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What do like most about ski movies?

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pikupfulofsnow
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just asking
Apr 23 2010 3:54AM
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Literature
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Glorious amounts of powder: booters, face shots, gnarly lines.....I like them in movies because, even when it's July, and things look too sunny to ever be fun again, you can at least have a pow day on the screen.
Apr 23 2010 4:33AM
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t_rob
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The surreal factor of a gnarly set up. Something that just seems straight up impossible done. But not too much of that. I got to be able to relate to some of it.
Apr 23 2010 5:03AM
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Twig
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Creative and interesting tricks, creative setups especially urban, occasionally just pure steeze. Even though I would classify myself as a backcountry skier, the urban sections in movies are always my favourite.
Apr 23 2010 5:21AM
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s_a_m
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Lots or creative urban and powder. A little story line too
Apr 23 2010 5:50AM
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Fischer-Addicted
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1.Park & Pow

2.MUSIC

3.Broad range of skiers doing many differen't things

Apr 23 2010 7:10AM
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EMK
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everything that was in hot lunch.
Apr 23 2010 8:12AM
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EMK
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oh yah, and Max Hill.
Apr 23 2010 8:14AM
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Obie.
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creativity, in the riding, music and filming
Apr 23 2010 8:20AM
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PJS.
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i personally like the insane stuff that you would never try but even after watching it you think you could totally hit that....also Andy Parry and Will Wesson, who make me want to ski soooo badly it almost hurts. warren miller as well, but only when its him not the company.
Apr 23 2010 11:20AM
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*steeze_is_good
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Things that make you go "WHAT THE FUCK" Just little creative things that you've never seen before. Like in refresh when one guy does a switchup from the top bar of an urban rail to the bottom one.
Apr 23 2010 11:47AM
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bnor
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one guy? i think you mean WIll Wesson.
Apr 23 2010 12:32PM
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EvanMeyer
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this
Apr 23 2010 12:48PM
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Static
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crazy lifestyle stuff, ie. old people yelling, shit getting smashed; not some slow dolly in of two dudes sharing an attic bed together
Apr 23 2010 12:56PM
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powday
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PILLOW SEGMENTS
Apr 23 2010 12:59PM
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Mike-O
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I think my perfect ski movie would be a mix between Forward, Session 1242 and Focused in all aspects. Hard to explain. I like editing that is relevant to the music/song choice: incorporating stops, cuts or lyrics into the editing. I prefer powerful/strong music, but not hard rock or metal. I like to see both balls to the walls skiing and more mellow stuff, but the hanger is stuff that makes you say WTF and rewind anyway. 
Apr 23 2010 1:06PM
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amo2le86
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good music and sick helmet cam views
Apr 23 2010 1:09PM
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*Nefarious*
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big Pow Booters, that does it for me. and lots of switch landings/skiing. the best
Apr 23 2010 1:27PM
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A good mix of Pow, BC Booters, Urban, and Park.

I don't know why but I love Urban the most.
Apr 23 2010 1:35PM
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bailer
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anything backwards in pow

anything pressed nose/tail
Apr 23 2010 1:37PM
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Deletedtoday
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powder. gets me stoked to ski. Also the Bc features people make and throw down on are awesome. (pretty much everything in IDEA)
Apr 23 2010 1:38PM
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Cortez
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Funny shoot

Story behind some epic gap/jump

Apr 23 2010 1:41PM
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quixotic
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things I like in ski movies...

epic angles/unique shots

good sound track
Apr 23 2010 1:50PM
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*steeze_is_good
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Yeah that would be him. Trust me, if it was my video I would watch it more than 10 times and know that, but its my friends
Apr 23 2010 1:50PM
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Drail
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creative jibbing and shit that makes me go "whow - i didn't even know that was possible!".

all mixed with a good soundtrack with lots of flow so I don't find myself zoned out or day dreaming.
Apr 23 2010 2:17PM
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skiminnesota
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when you can tell the skiers or boarders are stoked on life and skiing.


cause that gets me stoked on skiing. so basically its gotta be fun!
Apr 23 2010 2:21PM
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chicken
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kinda sick of ski porn. It worked in 2002 when skiing was newer and we were like WTF every year at all the stuff going down. These days though by the time the movies come out, nothing is really new. We all know that dubs were done on Chad's and we see edits all year (JOSS!)

Tell us a story or give your movie a theme or something. I don't just mean like 15 second intro shots with some inspirational quote. There are plenty of things you could do to make a movie more interesting. If you went on a trip maybe show a little bit more about what you did there. If you found a creative jib maybe show a bit of how you set it up. I personally think a ski movie could have half as many ski shots and still be as good.

NO SLOW SONG, SLOW MOTION, PILLOW LINES. yeah it was awesome but now is so played.
Apr 23 2010 2:55PM
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i.ski.troll.
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Trees, Big Lines, and Urban, and how most movies now have a windells segment

Apr 23 2010 3:11PM
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ike.
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I like how it crushes my dreams of becoming pro. feels so good.
Apr 23 2010 3:21PM
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hank_hill
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i like the lifestyle that it portrays!
Apr 23 2010 3:29PM
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Elmo.
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its a 1 hour edit of just purely everything skiing... the lifestyle the pow the trees the park the streets and lots and lots of tricks.... and u can watch it on a tv so its better than a comp =) lol especially if u hav like a 50 inch tv lol
Apr 23 2010 4:18PM
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mikemurda
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full ski segments, I hate it when more than 2 skiers share a segment, hate segment locations.
every movie should be like Happy Days. It would be the best!
Apr 23 2010 4:25PM
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304NordMan
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i like it all: park, bc, big mountain, urban. what really matters to me is the soundtrack. music can change everything.
Apr 23 2010 4:26PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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park shoot in movies
Apr 23 2010 4:41PM
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intifada
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Gnarly backcountry
Apr 23 2010 4:44PM
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Afeld
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This.
Also, skip the whole motivational poster aspect
Apr 23 2010 4:48PM
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