For sure... Long gone are the days of hyping up a new movie coming out or waiting for a season edit. Social media has flooded the market. I miss spooling through countless DVD racks looking for a ski movie. Now I just scroll done on insta and see a j peggy vid that makes me think damn hes really fucking good, and then keep scrolling.

There is a positive side to this too. Back in the day it would take a credited film maker like Steve Winter to decide if you were good enough, to put you on film. Now if you are truly good and unique on social media, continually putting out fresh content that has not been touched on before, a brand should pick you up.

I suppose it has just made the pro side of things more accessible. But you are right, now the market is just flooded with content. Its hard to find stuff worth watching.

I'm kind of torn, tbh I don't even watch most ski stuff on instagram fully unless it's from a skier I'm really into watching at the moment, especially if the video is more then 15 seconds.

At the same time though nothing is really going to change that, and if anything its going to force people to really put effort into making their edits stand out, which means more good edits.

On a side note though NS is just hurting themselves by constantly uploading every top edit to Facebook, they should be sharing the link instead, maybe then kids will actually recognize NS is a website and not just and instagram/facebook page.

j.w.vI honestly hope this oversaturation is only a trend, but I highly doubt it. Let's hear your thoughts!

This is the new norm. Every day there are more skiers skiing at a higher level with easier means to share that than ever before. You don't need a movie segment to build a name for yourself and the importance of social media is only going to increase. Constant and quick-to-market content isn't going anyway anytime soon.

a_burgerOn a side note though NS is just hurting themselves by constantly uploading every top edit to Facebook, they should be sharing the link instead, maybe then kids will actually recognize NS is a website and not just and instagram/facebook page.

I literally post the links first of any edit that I end up uploading directly to Facebook. Typically I won't upload the edit direct to FB until a couple weeks later (with some exceptions). In addition, FB allows you to add a "Call to Action" button with videos with I almost always include and direct traffic to the NS homepage.

For example, the Slumdog Illionaire edit that I posted a couple weeks ago had over 20,000 click throughs to the homepage. Much better than any link would have done.

KretzschmarI literally post the links first of any edit that I end up uploading directly to Facebook. Typically I won't upload the edit direct to FB until a couple weeks later (with some exceptions). In addition, FB allows you to add a "Call to Action" button with videos with I almost always include and direct traffic to the NS homepage.

For example, the Slumdog Illionaire edit that I posted a couple weeks ago had over 20,000 click throughs to the homepage. Much better than any link would have done.

fair enough

I follow no skiers on Instagram. It's worked well for me...I'm always hyped for new edits to come out because I don't watch a lot of content on the gram

+ it saves me from wasting time

I dislike it. I used to look forward to 'ski movie season' and now the majority of the major companies are doing webisodes or most of the footage has been leaked. I'm pretty happy I got to grow up in the time that skiing had so much progression taking place. As someone that's been watching skiing for the last 15 years, it's hard for me to even decipher who's better than who anymore. Everyone is so good and I feel it makes people so hard to stand out. I miss the days when the best skiers went on to be legends in the industry. It's just hard for people to consistently stand out like they used to now.

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Social media makes it way easier for skiers who are trying to climb through the ranks of the sport. I would be absolutely fucked if the only way I could get my content out is to sell DVDs or some shit. Noone would want get a DVD of some kid theyd never heard of. However people would be a little more down with the idea of just clicking on an edit on a platform that is shared by some of the top skiers in the game and only wasting a few seconds/ minutes of their life if the edit is fucking garbage

j.w.vLately, I've been feeling that Instagram has been unnecessarily flooding the amount of content which is received. For example, there has been such a large influx of videos and photos from Hood this summer that it eventually has all begun to repeat or change with only minimal differences from poster to poster. Everything is just a boiling cauldron of assorted clips, and nothing is really concise except for the full session edits.

Have you felt the same as of recent? Or am I the only one with this opinion? I usually tend to watch most of what's happening at the current time, but that will likely change moving forward. I honestly hope this oversaturation is only a trend, but I highly doubt it. Let's hear your thoughts!

I think there's going to be a couple of phases for this.

This question is extremely central to my professional life, and its one that is extremely important to the future of media in all landscapes.

Personally, I see the biggest correlation to what happened in Music.

