Workhorse Collective Reel and Clayton Vila/ Paul Bergeron

Photo Credit: Vimeo

Hello Readers, welcome to my post for today, May 10. Today's post will encompass two ski edits. The first ski edit is a cinematography reel from Workhorse Collective. Their new website still hasn't been released yet, but that link will take you to their page on Vimeo, where Workhorse has a lot of edits and other videos. To be honest, I hadn't really even heard of Workhorse until I come across that edit. And now since I watched the edit, I think I will continually follow Workhorse and see what they are up to. There is a logo of the company at the top of this post.
Here is the reel:
 
Workhorse Collective Reel 2010-2011 from Workhorse Collective on Vimeo.

The edit of that reel from 2010-2011 is very interesting and a very good edit to watch. The edit is not only just shots of skiing, but there is also lots of snowboarding, skateboarding, biking, and other shots that don't even have anything to do with sports. Reels are cool in that way to watch, as they contain not only shots and filming of people competing in a sport, but also have lots of other shots that are high quality of anything from nature to cliff jumping. In Workhorse's reel, there is a section that films someone's marriage, and people partying. Overall, terrific video that has a lot of great and cool aspects to it, I encourage you to check it out.

The second video I will be showing you today is an edit of Clayton Vila and Paul Bergeron shredding it up at the terrain park in Breck. Clayton Vila is one of my favorite pro skiers. His style and ability are both very high and he is becoming a premier skier out there. There are tons of awesome shots in the edit. The sickest ones are of the two skiers getting air off the massive jumps and throwing huge tricks. The coolest looking shots are of Clayton Vila throwing a switch 9 with a sweet grab.
Here it is:
 
Spring slush with Clayton Vila and Paul Bergeron from Junction 133 on Vimeo.

The video is overall just sick to watch. It is awesome how both the skiers' styles are so fast-paced and both are insanely talented. I wish I could ski at that high of a level! Be sure to check that video out!

Thank you for reading my blog post for today,
Until my next post!

Josh Karcher and Kellan Baker

Thank you for reading this post. Today, I will blogging about two edits. Today they will be both park edits, as it is late spring and spring skiing, which is better conditions for terrain park skiing. The first park edit today will be of skier Josh Karcher and his video submission for Level 1's Superunknown Competition. I have blogged about a video submission for the Superunknown Competition before, but in case you didn't catch that particular post, the competition is held every year, and new, up-and-coming, unknown skiers. The video submission today is from Josh Karcher, an underground skier.
Josh Karcher Superunknown IX Finalist from Level 1 on Vimeo.

Breckenridge Terrain Park: Photo Credit- Midwest Multi-sportslife

This edit is very cool and sick to watch. The video is filmed at Colorado's famous Breckenridge Resort, pictured above.

It features Karcher skiing through the park stomping everything. He grinds on various rails, completes elaborate, huge spins and flips including corks and misties. Josh is really a great skier even though he didn't win the competition, he was a finalist. Overall, very sick edit and sweet rap music playing over the edit.

The second edit I will be blogging about today is another park edit, as there aren't that many great powder edits or snow as of late. The edit is of skier Kellan Baker, and his day at Liberty Snowflex. Liberty Snowflex is an outdoor summer skiing terrain park. Basically all you do is ski on the artificial surface that is at the snowflex, and it functions as snow in a normal terrain park.
Kellan Baker - My Oh My - Liberty Snowflex from Kolab Media on Vimeo.

The video is very interesting, as the skiing is doen outside in the summer time. Such a terrific video. Absolutely awesome. The slow-paced and slow-mo video provides a great viewer experience. It is just so cool to watch. The Mackelmore song "MY oh MY" playing during the edit makes it such an amazing and dramatic video. One of the coolest edits I've ever seen. Please check it out, and enjoy!

Thanks for reading this post, hope you enjoyed watching the videos. Please leave some feedback if you want.
Until next time!
~Jamie

Takuma Oike and Drew Lederer

Hello, readers. Thanks for tuning in today for this post.
The first edit today will be of underground skier Takuma Oike, pictured down below with his infamous dreadlocks.

Photo Credit: http://b.vimeocdn.com/

The edit I will be showing you is an edit featuring Takuma Oike for Liberty skis. He is wearing the big mountain ski model, the Mutants. Liberty's Mutant skis are insane, unlike no other. These beasts measure 149 MM underfoot, while the average big mountain/powder ski would be around 110-120. This makes them terrific for powder, and capable of plowing through just about any terrain the weather brings. The edit, though, is filmed exclusively in backcountry or urban areas of Oike powder skiing with the massive Mutants.
Takuma Oike 2011 from MightyJamming on Vimeo.

