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Ski Movie Bingo

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cydwhit
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Ok fellow skiers. Winter is coming up, and I'm working on creating an illustrated "Ski Movie Bingo" card. Basically, I'm putting together a list of stereotypes that appear in a bunch of ski movies. I have a pretty solid list already, but this community is bound to have a bunch more.

What tired tropes get dragged out every year for each new crop of ski movies?

Some examples to give you an idea of what I'm thinking:

-A skier mentions "progression"
-Montage of avalanches with ominous soundtrack
-Slow motion skin rip
-Timelapse of snow accumulating overnight
-Voiceover of old man pretending to say deep things about the change of seasons
-Shot of urban skiers interacting with cops
-Euros skiing huge lines in terrible snow
-A helicopter films another helicopter

What do you ski in every damn ski movie that comes out?
5 years ago
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SofaKingSick
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skier looks at handrail, likely after a shot of a fall

shot of speed checking a new jump by stopping abruptly on the lip

sunset silhouette shot
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Liam_j10
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An audio clip of a weather channel reporting the new storm

The skiers talking in the heli headsets at the beginning or end of an alaska segment

Eating ramen in Japan

**This post was edited on Sep 9th 2020 at 4:37:47pm
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patagonialuke
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- skier backs sled off truck in slow motion
- skier pulls cord on sled in slow motion
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shoenice
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Skier deploys avi bag after skiing a big line

**This post was edited on Sep 9th 2020 at 5:16:09pm
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Michael_Thatcher
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Shovelling snow shirtless to build a backcountry jump.
5 years ago
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Biffbarf
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Dropping skis on the snow and stepping into the bindings in slomo
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gravel
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point at shit
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r00kie
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Zoomed out clip with sunset in the background.
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SuspiciousFish
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Skier turning on stove to make breakfast at random mountain cabin.

Frustrated urban skier throwing ski at random tree or light pole.

**This post was edited on Sep 9th 2020 at 6:38:53pm
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PKchu
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A rando saying something along the lines of trespassing

Buckling boots
5 years ago
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snowfinder
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East coast skiing but only in the streets
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ColoradoDogfart
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skier kicking off skis after fall, processeds to throw them as far as they can and yell "fuck"
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Grimesg
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Close up of only skiers skis/boots as the zoom by
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sickjukes87
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A crash and the a slo mo shot of them hiking the rail
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Jpurd
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- Hand gestures with rap music
- nose butter three in pow (enough already)
- skier in the background yelling after peer stomps a trick
- Timelapses
- shot of a sign not in english
- gopro shot looking down a steep line before dropping in
- shot of clouds floating below windells/hood
- shot of the police to show how badass you are
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ReturnToMonkey
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B-roll debauchery
A heli just departing the peak after dropping off skiers
Close ups of an animal in the wild, or if urban, like a dog
Snow cat grooming the jump before the giant jump sesh
Huuuuge tomahawk (jk these are great)
A bunch of 180s off little cliffs
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shoenice
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only applies to Japan segments: a time lapse of people walking through a snowy ass mountain town
5 years ago
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freestyler540
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-Time lapses of clouds in a mountain range
-Falling snow flakes
-helicopter flying over a jump in a resort
5 years ago
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PATROL
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Ski movie bingo, also know as "PBP movies post 2007"-bingo
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twerkphone64
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audio of radio conversations
also nepotism
5 years ago
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little1337
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Alarm clock going off and a hand reaching into frame to shut it off
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Stimpy
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gravelpoint at shit


The pole point
5 years ago
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sander_h
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-An interview where they say, "it's not about the destination, it's about the journey."

-Not grabbed 3's

-Intro about a new up and comer who is blowing everyones minds

-Said before but shots of sleds being unloaded and someone doing a pow turn on a sled looking like its their first day on a sled.

-Time-lapses of a starry night or snow piling up on deck railing

-Going to some wild foreign country where the snow sucks and they complain about how hard their forcing it and how much it's snowing back home.

