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Anyone got any recommendations re the various ski dvds that have come out in the last two years ?
What do I like ?
What people call big mtn
Tricky decents
Fast decents. Basically the sort of stuff that Hugo Harrison excels at.
I get bored watching too much half pipe/park stuff (trampolining on skis !).
I don't mind trick skiing out side of the park.
I'd love to see some expert tree skiing on dvd but you never seem to get it for some reason.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd also like to see an expert tree skiing.
There's a great scene in the classic ski movie 'Fire and Ice' (stars John Eaves and Suzy Chaffee) where Eaves skis off a cliff at speed into the upper branches of a tall pine tree (it's got to be about 30ft high). The tree collapses and Eaves continues down the slope with the tree between his legs. It's a genius stunt.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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'The hit list' by Matchstick has some great big mountain riding in it. With the likes of Shane McConkey, JT Holmes, Hugo Harrison, Ingrid, Backstrom, Mark Abma, Chris Davenport and Darren Rhalves. There is a great tree skiing segment (a bit short) by pep Fujas, Who states it as being the best tree skiing he's ever done (somewhere in Russia). There are a few tricks but there are actually very few dvds out at the minute which are purely park and even fewer where theres a half-pipe. You should be able to get hitlist on offer now as next years push/pull dvd is out next month. Check out Skimovie.com for trailers of it and hitlist.
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War - Poor Boyz
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I was going to suggest War, but it has a bit more park skiing in it than the hit list, though I really do rate it as my favourite of last season.
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I know that it is mainly park skiing, but try.fail.try showcases some amazing British skiing talent. There are bits of freeride in there too.
Failing that, the FreeRadicals movies never fail to impress.
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check Teddy bear crisis for some of the most innovative filiming aournd (in my opinion)
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Teddy Bear Crisis and Try fail try are both mainly park skiing and the quality of the footage is not as good as those films by Matchstick or Poor Boys. The dvds I own are:
Seth Morrison Chronicles, Yearbook, Teddy Bear crisis, War, Try Fail Try, The Hit List, Pop yer bottles, God save the robots, Nike Acg promo dvd and stimulus. The best value in terms of film length, extras, picture quality goes to War with Hitlist a close second.
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Definately agree with Edmundh009 regarding Yearbook. Quality movie. Pretty good on all fronts really. Excellent big mountain footage, decent park footage and in my opinion its worth it just to see Sarah Burke in a naughty nurses outfit. Other than that there is Tangerine Dream and The Prophecy by Teton Gravity Research. Both excellent for the big mountain footage.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Where might one obtain these treasures... 
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freeze-scotland.com has War by PoorBoys as well as shanghai six from Level one and Teddy Bear Crisis. Natives.co.uk sell the hit list. as do http://www.surf-wax.co.uk who have purchased from b4.
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FAQ
but keep that on the down low.. Oops my secret is out 
. There is a bit less ski basejumping in it too, though I do think shane McConkey is pretty insane (check his jump with no parachute in hit list).
