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TimmyP
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I was going through and watching the super unknown edits. Sure the kids destroy park features and afterboner the hell out of every landing. I was getting bored and was ready to eat a sandwich when I clicked out your edit. Though heavy on the slow motion, thank you so much for putting an edit together with some solid skiing. My personal opinion is that you have the most original edit, and I wish I could slay BC like that. I was hooting and hollering the whole time. Mad props dude, and put some more edits together.
Feb 20 2009 4:03PM
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SMH[-__-]
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I definately agree.

Feb 20 2009 4:05PM
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casual
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ditto.  That triple stager was ridiculous.  I'd watch your segment.
Feb 20 2009 4:08PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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post it. i wanna see.
Feb 20 2009 4:10PM
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skiP.E.I.
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me too
Feb 20 2009 4:30PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Matt Luczkow Superunknown VI Video from Josh Berman on Vimeo.
Feb 20 2009 4:36PM
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skodeo7
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Matt's edit is sick. I was super stoked when I saw that edit earlier this afternoon.
Feb 20 2009 4:39PM
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richards
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wow

Feb 20 2009 4:46PM
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=FLO=
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Definitly my favorite superunknown edit.  I was pretty bored with all the other park edits, you have to have some sick BC IMO.  Although not the most technical trickster, it is still my fav. 
Feb 20 2009 4:48PM
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freezed
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wtf...bc booters, pillow lines, urban, park rails, triple stagers, double backflips...and a quarterpipe? best edit by far. he should win just on the fact that he made a quarterpipe hit.
Feb 20 2009 5:02PM
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e.will
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and he actually skis.

my guess? he won't win superunknown, but we will see him doing some bc stuff with them next year.
Feb 20 2009 5:07PM
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N_well23
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As I watched all the super unknown edits I kept hoping to see one with some powder/big mtn and I was pretty bored with the edits till this one. Some of those cliffs are huuuuge. He should definately win. Im getting sick of the thug park edits where everyone is doing the exact same thing.
Feb 20 2009 5:53PM
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cobra_commander
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ya, there is only so many times you can watch a pubescent kid in a G-suit afterbang a sw 9.
Feb 20 2009 6:05PM
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TonySeibert
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Ya Luczkow is so sick def the best all around... yaaa boi
Feb 20 2009 6:20PM
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Bo_bot9
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he slay's. check out his segment in Beyond The Bunny Hill. Its sick as-well.
Feb 20 2009 6:24PM
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SMH[-__-]
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haha yes
Feb 20 2009 6:24PM
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coolhandluke
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fucking awesome
Feb 20 2009 6:38PM
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Skibumsmith
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sunset 7's and the backflip off the cliff! that was the shit!

Feb 20 2009 6:45PM
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Silence
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That was such a fresh change - i'd definitely be stoked to watch that very same edit as a movie seg.
Feb 20 2009 7:19PM
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TannerCoulter.
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Matt for the Win!!!!! yeah matt
Feb 20 2009 7:22PM
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CCskin
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Mad Props man, sick edit
Feb 20 2009 7:46PM
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yellav
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i very much so agree. very very very very sick. sad that he won't be the one winning.
Feb 20 2009 7:57PM
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m.brus
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i think its the best for sure
Feb 20 2009 7:58PM
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rds4
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Matt you are bodagan as shit. I hope to see ya in some vids in the future

what was the first song in this edit?
Feb 20 2009 8:00PM
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Freshy
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that was sick
Feb 20 2009 8:03PM
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zackblain
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you can in FIRST :)
Feb 20 2009 8:04PM
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uskidsknow
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Great edit, very solid skiing, really well put together.  Odds of him winning = 0.0000%.