Young folk won't remember the days before MP3's, where you spent literally 90% of your money to buy CD's or Tapes (depending on how old you are). If you wanted that hot track you had heard on the radio, your only way to get it was to drop into the local music store and buy the whole album for like $20.

However, on the music industry side the insane amounts of money which you got from selling albums on super cheap media for crazy inflated prices led to tonnes of artists who were really only good for one track. You'd get 12-18 songs out of this artist on a $20 CD and literally only cycle that thing into rotation when you wanted to listen to one track. Maybe 2-3 more were decent enough on the album to tolerate because switching was annoying... but for the most part that album sat in your collection only brought out for special one-song occasions.

Along came the CD burner, and you were making mixes of the favorite tracks.

When MP3 compression came around, broadband got popular and Napster started.... EVERYTHING changed.

All of a sudden you could hear one track and have it in under 20 minutes. It was like magic. Then internet got faster. Soon, you could have a song in a few minutes, and you could have the entire discography in a few hours. Internet got faster, napster went down, torrents flourished.... Discographies from artists you liked one track of were available in a few minutes.

Libraries of almost everyone grew to 10,000 - 20,000 songs.

You could literally listen to ANYTHING. The entire music industry collapsed. Music channels stopped playing music in favor of shows. Radio fell apart. Everything fell apart. Very little was left.

Biggest problem? I had no fucking idea how to find good music anymore. My entire library had everything, but I would trade anything for someone to just suggest to me some actually good music vs. this unending flood of mediocrity I was assaulted with every day.

That leads us to today - where music curation is a massive thing. All of the new streaming services offer curation so you can actually find good music. You've got everything if you want it - but you can easily simply listen to something you like.

I have a feeling Social Media is going to do the same thing to video content. As soon as that firehose goes on, it puts way too much noise in the signal-noise ratio. You can watch anything.... but you crave watching something GOOD.

I know we've had our own issues with that here at Newschoolers - but I think we're simply in the curve that is happening everywhere.

The next step in media is that all the people that were just jamming shit down your throat in the past are going to go away. Mags that filled their pages with shit to sell ads will fall apart. Sites that don't offer some level of expert curation on top of the noise of social media will explode. Mass networks will fight constantly to keep your ever fleeting attention.

Eventually the curators will deliver you from the noise and offer some focused signal which is always quality.

I feel like it has a bigger effect on content in skiing than skateboarding. In skateboarding crews/brands still work towards the yearly video parts but the movie era of skiing seems to be dying.

A few years back when 4bi9 house was coming out everyone wanted to make a NSTV series and now that seems to have entirely died, besides like wicked tuna gang? And even with most of the big movie crews (msp,tsp,pbp,ect) being mia there were still so many kids making black cropped movies to look like stept. Series and movies are really hard to make and uploading to Instagram is really easy and if both yield the same result then there's no reason not to use insta only. I don't foresee a change until ski sponsors start pushing for bigger content, or someone steps up like 4bi9 or stept to revive the scene. Currently LTC is killing it with the 10-15 min videos every few months. The bunch too.

Also I agree with the amateur ski radio discussion on 2 year projects being a bad idea.

Oversaturation generation

Here's an interesting fact about data:

"More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire previous history of the human race."

danbrownread this

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Reminds me of when Cody won line of the year and got a ton of exposure while Trav had ridden the same thing previously. Similar situation where one group does it first but sits on the footage so the latter doesn't know about it til afterwards.

http://www.travisrice.com/line-of-the-year-the-crack-qa-with-cody-townsend/

Too many people out there want to share what they do because they're trying to prove what a good skier they are. That's not what skiing is all about. Ski rabbis will emerge from the gapers and will remain unknown and epic ghosts of the ski scene.

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Truuuu, dude honestly i dont even feel that hyped about ski content anymore. I just like cruising fast and hitting rails, i dont even know anymore

I deal with this every day on a macro scale in the entertainment industry. The bad news is, the ability to self publish and the ensuing tidal wave of content means that there is a lot of not-so-great stuff bombarding you daily. The good news is, the good stuff is still out there, and can be seen. Television is also experiencing this growing pain. But as long as it's worth watching, in this day and age, it will be seen.

