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Old 21st Nov 2007, 18:01
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K48
 
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Squishy truthes...

The frame is squashed along the horizontal, notice that everybody looks like a pin in the video.. the peak is about half as steep sided as you think it is.. certainly overhyped - there's nothing special about the boarding, the only good bit is the heli drop off.. but someone was already there to cut out the landing.. pause and look. Don't believe everything you see 'dudes'. Take it from someone who has been in the pro boarding business for 15 years. I can't stand these doctored videos and 'dude i'm so good commentaries' that the internet is flooded with. It wouldn't sell in real format. All that vid shows is a normal/good heliboarding day out. Anyway these days 'impressive' would be a 50ft air drop with a flip or something, not just a lazy carve down a chute and nice powder field. Other wanabee video tricks to look out for... speeding up a carve, slowing down an air.. tilting the camera to make a hill or wave look higher...and the squishing you have just seen Rock on dudes....
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