There is the edit. The whole video is very entertaining and it contains a lot of epic shots and scenes throughout. My favorite shot is probably the shot of Oike throwing a double backflip in the backcountry setting at 1:54 in the video. Overall, though, the edit is very awesome to watch, and the reggae music in the background is unique for this type of powder edit. I also enjoy the skiing with the massive Liberty Mutant skis. Overall, very excellent edit.

I hope you enjoyed watching that very distinctive edit hat had an abnormal style of skiing that is not usually used. But now, it is time for the second edit, that is always a terrain park edit. The park edit I will be showing you is featuring pro skier Drew Lederer. The edit is a ski cinematography reel of 2008/2009. Yes, the edit is not a new edit, it is a few years old. Despite its older age, it is definitely still a solid edge, and superb for the time of year.  Here is the edit:
Ski Cinematography Reel 08/09 from Drew Lederer on Vimeo.

This edit is very interesting, and I love the mellow rap music that plays over the video, it fits in very well. Cinematography reels generally a large collection of skiing shots that have accumulated over the course of the season. They are predominately a good, decent amount of creative and high quality shots and always have good music and high quality slow motion scenes.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and liked watching the two edits,
Until my next post!

Riley Leboe and Nick Martini

Today I will be blogging about two ski edits, the powder edit is featuring Riley Leboe, and the park edit will be Nick Martini.

Photo Credit: Armada Skis

The Riley Leboe video is a powder edit from the company Poor Boyz Productions. Poor Boyz is an excellent ski company, and they generate ski films every year and as you can see diligently keep up their Vimeo page with several videos and edits coming out frequently. One skier sponsored by Poor Boyz is professional skier Riley Leboe. Riley is sponsored by many different ski companies, and besides Poor Boyz some are: Armada Skis, Rockstar Energy Drink, and Adidas. Please check out his website that contains a blog here. There is a photo of Leboe in action above this.
Here is the edit, titled Grand B-Slide:
Riley Leboe's Grand B-Side from Poor Boyz Productions on Vimeo.

There is the edit. Grand B-slide is a fantastic edit. The whole video is just straight up awesome, I especially love the shot at 2:55 where Leboe drops off a at least 20 foot ridge to drop in to a run. That is something that I've never even seen before, and is such a cool shot! Powder, in general, is my favorite type of alpine skiing, which you may have gathered from reading previous post, and I am saying that, personally, this edit is one of the best I have seen for a while. I also love this big mountain, heli skiing edit. I am not a big fan of artist Adele usually, but I believe that the Adele song playing over the skiing fits in perfectly with the shots.

I hope that you enjoyed watching that powder edit and learned a lot about pro skier Riley Leboe. But now, to move onto the next edit of the day that is a park edit. The edit will be of Nick Martini, a professional skier. The edit is his segment from the movie How We Livin' from Stept Productions.
Nick Martini How We Livin' from Stept Productions on Vimeo.

The video is awesome and I love the slow-paced, dubstep song in the edit. The edit itself is of Nick Martini skiing the terrain park and also some urban shots to add to the edit. It is very awesome, and my favorite shot is probably the first one actually, where Nick is already nose pressing and then throws a crazy slow-rotating front flip off of a drop off jump. It is a really sick shot. The video overall is very cool and I hope you enjoyed it!

Well, that is all for today
Until my next post!

Saga Outerwear Edit and Sherpas Cinema

Welcome to my 15th post! It is exciting to have made so much progress on my blog and am thrilled to be on my fifteenth post. To all of you who read my blog regularly (not very many people) thank you and I hope you are enjoying it so far. That brings us to the first edit for today: An edit created by Saga Outerwear, one of the top level filming companies on Vimeo as of now. The edit is called Domain: Park City 1. Here is the edit:

Photo Credit: Steve Stepp

The video is of the Saga Outerwear crew shredding the terrain park at Park City. Some of the skiers in the video include: LJ Strenio and Steve Stepp, two premier top of the line skiers. It is so interesting to watch these super steezy, stylish skiers go at it in the terrain park, right here at PCMR. I love watching Stepp in his super tall, neon orange Saga coat completely stomping every trick he attempts. The shots in the edit with him in the orange coat are definitely my favorite. Not to take anything away from the other skiers or shots, there's so much awesome footage in the edit. Overall, awesome video to watch. The song playing in the background (Remix of Destruction of a Guard by GZA) adds to the awesomeness of the video as well. Check out the edit if you want to see some superb skiing. Steve Stepp is pictured to the left.



