Setting up a shot

oh shit i meant to put this in media and arts sorry

make sure your shudder speed is high for action shots...also cordinate your shutter speed and f-stop to fit the right amount of light...DOes your viewfinder have a light meter?

umm i dont know if it does its a vx2100 though if that helps
i dont have it yet so im not sure

op..thats a video...my bad

angles man, angles. get low to make rails and boxes look higher. proper use of wide angle can make them look longer, just get creative dude. think about sick shots you've seen, and what you haven't seen, and put the time and effort into trialing and erroring in the park and out. practice getting close and staying close on your follow cams, steadiness of hand is a must. your hand has gotta be like jesus. at first just try to emulate people that are the shit, but from there you can take your own path and style. just stay passionate, don't give up, you have a dope ass cam so get to it.

White Balance is key. I've fucked up a bunch of shots by not having my white balance right, the color will be so much better. If you're in auto mode, the white balance should be fine. Also with auto mode, the focus should be ok. But adjusting your own focus is fine to, it can help. As said before angles are key too.

wide angle lenses will deform your straight lines but they look rad !! be sure to get close enough !
and yea whitebalance can fuck things up... on the other hand, look at other ski movies you find cool and find out what makes these better then others (the filming, not the skiing) and then try'n copy it...

i have a vx2100. and every day i set it up i go through the custom presets, and set things like the white balance shift and color saturation level for what looks good that day. though i usually dont change it up much day to day, cause you dont want your shots to look all over the place.  like if its sunny one day and sunny the next, ill keep the presets pretty much the same.    if light is constantly changing, like sunny to cloudy to sunny again, make sure to manual white balance with changing light conditions.  even when its the same light conditions all day i white balance every hour or so, just cause it takes like 2 seconds and its just playing it safe. if you white balance in shadows, or something very light blue, you can get a nice slightly warm tone, which i do sometimes just cause it works in some situations.  if its cloudy and/or snowy so low/ flat light conditions, i think it helps to have atleast one if not two of the nd filters off, you can have both on and get a plenty bright picture, but it seems like it looses detail and makes things harder to see if you have them on in low light.
for focusing, use manual focus as much as you can, and get creative with it.  even for follow cams manual focus isnt a bad idea, just focus from the distance you plan to stay away from the subject, and keep that same distance while following.
for shutter speed i always keep it on 60 just cause thats pretty much the norm.  
getting a uv filter or polarizing filter isnt a bad idea, it will give you more flexability with exposure, cause sometimes without one on sunny days i have the aperature wide open, with both nd filters on. when i could be getting more precise.
go with a wide angle rather than a fisheye.  fisheyes sometimes just look amature and crappy, and dont work great with skiing cause your not very upclose with skiing like you would be with skateboarding. plus i think they just look better.  look at the century .55x wide angle, or the .65? i think. the .55 is wider, but you can only zoom like half way. and im pretty sure the .65 you can zoom all the way but it isnt as wide. 
and get a tripod!!! and not a cheap 80 dollar one from best buy. get a nice fluid head tripod.  your gonna have to spend like 200+ but its worth it.  look at the 501 head, or 503, they are very good for the money.   tripods just make your footage so much better,  if your not really up close or doing a follow cam, just use a tripod, even though it can be a hassle.

yea 3pods are a must, i just hate movies that shake around !

and turn the sharpness down!!! i have mine down like 1 or 2 stop below the middle.  the picture just starts to look wierd and crappy when its up high.