Personally I hope it leads to more creativity on the STORY side of ski edits. That to me differentiates.

BloomOuterwearHere's an interesting fact about data:

"More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire previous history of the human race."

data facts.

Mr.BishopI think there's going to be a couple of phases for this.

This question is extremely central to my professional life, and its one that is extremely important to the future of media in all landscapes.

Personally, I see the biggest correlation to what happened in Music.

Young folk won't remember the days before MP3's, where you spent literally 90% of your money to buy CD's or Tapes (depending on how old you are). If you wanted that hot track you had heard on the radio, your only way to get it was to drop into the local music store and buy the whole album for like $20.

However, on the music industry side the insane amounts of money which you got from selling albums on super cheap media for crazy inflated prices led to tonnes of artists who were really only good for one track. You'd get 12-18 songs out of this artist on a $20 CD and literally only cycle that thing into rotation when you wanted to listen to one track. Maybe 2-3 more were decent enough on the album to tolerate because switching was annoying... but for the most part that album sat in your collection only brought out for special one-song occasions.

Along came the CD burner, and you were making mixes of the favorite tracks.

When MP3 compression came around, broadband got popular and Napster started.... EVERYTHING changed.

All of a sudden you could hear one track and have it in under 20 minutes. It was like magic. Then internet got faster. Soon, you could have a song in a few minutes, and you could have the entire discography in a few hours. Internet got faster, napster went down, torrents flourished.... Discographies from artists you liked one track of were available in a few minutes.

Libraries of almost everyone grew to 10,000 - 20,000 songs.

You could literally listen to ANYTHING. The entire music industry collapsed. Music channels stopped playing music in favor of shows. Radio fell apart. Everything fell apart. Very little was left.

Biggest problem? I had no fucking idea how to find good music anymore. My entire library had everything, but I would trade anything for someone to just suggest to me some actually good music vs. this unending flood of mediocrity I was assaulted with every day.

That leads us to today - where music curation is a massive thing. All of the new streaming services offer curation so you can actually find good music. You've got everything if you want it - but you can easily simply listen to something you like.

I have a feeling Social Media is going to do the same thing to video content. As soon as that firehose goes on, it puts way too much noise in the signal-noise ratio. You can watch anything.... but you crave watching something GOOD.

I know we've had our own issues with that here at Newschoolers - but I think we're simply in the curve that is happening everywhere.

The next step in media is that all the people that were just jamming shit down your throat in the past are going to go away. Mags that filled their pages with shit to sell ads will fall apart. Sites that don't offer some level of expert curation on top of the noise of social media will explode. Mass networks will fight constantly to keep your ever fleeting attention.

Eventually the curators will deliver you from the noise and offer some focused signal which is always quality.

This post is the reason why you need to bring upvoting in threads back

A lot of people post short clips just for the sake of posting content. I mean... 15 seconds long, crappy song in background, carving around backseat, jumping off some stupid small cliff, bunch of hand gestures towards the camera, aaaaannnd cut.

I don't mind short clips of people doing ridiculous stuff like a triple backie every once in awhile... but when pro skiers are trying to stretch their content and they start posting lines that amateurs could do know problem... it's so obvious that they just want to milk some likes out of videos that skiers would normally exclude from movies.

JohnJonszReminds me of when Cody won line of the year and got a ton of exposure while Trav had ridden the same thing previously. Similar situation where one group does it first but sits on the footage so the latter doesn't know about it til afterwards.

http://www.travisrice.com/line-of-the-year-the-crack-qa-with-cody-townsend/

Rice shouldn't have even bothered with an interview... that pisses me off. Who gives a fuck who skied it first. You make better use of your proof, you get more noticed. Rice sounded low-key butthurt for sure.

I think it can be thought of in two different ways.

The Bad: People loose touch with why they are really skiing. I find this with myself sometimes, I'll be just looking to get a shot rather than being in the moment and truly engaged in my skiing.

The Good: As far as an oversaturated media I think thats BS. Because 1. It has caused skiing to grow tremendously, been on NS close to 10 years now and have never seen amount of progression with tricks and style than over the last couple of years. Someone sees something sick, they add their own unique style to it and bam, more sick fresh content to watch. Also for me, I skiing and media (photography/ videography) are hand in hand. I love skiing and love to share it through videos and pictures. I think its really fun to produce and edit, because it is how I interpret my skiing.

