Click here to see the post:
http://www.spatziba.com/snowboard/dc_goes_to_northern_sweden_1373
If you wanna see even more pics and words go here:
http://pierrewikberg.blogspot.com/2007/06/bjorkliden-sweden-shoot-mid-may.html
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Showing posts with label snowboard. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Spatziba Posted My Swedish 2007 DC Trip
Click here to see the post:
http://www.spatziba.com/snowboard/dc_goes_to_northern_sweden_1373
If you wanna see even more pics and words go here:
http://pierrewikberg.blogspot.com/2007/06/bjorkliden-sweden-shoot-mid-may.html
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Mon and Tuesday VHS clips:
We got this new camera (Casio EX-FH100) and wanted to try it out today but the windy conditions made us try it out in the driveway and down the street.
It's a fun camera with some pretty high tech features (10x zoom, sequences, sequence morph, slow motion and ramped slow motion in CAMERA).
120 fps looks good, 240 fps a little pixelated and 420 fps is very pixelated.
Eddie wasn't too psyched on his skate shots, but I told him they're just in there to demo the camera. He was almost ok with that.
Video Hyper Shred now own 27 cameras.
Here's Eddie's first rail shot of the season that almost ended it.
It's a fun camera with some pretty high tech features (10x zoom, sequences, sequence morph, slow motion and ramped slow motion in CAMERA).
120 fps looks good, 240 fps a little pixelated and 420 fps is very pixelated.
Eddie wasn't too psyched on his skate shots, but I told him they're just in there to demo the camera. He was almost ok with that.
Video Hyper Shred now own 27 cameras.
New Camera - Casio EX-FH100 from Video Hyper Shred on Vimeo.
Here's Eddie's first rail shot of the season that almost ended it.
Eddie in Erie Pennsylvania - Jan 20, 2010 from Video Hyper Shred on Vimeo.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Two new clips from VHS.
Here's a clip with Eddie and Stian taking laps in Mammoth while the girls were gettin rad at the Jam.
Todd Richards and DC suit Sean Lake joined us for a few runs at the end of the day.
We also went to Sonora Pass (aka The Garden) the other day to look around.
Stian was definitely on a tanning mission as well.
The parking area at Sonora is usually packed with fellow filmers, photographers and riders but this day we were all by ourselves. Which wasn't surprising considering the snow conditions weren't top notch.
Todd Richards and DC suit Sean Lake joined us for a few runs at the end of the day.
We also went to Sonora Pass (aka The Garden) the other day to look around.
Stian was definitely on a tanning mission as well.
The parking area at Sonora is usually packed with fellow filmers, photographers and riders but this day we were all by ourselves. Which wasn't surprising considering the snow conditions weren't top notch.
Friday, March 26, 2010
My new blog project.
Me and Eddie Wall started a video blog. I'm pretty exited about it.
I'll probably blog here less from now on.. I think.
Feel free to bookmark us:
www.videohypershred.com
We have a Facebook fan page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Video-Hyper-Shred
And Twitter: http://twitter.com/videohypershred
Join the fun.
Here's the teaser for it / us.
“Video Hyper Shred” (VHS)
California, March 26, 2010 — The goal of VHS, www.videohypershred.com, is to update videos and photos every single day of the season. The clips will be short, raw, and feature pro snowboarders, ams, legends, friends, skaters, girls, drunks, industry tools and animals. The site will include all types of snowboarding; film trips, fun laps, bangers, trick tips, archival footage, interviews, behind-the-scenes, hugs, high fives and much more.
VHS will be a great way for riders and companies to get their talent and image out to the public every single day. The creative possibilities are virtually endless and VHS aims to entertain everyone, whether they be pros, weekend warriors, kids, teens, fans, haters, or single women between the ages of 20 and 40.
The internet has changed the way snowboard videos are viewed. Declining dvd sales and growing online activity are signs that the old formula of how we film and view videos needs to change. Filming 200 days a year for a 2 min video part doesn´t make as much sense as it used to.
“Times are changing and we want to change with them. I feel like snowboarding has more to offer then a two minute video part at the end of the year. I just want to show people everything that is involved with snowboarding and this is the perfect way.” says Eddie. Pierre also comments “I have been filming for a long time and I am very excited to dive into something where I can combine my Facebook updating skills and my filmmaking.”
VHS is open to work with all snowboarders and companies. The site will launch today, March 24, 2010.
About VHS Creators:
Pierre Wikberg has been professionally filming snowboarding for 13 years. He has created many noteworthy projects such as the Robot Food trilogy and the DC MTN LAB series. Pierre is considered to be one of the most respected filmmakers in the snowboarding industry. A native of Sweden, he usually spends most of his time couch surfing around the world documenting things while looking for the perfect mojito.
Eddie Wall has been a professional snowboarder for ten years. He has produced over 16 video parts, won multiple contests, and has been ranked 8th in world wide coverage over the last 5 years. He currently lives between Mammoth Lakes and San Clemente, CA or wherever his snowboard, skateboard, and guitar take him.
I'll probably blog here less from now on.. I think.
