Ty Evans talks about Pretty Sweet

I was fortunate enough to get a seat at the premier of Pretty Sweet in LA. It was a cool experience and I had a feeling it would be one of the last big skate video premiers ever and I have mixed feeling about it. Mostly good though. I understand where Ty is coming from and what he as a filmmaker wants to accomplish. I also understand some of the criticism and I relate to some of it with Brainfarm and the snowboarding world. At the end of the day it's just us cruising on a board sideways and if you like watching a raw Off the Grid clip (I love these), Killian Martin dancing in slow mo with dolly shots, Pretty Sweet clips or snowboarding through gyro cameras it's all there. If you don't like it look the other way. When I grew up I recorded anything snowboard and skateboard related on tv, anything. Then I watched it until the vhs tape wore out. It's fair to say that's not the case anymore. Especially with snowboarding. Anyway.. here's the interview: http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2013/02/20/ty-evans-answers-your-questions-about-pretty-sweet

Made a clip about Ken Block's new rally car.

I went to Wales a few weeks ago to make a clip for Monster World Rally Team.

To quote Ken:
"Despite the fundamental similarities between stage rally, rallycross and gymkhana, my World Rally championship Ford Fiesta just can't do what my gymkhana Fiesta can, and vice versa. But running three cars is a logistical nightmare, so we built one car that can be transformed to suit each discipline."

MWRT thought stop motion would be a suitable technic to show the car.
The stuff was shot in three days, with less than 30 min (might have been 15) to shoot the car in action.
My thought was to shoot the action on film to compliment the stop motion roots instead of HD video. And I like film so why not?
Many ideas we had for this clip weren't possible to shoot, we had next to zero sleep for 2-3 days and it was one of the most gruesome experiences of my life. If only we had another 1-2 days to shoot it.. the reason for only having a very limited time was technical issues / engines etc that were late and what not.

But here's the result. Not close to what we had envisioned, but it's still serves it's purpose. Hope you like it.
Ken picked out the tune from the Scott Pilgrim movie.

WRC Swedish Rally - Day 3

Got to ride along today again. It's pretty wild but for some reason I don't think it's very scary, fun though. Trying to hold a camera still on these roads is not easy.




Filmed for an hour or so on a frozen lake. Pretty nice day on the job. No wind, sunny, and not cold at all.
I also met Mike "MackDawg" McEntire who's in town to film Ken's new car. He was running the most successful snowboard video company back in the 90's but he also made Sick Boys (filmed the first fs boardslide on a handrail EVER and Hokus Pokus (legendary skate video from around 1990).



He was also the first one to hire me to shoot snowboarding back in 1996, so we have a lot of history together, really fun to see him here in Torsby.
More on how I got into the snowboard world here:
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000108819/uncategorized/quote-this-pierre-wikberg

We also toured Petter Solbergs giant workshop, impressive.

Day 3 clip here:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=499909352332&saved#!/video/video.php?v=499909352332&oid=139454585764&comments

WRC Rally Sweden - Day 2

Went out to party with some friends in Oslo. While at the bar I met Swedish snow shredders Chris Sörman and Kalle Ohlsson, very random and I got free drinks from the bartender, that's rare at my local watering holes so I was honored to be recognized in a place I haven't been to in 6 months.
Woke up at 6am, ouch, and got in the car to Torsby Sweden (home of playboy / soccer coach Svennis) where we will stay for a few days to try out tires and shoot photos / video of Ken's new WRC car which gets revealed on Wednesday.





Here's the clip from day 2:
http://www.facebook.com/pierrewikberg/posts/132824080117941?ref=notif¬if_t=like#!/video/video.php?v=499350432332&oid=139454585764&comments

On a Ken Block Rally Mission

For the next week - 10 days I'm going to follow my old boss from DC Shoes, Ken Block, around Scandinavia.
He's now a very successful man behind the wheel. If you don't know what he's capable of I suggest you go to YouTube and search for his name.

I'll be uploading videos daily from this WRC event on his Facebook page, so befan him here:
http://www.facebook.com/KenBlockRacing

Here's the video from our first day:


iPhone photos from today:

Sauna view.


Work out with Saydah, MONSTER Rally Team Manager.



View of the Central Station, Opera House and some water.


Icy walk path.





Robin Williams calls biathlons Norwegian drive by's.
Norwegians are very outdoorsy people.

Meeting some Scandinavian snow shredders and Oslo locals for the past days was a huge perk, I really like Oslo (except the homeless people and crack heads / hookers who loiter around the Central Station.

Stay tuned.




Here are some videos of Ken I made for a DC movie in 2007:

Please support Brad.

Brad Kremer has done some of the most excellent work in snowboard video history and while filming time lapse stuff around Japan last year and posting it on Vimeo for hundreds of thousands to appreciate he´s now trying to get funding for a more elaborate film about Japan.

So if you´d all please click on this link and give him 1, 5 or 10$ I´d be very happy. You will not regret spending $10 on this, if you do I will pay you back.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bradkremer/hayaku-a-timelapse-journey-though-japan












Shut down all your browser windows and watch his clip from last year.

My 1000'd post!

I know I've been lagging on posting good stuff on here for the past months... sorry. My stats are waaaay down. 500-600 peeps used to visit me every day, now the stats are down to about what an average Swedish 15 year blogger who lives in a town of 8,000 people...

But between getting Video Hyper Shred on track again and working on getting traffic towards Spatziba while contributing to the Swedish economy by drinking a lot this blog got the short straw.. pretty sure that will change once I get a routine going.

So for my 1000'd post.. what is worthy?
I'll tell you what's worthy. Per-Hampus' new edit from Mt Hood. Great shredding and sweet editing. Enjoy.

I really liked this video

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.

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.

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.

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.

Been driving around a lot lately.

Here are some (a lot) of photos from the past few weeks.
I´m guessing I´ve been in a car for about 2500 miles / 4000 km since I got to the US.
There´s so many things to see here. Even though I´ve been coming here about 40-50 times since I was 17 I´m still impressed with this country.

I´ve been spending a fair amount of time in Southern California and Mammoth.
Right now I´m in Idaho at a place where we filmed a lot for Lame and Afterlame. It´s really nice here. The town closest to us is Ketchum and it´s such a cool ski town. You have to visit to truly grasp the fresh air and positive vibes from everyone.

This week me and Eddie are launching a video blog named "Video Hyper Shred" or VHS. We were going to launch it two weeks ago but we´ve been having issues finding a person who can design it for us (Wordpress). Believe me I had no idea how hard it was to find someone who´d work for less than, well.. a lot of money, to help us out... bit now we´re almost there.
Once it´s live I probably won´t update this blog very often.

Look for a launch link within the week.

Later.