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The “Untouched Project” is “a slovenian film project, connecting skiing and snowboarding in the backcountry areas, combined with the love of nature and exploration of untouched mountainsides in winter season.” Responsible for that is my friend and filmbuddy Mitja Legit from Slovenia. He´s a really motivated filmer that never gets tired of shooting and trying out things. Really looking forward to a good slovenian winter, much snow in the alps and to see the finished movie next year!

Till then have a look at the website where you can find some clips and photos, a blog and the team. One of the Team members is my friend and old dog Matevz Pristavec. I think he´s still a damn good rider although he´s only thinking about how to get even 2 or 3 more weeks of surfing additionally to the 12 he spends every summer…and I like that!

Erik Abel from South California is doing some pretty nice art. Have a look at his website and don´t miss his “Fish outta Water” project that is described on the website with these beautiful words:

“Just as a fish out of the water is out of place, people are often out of place in their lives.  We’ve all been there.  Those times when you do things that are not “you” or working that job that doesn’t offer any stimulation besides the piece of paper you get at the end of the week with that little dollar sign on it next to your name.  Getting stuck in a rut/situation without seeing a way to get out of it.  Fish need water to be alive.  People need passion to be alive. 

That thing that’s gives you life and energy.  Something to lose sleep over, something that puts a smile on your face when you open your eyes in the morning.  The Fish Outta Water Project is ultimately a reminder to never stop searching for that drive and passion in life.  A reminder that we are supposed to enjoy this ride.  If we aren’t continuously working towards the goal of being able to do exactly what we want to do in life, then what’s the point?“

Never heard of it? Me neither. This is the description of the short movie by Sitka on vimeo: “Tipping Barrels is a unique combination of surfing and environmental journalism that follows surfers Arran and Reid Jackson on a trip into the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, where they learn more about the region and the issues confronting it.“

I don´t watch 20min clips that often but this one really got me! If you want to learn more on the Great Bear Rainforest have a look at the site Pacific Wild.

This is the first mix of a little mixtape collection and it´s made with electronic laid back tunes. I try to post one or two every month and focus on different genres. Click the little Icon left of the volume to see the Track List.

When I thought about doing it I was not sure how to do it without uploading the tracks myself. I did some research and found the site www.dragontape.com. You can search for youtube videos and arrange them as you want. Quite easy to do and as there´s really a lot music to find on Youtube it´s a really huge collection of songs you could work with.

After watching the little bit too clean, too glittery, too slow-motion porn-snowboardmovie “The Art of Flight” last week it was pure joy watching “In Search of the Miraculous” by Pontus Alv today.

Love the editing, the visual effects, the music, the skating and the atmosphere it delivers! It´s much more than the regular skate movie as “it is hard to make a difference between Pontus private life and his work. Most of the time they are so tightly combined it is impossible to see where one ends and the other one starts”.

After watching it I am definitely keen on a skate session. But not only that. It made me remember to focus on what I wanna do and that´s quite a lot for a skate movie. I just ordered the DVD here together with some pictures and if you like it too maybe think about spending a few bucks to support an independent filmmaker.

So far it looks like the worst winter ever and we already thought the same last year. But last year there was a lot of snow pretty early in the season and than it got really bad for the whole season. Let´s hope it´s the other way round this year! I was looking for some pictures from last year that remind me of how it could be – it was hard but I found some.

One more thing that stayed in my mind from last season was the movie “Signatures” by “Sweetgrass Productions“. So much powder, a different concept, laid back music and no worries about mixing snowboarding, skiing and telemark in one movie. For this season they have a new movie coming. It´s called “Solitaire” but it´s less powder than the first one (below you can see the Trailer) so I just post the link here.

Today I was looking for film effects for next winter season I could use for editing. I was already looking for free filburns and other film effects last year so I was happy to find some new and most important – free – stuff.

I really liked all the “Leaking Lights” Clips by “VFX Footage” on Vimeo. He founded a group on vimeo for free film effects, a great idea and i hope that it grows in the next months as well as i will be able to contribute something myself!

The last 9 days I was working for the Pleasure Jam Contest Edit for QParks. 3 days for doing the concept, 5 for capturing and editing and 1 more for exporting it in different file formats. I´m quite happy with the result and it was a joy to work together with this years team! Have a look at the movie at Vimeo here.

Just discovered the online magazine “Drift Europe” and I really love it. Good articles about surfing, shaping, film and art combined with a nice site design! If you like the soul side of surfing you should definitely give it a try.

After having my site closed down for quite a while I finished my redesign. There is a new featured section on the startpage, a sortable portfolio, some pictures and movies and a blog that should grow in the next weeks and months.