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The illest things to happen on skis will NEVER be seen on film....

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Rez4frederick
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Greetings all,
This is something I have been thinking about lately.  To many people think that they need to film like every fucking thing they do on skis and then show it to us on NS or whatever, thinking that we care.  Some may care, but I usually dont.  Just get the fuck out there and ski and throwdown and quit worrying about setting up your camera, filming.   You are just holding yourself back a ton as far as progression goes by wasting all that time worrying about 'getting the shot'.  Get out there and start worrying about improving your skiing skills instead of getting that 270 on shot that you think will get you sponsored.  The only reason people do urban anymore is to film it.  No one just does it for the sake of hitting a rail.
So just get out there and live in the moment and take it for what its worth.  share that sick moment with the people around you or just yourself and dont worry that we wont see it on some edit on NS or that someone else didnt see that fatty trick you just landed.  If you really have skill, people will notice it without watching your gay rail video if you are serious about it and compete.

This goes for companies out there who sponsor riders too, get the fuck out of your office and get out there in the real elements and see who REALLy throws down.  Enough of this send me a sponsor me video.  Fuck that, we dont all have a dedicated filmer to tag along with us.   Use your own fucking eyes and see who is good or not.  And dont be so fucking greedy with free gear, hand that shit out like free food in the middle east.  Enough of the politics bullshit that has spread into our sport.

This thread spawns from some of the 4bi9 shit that i see on here all the time like "OMG did you see our Edit!!111"  No i didnt, because I dont care about how good you are, I care about my own skills and perfecting those. 

Jan 16 2007 6:25PM
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dubage
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did someone say something?
Jan 16 2007 9:46PM
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steezeninja
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I like filming and looking at myself ski. It helps your self-esteem and helps you improve your skiing. Its fun filming.
Jan 16 2007 9:47PM
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KZA
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why do football teams watch fb footage? to figure out what theyre doing wrong. i know personally i realized my arms were all over the place from watchig film so i worked on it, its a way of seeing what your doing wrong as well as having fun. i like seein shots of myself because i dont, i know what the tricks like but not what it looks like and its fun to see it to me
Jan 16 2007 9:56PM
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snowXrider540
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i mostly do have to agree with you

but i think its good to film stuff if its for your own sake and to see what your doing wrong or could do better or to just make a video with your buddies if you like editing/filming

but if its to do it just to put up and say "look at me hit this sick rail" or whatever then i think thats just stupid
Jan 16 2007 10:01PM
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[~_~]
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I don't really agree with you.

When I am either behind or in front of the camera, I am in the moment, as a skier or as a filmmaker.
Jan 16 2007 10:59PM
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freeski1620
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i do agree that reps should be on the hill riding with people and sponsoring them that way. i know riders that have no sponsors and could blow a good amount of the pros away with what they do on a daily basis. but thats the thing. they dont do it for the money or the gear. they doo it for the love of the sport. that is what is truly important when it all comes down to it.
Jan 16 2007 11:07PM
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tls5099
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having a camera on definately ups the level of skiing.. i'm all for it. filming is fun too so do whatever you want that's gonna make the trip fun for you. watching the footage at the end of the day with some sodas and a dilly bar is almost as much of a good time as the actual skiing
Jan 16 2007 11:09PM
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*DrewT*
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I normally work on stuff for the year, filming at comps only for the most part, then spend a couple days filming
Jan 16 2007 11:10PM
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[~_~]
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keep in mind that not every sponsorship is because of a sponsor vid.
Jan 16 2007 11:11PM
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Ryanvdonk
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haha, good point to generalize, but there are people where this isn't the case. of the 4 urbans i've done so far this year, only one of them has been filmed, and i think that tape got ruined. so like everything, there are exceptions. and i do urbans to improve my rail skills, and cause there fun and i don't have to go to far to do them.
Jan 16 2007 11:45PM
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ogou0287
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by the way, your title is not in relation with the topic. the illest thing is seth
Jan 17 2007 12:07AM
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Holte
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i must say i agree. Other than comp footage, I have very little footage of myself. I don't like to take the time to film and photograph and I don't ski with people who want to take the time to film or photograph. It just takes too long. After putting together my sponsorship vid, I stopped filming. And I like it.
Jan 17 2007 12:22AM
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TimmyP
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i usually dont bother filing until the end of the season when it is warmer, easier, and your skills are much better, and you can push yuorself harder because conditions allow you to
Jan 17 2007 12:27AM
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Mskier91
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really though, watching other kids throw down does help motivate... like without it i wouldn't really know what other kids out there are doing. but as far as the filming thing goes, get a trick down solid, then go film.
Jan 17 2007 12:38AM
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Literature
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Half of the cool things I have ever done are not on film, nor should they be. If companies want to pay me to endorse their product, it becomes my job to film and get myself out there. However, that is not the case now and so I ski for the fun of it.

