Freeskiing is and has been a rapidly growing sport. As a whole, what are your general thoughts on it?
There are so many different sides to skiing; park, back country, urban, big mountain, pipe, people have so many different takes and styles of approaching the same thing. I'm just really stoked that it has gotten to the level it has in all of those different disciplines.
Nimbus has always been a big player when it comes to online edits. With great content being dropped daily, have you found it harder to keep yourselves relevant?
I certainly feel like it is very saturated area, there's a lot of great stuff that goes under the radar. We definitely think about it, but we don't take it into account too much. If you're doing what you want to and executing it how you want to it's going to be pretty decent and people will identify with it, and hopefully share it. Sometimes we drop edits we thought we put a lot of effort into and think it will do well, and it doesn't; other ones we drop on a whim and people love it. So we try to tkae note of all those things and equate that into making the next one, It is hard to quantify what people are stoked on.
We're also changing our format all the time, we've changed it every year since 2007. From forty-five minute edits down to twelve minute edits and back up to thirty minute edits, that along with different things like narratives and more artistic approaches.
RAW have essentially been teasers leading up to Nimbus' two-year project, "After the Sky Falls," what are your overall intentions for the project?
We wanted to do something different that would cut through the white noise and differentiante from what we've done. We wanted to release something that was tangibly different, some thing people could buy and have (DVD, coffee table book) We're going to buy some amazing music and break even. We're not trying to make any money (never have) two-year project. Still imagery coffee table book.
General concept of the movie is to follow the crew as we move to these different locations. Japan, BC, Oregon, different locations next year. Emphasis is going to follow the perifrials of what we do, not overdramatize it. Started shooting January first.
When Will 'After The Sky Falls' drop?
Other projects I had deadlines, it was just a cramp with music rights and distrubition deals etc. When we came up with contrast we had a good year and release three edits. I was so cramped and we rushed and rushed and rushed and we didnt have much time for revisions and that's something I regret. I really don't identify with that movie. It's hard for me to have something out there in such a permanent form not out there as a web edit where it would get lost. I want to make sure we don't repeat that and have time to revise it over and over and speaks to everyone involved. It looks like it would be fall of 2015 but if it isn't together right we'll push it back.
Freeskiing made it's debut in the Olympics this year. Did you get to watch them? What were your thoughts pre-and post Olympics?
-Any favourite athletes?
-Seen any sponsorship cuts to aid Olympic athletes?
It was really interesting as a spectator, I never thought freesking would be in the olympics. I was surprised at the speed it was sanctionaed as a FIS sport. Somebody asked me if I wanted to be a pro skier as a kid and I didn't even think about that, I didn't even know it existed as a sport.
You were filming around Krasnaya Polyana when your crash happened. In, "Compass: Russia," you had stomped your trick and then crashed out of frame, what exactly happened?
EP:
You had some muscle and nerve damage done by the sketchy doctor work and you couldn't move your foot upwards. Have you had any troubles getting back on skis or skiing at the same level you always had?
EP:
Did you have any boot fit complications or problems with the damage from your injury?
EP:
Looking forward do you have any hesitancies about travelling to foreign/exotic locations to ski.
EP:
Next season we will see the release of the Opus Magnum. What can you tell us about the ski, and why did you decide to go that direction?
EP:
Where do you think the industry will trend towards in design?
-Versatility has been the trend
EP:
Aside from prototypes or skis from Line do you ever get to trade skis with Andy, Pep, or Chris and see what they've been riding and working on?
-Benchetler is pretty out there, was Chris inspired by grinding profiles in.
EP:
Aside from ski building and design do you shape and work with anything else like surfboards?
EP:
If you hadn't been a skier you would have been a graphic designer?
EP:
You're working on some art right now. Does any of it encompass skiing related things like clothing design for Dakine, or topsheets and graphics for Line?
-Where does your artistic inspiration come from?
EP:
What is Nimbus' connection to Tires Eyes Music?
-Other favourite artists for edits
EP:
Your daughter Isabella was popping up on some feeds skiing and boarding. How has that been going?
EP:
In an old V6 interview with Steve Rozendall you predicted that in 10 years (I think you we're 18 at the time) skiers would be doing some kind of double, and you'd just be kicking it behind the lens. You're still very much relevant, what do you think is most important to have longevity in the sport?
EP:
Any words to the good people of Newschoolers?
EP:
Any shoutouts?
EP:
Thanks for your time! Thanks J-Lev!