Yes there's alot of shitty content out there and yes it makes it harder for big ski movie companies to really make an impact, which is sad. But change is inevitable, can either embrace it or just do your own thing, doesn't affect anyone but yourself.

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Yeah and also HOW you watch it on a TV. Itunes on an apple TV? Chromecasting from your phone? Computer hooked up?

Like how do people even watch skiing these days... I actually have no idea.

Cheech_SanderPersonally I hope it leads to more creativity on the STORY side of ski edits. That to me differentiates.

Oh buddy you and me both. Its the hardest thing to pull off ever (like having storyline in porn) but when you nail it its unreal. I thought that Ten and Two was absolutely unbelievable for this reason.

hoodcrew

So sick.

Mr.BishopThe next step in media is that all the people that were just jamming shit down your throat in the past are going to go away. Mags that filled their pages with shit to sell ads will fall apart. Sites that don't offer some level of expert curation on top of the noise of social media will explode. Mass networks will fight constantly to keep your ever fleeting attention.

Eventually the curators will deliver you from the noise and offer some focused signal which is always quality.

I really doubt that. I mean, there's gotta be a reason why you guys are posting twice, sometimes three times an hour to Facebook.

Off the top of my head, the two "core" ski mags that seem to be doing the best in our industry are Freeskier and Powder. I'd argue that both do a good job of jamming shit down your throat, often times passing it off as editorial when it is actually sponsored content. And considering the editorial teams and budgets both of these publications have, neither of them do a standout job at putting out original content online.

Personally, I don't think media should just be about curation. If media isn't out there in the trenches creating their own, unbiased content... then who will?

I can say from firsthand experience -- most ski advertisers just care about web traffic, distribution numbers, and social media reach. Is that a problem? Maybe, maybe not. There is often a problem with the integrity of these numbers however.

MousseauI really doubt that. I mean, there's gotta be a reason why you guys are posting twice, sometimes three times an hour to Facebook.

Off the top of my head, the two "core" ski mags that seem to be doing the best in our industry are Freeskier and Powder. I'd argue that both do a good job of jamming shit down your throat, often times passing it off as editorial when it is actually sponsored content. And considering the editorial teams and budgets both of these publications have, neither of them do a standout job at putting out original content online.

Personally, I don't think media should just be about curation. If media isn't out there in the trenches creating their own, unbiased content... then who will?

I can say from firsthand experience -- most ski advertisers just care about web traffic, distribution numbers, and social media reach. Is that a problem? Maybe, maybe not. There is often a problem with the integrity of these numbers however.

Sorry, I'm talking about more like 3-5 years down the road, so yes currently we hyper engage in the massive content cycle.

I also fucked up and used curators when I meant to have it be more creators/curators. The creators curating what is good and what isn't and presenting it through storytelling.

sry

Mr.BishopSorry, I'm talking about more like 3-5 years down the road, so yes currently we hyper engage in the massive content cycle.

I also fucked up and used curators when I meant to have it be more creators/curators. The creators curating what is good and what isn't and presenting it through storytelling.

sry

I really hope that's true! I guess I'm just jaded these days haha.

I also miss a lot of the news you guys post on the website -- not sure if that's because it's not posted on social or simply because I'm missing it. It's so rad to go to https://www.newschoolers.com/news and see all the original content being created!

MousseauI really hope that's true! I guess I'm just jaded these days haha.

I also miss a lot of the news you guys post on the website -- not sure if that's because it's not posted on social or simply because I'm missing it. It's so rad to go to https://www.newschoolers.com/news and see all the original content being created!

There's going to be way more news coming soon, don't you worry. :)

danbrownread this

http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2016/07/25/the-wilshire-ollie-beef-instagram-and-the-future-of-publishing/

Amazing article, very interesting read.

totallywickedI think it can be thought of in two different ways.

The Bad: People loose touch with why they are really skiing. I find this with myself sometimes, I'll be just looking to get a shot rather than being in the moment and truly engaged in my skiing.