I am going to start by saying that this is my favortie edit of the contest.  Buuuuuuuuut.....Berman's program starts with urban and park shoots, and then you work your way to the BC.  It is exactly what Rainville, Stefen, Clarke, Downey, Hornbeck, Steele, T Redd, Wallisch (currently shooting BC booters for next years movie) and many more have ALL done.  They do not bring in a Superunknown to shoot int he BC because they have a long list of athletes that have worked their way up to that position through years of getting broke off on urbans and dialing in switch 9s in the parks first.  The Superunknown shoots urban with Level 1 because they can start to get shots early in the season and the guys at Level 1 can see how things are coming together before they start to shoot in the Backcountry sometime in mid-late January.  If they are skiing well and their park game is on lock, then and only then, do they get a 1 shot chance in the BC with 2-3 other skiers on 1 trip.  If they blow up landings or rag doll all over the place, they get pushed back to the next year to see if they have gotten better.  Some guys never get to be on the BC crew with Level 1.  But one thing is for certain, unless his edit inluded all kinds of switch 9s or rodeo 7s in the BC off legitimate jumps, it won't win. 

They feel as though kids who are sick in the park might be able to learn how to ski BC.  Kids that are sick in the BC rarely learn how to slay urban rails.  His rail game does not have the basis for what is needed to gets shots when you are on a trip with Ahmet, Wallisch, Wesson, etc.  And, if Matt were to win, who gets bumped off the next BC shoot?  Rainville??? Bibby??? Clarke???  The answer is none of them because they worked their way up to it.  His rail game is not good enough, and his BC stuff is well below that of the other Level 1 guys that already shoot pow.  Matt is unfortunately stuck in a shitty position where he is a super sick skier but not good enough in the areas that Level 1 looks for imo.

That being said, great work on the video because it was a totally refreshing selection with great skiing and editing.  Nice music choice and camera work!
Feb 20 2009 8:13PM
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LoLo913
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yep without a doubt, this kid is amazing.
Feb 20 2009 8:24PM
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A.P.
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Was my favorite edit, looked like it could have been in Turbo.
Feb 20 2009 8:24PM
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K.C.Deane
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Hands down this kid slays. I hope he does good.
Feb 20 2009 8:35PM
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alev
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definitely my favorite edit. he is an extremely well rounded skier that i would like to model my skiing around, as i like to do everything. unfortunately i dont know if his edit will win, but i sure as hell would love to see it win.

and i was 100% totally incredibly surpised with chris laker's edit, that shit was rediculous. a 15 year old from IA doing that shit? wow.

but matt luczkow...thats a crazy last night, is pretty fuckin sick
Feb 20 2009 8:37PM
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SirFryanator
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I disagree. If someone is good enough in everything they really should bring him in. It'll be a fresh change of pace for level 1 and it could easily be one of the sickest seggys in next years movie if they get enough shots.
Feb 20 2009 8:46PM
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Literature
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Terrific skiing. I loved it. Props.
Feb 20 2009 8:58PM
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J.D.
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Hahaha I came on to say pretty much this, wherever this dude is skiing, I am jealous. Probably the most enjoyable edit up there, though he should have just cut out the park stuff altogether because it's obviously not up to the level of a lot of the other entries. Still it's literally the only vid on the page that has actual skiing in it and thank god for the ratatat, I couldn't deal with anymore bad rap mixed in with the occasional crystal castles track.
Feb 20 2009 9:08PM
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[~_~]
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kiiiillllllling it! My vote goes to him.
Feb 20 2009 9:09PM
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eheath
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He really does have the best SU edit, but i dont know if berman will pick him.
Feb 20 2009 9:09PM
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grams.
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That was sickkk. Kid kills it everywhere. Especially because it's more difficult to film BC, rather than park...IMO.
Feb 20 2009 9:25PM
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Ski..4..Life
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yeah that was sick.
just change a few of the shots and
maybe just a bit better lighting on some of the shots

but hands down most entertaining for me,
powder
pillows
cliff lines
and all with style.
SLAYING IT
Feb 20 2009 9:57PM
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coolhandluke
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you seem to be referring to "BC shots" with the single mind-set of BC booters.  which isn't really skiing.  its going down a stomped out in run, off a jump, and then fandangleing your way down a pow landing until you run out of speed.

