Mammoth February Park Edit (GoPro) - USC Ski Team

abek

abek

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Hey guys,
Just had an epic weekend in Mammoth with perfect weather. Check out this edit! Video was shot entirely with GoPro HDs.
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If you haven't already seen, check out our website http://www.uscsnowsports.org where we post all of our videos!
 
holy shit super dope skiing. that double back from the view of the guys skis was insane, very good guys.
 
^ for the ski/leg shot I used 2 of the helmet straps strapped together cinched around his leg/boot. Would use 1 but the straps aren't long enough to go around a leg, 2 works great and gets it super tight and stable
 
yeaa ditto that kid above. how do toy get your quality to look so damn good? we have been messing with ours for months and still cant get anything close to that good of quality. what program if so? FCP7?
 
Need to watch this when I'm not on my phone. I love all of your guys' edits. A group of kids having fun and skiing an awesome park.
 
had fun watching that.
interesting. i just had a conversation the other day reminiscing on the golden age of june and mammoth. while it might not be in the limelight, both look absolutely fanfuckingtastic. want
 
^ yeah Mammoth is amazing right now - they are adding more features every night to every park. South has like 10 jibs into 6 jumps with another 8 jibs between there, not counting jibs galore. Main park is just pristine with a ton of cool features as well.
As for quality, check this PDF doc I made up documenting my work flow with FCP7, MPEG streamclip, and Cinema Tools - this should give some insight. It's all about getting close shots and bumping the contrast/saturation a bit. I use the 3-color corrector in FCP and sometimes a bit of Magic Bullet Looks - though that tends to degrade the quality a bit.
http://www.uscsnowsports.org/FCP_Tutorial.pdf
 
Thanks for the comments - the video at the top should say private now, but this one works:
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Funny story - both Chris and Matt (yellow and gray) came to USC after seeing our videos online and here they are shredding with us in Mammoth every weekend. The internet is a powerful tool! I was in Vermont last week and a guy came up to me and said he just applied to USC after seeing our videos as well - super stoked!
Also Chris works for Redbull as the student brand manager for USC hence the 'fake' sticker. And no not everyone is rich and spoiled here, that's why we have the freestyle ski team for the non-rich and non-spoiled, though I guess we are pretty spoiled since we get to ski mammoth every week!
Anyway, we're all just a bunch of kids that love to ski and film
 
So does USC have separate team for the rich and spoiled? Just kidding, USC is pretty awesome because its a top tier university near solid skiing. I just can't resist calling it the university of spoiled children because it's too funny.
 
So unbelievably sick. I loved the shots on the ski.

Major props to both you guys and also to GoPro for revolutionizing the way we view ski edits!
 
Not even SBM's can get stickers or merchandise. I'm jealous though. Tell him he's lucky if they are legit
 
Hah yeah, it's pretty funny. we do have a redbull fridge in the ski team house now though! it's pretty legit
 
two questions

1. how far is mammoth from USC campus

and

2. that was ALL shot with a go pro? i need one now
 
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