Wild Stallions, A Northeast Extreme Skiing Movie Premier

[Snowballs]

Hit or Miss..... a Craig Stay aka CS Films. Whiteface Boys!!! He seems to be doing pretty good. here a link to the Hit or Miss trailer.



Even from the small bits of Craig Stay's videos that i've seen, i gotta say they look better to me than the Wild Stallion movie i saw from Meathead. and Meathead has more resources and experience than Craig Stay. not that Craig Stay's are just wilder per se, they have a much better look and have perhaps a better mix or quality of tricks, colors and soundtrack. perhaps the background's better too. He and his boys really seem to click and have a nice repoire.

FWIW, i know i said this before, i think you might be missing the boat Fuj. You could do this. you really could. you wouldn't need a high dollar camera or edit machine. the average video camera takes great vid and now they have HD resolution. Practice makes perfect. your film technique will get better as you go. Then the rest, better equipment etc will fall into place and before you know....FILM PREMIER! No doubt Stay, Meathead and even Warren Miller started that way. You just need to get started son.

I'll even throw you a bone with a great name.....Fujative Films. What's not to love about that? it sounds cool and has great edgy sound for an extreme ski film company. that bare a$$ Gnome would make a fantastic logo... first film opens with......Title.....then ..." A kid's ski film produced on a bare a$$ budget " ....then show the Gnome....that'ld be cool. people would love it and find it witty/funny. maybe he'ld be a marketable hot a$$-et. See, it's workin already! nothing wrong with a hot a$$!

gonna hit the Wood this weekend for Warren Miller's new Movie. i'm feelin generous so i think i'll leave a couple of tickets at the box office for Elvis & co.

[Lbtchnlgs]

Nah . . . Tix were way more expensive than I thought . . . I bailed

Probably the best movie I saw this season. Awesome soundtrack too.

Wild Stallions and Hit or Miss, the movie the kids up at Whiteface made, are going to be playing at Putnam Den in Saratoga on Saturday night.

What time is it playing??

[Snowballs]

don't know if you guys ever saw this trailer for CS film's " True Story ". I'm reposting it here cause the opening jump shot is just fantastic, awesome! the skier makes a turn and then launches into a very long backwards jump that he has to land backwards right next to some trees. very ballzie. miss by a little and it's into the trees backwards at speed. it's a great rip that's accented by the landing's perfect timing to a strong downbeat in dramatic music and aprapos moody lighting. POW!



Rossi and maybe even Fuj went to see this movie last year....... can they or anyone say how it compares to a Meathead film?

from the bits of CS Films vids i've seen his music selection is great in that it's not all pop/rock/ or head bangin. some of it is stuff unfamiliar to audiences ( that makes it new and fresh) and it's pretty, instrumental, good music that is artsy and adds uniqueness or individuality because it's unfamiliar and style because it's beautiful. great film qualities that also sets it ahead of the pack. i'm gonna have to see these kid's stuff.

[fujative.]

don't know if you guys ever saw this trailer for CS film's " True Story ". I'm reposting it here cause the opening jump shot is just fantastic, awesome! the skier makes a turn and then launches into a very long backwards jump that he has to land backwards right next to some trees. very ballzie. miss by a little and it's into the trees backwards at speed. it's a great rip that's accented by the landing's perfect timing to a strong downbeat in dramatic music and aprapos moody lighting. POW!



Rossi and maybe even Fuj went to see this movie last year....... can they or anyone say how it compares to a Meathead film?

from the bits of CS Films vids i've seen his music selection is great in that it's not all pop/rock/ or head bangin. some of it is stuff unfamiliar to audiences ( that makes it new and fresh) and it's pretty, instrumental, good music that is artsy and adds uniqueness or individuality because it's unfamiliar and style because it's beautiful. great film qualities that also sets it ahead of the pack. i'm gonna have to see these kid's stuff.

Yup Connor and I went and saw True Story last year at their ACC premier. Last year their stuff was pretty good, and it's been getting better day by day. Craig (the main filmer and editor) has been working on getting new filming equipment with basically all the money he has, as long as getting the whole LS3 crew sponsors. A few of them have their own sponsors, Dillon Calerdone is sponsored by Moment and Sports Page, Jake Doan is sponsored by Fat-y-Pus and Sag Straps, and as a whole they're sponsored by Whiteface, Rossignol, and a few other companies I can't think of. Plus Justin Perry is part of the Meatheads crew, so they helps them out quite a bit on the publicity side of things.

For a mainly park video, there are some awesome shots up in the "bc" around the Adirondacks.

The most part of the soundtrack is Hiphop and electronic music, I thought it was awesome but then again that's 80% of what's on my iPod anyways.

Two of the songs I remember hearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_bbDuhXVQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwjfE2ylbWU

I dunno which movies playing first, I know you saw the Meatheads one up at West, but it may be worth it sticking around for a second shot of the Magic Forest segment.

[Snowballs]

do you know these guys Fuj? after rewatching their video clips, i think i've seen Dillon in Gore's park perhaps two years ago. he had a yellow plaid outfit on that i think i saw in one of the video clips. Anyway who ever it was, was busting some mad moves off the park jumps and i followed them up and down for a while just to watch him and his friends, he was that good. it was wild.

did you ever fix your pm box?

thanks for the song links.