you also seem to carry the bias that rails-to-bc booters is a natural progression.  so Level 1 would rather have a rail slayer who has never seen pow, rather than someone who rips BC lines and is comfortable-although-not-the-best-ever on rails?

this here missssstah luczkow was actually skiing.  ever aspect of skiing.  did you miss how he pillow tapped on a rock - sucked up for the double stager - then was still able to turn 45 degress to match the tranny?  did you miss how comfortable he looked in the park?  or the sunset booter session?  the spinny flippy things off the roof?  or the triple stager where he appeared like david blaine out of the powder blast?  the big spins off the cliffs at the end?

sure Level 1 has dudes who rip in the park; but can they ski a nasty big mountain line?  or can they just jib the shit out of anything be it in pow, park, or urban.....and never really got to develop the fullskillset of skiing?    just people that excel at one or two elements and can barely survive in the park or a nasty line.  correct me if im wrong, but it appears that you are laying it out as a jib-based company and someone who can make turns is not needed?

i'd challenge Level 1 to produce a more enjoyable one-skier 6 minute segment that showcases all elements of what we take skiing to be.   or admit that it appears Berman's program cannot fathom the all-around skillset of Matt Luczkow.



Feb 20 2009 10:09PM
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hellomynameisjef
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well that was amazing. his style reminds me a lot of tanner rainville, but looks even more comftrable in the park. those spinny house things reminded me of sammy carlson, and all around, that was sick. if i saw that segment in a movie, i would be fucking stoked
Feb 20 2009 10:30PM
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Matty_C
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wow! never heard of this kid but that was phenomenal. he could be the next mark abma- very similar skill set i'd say. whether he wins doesn't really matter coz he'll make it big one way or another for sure. i guess he's more in the theory 3 mould than level one, but i'd love to see him in berman's movie for sure, that was sick.

haven't watched any of the others, but then i'm not really big into the afterbang extravaganza that they sound like. matt ftw!

Feb 20 2009 10:41PM
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matt-luczkow
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Thanks everyone, stoked you liked it
Feb 21 2009 12:45AM
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ShredtillURdead
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BUTT THATS WUT TAMMY (allegedly) LASTENS TWO!!!
Feb 21 2009 12:53AM
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BootySpunk.
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I would def watch this kids segment. Cliff drops were fucking insane and that giant backflip blew my fucking mind.
Feb 21 2009 1:04AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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He kind of resembles traits of pollard and that would be dope if level 1 had a rider like pollard
Feb 21 2009 2:47AM
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TimmyP
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I think this kid could ski as well with any of the Level 1 athletes in the BC. Wiley Miller being and exception. Give him the opportunity to film under perfect conditions and I bet he would produce some quality stuff.
Feb 21 2009 10:26AM
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chipkalback
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the 1st song is 'lights and music' by cut copy


that edit was really sick, personally liked your style in the bc more than the park, but it was an awesome edit all around. those sunset shots were nasty. scooter hit me up next time you're shooting sunset shots jeeeeze !!!!
Feb 21 2009 11:15AM
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skodeo7
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Okay the kids good but lets be serious here...
Feb 21 2009 2:36PM
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hnosyalnif
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Yeah that was sick, had everything.  Would be great to see him win.

Just what I was thinking, it would amke a great segment in a movie.

Feb 21 2009 2:53PM
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TonySeibert
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there is so much more involved with shooting all that BC shit, its a lot harder to get a sick shot in backco when u only get 1 chance to ski a line and make it look dope.... and all the other kids had all day to hit the jump and stomp their shit... Luczkow is a straight g, he can fuckin kill any aspect of our sport which is hard to come across.
Feb 21 2009 7:33PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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I agree, actually i probably couldn't of said that better myself..That it gets me really stoked for some reason and his type of skiing fits perfectly what rainville, vanular, bibby, etc.. were doing in the whistler seg in turbo...This guy should win it.
Feb 23 2009 2:05AM
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