-Heli Skiing segment where they talk about how they only have one or two good days and then talk about waiting in the hotel room the rest of the time.
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oldmanski
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The time lapsed video of driving in the car through the city to the mountain
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corona
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Kids (bonus points for minorities) watching /commenting on urban skiing

Overweight security guard at an urban spot
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corona
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Skier in hospital bed giving the thumbs up
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Andi_G
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you gotta have the fire in the backcountry and the boys shootin guns
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SendyMcSendyface
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token female skier (picked from a pool of 3 pros)
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elm.
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credits at the end
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skiP.E.I.
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Standing around a fire in the backcountry
NoBoarding
Gratuitous snowmobile shots
"Just out having fun with my friends, every day"
Driving/travel time lapse
Building backcountry kicker out of blocks
Spraying water on urban takeoff
5 years ago
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TRVP_ANGEL
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throwing a large snow ball off the cliff before hitting it
5 years ago
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Pros laughing together on the chairlift
5 years ago
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cydwhit
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Lord these are perfect. NS is the best!
5 years ago
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e.littt
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Throwing a single shovelful of snow at a wall before the wall-ride shot
Clip of talking to a police officer when they're being a dick
Clip of talking to a police officer when they're being chill
Rapid cut crash compilation before the successful clip
Using Sail by AWOLNATION with slo-mo
5 years ago
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corona
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Shaping a glacier jump in the summer wearing snowpants with suspenders and no shirt
5 years ago
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Squilliam_7
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Fails Bechdel test

Maybe some pole wacking at the top of a line but I can't complain about that

Dramatic smokey exhale under streetlight

Cultural appropriation
5 years ago
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TACO-DOG.exe
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counting down from 3 over the radio before dropping in.
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AlaskaDogfart
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sweaty skier carries skis back up stairs
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Alvaro
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Someone saying how they like the "cultural" aspect of skiing abroad as much as the skiing
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extravert
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- Extreme close up of skiers face exhaling clouds of vapor
- Time lapse of driving in a car or van
- Slow motion pow slash. Just one slash, no other turns shown.
- Shooting guns in the woods
- Gopro looking up at the heli as it flies away
- Quick cuts showing several falls
- Opening crawl has deep wind noise in the background
- Talking about how great the 'crew' is to shred with
- "skiing is like flying"
- Spitting blood into snow
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SuspiciousFish
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extravert- Extreme close up of skiers face exhaling clouds of vapor
- Time lapse of driving in a car or van
- Slow motion pow slash. Just one slash, no other turns shown.
- Shooting guns in the woods
- Gopro looking up at the heli as it flies away
- Quick cuts showing several falls
- Opening crawl has deep wind noise in the background
- Talking about how great the 'crew' is to shred with
- "skiing is like flying"
- Spitting blood into snow


Spot on with the blood spit lol
5 years ago
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Idahoe
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some bullshit along the lines of "I just feel so in tune with the mountains" to make skiing seem #deep and important
5 years ago
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Film.
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A winch moving/ being cranked up, pulling the banshee bungee back to the skier. A skier being pulled by a banshee bungee or winch.
5 years ago
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vibecheck
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the buddha prayer flags
5 years ago
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r00kie
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SuspiciousFishSpot on with the blood spit lol


Those shots are also hard af. Fucking badasses.
5 years ago
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fredyferl
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Tanner Hall doing a cork 9 off a wall in the streets
5 years ago
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creaturelo
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-hyper closeup of skier’s eyes/face
-audio of drop counted in over a radio
-blown out sound build for landscape shots
-detail shots of the boots/bindings sliding an urban rail
-wiping snow off the goggles at the bottom of a pow line
-fueling up a sled
-moving winch/bungee
-touring drone shot
-high fives at the bottom of a line
-slow motion shot looking up at snow falling
5 years ago
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CharlzHub
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Skier turning around to look at their tracks after skiing a gnarly line.
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sickjukes87
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This thread is so good
5 years ago
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CalumSKI
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falling on an urban rail, and then having the skier walk up the stairs in slo mo to show the struggle of them trying the rail for so long
5 years ago
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