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The Wallisch Project Q&A Thread

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00000000
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Who is Tom Wallisch? Searchbar, noob...



Or pickup a copy of The Wallisch Project in iTunes today -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-wallisch-project/id679550099

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Here's how this Q&A works:

1) You post your questions in here
2) You upvote questions you like
3) I choose ten questions, and send them to Tom Wallisch and Kyle Decker
4) They choose a few more and post the Q&A in the news section
5) You guys post more questions in the comment section -- they answer them if they want!

An example of the last one with Jason Levinthal - http://bit.ly/17dn3Zk



PS. I heard Tom might have a pair of Scott Goggles for the member with the best question...
Oct 15 2013 5:17PM
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MichaelNocomply
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Why did you pick the music that you did for the video? Instead of say the normal tupac?
Oct 15 2013 5:21PM
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HWW
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If you had cameras on you right now and were standing at the top of the in-run to Chad's Gap, with a limit of 30 seconds to get yourself together (the heli is low on fuel), what trick would you throw? Would you pussy out or huck your meat?
Oct 15 2013 5:21PM
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will_powder
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How was filming in Calgary with JP/Sherpas? Was that the first time working with JP? It's a super cool seggy.

Are you going back to filming with L1P/Field etc this year, or are you going to be cutting down due to Sochi this winter?

What was the dynamic at the spot when you were filming for TWP, and the rest of the crew was filming for Partly Cloudy/etc?
Oct 15 2013 5:23PM
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Bertrand
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What has the shift in your life been like, going from a skier winning online video contests, to someone that we straight up see on prime time TV commercials?
Oct 15 2013 5:27PM
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STAUSS
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WHAT YOU GOTTA SAY TO ALL THE HATAZ?
Oct 15 2013 5:27PM
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1337
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To date, how many "copies" have you sold?

Was there any financial support for the making of TWP? If so, how were you able to pitch the idea to sponsors and get them to back a single rider and filmmaker's idea?

It's hard to argue that there's a better rider out there that could pull off such a project other than Tom. Do you think there will be a trend of more 1 rider/filmer flicks on the scale of TWP in the future, or would you say TWP will remain unique for years to come?
Oct 15 2013 5:33PM
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*steeze_is_good
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What was the difference in dynamic and mood getting shots for this movie compared to level 1 films? Did you hit these spots with a crew or just you and Decker?
Oct 15 2013 6:00PM
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Blurst
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Tell me whats better. Your 9 minutes of pure Bangers or Miley Cyrus' new album Bangerz?
Oct 15 2013 6:04PM
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Rusticles
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Are you planning on filming BC more once the olympics are over?  (pretty, pretty please)
Oct 15 2013 6:11PM
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mvxri
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How was this season compared to filming with multiple filmcrews like Level1 and 4bi9?
And what did you liked most?


Oct 15 2013 6:25PM
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thedawg
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What is your favorite RoundtopRiders edit?
Oct 15 2013 6:28PM
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stupendous-man
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Which trick took the most time and effort to land? (Build time, attempts, location, etc)
Oct 15 2013 6:30PM
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Mids
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Where would you like to see yourself as a skier in a couple of years (goals, awards, films)?

Who would you like to work with in the future?
Oct 15 2013 6:33PM
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Capurnicus
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What does the fox say?
Oct 15 2013 6:35PM
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GayWolf420
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Do you see other skiers branch away from the traditional 3 minute segment in a movie and venture on into the year-long projects like you did yourself? Maybe even a full-length feature from skiers?
Oct 15 2013 6:40PM
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Nikolic
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10 years from now... Do you see yourself still filming urban and park? Or more backcountry and big mountain ?
Oct 15 2013 6:40PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,804
@Tom, any chance of returning to bearsden?

Oct 15 2013 7:58PM
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Holte
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Was editorial a 2 year process, or did that primarily come at toward the end of filming?
Oct 15 2013 7:59PM
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Mag
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& Because I'm always curious - Worst injury?