Feel free to bookmark us:
www.videohypershred.com
We have a Facebook fan page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Video-Hyper-Shred
And Twitter: http://twitter.com/videohypershred
Join the fun.
Here's the teaser for it / us.
“Video Hyper Shred” (VHS)
California, March 26, 2010 — The goal of VHS, www.videohypershred.com, is to update videos and photos every single day of the season. The clips will be short, raw, and feature pro snowboarders, ams, legends, friends, skaters, girls, drunks, industry tools and animals. The site will include all types of snowboarding; film trips, fun laps, bangers, trick tips, archival footage, interviews, behind-the-scenes, hugs, high fives and much more.
VHS will be a great way for riders and companies to get their talent and image out to the public every single day. The creative possibilities are virtually endless and VHS aims to entertain everyone, whether they be pros, weekend warriors, kids, teens, fans, haters, or single women between the ages of 20 and 40.
The internet has changed the way snowboard videos are viewed. Declining dvd sales and growing online activity are signs that the old formula of how we film and view videos needs to change. Filming 200 days a year for a 2 min video part doesn´t make as much sense as it used to.
“Times are changing and we want to change with them. I feel like snowboarding has more to offer then a two minute video part at the end of the year. I just want to show people everything that is involved with snowboarding and this is the perfect way.” says Eddie. Pierre also comments “I have been filming for a long time and I am very excited to dive into something where I can combine my Facebook updating skills and my filmmaking.”
VHS is open to work with all snowboarders and companies. The site will launch today, March 24, 2010.
About VHS Creators:
Pierre Wikberg has been professionally filming snowboarding for 13 years. He has created many noteworthy projects such as the Robot Food trilogy and the DC MTN LAB series. Pierre is considered to be one of the most respected filmmakers in the snowboarding industry. A native of Sweden, he usually spends most of his time couch surfing around the world documenting things while looking for the perfect mojito.
Eddie Wall has been a professional snowboarder for ten years. He has produced over 16 video parts, won multiple contests, and has been ranked 8th in world wide coverage over the last 5 years. He currently lives between Mammoth Lakes and San Clemente, CA or wherever his snowboard, skateboard, and guitar take him.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Shaun White on 60 minutes..
For those of you who don´t live in the US and aren´t too familiar with Shaun, check this out. Very mainstream, they even mention that he makes over $10,000.000 / year. That oughta get the mainstream looking.
There´s a slam in there that I´ve never seen before and wouldn´t mind not seeing again.
You also get a glimpse of his crib.
There are also some other related links on that site, below the main video.
Watch CBS News Videos Online
Did I forget to mention he´ll win the Olympics in about two weeks?
There´s a slam in there that I´ve never seen before and wouldn´t mind not seeing again.
You also get a glimpse of his crib.
There are also some other related links on that site, below the main video.
Watch CBS News Videos Online
Did I forget to mention he´ll win the Olympics in about two weeks?
Thursday, January 07, 2010
In case you haven't heard.
Kevin Pearce was severely injured about a week ago when he hurt himself in the Park City pipe.
Kevin's family has set up a Facebook page where they let us know how he's recovering. 20,000 people have joined in just a few days.
Then ABC News stepped in with a story about how dangerous snowboarding is and how the IOC who in their minds are "the leaders of this sport" need to evaluate how they get less injuries in this dangerous sport. I, obviously, got pretty upset by watching yet another tool on tv talking about snowboarding without having a clue what she's talking about. This wouldn't happen in any other "traditional" sport, trust me.
Not that I expect much else from people working with sports on national tv. Heck ESPN doesn't even know what they are doing with the X-Games and they've owned and operated it for 15 years or something and they STILL don't get it.
The olympics is, in my mind, about the best performances in each sport. This isn't the case in snowboard, for a number of reasons.
Reason 1: The Swedish olympic (or national team who are supposed to find and support the best snowboarders in the country) team for example havn't supported the best riders. I mean in the last olympics they got €2,000,000 or something to get some good riders to the olympics. I could have saved Lexmark or whoever paid for it (hopefully it wasn´t taxpayers) that money since no Swedish person could have gotten top 10 in Torino even if half the people in the contest fell. The best riders from Sweden, like Ingemar, Hampus, Jakob, Chris, Johan etc never got any backing (of relevance) by the Swedish national team to grow as snowboarders. Not that they (well Ingemar could have been a podium contender) were olympic material, but that didn´t stop the Norwegian national team to help the likes of Mikkel, Torstein, Fredrik, Andeas etc to become better riders.
Reason 2: Halfpipe doesn´t show who the best snowboarder is. It´s probably the easiest discipline to judge and pretty interesting for the endemic viewer who doesn´t know/care about what snowboarding is.
Yes, boardercross and slalom are easier to judge, but I don´t consider the slalom people to be snowboarders. They are skiers on a narrow snowboard with ski boots, with skier mentality.
And even if halfpipe did determine who the best snowboarder was the IOC definitely aren´t the best ones to portray it.
Just take the Vancouver halfpipe.. not the best resort / location to have it. The mountain doesn´t like snowboarders and if it rains I bet they will still force the riders to drop in.
Does skiers get that treatment? Eh, no.
