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Powder prep
Well, it's that time of year again: February means that the Red Bull Hike&Ride is on, and so I'm spending some of my extra time checking out a bunch of ski porn to catch up on what's hot ... and to humble myself a bit. ;)
So far, I've caught a bunch of older Warren Miller's flicks like Higher Ground, Storm, Cold Fusion, and so on. Warren's older flicks are classics and always a good place to start drooling. This year's "Off the Grid" is pretty good, but it isn't really a WM film. Looks like they've licensed the name and used a few voice overs from the godfather of ski porn. It has lost something, and whilst the action is great I think what it has lost is a certain degree of authenticity.
I've also seen parts of Matchstick's Push which really impressed me. Damn, MSP always make such good films ... The 2007 Powder Magazine Reader Poll Video Award winners were announced recently, and there are some nice clips on their site.
The "best male" category has some serious talent. Having seen Shane McConkey in action with Chris Davenport in 2005 when they won the Hike&Ride with DEATH (Dick Et Alphonse Trouvé Hiver), I'd really like to work with Mark Abma at some point. Watching Shane and Mark, they seem like twin sons from different mothers. The boy is capital S, Sick.
The 2007 Red Bulll Hike&Ride is just 10 days away ...Labels: hikeandride
Sunday, February 11, 2007
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