The Good: As far as an oversaturated media I think thats BS. Because 1. It has caused skiing to grow tremendously, been on NS close to 10 years now and have never seen amount of progression with tricks and style than over the last couple of years. Someone sees something sick, they add their own unique style to it and bam, more sick fresh content to watch. Also for me, I skiing and media (photography/ videography) are hand in hand. I love skiing and love to share it through videos and pictures. I think its really fun to produce and edit, because it is how I interpret my skiing.

Yes there's alot of shitty content out there and yes it makes it harder for big ski movie companies to really make an impact, which is sad. But change is inevitable, can either embrace it or just do your own thing, doesn't affect anyone but yourself.

I appreciate the comment, but I do not think you understand what I mean when I say that media is oversaturated. The lack of original content in preference of Instagram filler is primarily what I was considering while typing out my OP

j.w.vAmazing article, very interesting read.

I appreciate the comment, but I do not think you understand what I mean when I say that media is oversaturated. The lack of original content in preference of Instagram filler is primarily what I was considering while typing out my OP

So what are you saying? People should stop posting ski videos on Instagram? I don't get the lack of original content your talking about. You don't think the "oversaturated" Instagram content is different than the 1000 park edits that are posted on Newschoolers a year that have some shitty rap and some cork 7s? You call out Instagram filler but have you ever watched one of the 100s of park city edits? Talk about oversaturated content. There's original content out there, and it appeals to certain people. Now it might not appeal to the majority and it may not be the most popular but to say there is a lack of original content seems silly. And the content that is original and good shows up, look at the video's of the day on here and what not, so much creative stylish skiing going on.

Obviously there is a downside, where stuff falls through the cracks and makes it harder for great skiers to make it.

danbrownread this

http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2016/07/25/the-wilshire-ollie-beef-instagram-and-the-future-of-publishing/

That is such a good read. I definitely have mixed feelings about both sides.

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I can't read that crap. Tell me what it says.

Hmmm. Definitely a relevant issue in this day and age; I'm just going to leave this here...

*take 2

Hemlock_CreativeHmmm. Definitely a relevant issue in this day and age; I'm just going to leave this here...

so true

ns is partly to blame. don't follow their social media anymore cause I couldn't handle the flooding.

when I was coaching teens over the winter, the idea of editing software like final cut or vegas was foreign to them. "why wouldn't you just cut it on insta bro?"

I can hardly pay attention anymore. There's a couple people whose opinions I trust, and those are a few of the people who I haven't unfollowed (didn't unfriend, just unfollowed a lot of people last year) on facebook.

Besides that, It helps me cut through all the crap.

I think people will grow tired of producing so much. When Gopros came out, everyone made edits. Now you can fly gopros around and everyone is making edits. Eventually those people will get bored and aerial shots will get played, and a lot of the crap will be cut. I think there will be a greater gap between the boring edits and the really good edits / content, because it won't be as much of "a thing" and the people who aren't truly passionate about it will drop out of the running before producing so much mediocre content.

I could be totally wrong, but I've been thinking about it in terms similar to Bishop's commentary on music up there for a while.

Mr.BishopYeah and also HOW you watch it on a TV. Itunes on an apple TV? Chromecasting from your phone? Computer hooked up?

Like how do people even watch skiing these days... I actually have no idea.

Oh buddy you and me both. Its the hardest thing to pull off ever (like having storyline in porn) but when you nail it its unreal. I thought that Ten and Two was absolutely unbelievable for this reason.

So sick.

I seriously miss the days when I would go over to a friends house because they were the only ones that had a copy of "YearBook" and we would sit in their living room with huge speakers and watch the thing on repeat then talk about how badly we wanted to move out west.

Now, I watch it on my computer, in my office by myself, while my friends watch it on their computer, in their room by themselves, across the street.

It seems like the only time I watch ski movies together with people are at parties, where half the people are way too wasted and I'm 1 of 3 people actually watching the screen.

Maybe I just miss being 13.

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That's basically the only thing I use my playstation for. They have the web browser so I watch new edits on there. And you can use it as a DVD player. Maybe if royalty ever came out on dvd....

rich.homie.tomThat's basically the only thing I use my playstation for. They have the web browser so I watch new edits on there. And you can use it as a DVD player. Maybe if royalty ever came out on dvd....