Ok, Shaun White is a great snowboarder. Maybe the best. But he´s not on my top 10 list for snowboarders I like to see.
Same with Travis Rice. Some might say he´s the best, but he´s not on my top 10 of riders I like to see come down a mountain.
I´m not saying I´m right because there is no right or wrong. But snowboarders I like watching are, Gigi Ruf, Nicolas Muller, Jussi Oksanen, Jake Blauvelt, Devun Walsh, Travis Parker, Hampus Mosesson, JP Solberg and others. They probably can´t physically do what Rice and White does, but imho you can´t categorize snowboarding like you can figure skaters. The IOC and 90% of the people watching the olympics will never get that and that´s ok. But it´s not ok when ABC News put this bitch Christine Brennan on tv to talk about snowboarding. And it´s not ok for the X-Games to crown the gold medalist by having Americans text in their votes before the riders even drop in to do their trick. So basically I´m fucked for even thinking that someone who has a suit job will ever understand my pov, which is a healty pov, cause I know better than them.
Some people created a Facebook group against this ABC News bitch. Feel free to join.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=share&gid=240255262381
Here are three emails that were sent to her, click to enlarge.
Kevin's family has set up a Facebook page where they let us know how he's recovering. 20,000 people have joined in just a few days.
Then ABC News stepped in with a story about how dangerous snowboarding is and how the IOC who in their minds are "the leaders of this sport" need to evaluate how they get less injuries in this dangerous sport. I, obviously, got pretty upset by watching yet another tool on tv talking about snowboarding without having a clue what she's talking about. This wouldn't happen in any other "traditional" sport, trust me.
Not that I expect much else from people working with sports on national tv. Heck ESPN doesn't even know what they are doing with the X-Games and they've owned and operated it for 15 years or something and they STILL don't get it.
The olympics is, in my mind, about the best performances in each sport. This isn't the case in snowboard, for a number of reasons.
Reason 1: The Swedish olympic (or national team who are supposed to find and support the best snowboarders in the country) team for example havn't supported the best riders. I mean in the last olympics they got €2,000,000 or something to get some good riders to the olympics. I could have saved Lexmark or whoever paid for it (hopefully it wasn´t taxpayers) that money since no Swedish person could have gotten top 10 in Torino even if half the people in the contest fell. The best riders from Sweden, like Ingemar, Hampus, Jakob, Chris, Johan etc never got any backing (of relevance) by the Swedish national team to grow as snowboarders. Not that they (well Ingemar could have been a podium contender) were olympic material, but that didn´t stop the Norwegian national team to help the likes of Mikkel, Torstein, Fredrik, Andeas etc to become better riders.
Reason 2: Halfpipe doesn´t show who the best snowboarder is. It´s probably the easiest discipline to judge and pretty interesting for the endemic viewer who doesn´t know/care about what snowboarding is.
Yes, boardercross and slalom are easier to judge, but I don´t consider the slalom people to be snowboarders. They are skiers on a narrow snowboard with ski boots, with skier mentality.
And even if halfpipe did determine who the best snowboarder was the IOC definitely aren´t the best ones to portray it.
Just take the Vancouver halfpipe.. not the best resort / location to have it. The mountain doesn´t like snowboarders and if it rains I bet they will still force the riders to drop in.
Does skiers get that treatment? Eh, no.
Ok, Shaun White is a great snowboarder. Maybe the best. But he´s not on my top 10 list for snowboarders I like to see.
Same with Travis Rice. Some might say he´s the best, but he´s not on my top 10 of riders I like to see come down a mountain.
I´m not saying I´m right because there is no right or wrong. But snowboarders I like watching are, Gigi Ruf, Nicolas Muller, Jussi Oksanen, Jake Blauvelt, Devun Walsh, Travis Parker, Hampus Mosesson, JP Solberg and others. They probably can´t physically do what Rice and White does, but imho you can´t categorize snowboarding like you can figure skaters. The IOC and 90% of the people watching the olympics will never get that and that´s ok. But it´s not ok when ABC News put this bitch Christine Brennan on tv to talk about snowboarding. And it´s not ok for the X-Games to crown the gold medalist by having Americans text in their votes before the riders even drop in to do their trick. So basically I´m fucked for even thinking that someone who has a suit job will ever understand my pov, which is a healty pov, cause I know better than them.
Some people created a Facebook group against this ABC News bitch. Feel free to join.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=share&gid=240255262381
Here are three emails that were sent to her, click to enlarge.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
New season of snowboard history on www.vbs.tv
Here´s the Jeff Brushie story from last season. Keep an eye out for my face and my "diss" on Terje at 1:22
Monday, November 02, 2009
Ken Blocks winter "car".
I went out with Ken this winter to try out this little experiment of his. We drove it around the Mtn Lab and some snowmobile trails in Park City for an hour or two. It´s being modified and should be ready for some powder action this upcoming winter.
DC put together this clip of our test day:
0-60 did an article / interview about this tracks / car set up.
http://www.0-60mag.com/online/?p=20459
There was also this video that got posted on Youtube this spring..
If you want to get your hands on some DC auto / rally gear, go here:
http://store.dcshoes.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3631313
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