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What is the first ski video you got hooked on?

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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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It was “Mind the Gap” for me. I remember watching the trailer on YouTube in high school and thinking “I NEED that movie”. Then I became an Andreas Håtveit fanboy for a bit.

Watching a dude ski the stairs at the London metro and Andreas’ brother go off jumps on a ski chair - these things were like revelations to me. And don’t get me started on the follow cams. I couldn’t get enough.

What video got everyone else hooked?

Edited to say this is actually the movie not a trailer. Oops. Well here it is:



* would like to bring attention to Peter Olenick at 5:30 skiing with a Durag, no shirt and his pants below his ass. Lmao.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008243/Mind-The-Gap--2006-

**This thread was edited on Aug 5th 2021 at 7:59:35pm

**This thread was edited on Aug 5th 2021 at 8:02:23pm
Aug 5 2021 7:58PM
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mott
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Traveling circus 9.3 "TC/BC". First park edit i ever watched im pretty certain, the segment at sunshine had me so damn insp'd up as a 12 year old. lol can still catch me watching it regularly
Aug 5 2021 8:08PM
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armchair_skier
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Either the Hood sunset shoot from Turbo or Ahmets opener from Eye Trip.
Aug 5 2021 8:21PM
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logmue
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For me the first videos to get me hooked were the Line TC videos. They showed me how much fun skiing could be and all the places it could take you.

The movie that has stuck with me and taught me the most was "For Lack of Better". This movie not only got me exited about trying big futures but it's just fun to watch the pros hit big and sometimes just creative urban spots. At one point in the film Cam Riley goes head to head with an insane kink rail that takes him over 120 attempts over a couple days get the whole thing and it does a really good job at showing how brutal and fatiguing skiing can be. Watching this movie taught me how big perseverance is this sport and the importance of the mental side of park riding. Highly recommend this film if you haven't seen it.
Aug 5 2021 8:21PM
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abar.
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Probably ETG
Aug 5 2021 8:31PM
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doubleblackjack
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definitely line tc got me pretty hooked for a while and i watched zootspace like 30 times over this winter

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Aug 5 2021 9:08PM
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Jems
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@MNSkiers is the reason i’m here
Aug 5 2021 9:13PM
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WoFlowz
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008245/K2-Vacation---Laax
And this
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/873198/Watch-this-right-now---Idea
Aug 5 2021 9:22PM
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Jems
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WoFlowzhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008245/K2-Vacation---Laax
And this
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/873198/Watch-this-right-now---Idea


idea is the only pow movie that i thoroughly enjoyed
Aug 5 2021 9:26PM
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WoFlowz
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Jemsidea is the only pow movie that i thoroughly enjoyed


It’s that Pep pollard and mahre magic
Aug 5 2021 9:27PM
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dshiland
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JP OG street segment mind blowing watching it for the first time
Aug 5 2021 9:33PM
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_brrett
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Line TC were first ski vids I ever watched but first edit was the BDog RESURRECTED video.

https://youtu.be/WkVcxr8blok
Aug 5 2021 9:35PM
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JayBadge
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Happy Dayz - that spiral rail looked fun as hell to hit
Aug 5 2021 9:52PM
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keagan.karstens
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Candide thovex one of those days I thought was the coolest shit when I was little
Aug 5 2021 9:59PM
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vibe.crudo
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I Feel Ghood. Literally searched "sick ski edit" into youtube when I was 10 years old and scrolled forever watching all the vids that came up but that one hit me like a bus. Rated it 5 stars and watched on repeat with my like 5 year old brother hahaha
Aug 5 2021 10:00PM
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shinbangclan
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faction this is home
Aug 5 2021 10:03PM
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rburns
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Unaffiliated productions
Aug 5 2021 10:16PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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That’s cool that you watched it with your younger brother. I bet he really cherished those moments together
Vincent.CrudoI Feel Ghood. Literally searched "sick ski edit" into youtube when I was 10 years old and scrolled forever watching all the vids that came up but that one hit me like a bus. Rated it 5 stars and watched on repeat with my like 5 year old brother hahaha
Aug 5 2021 10:25PM
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weastcoat
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Obligatory TC shoutout. If it wasn’t for those guys I’m not even sure I’d be skiing, and skiing keeps my soul alive. Thank you guys for having a part in changing my life.
Aug 5 2021 10:29PM
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vibe.crudo
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BradFiAusNzCoCaThat’s cool that you watched it with your younger brother. I bet he really cherished those moments together

