Instagram skiers

I refuse to watch videos more then 15 seconds long on insta. If it's anything worth my time I'm gonna want to watch it back and since theres no way to skip around it feels like a huge waste of time. Plus there small as fuck.

My explore feed on ig is just full of the same clip that gets re-posted by a bunch of different repost pages, it's like scrolling through a feed with alzheimer's

e.litttMy explore feed on ig is just full of the same clip that gets re-posted by a bunch of different repost pages, it's like scrolling through a feed with alzheimer's

This is painfully accurate.

Yea I feel the same way, but unfortunately we are the minority in the way we consume ski content. Most people are only into skiing to the extent that they just wanna see the highlights. It is really lame that changes in content consumption are leading to places like windells not making full length edits for every session. But there are still plenty of full length videos/movies being released so I don’t mind too much (on3p, Bdog, Owen Dalhberg, Line tc). I don’t think full length videos will go completely out of style in the near future. Because even though they might not receive as many views as insta shots do, the impact they have on the viewers they do reach is usually much greater and companies recognize that.

Profound.

You could post an edit to instagram TV?

reposting the same clip in multiple posts + daily stories + slomo of the same clip + rewind then replay the same clip is what really gets to me. Sebastien Hein is notorious for this, a dickload of skaters do it too. I straight up block repost accounts every time I see them, NS's insta is the only exception

**This post was edited on Jul 13th 2019 at 11:21:05pm

What really sucks is all the repost pages that steal people’s content, and give 0 credit to the skiers or filmers. It bums me out so much when I see a clip of an underground skier getting posted by some random ass adventure clout page and there’s no mention of the skier (or filmer) who worked their ass off to get that clip. Meanwhile because all they do is repost, they can just keep feeding the algorithm and get more views than the actual skiers do. Basically just stealing people’s content, and then using the views generated to gain clout/sponsors to keep stealing peoples shit. I hear so often how much harder it is for skier to make it, and meanwhile @greatskiadventuresdaily (made up page, but you get the idea) is getting all of the support that should be going to these athletes and filmers.

d00dYou could post an edit to instagram TV?

Maybe but I’ve opened igtv maybe once since it’s been released

Pretty much what Cory said. There's people who do it the right way and people who kook themselves out on instagram. Personnally the thing that annoys me the most is when people post their enders for their street part on IG when they release their part. Come on dude, just post something else, the people who really want to see your part are going to anyway

worst one that comes to mind is @jed_blue_waters
coulda dropped so many dank edits

TRVP_ANGELworst one that comes to mind is @jed_blue_waters
coulda dropped so many dank edits

The guy fucking shreds. I'd love to watch the dirty things that man guy could do for 5min straight

Gonna go against the grain here but edits are fucking dead. There are no advantages to posting edits rather than just gram cuts. It’s not worth it unless you already have made a name for yourself (Oliver Hoblitzelle, SIMPLE, etc).

Also everyone is overlooking the fact that 90% of skiers only use their iPhone to film nowadays. Do you really want to watch 5 minute long cuts of iPhone quality footage?

DIRTYBUBBLEGonna go against the grain here but edits are fucking dead. There are no advantages to posting edits rather than just gram cuts. It’s not worth it unless you already have made a name for yourself (Oliver Hoblitzelle, SIMPLE, etc).

Also everyone is overlooking the fact that 90% of skiers only use their iPhone to film nowadays. Do you really want to watch 5 minute long cuts of iPhone quality footage?

Seriously? "no advantages" to posting edits? I bet most of us could name at least one very sick cut over 60 seconds from the recent past that they remember and appreciate. If you're only posting edits to "make a name for yourself" then I think you have this whole thing backwards - go email all your "sponsor me" clips to your favorite brands and try making the name that way. What "advantage" are you after anyways? how about just trying to entertain fellow skiers?

I for one remember the days where friends and i went out trying to stack enough footage for a full edit. it was incredible. someone with a real camera who knew how to edit trying to make us look as dope as possible, all of us crowding behind the camera watching and rewatching a sick shot one of our friends got and then waiting to see how it would look in the full edit. the experience was magical - and then posting to NS seeing if it hyped people up. there's something seriously lacking when you're just posting 10 second clips to IG.

i sincerely hope that edits are very far from dead - the fun of producing edits aside, most committed skiers are elated just to be able to watch an entertaining edit over 60 seconds. and how about mini movies - banged up? color? the regiment? those don't leave a lasting impression on you? i can also give a good guess that these were not just shot on some kids iphone..

c-friesIf you're only posting edits to "make a name for yourself" then I think you have this whole thing backwards - go email all your "sponsor me" clips to your favorite brands and try making the name that way. What "advantage" are you after anyways? how about just trying to entertain fellow skiers?