Oct 15 2013 8:13PM
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patt.
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Will you ever come back to PA and ski your home mountain?
Oct 15 2013 8:20PM
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j_romero
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What made you decide to join the triple club at the TNF shoot in Whistler?
Oct 15 2013 8:56PM
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runnerboy1
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After seeing all the new films that dropped this fall, is there any particular feature in a skier's segment that you wish you could have hit? What film/feature, and what would you have thrown down?
Oct 15 2013 9:18PM
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life_is_hood
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Will you ever trust someone when they say "the landing goes on forever" ever again?
Oct 15 2013 9:26PM
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4-Front
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What are your filming plans for next year? TMP #2?
Oct 15 2013 10:19PM
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cheener12
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have you been hitting the gym lately pre olympics?
Oct 15 2013 10:22PM
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fredyferl
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After seeing what others have put out this past season in terms of urban segments, do you think you could've pushed it harder?
Oct 15 2013 10:29PM
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Shredsterr
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What was the gnarliest spot you hit, not just in TWP, but also in previous films, or just hitting urban with friends? Also, how did it feel to land your first triple? I imagine it must be pretty amazing going where few in our sport have gone before.
Oct 15 2013 11:37PM
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psiemens
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How did you go about balancing college and skiing?
Oct 16 2013 2:40AM
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FulcraMedia
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How are sales?
Oct 16 2013 2:46AM
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ErryB
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will the wallisch project ever be available on youtube or vimeo? unfortunately i don't own a home based computer and can only acces computers at school and thus i don't have an itunes account or anything and it's killing me :'(
Oct 16 2013 3:45AM
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Hewbird
Posts: 151 - Karma: 174
A bit unrelated but how do you feel about the whole matt margetts funding saga and what do you think about the reaction on ns?
Oct 16 2013 7:54AM
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dvx100
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If you had a chance to ski with one skier, who is no longer around, who would you choose? Why?
Oct 16 2013 8:52AM
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.mnr.
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how do you super-fed?
Oct 16 2013 9:21AM
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Iraq_Lobster
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when are you going to throw a quad?
Oct 16 2013 9:34AM
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GaperKing
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How did you make the transition from being a gaper to the king of afterbang?
Oct 16 2013 9:48AM
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GangstaHop
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After seeing your disaster 270 in, pretz 270 out at the beginning of the 2nd song, i gotta know if you sold your soul to satan? If yes, how do u get a hold of him?
Oct 16 2013 10:15AM
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aadamzahari
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What is the weirdest thing you have thought about when you performing an big air jump? For example: hamburgers or a pink horse!
Oct 16 2013 10:54AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Did the movie do well from a sales perspective? I'm curious to hear if its revenue was comparable to that of launching a full movie, or if it was dramatically lower.

Oct 16 2013 12:07PM
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ndye
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Do you see Sochi being a triple fest of top tier athletes in Slope? and if so

both way switch triple rodeos in your Sochi run?
Oct 16 2013 12:12PM
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One.2
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What is your favorite shot you have gotten from any movie, segment, or edit?
Oct 16 2013 12:19PM
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Dode
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What was the worst crash you had while filming The Wallisch Project?
Oct 16 2013 12:27PM
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JDUBSki22
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forties blunts ice or nines ?
Oct 16 2013 12:43PM
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Simon.k
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Every single trick in that edit was very impressive, but it blows my mind every time i see that 2 pretz 2 on that gap to red down rail. How do you pretzel so darn fast?
Oct 16 2013 1:04PM
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danbrown
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damn
Oct 16 2013 1:11PM
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Beaansss
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What was your favourite part to film? Aside from the movie do you backcountry ski often?

Oct 16 2013 1:24PM
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Jaysonmt
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Are you gonna throw a Switch Triple Rode in Sochi?
Oct 16 2013 1:25PM
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