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Hey, good job at building most of your argumentation on a drunk post with most sentences took straight out of context.
"I'm sorry, but... are you out of your mind? Do you know how many companies on this planet direct their products strictly to kids? Are you saying people at "Pixar" are a joke?" As I said, straight out of context, 2/10 for the effort though.
"Alex Martini moved to Colorado mad young skiing park, now travels skiing powder and owns a great company filming what he loves to do. At 24.[...]" Cool, you might want to read my sober post where I agreed not all of em are ski bums right now. But please, enlighten me on how long and how well they plan on doing what they love "for a living" ? "Kids who will accomplish more" are individuals who have conscience of their future, and are able to sit the fuck down and think about working their asses off now, study hard and build themselves a solid future so they can live well and STILL be able to ski while living comfortably. I might also add that getting behind proper health insurance would be wise in case you "bust yourself on dem skis", but that would never happen to the Stept kids uh?? Eager to see Nick Martini walk on those busted knees 20 years from now. The society we live in is fucked up, I agree, but its either you rant about it and hide behind the "determinism" that you were meant to ski and school was not really fitting your lifestyle, or you find ways to be wiser than the game and fight through it. Oh so you ski for a living at age 24? Your sponsors paid you to ski around the globe? Please, please, give me an update 10 years from now on how well your sponsors are taking care of you and how you're STILL not a skibum. Sking "as a job" and decent living are miles away from each other, sorry to burst your bubble.
"That's what Newschoolers is for. We put a lot of time talking/planning our season, taking long strenuous trips, and really focusing on making the best cinematic/edited movie we can, so if ski movies don't cater to you, don't buy them. Our first priority is to make a good film that people find interesting in itself, not to put a GoPro on Shea and have him ski through Park Lane." Pretty lame argument really. I bought the 86 to watch kids bust their ass on gnarly urbans in the comfort of my living room. When I feel like watching park laps, you're right (yes you're right!) I'll plug in to NS and load up any K2 Summer School episodes.
"Funny, because you could probably talk to any ski production out there, filming urban, and they would tell you that the intro is pretty spot on. In fact, that would be a pretty casual case of filming in a 'restricted area'." I'm still wondering if you red my post covering your left eye. I'll state it again because im a nice guy who buy your movies every year and like to give criticism : "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT LIFESTYLE". I would never, ever consider hitting an urban spot with such seriousness. I ski solely and only for having fun and clear my head up. It baffles me how intense the whole industry is getting. If its really that restricted and you gotta act all SWAT-like to get the shot, don't show it, you're killing the vibe right there. Has the intro stoked me to the point I wanted to get out and ski? Not a bit. Next thing you know upcoming skiers will put how many infractions they pulled this season next to their promo.
"You give enough of a fuck about skiing to have 1,788 posts and to donate to Newschoolers. Cam Riley is one of a kind in the skiing industry, doing some pretty absurd stuff. Normally someone like you, who cares that much about skiing, are pretty interested in the industries athletes." Again, straight out of context "[...] if it wasn't for the crazy shit he does on a pair of skis". Shall I elaborate even though your argument makes no sense now? I give a fuck about adding personality to your skiing, not the other way around.
My whole opinion on this (I believe I owe it, since I own the 86) is that I watch ski flicks for the skiing (obviously) and I couldn't care less about "techy" filming only another filmer would enjoy. Now I see you're next point, I wouldn't be able to watch all the crazy shit Cam is doing if it wasn't of you, the filmer. The difference here is that without ski flicks or edits, you wouldn't be a ski filmer anymore. While as a skier who's been skiing since he was 2, I will still take that first chair every chance I get.
