The video photography of the skiers in this video is incredible. I can’t imagine how they manage to stay upright going over cliffs and landing in very deep powder. But the other thing is… they appear to be skiing through a wildland fire, a timber fire, that is still smoldering. I am not totally convinced that everything that looks like a burning snag is actually a burning snag, but it is very interesting, none the less.
Here is the official description of the video:
Skiing through the remains of last summer’s forest fires: Every summer, forest fires burn wildly across the temperate mountain regions of the world. As destructive as they are, they have a purpose and beauty that often goes unappreciated. As winter arrives in the burned forest, so do the skiers. They have come to celebrate new lines opened up by the previous summer’s fires that have now burned themselves out – or have they?
Thanks go out to Mitch
Holy smokes! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this, Bill.
Yeah…. BEA-utiful Superbowl ad…. As if, right? While it has more special effects than a Steven Spielberg gig (imovie and final Cut are better than what he had with “Jaws”)… It is pretty freaking cool. I’ve tried to ski a couple of time more than Zero (above)… Shouldn’t have.
I went skiing once. I had a full body snow suit seventy three sizes too small. I had about as much mobility as Ralphie from the Christmas Story. I agree the action was amazing and the video beautiful, but all the embers looked like they were computer generated to me. Still, it was a cool video.