Featured Picture: Eric Berger, Courtesy of Scott Gaffney | Skier: Dean Cummings
On Film Monday, FREESKIER brings you free motion pictures from the vast world of snowboarding. With a mixture of previous and new, that is the place you will discover your weekly dose of freeski historical past, adrenaline and cinema mastery multi function.
Bringing you essential items from freeskiing’s previous is what the Film Monday collection is all about. This week is a primary instance of precisely that. “Breathe” is a movie that represents a paradigm shift in snowboarding; a second in time when the game had actually stepped into a brand new period, and adjusted from what was to what’s. Cinematographer and director Scott Gaffney has been on the forefront of the game for over 25 years, and because of him and a handful of others, we are able to see this unbelievable slice of the previous.
When “Breathe” was shot in 1997, it was a testomony to the expertise that had emerged over the earlier years. As Gaffney talked about in his opening monologue, there have been (and nonetheless are) loads of unknown rippers on the market, a few of which the crew met on their travels. The placement listing is intensive, that includes photographs from Alaska, Colorado, California, France, Italy and Canada. Along with the exceptional places, a number of of which had hardly ever been shot earlier than on the time, the crew of skiers featured is corresponding to the 1992 Dream Staff. Jonny Moseley, Gordy Peifer, Robb Gaffney and Chris Davenport are a couple of of the legendary names you’ll see right here. Due to Scott Lindgren and Rush Sturges for his or her assist in digitizing this movie and making it obtainable for all to observe.
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