Featured Picture: Sean Logan | Skier: Chris Logan
On Film Monday, FREESKIER brings you free films from the large world of snowboarding. With a mixture of outdated and new, that is the place yow will discover your weekly dose of freeski historical past, adrenaline and cinema mastery multi function.
The Massive Image crew holds a particular place within the hearts of us at FREESKIER. Whereas this group has put out many unbelievable quick movies through the years, “Lite Years” stays a murals on the high of its class. Consisting of Chris and Sean Logan, Parker White, and a revolving solid of names that included Duncan Adams, Tanner Rainville, Mike King and Adam Delorme, this group has crafted some lovely tasks that helped outline what a ski film could possibly be within the age of the web and social media. They steered away from the annual movie in favor of quick, skilled items. The result’s a group of works that, years later, shines amongst the competitors.
Of their grand finale movie, we discover the names listed above (apart from Delorme) roaming across the Pacific Northwest, with Sean Logan’s impeccable eye capturing the journey from behind the digital camera. And whereas the snowboarding is really unbelievable, with Logan, White, Adams, Rainville and King all contributing jaw-dropping backcountry segments, it’s the environment of “Lite Years” that units it aside. The Massive Image group cultivated a singular really feel of inventive and genuine artwork that deliberately lacked a pressured plot or narrative; one thing that arches over lots of the modern-day mega ski flicks.
“Lite Years” delivers the quintessential impartial ski movie. By ditching massive labels for private and creative freedom, The Massive Image crew was capable of inform their very own story precisely how they needed to. Liam Downey touched on this concept years in the past. In a 2014 FREESKIER article, Downey recounted his time on the highway with this crew and said, “As a former athlete whose profession lived and died in an period when freeskiing movies catered, in the principle, to the freeskiers who watched them, I used to be glad to see that The Massive Image boys nonetheless had respect for pure varieties… What they’d gone trying to find, what they’d discovered, was the autonomy of a clean canvas.” Settle in for a grasp class in backcountry filmmaking perfection.
– Rossignol presents The Massive Image | Lite Years –
That includes: Chris Logan, Parker White, Duncan Adams, Mike King & Tanner Rainville
Because of our supporting sponsors Electrical, Airhole, Tall T Productions, 686, Cheetah Manufacturing facility Racing & Forecast Ski Journal.
Shot + Edited: Sean Logan
Further Angles: Chris Logan, Parker White, Jasper Newton, Duncan Adams & Mike King.
Location: Mt. Baker Ski Resort WA, Mt. Baker Backcountry WA, Whistler Backcountry BC, Whitewater Ski Resort BC, Baldface Lodge BC, Retallack Lodge BC, Monashee Powder Snowcats BC, Selkirk Heli Tangiers BC, Revelstoke Backcountry BC, Golden Backcountry BC.
