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How do you get signed with ski movie companies?

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Lachie.
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I'm not saying I'm good enough because I'm not, I'm no where near that level. I'm just curious as to how people get signed, do you get noticed from the big comps like X-games? Or do your sponsors put your name out there or something like that.

I honestly have no Idea, thats why I'm asking you guys.

tl;dr How does one get signed with a big ski movie company like Level 1, Stept, Poor Boys etc.
Oct 31 2013 7:23PM
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skibum_mark
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I hear that your sponsors have to pay to get you in.
Oct 31 2013 7:44PM
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tall_pants
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I think its actually by lottery. Every skier whose ever entered a comp is put in to a hat and then whoever gets drawn gets a segment. Thats why everyone whose in films have done comps before.
Oct 31 2013 7:48PM
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McLS
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1. Futurespin
2. Get sponsored
3. Futurespin some more
4. Get a segment

Or you could just go Lesh style, create your own company, become famous n get paid, do some awesome baller 20min xrated edits without flipping/spinning/sending so big that it blows your own mind
Oct 31 2013 7:58PM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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Its not quite that simple ....

Unless you got some crazy mad steeze out of no where, its mostly about networking and making your self know.

Comps put you on the radar and get ur name out there. But directors and producers and skiers and other industry dudes all have a say ... each film / production house is different as well.

better off playing the lottery, its way more likely that you will win and you dont have beat your self up for peanuts and ski for douche bags .. oh, and when you are a millionaire, you can decide who goes in the movie!
Nov 5 2013 12:22PM
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blunt-man
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Nov 5 2013 12:27PM
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eheath
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All kinda depends on who you're skiing with, etc. I know Karl got noticed by PBP because of an edit we made (claim) and tim started filming with l1p because he went on a trip with wallisch and got some shots, same thing happens with a number of other guys too.

Sponsors definitely have some influence but its not like company X hits up film company Y and tells them to film skier Z for a certain amount of money.
Nov 5 2013 12:29PM
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sNaubi
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either trough freinds of the crews or getting noticed.
Nov 5 2013 12:58PM
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polmei
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im pretty sure stept just picks up all the big names that win comps and that do all those whirlybird tricks and future spins.
Nov 5 2013 1:41PM
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Huck_Norris
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Two words.

Casting. Couch.
Nov 5 2013 1:52PM
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Iraq_Lobster
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you get your mom and dad to bribe the film companies to film you, but they actually use actors and just put your name on it
Nov 5 2013 11:47PM
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John18_6
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I hear that stept will get you in their next movie if you send them a clip of you greasing this rail.

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Nov 6 2013 12:41AM
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LastChairMedia
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Somebody's about to become famous on newschoolrs
Nov 6 2013 10:48AM
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mski
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You don't, you ski well enough in front of important people they might consider it. But you will have to go where the scene is, the scene won't follow you until your famous.
Nov 6 2013 10:52AM
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Benson.
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OP, I've heard from a few people that you have to be good at skiing. I don't know how reliable that info is, you might have to verify that with some other sources.
Nov 6 2013 10:53AM
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GrahamGould
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you have to have sponsors that are willing to pay for it, but you also have to impress the producers not only with your skiing, but also with your personality, because if your the most annoying piece of shit in the world, your gonna make shitty segments.
Nov 6 2013 5:49PM
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GrahamGould
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there was an article in powder about this at some point
Nov 6 2013 5:50PM
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bob_dole
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except that really does happen.
Nov 6 2013 6:22PM
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DeRizzo
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What you did there... I see it.

Nov 6 2013 6:24PM
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eheath
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moreso film company Y hits up company X to get money to film skier Z.
Nov 6 2013 6:36PM
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J.D.
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This also happens but it's basically a two way street. It's not just a matter of who gets their shots in the movie, it also determines who gets what spot, i.e. last segment to the major sponsor's rider.
Nov 6 2013 6:41PM
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eheath
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Thank god that only happens with some companies...
Nov 6 2013 6:44PM
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J.D.
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Well to be fair "last segment" and "opening segment" are less of a big deal than they were 6 or 7 years ago when basically all ski movies followed the typical individual segment ski porn format.
Nov 6 2013 6:46PM
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Alex_G
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I LOVE THAT MOVIE
Nov 6 2013 6:55PM
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mski
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just film with your friends, you'll have wayyy more fun
Nov 6 2013 7:21PM
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McLeod
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both avenues happen with a lot of companies. I cant think of a major ski company outside of us and stept are actually a true group of friends skiing together, working together, living together and releasing a film together. by and large ski film companies are stuck in a perpetual, monotonous rut of putting out the same thing year after year- you could literally mix up the names and films of the last 10 pbp and level 1 movies and not be able to distinguish any of them.
Nov 6 2013 7:22PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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apparently nobody got the word too hoodcrew about this then.
Nov 6 2013 9:14PM
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El_Barto.
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I went for an interview and all I got was cummed on
Nov 6 2013 9:25PM
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