It's still his ringtone lol, its been like 12 years
Aug 5 2021 10:51PM
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Schoess
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Phil Casabon: RESURRECTED
Aug 5 2021 11:03PM
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JAHBRADOR
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MSP: Yearbook (2004)

Rage Productions: Such is life (2005?)

That movie is one of the most underrated ski flicks of all time IMO. I feel like no one really watched it. Soundtrack is just back to back slappers. I got really high one night about 6 months ago, looked up the soundtrack and listened to every song in sequence (I don’t have a copy of the movie anymore) and I almost cried. It’s crazy how much of an impact that had on me. It’s like I was 10 years old again.
Aug 5 2021 11:09PM
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freestyler540
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The Game with the 3 phils. I couldnt believe you could ride skis like that in 1998. Ski movie 1 blew my mind.
Aug 5 2021 11:52PM
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Mackaroni_space
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Blaine Gallivan line of the year 2016, I never saw anyone hit a big cliff like Corbets because I was always like skiing is retarded why should you even try hitting jumps, but then I saw that and was like damn I guess skiing really IS cool
Aug 6 2021 12:07AM
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jakeordie
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B&E "Headz Up"

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/822227/The-B-amp-E-Show---39-Headz-up--39----S04-EP1

I had seen Tom's "Make Me Famous" edit years earlier, but watching it didn't make me a skier like B&E did.
Aug 6 2021 12:31AM
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teamdummy
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PBP’s “13”. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as glacier summer skiing until I saw that movie. I went to High North the following summer for a memory of a lifetime.
Aug 6 2021 1:29AM
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FaunaSkis
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Every day is a Saturday, Turbo and Claim were fundamental for my switch from rollerblading. I’d seen skaters ski before but i’d never seen skiing like that.

After Eye Trip (along with other films from ‘09), there was no going back, skiing was everything from then on.
Aug 6 2021 3:21AM
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oldmanski
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It was "Blizzard of ahhhs" for my old ass. A friend of mine rented it from the video store(VHS) and we watched it like a dozen times in a weekend. After that my sister started taking me to the Warren Miller premiers when they would roll through town. Lots of great memories.
Aug 6 2021 3:27AM
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maaattt
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Line TC Episode 1.4: Style Coach


You don't want to look like a boner when you land
Aug 6 2021 3:50AM
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SimonBartik
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/744146/Tom-Wallisch--Super-Unknown-Video
Aug 6 2021 4:12AM
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WhiteShepherd
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/742945/S-K-A-T-E-on-snow---Vincent-Gagnier-VS-Karl-Fostvedt---semi-finals-Vars-Tournament



Isn't a real video.
Was watching snowboard videos and accidentally watched this Vars Game.
And then snowboarding was gone and all i watched was skiing.

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Aug 6 2021 4:35AM
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Sit
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Wait those are your segments but you missed Refresh?
armchair_skierEither the Hood sunset shoot from Turbo or Ahmets opener from Eye Trip.
Aug 6 2021 6:40AM
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HuumeHippi
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EDIAS and Henrik Harlaut self edit 09
Aug 6 2021 8:04AM
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sullivano*b
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mottTraveling circus 9.3 "TC/BC". First park edit i ever watched im pretty certain, the segment at sunshine had me so damn insp'd up as a 12 year old. lol can still catch me watching it regularly


i watched so many lts videos one week i was sick in february when i was 12, this is probably mine too.
Aug 6 2021 9:14AM
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c-fries
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Line TC first few seasons is probably why I got hooked on freeskiing.

Early Jiberish park edits were so sick.

