

**Core Shot** · 09-25-2006, 05:06 PM

Fack.
I feel a little queezy since it brought back my own not so fun adventure of staring up at the Great White Death coming at me.
Similar sensation of being caught flatfooted on what you thought was a safe bench beyond the runout.

I know the feeling.

**summit** · 09-25-2006, 05:19 PM

I give that a pucker factor of 9/10

**LeeLau** · 09-25-2006, 06:10 PM

That's a great vid. I can't recognize the slope though. Got any zoom outs?

**BakerBoy** · 09-25-2006, 06:24 PM

"Aw fuck......... me."

Nice work. You should wear scuba gear next time. Then we can all call you scuba steve.

**midget** · 09-25-2006, 06:38 PM

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww fuck.
so did it get to you or did you just get spray?

**cl1953** · 09-25-2006, 06:45 PM

I can't wait for the sequel.

**slippy** · 09-25-2006, 07:08 PM

It was just spray that got to me, as there was a huge gully between me and the slide. The guide put me in a good place, as usual. It would be kinda bad for his rep if he set off a slide right into where he put me. But when it was first coming at me, it was easy to forget this. It took a second to register what was going on.

No poopa my pantelones, luckily I took a big cleansing duker a couple hours before. Otherwise, who knows.

Lee, it's just a short pitch on a small random shoulder way outside Pemberton, so it shouldn't look familiar. I think it's more of a heli-accessed thing, I don't think it's too easy to get to by sleds. But I wasn't really paying attention to sled acess when we were there. Usually I do.

Sequel? I come back and pound that slope with my bare fists. Take that, bitch.

**Mex** · 09-25-2006, 07:24 PM

Loved reading the thought process before watching the footage.

**jibij** · 09-25-2006, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by slippy

Sequel? I come back and pound that slope with my bare fists. Take that, bitch.

Heh... "that's gold Jerry, Gold!"

**LeeLau** · 09-25-2006, 08:35 PM

slippy = i took this picture of my wife on a 35+ degree slope on Balu Pass in the Connaught Crk drainage in Rogers Pass. Two turns later she cut a thin slab that sluffed off the top and went straight for me. I totally forgot I had set up on a ridge line off to the side and was whimpering and yelling oh shit. The three guys on the other face that yelled "AVALANCHE" didn't help me think straight. And I didn't even have the presence of mind to keep shooting.

the sluff went off to the side; my pants stayed unsoiled

You sir are a true professional!

**truth** · 09-25-2006, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by marshalolson

"aw fuck"

Dude, I was totally gonna post that.

**Alkasquawlik** · 09-25-2006, 09:57 PM

I love the hand over the 100k camera. It's the new hot avy device.

All friggin season I'd see these guys take tumbles with their 60lbs packs full of about a half mil worth of camera gear and everytime they'd re-tell their story, the first thing out of their mouth wasn't about twisting a knee, slamming their heads on the rocks below or anything remotely related to physical pain. Every fuckin time they would say something like
"I thought shit! don't land on the camera, jason's gonna kill me!"

**slippy** · 09-25-2006, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

I love the hand over the 100k camera. It's the new hot avy device.

All friggin season I'd see these guys take tumbles with their 60lbs packs full of about a half mil worth of camera gear and everytime they'd re-tell their story, the first thing out of their mouth wasn't about twisting a knee, slamming their heads on the rocks below or anything remotely related to physical pain. Every fuckin time they would say something like
"I thought shit! don't land on the camera, jason's gonna kill me!"

All season? I think not. And you didn't see me fall once, liar.

Wait, you might have seen me straightline out of an avie with a heavy camera in my backpack....no wait, your shot was done, no need to worry about the cameraman. You missed that one. I mean, before I went the slope only slid with a tap of your ski pole, then released on the other two skiers when they skied. No need to worry about lil' ol slippy. He'll be fine by himself, I'll just ski to the next line, fix my helmet hair, and wait for him. As long as he got the shot, right?

**Alkasquawlik** · 09-25-2006, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by slippy

All season? I think not. And you didn't see me fall once, liar.

Wait, you might have seen me straightline out of an avie with a heavy camera in my backpack....no wait, your shot was done, no need to worry about the cameraman. You missed that one. I mean, before I went the slope only slid with a tap of your ski pole, then released on the other two skiers when they skied. No need to worry about lil' ol slippy. He'll be fine by himself, I'll just ski to the next line, fix my helmet hair, and wait for him. As long as he got the shot, right?

No way dude, I totally saw that one. I laughed and everything.

I definitely saw B.Scott fuggin beater. I laughed at that one too. Ha ha, you camera guys are so silly. It's very nice you do that for us you know, makes us laugh and loosens up the nerves. Tanks buddy!