Urban Guideline
I filmed a lot of urban skiing during december in Quebec, and I was about to go crazy, so I moved in Breck, Colorado. Now that I am here, I asked myself, how could it be easier to get some good shots and most of all, how to shoot a lot of urban without having a mental breakdown at some point. The five golden rules of urban (by myself) #1 Don't call your tricks? ?especially if you never hit the feature before. Some urban looks small and easy, but are much more harder in reality. So many time you will end up doing 270 out on a rail you were imagining yourself doing a 450 on tailpress pretzel 6 out. You are juste going to end up angry and disappointed. #2 Be kind to your filmer, photographer, wincher? Urban is a team sport. #3 Choose your spot/comrade You have to be realistic? some people are better then you in some kind of setup and vice-versa. #4 Have a plan B, C, D, E, etc? There is so many things that can go wrong in urban, that you should always prepare many plans to be productive, have more then one idea in mind. #5 Not rely solely on mechanics Winch, generator, spotlights? all those things can broke at any moment, so you should always carry a good ol banshee bungee/starter along with contingency plan. I am riding mostly in Breck for the next 2 months and it will be really fun, but I feel like urban skiing will miss me a bit, this part of our sport is my favourite one to do after all I think, and it's definitely the funniest one to watch for me. Anyway, all I want to do now is a bit of park skiing and I am at the best location right now. Stay tuned, I should post a park edit soon enough. Yan.