[mattchuck2]

Wild Stallions and Hit or Miss, the movie the kids up at Whiteface made, are going to be playing at Putnam Den in Saratoga on Saturday night.

Free?!!?!?!?! According to the CS website that is . . . I'm in!

[Lbtchnlgs]

Don't forget to check out the ski expo and the Saratoga city center tomorrow as well.

There will be a Hickory stand. Going to try and make it up myself

[Snowballs]

Saw Warren Miller's Dynasty tonight. Good movie. one of my favorite shots was them railing on a chairlift's cable, sorta like the Sunway chair. they built a ramp at the uphill terminal then launched and railed on top of it's cable. hehehe.

Also, they trekked to very deep BFE at the China/Mongolia border. there they found ancient skiing. the few locals there ski on loooooong homemade wooden skis that they tie their feet onto and control their speed by leaning back on a stick, dragging it on the ground. no turns. they actually went pretty good and poked fun at the extreme skiers. " you slow. you outta shape cheeseburger eater. why do you turn? it only slows you down! those little skis are kids skis." it was funny. they have horse hair on the ski's bottom that goes right up the hill and then slides down surprisingly well.

No matter how ancient the ski's style is, some things never change. they were more than anxious to get their modern counterparts up the hill to see what they could do. one of the Miller team thought he'ld give them a head start, then burn 'em....but he couldn't catch them! they also had an advantage climbing. they just turned around and went right back up while the Miller team had to click out, put on skins, click in - all of which left them in the rear yet again. this view into the sport's very ancient roots was wicked cool.

Back in America, they had a scene that showed Boarders, no matter what Species they belong to, do indeed have a bad attitude. lol. someone had an alligator on the hill. that's right and he wasn't little. two snowboards were strapped to his belly and he was grouchy, growling around letting others know who was the boss. but he did slide around.

We made out pretty good. My GF's son won a nice hoodie, i won tubing tickets and a girl with us won ski poles. all got a year's subscription to Skiing magazine. good time. Watch out for that Gator!

[fujative.]

do you know these guys Fuj? after rewatching their video clips, i think i've seen Dillon in Gore's park perhaps two years ago. he had a yellow plaid outfit on that i think i saw in one of the video clips. Anyway who ever it was, was busting some mad moves off the park jumps and i followed them up and down for a while just to watch him and his friends, he was that good. it was wild.

did you ever fix your pm box?

thanks for the song links.

Yeah I'm pretty good friends with them. They're always down at West for competitions and whenever I'm up at Whiteface I ski with them. When I went to the Hit or Miss premier in Plattsburgh I slept at Craig/Alex's house. Jake Doan, the youngest of the group had his skis stolen from WF mid season last year, a few weeks later I saw a kid riding them at Gore. I called up Jake to let him know but we never saw the kid again. Fast forward to Alpine Shop in Saratoga's summer ski sale, I was working and Rossi gave me a call saying the skis just showed up for a tune. Called Jake back, got the police involved and they lived happily ever after.

Yeah I'm pretty sure that was Dillon you saw in the park. I don't remember him being down here but he's the only one I can think of with a full yellow plain Nomis suit.


And Matt - Completely overlooked your post asking what time the movies were until now. Sorry about that.

[fujative.]

Saw Warren Miller's Dynasty tonight. Good movie. one of my favorite shots was them railing on a chairlift's cable, sorta like the Sunway chair. they built a ramp at the uphill terminal then launched and railed on top of it's cable. hehehe.

Also, they trekked to very deep BFE at the China/Mongolia border. there they found ancient skiing. the few locals there ski on loooooong homemade wooden skis that they tie their feet onto and control their speed by leaning back on a stick, dragging it on the ground. no turns. they actually went pretty good and poked fun at the extreme skiers. " you slow. you outta shape cheeseburger eater. why do you turn? it only slows you down! those little skis are kids skis." it was funny. they have horse hair on the ski's bottom that goes right up the hill and then slides down surprisingly well.

No matter how ancient the ski's style is, some things never change. they were more than anxious to get their modern counterparts up the hill to see what they could do. one of the Miller team thought he'ld give them a head start, then burn 'em....but he couldn't catch them! they also had an advantage climbing. they just turned around and went right back up while the Miller team had to click out, put on skins, click in - all of which left them in the rear yet again. this view into the sport's very ancient roots was wicked cool.

Back in America, they had a scene that showed Boarders, no matter what Species they belong to, do indeed have a bad attitude. lol. someone had an alligator on the hill. that's right and he wasn't little. two snowboards were strapped to his belly and he was grouchy, growling around letting others know who was the boss. but he did slide around.

We made out pretty good. My GF's son won a nice hoodie, i won tubing tickets and a girl with us won ski poles. all got a year's subscription to Skiing magazine. good time. Watch out for that Gator!

Hahaha I'd say the China segment was the most entertaining part of the video. Did you see the stillframe shots of it on the Snow World magazine? It was funny stuff.

Overall I thought the movie was pretty boring though. WME's stuff is slowly going downhill, no pun intended. They definitely can't compete with TGR

On a barely related note, my mom bought a sewing machine off some guy in North River who's son is a heli ski guide. I was talking to him about ski movies and told him how much better I thought Re:Session was than Dynasty. He was like oh, TGR? My son guided a few trips for them this season.
He was an awesome guy. Got to hear about lot's of cool stuff from him.