Filming

If there's one thing I want out of this whole skiing endeavor, it's a decent film segment. After getting home from work and mindlessly going onto Facebook I watched several ski videos over about half an hour. Sometimes when I watch videos I don't think about my own skiing. Watching skiing that I don't have a large involvement in (triple corks), I don't compare myself. Seeing these edits today, I was very quick to do so. I thought about what I had to show and whether my skiing could contend with what I was witnessing. This experience was somewhat negative and insecure for me however I thought about how important it is that I film.

I had the idea of writing a paragraph about how great ski movies are, however that creative spark died completely. I love ski movies and every other day I watch a few edits on the internet, particularly ones of my friends. I haven't really watched any ski films in the last few seasons. I guess I can't justify the cost of DVD.

Finishing, I've realized I'm not an avid ski movie viewer. When I watch a skier that's original, skilled, and has generally mind blowing material, I'm interested. But watching every ski movie each season can't be that much more productive or inspiring that watching the obscene amount of Youtube that I do.

Lately: Looking forward

At this moment from where I'm sitting in Starbucks, I can see three ipads being used. I try not to be concerned with people's choices that don't effect me however the fact that so many people willingly bought such inconvenient and over priced pieces of technology. Apple seems to have lost their edge in the last few years, in that they are still running on what were once ground breaking product concepts. The only changes seem to be in adding trivial technology to every new edition of the iphone and new software, like the worsened itunes and choosing to no longer including iphoto or imovie stock on computers. Regardless, I'm writing this on a new MacBook which definitely does the trick and will last for a few years, even if it is overpriced.

Some girl I know just saw me sitting here (in Starbucks) and asked "Why are you alone?" What a dumb question. I hate it when people ask me that. An elderly lady reading the newspaper next to me is talking to herself very quickly. I don't even mind as she's doing so quietly. I think she's doing a commentary on the contents of the newspaper, nodding in a positive tone to an article on Bill Clinton.
  
January started off with a nasty cold and a lot of work. No skiing either. I felt apathetic throughout rest of the month, the exception being when I filmed  in the park with Dylan Siggers and the UBC crew. The shots I got were satisfying and now the concept of a season edit isn't just palpable, but has gotten me stoked. I realized something when filming for the first time, which was that you need to base your choices almost purely on your strengths. This meant that I didn't do a lot of actual park skiing. Instead my favorite shots used my skills honed with my skis in contact with the snow. On the other hand, a major hole in my game is in the air. 

So January just felt a little sluggish, so did my skiing. I'm not sure what changed in the last week. I might have a had a wake up call. Right now I feel a little more in control, even though the feelings I have while skiing haven't changed a whole lot. I've been getting up early (totally a good thing) and because the sun has been out I've gotten some new lines the last couple days. This last paragraph has been hard to write. I keep on typing the same sentence, basically saying that things are getting better and so am I. I'm not even that sure of it. I think it's my form of positive thinking, which I don't really care for right now because I just feel like actions are only positive thing I can do.

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This blog going to be less pretentious.

JANUARY

Kind of sucked.



Especially for this blog.



Expect content soon.

My Car

Lately: I feel spoiled

There some of parents out there that wouldn't comply with their child moving away from home to ski at a time when most of that childs peers are entering post-secondary education. Even less parents support that decision. Mine have. By no means have I had a lot of success here, but I'd be much worse off if my parents hadn't made moves to help me. Justifying pairs of skis and seasons passes as birthday presents, masking trips to comps as vacations, and paying for pricey car repairs as an early christmas gift, not to mention lending me money when work has gotten skimpy and I can't make rent. I thought the minute I left home that I had entered a world entirely of my own so I'm not sure where I stand on responsibility now. Some unlucky things have happened to me lately and I don't know whether I should shrug them off and pay the consequence or if these unfortunate events are evidence that I need to rethink things and make changes. I hope I can figure this out soon. Thank you to my mother and father for being so kind.

Lately: bullet points

-I've probably skied about 25 days this season
-I'm bussing/ working bar back at a local bar/ restaurant
-I got my drivers license October 29th and got my first car a few weeks later
-I've decided to do a few freeride world tour qualifier events and a few opens as well this season, as well as anything I can do to get photos/footage
-I was given free gear for the first time when Romp outerwear hooked me up with some jackets and pants last week (rompsnow.com)
-I got some training in throughout the fall and right before the season my max squat was 275 lbs
-Since opening day I haven't kept up to well but I've started yoga and seem to be past a period of apathy
-Skiing is going ok, I've been doing some park, some powder, and a lot of riding around doing random hits
-It's snowing very heavily outside at this moment