The second edit I am showing in this post is a segment from the ski movie All.I.Can. If you click on the link over the name of the movie, it will take you to an information page about the movie, and there is a link to the actual trailer for it on that page. The movie is filmed by Sherpas Cinema. But that brings us to the edit, courtesy of Sherpas Cinema:

The edit consists of the whole team, or "group" of pro skiers who were invited to come and be in the movie All.I.Can. The video is basically comprised of the group all skiing down one run together, freshies in waist-deep powder. The edit is riveting because multiple special effects are used. It begins in the spring/summertime at the beginning and as skiers come flying by, the same spots and areas of the mountain is all transformed into winter. It makes the edit that much more intriguing. The edit is entertaining because it contains items that are rarely seen in other edits. Not only that, but also how there are multiple skiers skiing powder at once. Those are both aspects of ski edits that almost never occur. That is what causes the edit to be more than just kid of cool, it makes it a spectacular, professional piece of work. Solid segment from the movie.

Well, that brings us to the end of this post,
Until next time!

Bobby Brown Triple Cork and Adam Delorme

Today, this post will be blogging about two different videos. The first video is a very brief edit, only 54 seconds. Bobby Brown is sponsored by energy drink company Red Bull. Red Bull is not only one of the top energy drinks but is also a premier film company, their filming company is named Red Bull Media House. Like mentioned before, Bobby Brown is sponsored by Red Bull. Bobby Brown is one of the most stylish, likable, solid pro skiers. He has a very tall stature, standing above six feet tall. Brown's tall stature and solid figure provides him with comfortable, solid landings off jumps and rails. With experience viewing some of his tricks, it is obvious that Brown's physical characteristics help him out a lot with his skiing. But, that is beginning to get off topic. So, here is the video:

In the video, Red Bull went out and built Bobby a huge jump in hopes of him being able to throw a triple cork. The acclaimed professional skier does it. The shot of the trick is supreme, with great, interesting cinematography and amazing, perfectly-fitting music playing in the background. The shot of the camera panning from one side of the pine tree from the other, it is absolutely terrific. When the green and pines of the tree are able to be visible while you watch Bobby gradually come off the lip of the jump and begins the epic trick. That shot is so awesome. The video is a little segment from the Poor Boyz movie from 2 years ago, The Grand Bizarre. Overall, sensational edit.

The second video is an edit of skier Adam Delorme. Adam is sponsored by a lot of ski companies, not only by Level 1 Productions, but also Fat-ypus, Saga Outerwear, and Jiberish. He was recently in Level 1's movie After Dark from 2011, and his segment was good. Here is his segment on Vimeo:
 

Adam Delorme's segment is all powder and big mountain skiing. The majority of the shots are of Adam dropping massive cliffs, getting face shots, and getting air off of manmade jumps out in the backcountry. He is really an exciting skier. He will just be skiing along in the powder, over a small hill, and he pops a butter 3. There are honestly some electrifying shots, Delorme is really a top-level skier. The shot of him popping a double backflip with a tail grab just looks so mellow and so great. The double backflip is completed and landed. The process of the double backflip was one of the slowest I have ever seen. It did not even look like he was going to go for a second rotation, but he did and it turned out great for him. It's ridiculous how slow he flipped. In summary, very quality edit and very mellow and slow-paced. The reggae music only adds to the array of impressive shots and footage. This is honestly, personally, one of my favorite edits as of recent. There is a photo of Delorme in action below at the end of this post.

Photo Credit: Fat-ypus

Until my next post!

Cam Boll and Into the Wide

This post will talk about two videos, like always, one park edit, one powder. Here is the first video:

Cam Boll. Photo Credit: Stept Productions

That is a video of skier Cam Boll showcasing his talents for Level 1 Production's Superunknown Contest. The Superunknown contest is an opportunity for unknown and/or non-professional skiers to show their talents off by filming an edit of their skiing and posting it to Level 1's Vimeo page. Level 1 then conducts a vote of the top contestants and that is how skiers win the contest and becoming sponsored by Level 1. It is somewhat like the American Idol for skiing. Cam Boll's video did not win the contest, but it should have been seriously considered. There are shots of Cam hitting various urban rails throughout a city setting, grinding telephone boxes, and even skiing across the rooftops of barns. Skiing in an urban scene takes a lot of time and effort to not only do the trick, but get it filmed properly. And Cam does a lot of urban skiing. Cam Boll is a very talented skier. A picture of Boll is above, he is getting huge air down to an urban handrail.

Here is the second edit:

The second video encompasses two skiers, Fabian Lentsch and Jochen Mesle. The two skiers hike insanely steep slopes and ski down a more skiable area of them. The skiable area basically is still a steep slope, but not too steep to the point where you can't ski down it. The mountains they ski down are covered in deep powder snow, and there are many avalanches that they ski next to and even through them. I think that it is awesome and amazing to watch the two skiers almost risk their lives for some good skiing. I believe that it makes it more interesting to watch the two skiers go through a high risk, high reward situation for the sport, as I share a similar passion and would also go through similar processes for the sport.

That is all for this post, until next time!