Jan 17 2007 1:00AM
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R.Fahey
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HAHAHAHAHAH. You hate 4bi9 SOOOOO much, for no apparent reason. Shut the fuck up.... We actually hardly film in the park. And if you have a $2000 camera why would you not use it? I guarantee if you had people that loved to film and had legit gear you'd film any urban you did. Shut up, and quit hating on 4bi9 so much. It's sorta played.... I mean, it's what everyone was doing in September and October.

Welcome to 2007 you dick. I hate you.
Jan 17 2007 1:07AM
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R.Fahey
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Ohhh, and at the moment we have someone just off of a broken ankle, and another person with a broken collar bone..... and some pretty sick camera gear. It would make sooooo much sense for those people to just sit at home that go have fun filming. And then when we get off the hill and they can't go out and and do other shit, they should DEFINITELY be bored instead of editing the days footy which they love.

In the end, you love skiing, and some people love editing. Skiing can be rewarding when you stomp a new trick or whatever......editing can be rewarding when you post an edit and people like it. It's just another way to combine two things you love..... skiing and video editing.

Now quit yer bitchin.
Jan 17 2007 1:13AM
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CWilson
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^well put
Jan 17 2007 2:56AM
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unchyll
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Your just mad cus kids are getting hurd on this site and you arent cus you dont have a camera and cant be steezy like most teh people on here that posts vids. I enjoy the vids there fun to watch and always have good music in em and pump me up to go skiing. Filming is also tons of fun to just see what you can come up with by yourself its satisfying but if you wanna just bitch go for it
Jan 17 2007 3:01AM
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siversex
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1. movies are fun to watch
Jan 17 2007 3:06AM
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siversex
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1. movies are fun to watch
2. movies are fun to make
3. movies are inspirational- they might makey you want to try something new.
4. pple have fun being filmed.
5. filming makes you progress
6. this is all a summary of everything everyones just said.
Jan 17 2007 3:11AM
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KZA
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hey kid. your a fucking queer. just cuz u dont have friends who will film you because they like it, and furthermore because you couldnt do anythign steezed. dont fuckin hate on other kids. yeh some kids post shitty edits on this site but it makes them ahppy and helps them figure out what they do wrong. get over the fact that people are better than you, buy a gun, and knock your block off before i run through your pockets deucshce
Jan 17 2007 3:41AM
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Rez4frederick
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^suck my nuts.  Thats the thing, you think I suck at skiing just cause I dont have any video footage, who gives a fuck? I have footy, im just not worried about showing it to the public.  So what, none of my friends want to film, good for them.  Skiing is not about filming for us, its about riding, thats it. To each his own, Fuck you for trying to downplay my shit. 
Nice, resorting to name calling , are u in fucking middle school?  For fucks sake mang.  What are you an online gangster now?  Skiing isnt fucking hard if you spend alot of time doing it, at all.  I didnt intend to start an online flame war here, the thread was actually going great until you blew up at me.  If this is the way you represent your 'company', wow you are going nowhere fast.
Jan 17 2007 6:02PM
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DopeSauce
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I just like to film stuff, its fun rding switch with a camera
Jan 17 2007 6:05PM
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Literature
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I will state that Concept has plenty of skill, and is a chiller dude than a great many on this site.
Jan 17 2007 8:37PM
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Calrin
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didnt it occur to you that editing videos is almost as fun as skiing?
Jan 17 2007 8:41PM
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DiamondC
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i agree with you on some of that shit, but the whole 4bi9 thing, they are really sick, i love watching those edits cause it makes me wana go ski, so i hope they dont stop
Jan 17 2007 8:43PM
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jKutcher
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umm so it isnt possible to have fun or really progress if you film... right...
Jan 17 2007 8:44PM
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Kazabazua
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I enjoyed this post and I think your absolutely right, because I know some kids that just film all the time and suck but they make good videos just cause they film absolutely everything, though I know skiers that could kick there asses but don't film anything...

