How To Make A Section - Part III

BentFilms’ new project Cop Me And My Newb Joey is just a few months away. A video compilation of the best submitted amature skiboarding videos. Each month we’ll be giving out some pointers on how to shoot/edit/make a legit skiboard seciton. Take these tips in, and you’re skiboard section could be put in the next BentFilms flick!

This month COMPLET SHOTS. Key to making you section interesting and entertaining.

Folks!

Think about a good photograph. The rules and neglect of compositional rules in one single photo is more then your brain mojo puke can harnass, so the possibilities with motion and shooting action is vast vast vast. Avoid setting up a tripod and shredding till your batteries are dead, unless the static angle is super tight! A four minute edit of the same angle on the same flat box is not what you want, and is gonna make you section long/boring/painful to watch.

Incorporating the slightest degree of cinematic intent can help your shots tenfold. Be creative and look at every time your boy hikes the jib/powline/tree defense spit mule kick/followcam off the lip etc… as the possibility to shoot an epic, or at least an interesting shot, even if dude doesn’t make the trick, how did the shot look? The complet lifestyle around skiboarding is much more vast than just the act itself!

Think of shooting in a narrative way. Rider come into frame from the left, the anticipation builds up as he rides towards the box/jump/rail/urban set up. The climax, does he land the trick? and then finally, he rider out of the frame to the right. That’s just one example with one shot. You can also think of the whole section in a narrative way, with a visual story embeded into the editting/filming. Give your rider’s personality, instead of unrecognizable people behind helmets/goggles/bandaners.

Check out RobotFood`s snowboard movies for a great example of COMPLETE SHOTS.

Nils at Ignition Skatepark

Revel8 rider Nils Jansons doing his thing on skates at Ignition SkatePark in Germany!

Download a high resolution version here:
therolling.lv/videos/nils_ignition22112007.htm

Thanks Martins!

Mark & Branden Test the 07/08 Revel8 Boards

5Top5 - Ty Bereskie

SnowJam Extreme-II In Depth Review

This is my second season on the SnowJam X-II bindings, (known to some, as AX-1) and I figured I probably know them well enough to give you guys/gals a decent review.

Probably the best feature of these is what I call the “v-plate” feature thing. This is what houses the mounting screws. It is separate from the base plate, this gives you 1 inch of play to adjust your bindings forward or backwards. This is awesome because you don’t actually have to completely take out the screws to adjust them, just loosen those suckas up, and slide the binding forward or back. No handling of screws that you might drop in the snow, no need to take your gloves/mitts off! 1 inch doesn’t sound like much, but it really makes a noticeable difference when you are riding shorter boards in powder.

The “v-plate” and bail plates adjust in 2.5 mm increments, and it’s easy to get and quick to get them adjusted to the right size. There are even numbers you can match to your boot’s sole length to make it super easy and user friendly.

The board interface is a rubber sheet thing that matches the base plate. This won’t give you as much precise edge control as the Bomber Elites (those have metal board interface) but on the plus side, it does dampen some vibrations and allows for pretty decent edge control.

I’ve heard of some people having problems with the mounting screws loosening up, personally I haven’t had this problem, but the screw holding the back bail plate get loose frequently. If this happens to you, just get some lock-tite and put a drop on the screws! Not much of a problem!

There is one thing that I really dislike and is annoying about these bindings. The front clip gets caught in the bail if it slides to much to one side, and pretty much locks it in the open position. The more you try to force it, the more is gets caught. What you have to do, is slide it back to the center be able to close it. I never had this problem with any other binding.

So to wrap it up, these binders are pretty damn decent for the price! If you don’t want to spend a lot of dough for Bomber bindings, these will sacrifice a bit of performance due in part to the rubber interface, but you’ll save 75 + dollars!

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AllZ 94 Photo Shoot

Skiboards.lv showing off the AllZ 94 skiboards, includes some side-to-side photos with Revel8 and SnowJam boards.

Clink it for the linkage

Revel8 Has Arrived!

The Revel8 boards have arrived at the SBOL/Revel8 headqauters!

SBOL/Revel8 owner Greco and rider Mark Carraro and Branden Harding are working hard to get the boards out and shipped ASAP!

Skiboards.lv 1 Year Party

Skiboards.lv is one year old!

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Revel8 Shirts In Stock @ SBOL

The Revel8 shirts have arrived and are in stock at SBOL. If you haven’t pre-ordered any, better order some while they last because there are limited quantities!

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AllZ 94cm

Here are the first real life photos of the new AllZ skiboards from Latvia.
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