Writers have pages, painters have canvases, and Eric Pollard has mountains. It is said that a good writer can draw an image in a reader's mind, while painters can speak words to viewers
There are so many different sides to skiing; park, back country, urban, big mountain, pipe, people have so many different takes and styles of approaching the same thing. I'm just really stoked that it has gotten to the level it has in all of those different disciplines.
Nimbus has always been a big player when it comes to online edits. With great content being dropped daily, have you found it harder to keep yourselves relevant?
I certainly feel like it is very saturated area, there's a lot of great stuff that goes under the radar. We definitely think about it, but we don't take it into account too much. If you're doing what you want to and executing it how you want to it's going to be pretty decent and people will identify with it, and hopefully share it. Sometimes we drop edits we thought we put a lot of effort into and think it will do well, and it doesn't; other ones we drop on a whim and people love it. So we try to tkae note of all those things and equate that into making the next one, It is hard to quantify what people are stoked on.
We're also changing our format all the time, we've changed it every year since 2007. From forty-five minute edits down to twelve minute edits and back up to thirty minute edits, that along with different things like narratives and more artistic approaches.
RAW have essentially been teasers leading up to Nimbus' two-year project, "After the Sky Falls," what are your overall intentions for the project?
We wanted to do something different that would cut through the white noise and differentiante from what we've done. We wanted to release something that was tangibly different, some thing people could buy and have (DVD, coffee table book) We're going to buy some amazing music and break even. We're not trying to make any money (never have) two-year project. Still imagery coffee table book.
General concept of the movie is to follow the crew as we move to these different locations. Japan, BC, Oregon, different locations next year. Emphasis is going to follow the perifrials of what we do, not overdramatize it. Started shooting January first.
When Will 'After The Sky Falls' drop?
Other projects I had deadlines, it was just a cramp with music rights and distrubition deals etc. When we came up with contrast we had a good year and release three edits. I was so cramped and we rushed and rushed and rushed and we didnt have much time for revisions and that's something I regret. I really don't identify with that movie. It's hard for me to have something out there in such a permanent form not out there as a web edit where it would get lost. I want to make sure we don't repeat that and have time to revise it over and over and speaks to everyone involved. It looks like it would be fall of 2015 but if it isn't together right we'll push it back.
Freeskiing made it's debut in the Olympics this year. Did you get to watch them? What were your thoughts pre-and post Olympics?
-Any favourite athletes?
-Seen any sponsorship cuts to aid Olympic athletes?
It was really interesting as a spectator, I never thought freesking would be in the olympics. I was surprised at the speed it was sanctionaed as a FIS sport. Somebody asked me if I wanted to be a pro skier as a kid and I didn't even think about that, I didn't even know it existed as a sport.
You were filming around Krasnaya Polyana when your crash happened. In, "Compass: Russia," you had stomped your trick and then crashed out of frame, what exactly happened?
EP:
You had some muscle and nerve damage done by the sketchy doctor work and you couldn't move your foot upwards. Have you had any troubles getting back on skis or skiing at the same level you always had?
EP:
Did you have any boot fit complications or problems with the damage from your injury?
EP:
Looking forward do you have any hesitancies about travelling to foreign/exotic locations to ski.
EP:
Next season we will see the release of the Opus Magnum. What can you tell us about the ski, and why did you decide to go that direction?
EP:
Where do you think the industry will trend towards in design?
-Versatility has been the trend
EP:
Aside from prototypes or skis from Line do you ever get to trade skis with Andy, Pep, or Chris and see what they've been riding and working on?
-Benchetler is pretty out there, was Chris inspired by grinding profiles in.
EP:
Aside from ski building and design do you shape and work with anything else like surfboards?
EP:
If you hadn't been a skier you would have been a graphic designer?
EP:
You're working on some art right now. Does any of it encompass skiing related things like clothing design for Dakine, or topsheets and graphics for Line?
-Where does your artistic inspiration come from?
EP:
What is Nimbus' connection to Tires Eyes Music?
-Other favourite artists for edits
EP:
Your daughter Isabella was popping up on some feeds skiing and boarding. How has that been going?
EP:
In an old V6 interview with Steve Rozendall you predicted that in 10 years (I think you we're 18 at the time) skiers would be doing some kind of double, and you'd just be kicking it behind the lens. You're still very much relevant, what do you think is most important to have longevity in the sport?
EP:
Any words to the good people of Newschoolers?
EP:
Any shoutouts?
EP:
Thanks for your time! Thanks J-Lev!
Writers have pages, painters have canvases, and Eric Pollard has mountains. It is said that a good writer can draw an image in a reader's mind, while painters can speak words to viewers