I agree. I personally make edits just because I enjoy it. But a lot of skiers these days take this shit seriously and are trying to build clout/get sponsored/“make it”.

c-friesI for one remember the days where friends and i went out trying to stack enough footage for a full edit. it was incredible. someone with a real camera who knew how to edit trying to make us look as dope as possible, all of us crowding behind the camera watching and rewatching a sick shot one of our friends got and then waiting to see how it would look in the full edit. the experience was magical - and then posting to NS seeing if it hyped people up. there's something seriously lacking when you're just posting 10 second clips to IG.

And those days are over (unfortunately). Filmers aren’t as common as they were 6-7 years ago and NS isn’t the same website it use to be. Site traffic on here has slowed down dramatically. No one is watching edits anymore. Like Corey said we are in the minority.

c-friesand how about mini movies - banged up? color? the regiment? those don't leave a lasting impression on you? i can also give a good guess that these were not just shot on some kids iphone..

And back to my point: all of these were produced by people who have already made a name for themselves in the skiing community.

I remember a thread on here a few years ago about some European dude who was disappointed that his edit had no views. His edit was about 10 minutes long. Was shot on a professional camera and edited very well. The content itself was pretty good too. It had doubles, and urban, and plenty of insane shots. There was no reason his edit shouldn’t have had done better. It’s just a sad fact that today’s skiers don’t care for edits anymore.

c-friesI for one remember the days where friends and i went out trying to stack enough footage for a full edit. it was incredible. someone with a real camera who knew how to edit trying to make us look as dope as possible, all of us crowding behind the camera watching and rewatching a sick shot one of our friends got and then waiting to see how it would look in the full edit. the experience was magical - and then posting to NS seeing if it hyped people up. there's something seriously lacking when you're just posting 10 second clips to IG.

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I'm the only skier who films for an actual edit anymore at my home hill. Everybody else makes insta edits and they're shit and unsatisfying

DIRTYBUBBLEI agree. I personally make edits just because I enjoy it. But a lot of skiers these days take this shit seriously and are trying to build clout/get sponsored/“make it”.



And those days are over (unfortunately). Filmers aren’t as common as they were 6-7 years ago and NS isn’t the same website it use to be. Site traffic on here has slowed down dramatically. No one is watching edits anymore. Like Corey said we are in the minority.




And back to my point: all of these were produced by people who have already made a name for themselves in the skiing community.

I remember a thread on here a few years ago about some European dude who was disappointed that his edit had no views. His edit was about 10 minutes long. Was shot on a professional camera and edited very well. The content itself was pretty good too. It had doubles, and urban, and plenty of insane shots. There was no reason his edit shouldn’t have had done better. It’s just a sad fact that today’s skiers don’t care for edits anymore.

Well fuck,
this really saddens me. I love watching ig edits, but it seems easier for kids to slap together some iPhone clips, and add some music Vs. putting together a solid 3min+ edit. The part that frustrates me is that a skiers worth is decided by his ig “clout”. Are companies really rewarding that? But I mean if it’s working kudos to them! There are probably talented skiers who got discovered because of social media, but there probably also talented skiers who won’t get discovered because of social media. Are there any professional skiers under 35 who don’t use social media to promote themselves?

DIRTYBUBBLEI agree. I personally make edits just because I enjoy it. But a lot of skiers these days take this shit seriously and are trying to build clout/get sponsored/“make it”.



And those days are over (unfortunately). Filmers aren’t as common as they were 6-7 years ago and NS isn’t the same website it use to be. Site traffic on here has slowed down dramatically. No one is watching edits anymore. Like Corey said we are in the minority.




And back to my point: all of these were produced by people who have already made a name for themselves in the skiing community.

I remember a thread on here a few years ago about some European dude who was disappointed that his edit had no views. His edit was about 10 minutes long. Was shot on a professional camera and edited very well. The content itself was pretty good too. It had doubles, and urban, and plenty of insane shots. There was no reason his edit shouldn’t have had done better. It’s just a sad fact that today’s skiers don’t care for edits anymore.

I think part of the problem is NS doesn’t do enough to promote content coming from blue names/unknowns. The way the homepage is set up favors well established people pretty heavily imo. I hate to bring up the homepage design debate again but the tile based homepage was super ahead of the game and basically the same concept as insta; a bunch of visual content right there in your face, if you wanted details you had to click on it to learn more. To current homepage is way to text based, IMO it should show title and maybe uploader only.

YES! im cool with watching someones clips on insta every so often but like dude, quit being so lazy and make a quality edit, and post that shit to this cool website called newschoolers dot com

insta is part of the reason why NS isn't as popular as it once was

make ns great again

Also I feel like everyone that’s on the Instagram wave rn will start to appreciate longer edits. Not saying everyone will but I feel like there will be a decent amount of people that will gain an appreciation for them