Royalty did come out on a dvd! had dvd extras and even a secret section if you knew out to find it in the extras :) shit was technical

InspiredMediaRoyalty did come out on a dvd! had dvd extras and even a secret section if you knew out to find it in the extras :) shit was technical

Oh shit, I was unaware. I guess I'll have to try to find a copy.

LynxNationI seriously miss the days when I would go over to a friends house because they were the only ones that had a copy of "YearBook" and we would sit in their living room with huge speakers and watch the thing on repeat then talk about how badly we wanted to move out west.

Now, I watch it on my computer, in my office by myself, while my friends watch it on their computer, in their room by themselves, across the street.

It seems like the only time I watch ski movies together with people are at parties, where half the people are way too wasted and I'm 1 of 3 people actually watching the screen.

Maybe I just miss being 13.

No I don't think you're wrong here.

Somewhere along one the way we fucked up and forgot that it's awesome to watch skiing with friends.

Theres a technological gap there too where it's all over the place right now. To be perfectly honest we developed NSTV to attempt to bridge the gap - but this relied on media center computers which fell out of favor.

The idea of watching skiing with your friends in the same room is amazing. We just have to figure out how to deliver the modern version of that.

Mr.BishopNo I don't think you're wrong here.

Somewhere along one the way we fucked up and forgot that it's awesome to watch skiing with friends.

Theres a technological gap there too where it's all over the place right now. To be perfectly honest we developed NSTV to attempt to bridge the gap - but this relied on media center computers which fell out of favor.

The idea of watching skiing with your friends in the same room is amazing. We just have to figure out how to deliver the modern version of that.

I miss wanting and waiting to go to the local movie premiers. They're so easy to stream anymore why go out and spend money on a ticket + a copy of the movie when I can just stream it from their site/amazon/google/itunes, watch it in my underwear, and not stand in line for a drink.

Technology has made me a lazy enthusiast of all things skiing.

LynxNationI seriously miss the days when I would go over to a friends house because they were the only ones that had a copy of "YearBook" and we would sit in their living room with huge speakers and watch the thing on repeat then talk about how badly we wanted to move out west.

Now, I watch it on my computer, in my office by myself, while my friends watch it on their computer, in their room by themselves, across the street.

It seems like the only time I watch ski movies together with people are at parties, where half the people are way too wasted and I'm 1 of 3 people actually watching the screen.

Maybe I just miss being 13.

I just logged in for the first time in a few months to quote this. This so much. I remember when my cousin or friends would have a copy of a ski movie and we would watch it together with so much hype. For a kid in Northern Ontario those movies helped me realize how much there was out there. I can remember in grade 10 this one guy in my math class burned me a copy of seven sunny days and yeah dude....I watched both of them probably 100 times. I often wonder what skiing would be like if there was no prolific internet media saturation. I really miss trailer season. Maybe I'm just becoming jaded since I've watched literally thousands of hours of ski content?

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T.L.I miss wanting and waiting to go to the local movie premiers. They're so easy to stream anymore why go out and spend money on a ticket + a copy of the movie when I can just stream it from their site/amazon/google/itunes, watch it in my underwear, and not stand in line for a drink.

Technology has made me a lazy enthusiast of all things skiing.

Whoa.... dude how can you have stopped going to premiers? That's a weak excuse. Sitting at home streaming it can't possibly top going out with your ski buddies for the night. That's just bad life choices.

gbalkmanyes. chromecast

What do you stream from through said Chromecast?

Threads for smart people saying smart things.

Does IF3 going away play into this conversation? How about First Chair Fest?

Mr.BishopWhoa.... dude how can you have stopped going to premiers? That's a weak excuse. Sitting at home streaming it can't possibly top going out with your ski buddies for the night. That's just bad life choices.

Yeah.. the whole being almost 30 and moving across the country puts a real damper on the whole ski buddies thing..

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Well I'm pretty stoked you quoted my post. I suppose the internet is pretty magical too in the sense that I can immediately chat with a legend and not have to write a letter or something. This winter I'm selling my house and heading to south east asia and japan with my girlfriend followed by hopefully moving west to BC to fight forest fires and ski lots of pow. So the dream that I had as a kid is still very much alive haha. I think i'm going to watch Idea to celebrate.