JOSS Team America 2009 Wallisch and Dumont. I mean holy shit. Literally watched that every day after school for like a year.
Aug 6 2021 10:42AM
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Celery
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Unrailistic
Aug 6 2021 10:46AM
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vibe.crudo
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HuumeHippiEDIAS and Henrik Harlaut self edit 09

Harlauts self edit in 09 rocked my world
Aug 6 2021 11:27AM
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Jaskier
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008262/Skiboarding---2000-X-Games---Full-TV-Broadcast
Aug 6 2021 11:47AM
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christianwearsch
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008263/WCS10---Team-Dankers
for some random reason I used to watch this video all the time. just couldn’t get enough of the music and the skiing. also loved “guwop” with keegan kilbride but it seems to have been removed from the internet
Aug 6 2021 12:07PM
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asparagus
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Jaskierhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008262/Skiboarding---2000-X-Games---Full-TV-Broadcast


That’s gnarly as fuck. I had no idea that was an xgames event, also wasn’t expecting how fast and big people went
Aug 6 2021 1:05PM
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gilbertressel
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IDEA
Aug 6 2021 2:32PM
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SuspiciousFish
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I remember there was this little sandwich shop at Schweitzer Mountain back in the day called Aplenglow. They always used to play ski movies and my brother and I would chill there after skiing and watch Propaganda on repeat. To this day I still get so stoked watching it:


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008272/Poorboys-Propaganda--2001-
Aug 6 2021 2:53PM
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GayWolf420
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I was at a ski shop with my parents and they had a TV with a VHS player mounted in the corner playing Teddy Bear Crisis I think cuz I remember the big teddy bear so that was my first exposure to freeskiing. Blew my little kid mind, like had no idea that you could do that on skis, I thought it was just struggling down moguls and hitting sidebooters with your dad.

Really got hooked upon moving to Utah when I was 12. Had zero friends, was the new kid in a new school in a new state so I just kept to myself and skied whenever my family went. Stumbled across trailers for 4bi9 (Look It Up and Slamina were on repeat), ClownSchool edits, Matchstick stuff, Poor Boys stuff, and went deep into the rabbit hole of ski movies. Then stumbled upon this place and the floodgates were open cuz yeah at that time, NS was just about to be on the cusp of the "Golden Years" and there were so many great groups making edits.
Aug 6 2021 2:55PM
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jjdsteeze
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QUICK! by RoundtopRiders on Vimeohttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008274/QUICK--by-RoundtopRiders
Aug 6 2021 3:29PM
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a_burger
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Line TC, Teddy Bear Crisis, that old Oakley team video with the aphex twin track on youtube
Aug 6 2021 6:51PM
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nmwninjart
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I don't remember which one was specifically first but in the same sitting I watched Eat the Guts and Human Being series. I was doing a search for freestyle skiing forums and of course found this site and those videos. I must have sat on the couch for hours I had no idea this kind of skiing existed
Aug 6 2021 7:34PM
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sindreplassen
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Charlie’s segment from the eighty six, great track, dope spots and one of my favorite styles out

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/674596/The-Eighty-Six---Charlie-Owensmuddy winter is also one of my favorites, look at Bdog, way ahead og the game

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/774548/B-amp-E-Show-Episode-4---Muddy-Winter
Aug 6 2021 7:45PM
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junior1derful
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Helly Hansen - Happy Happy (2005) This is a great old school ski movie. Eric Pollard has a dope pow section

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1008288/Eric-pollard---Helly-Hansen-2004


Aug 6 2021 11:52PM
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asparagus
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/324348/Tom-Wallisch--Ambitionz-of-a-Ridah--Junction-133-
Aug 7 2021 1:53AM
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FruitBootPro
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for me it wasn't a specific video, it was more like joining social media at the age of ~12 and suddenly having an endless stream of skiing bangers at my fingertips that got me so hyped to go ski
Aug 7 2021 4:37AM
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SavageBiff
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Hate me and my choice if you want but the nick mcnutt “take me to church” , bc “adventure” edit, and durtschis “girls just wanna have fun”. All of em just had mellow fun vibes that I really like.
Aug 7 2021 11:05AM
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