This is why comps are good, companies look at your competitions more than anything because they want someone who can win

anyway just ski for fun, who cares about all that shit. If you just ski for fun and end up being really good at it, then you will get sponsors and shit. And usually it is the skiers that just love skiing and having fun who get that good.
Jan 17 2007 8:45PM
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sam_vicious
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a lot of people ski and film for the sake of producing an edit, and improving their filming/editing skills. its not always just about getting sponsored or "getting the shot".
Jan 17 2007 8:50PM
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Dakoulas
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Apparently you ski with a retarded group of people because skiing shouldn't go an slower with a camera then it does without. It's also not that hard to switch who films each run, if no one else wants to film then don't film. With our group of friends none of us mind filming at all.
There will be times when I would rather film people for a few runs than to hit shit, I find filming fun and if wat you're saying is that people should go out to ski to have fun than I don't see what I'm doing wrong here. People enjoy different things, sorry it's hard to grasp the concept that the point of filming isn't always to "get the shot."
Anyways we are gonna keep on putting out edits regardless of whether you like it or not. Many of the kids I ride with enjoy editing as do I and why not share them with other people. You may not want to see other people skiing but I'm sure there other people who do. So if you don't like it then don't watch it... theres no need to rant about the topic.

Peaccce
Jan 17 2007 8:56PM
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thejackal1177
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i may be one of the kids your talking about, and it doesnt discourage me a bit, i love filming editing and skiing, and i think it takes just as much talent to put together a nice edit with good variety, think about it in competitions what do u need, you need a few banger tricks to put together a run, when you can film and do tricks every which way and have all sort's of style and variety i think thats key, filming instigate's style and progression so why bash
Jan 17 2007 8:59PM
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Luc.
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exactly my thoughts.
Jan 17 2007 9:18PM
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GetPitted
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"This thread spawns from some of the 4bi9 shit that i see on here all the time like "OMG did you see our Edit!!111" No i didnt, because I dont care about how good you are, I care about my own skills and perfecting those."

Every 4bi9 edit is sick mang. They are a new film company and they upload these videos on here and their website to try and get their name out. Its obviously working because I've allready made up my mind to buy their movie movie this year...
Jan 17 2007 9:22PM
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dubage
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mmmmmm, just got a lil peep on some 4bi9 amazingness twas quite steezin
Jan 17 2007 9:39PM
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tribefan226
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sometimes watching videos can help w/ ur skills by seeing how someone else does it
Jan 17 2007 10:51PM
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unchyll
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aahahahahahaha you are redik
i like hwo you say "to each his own" right after posting a thread about how gay filming is, AND no shit skiing isnt hard if you spend alot of time doing it i bet you would be pretty good at fucking yourself if you spent alot of time on it too.
Jan 17 2007 10:56PM
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funkdoc
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word
Jan 17 2007 10:58PM
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niels.
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i agree. however it is helpful to film when putting together a movie if you want to make a movie but thats usually a small part of your season. plus no one has to be the filmer person all day instead of skiing.
Jan 17 2007 11:13PM
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DiamondC
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yeah but you gotta admit curtis we film a ton of shit that isnt necessary
Jan 17 2007 11:23PM
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DiamondC
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^^^ like actually, not even close to necessary
Jan 17 2007 11:24PM
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Rez4frederick
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Bump for a good thread...

<---Puts on flame retardant suit.

Feb 6 2007 3:16PM
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