Why Make Your Own Skateboarding Video?

Skateboard pro shops around the world are replete with skateboarding videos of famous skateboard champions. These videos are the best means of passing the knowledge about techniques and tricks in the sport. Oftentimes in the form of a series and sometimes collaboration between two or more skateboarding masters, a skateboarding video is a fountain of hope for new skateboard hobbyists to become skillful thrashers themselves.

As a compilation or a team-up between respected skateboard artists, a skateboarding video provides lessons and advice that can not be drawn from reading ordinary how-to books. Skateboarding videos work far more effective than books as instructional materials because the former can be easily comprehended by showing the moves and tricks as they are being played over and over again. Anyone who is interested in skateboarding can quickly learn tricks, from basic to daredevil moves, by simply watching the videos.

Through the convenience of skateboarding videos, fundamental and advanced tricks can be broken up and analyzed into easier sub-steps and sub-techniques. Truly, a skateboarding video is indispensable for your dream of becoming an ace skateboarder; without you going thru years of learning by trial and error!

But skateboarding videos are not just for masters and professionals. Anybody who has a fresh and extraordinary skateboard move can share to the world such ability by making a personal skateboarding video. If you have your very own skateboarding video, the chances that skateboarding enthusiasts will recognize you will be higher; and when this happens, it might not be long for skateboarding companies to bankroll and promote your feats. A quality skateboarding video will be your stepping stone as you go up the world of skateboarding.

If you want other people and big companies sponsoring skateboarding as a sport to notice your talents as a thrasher, you can try making skateboarding videos for yourself. Making skateboarding videos can be easy, especially if you have the determination and the right equipment. Always keep in mind that your video must be satisfactorily or excellently made. Who knows, the video you make may be your ticket to skateboarding stardom!

To create your very own skateboarding video, you have to ask help from a friend to work the video camera and do the filming. It is plain impossible for you to handle the video camera as you do your stuff. A fellow thrasher, if possible, would be great as cameraman as he will know all the important moves and angles that needed to be included in the video.

Now that you have your cameraman, you need to consider the location for your skateboarding video. A good skateboarding video is shot in a variety of locations. From sidewalks to skateboarding ramps, an assortment of settings for different scenes in your skateboarding video will surely keep viewers hooked on it.

Above all, do not forget to perform amazing tricks for your video. Potential sponsors and ordinary viewers of skateboarding videos want attentiongrabbing and uniquely amusing stunts on the deck of your skateboard. Therefore, your video should showcase your skateboarding skills.

Remember to keep your skateboarding video concise. Summarize it in such a way that only the greatest parts are shown. Edit out the scenes where you fell to the ground face first or the part where you broke your ankles; unless you are trying to be the world’s most daring skateboarding clown. Even so, make sure that your video is still full of cool and dazzling skateboard moves to keep your viewers interested.
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I’ve been meaning to post this for a minute, but this annoying thing called real life got in the way of blogging right quick.

I got this mix in my inbox last week and I’ve been bumping it steadily ever since.

Remix crew Keys N Krates, comprised of DJ Jr Flo, keyboardist Matisse & drummer Adam Tune, flip some classic hip-hop records for an organic, real-time podcast called Live Re-Mixing 101 presented by Urb Magazine.

Listen as Matisse reinterprets Just Blaze’s instantly-recognizable melody from Jay-Z’s “Public Service Annoucement.” Also, hear Jr Flo scratch the Aretha Franklin sample from Mos Def’s “Miss Fat Booty” and Lauryn Hill’s eloquent vocals from “Fu Ge La” float smoothly over Tune’s live drums. Definitely ain’t no fakin’ the funk on this one!

I highly recommend turning the volume up and letting this half-hour podcast mix rock. Whether you’re in the whip or at the crib with your peoples, I’ll bet my bottom dollar this impresses.

To find out more about Keys N Krates, hit up KeysNCrates.com or their blog. 

Shout to Armando for sending this over, Enjoy!

Download: Keys N Krates - Live Re-Mixing 101 [SoundCloud Link]

From Snowboarding Zero To Hero: Basic Pointers To Learn

There is much debate as to where snowboarding originated. But whether snowboarding descended from skiing or skateboarding, snowboarding is a legitimate sport that requires a descent on a snowy slope using a snowboard. It is difficult to really point out who started this fun-filled sport, but one thing is for sure: somebody will always have the idea of sliding down a snowy slope on a board or sled.

The growing recognition of snowboarding around the world is evidenced by its establishment as a sports discipline in 1995. As such, snowboarding has been included in events in Winter Olympics and Winter X-games. It even has a US Open tournament of its own. The growth of snowboarding as a sport is undeniable as more and more people get hooked on it.

Now that you are among the countless ones who want to try out the fun and excitement that only snowboarding can give, it is high time that you learn the basics of making your very first downhill ride on a snowboard. So how do you begin?

First, you need to procure the necessary snowboarding equipment. You need to have the right snowboarding gear, clothing, boots, and of course, snowboard. Make sure that your snowboard is the right size for you; not too expansive or narrow.

If you already have the necessary equipment, you can start learning the basics of riding your snowboard. Here are a few important things to remember as you start to find your destiny in snowboarding.

Keep in mind that snowboarding is similar to snow skiing. The body movements that enable you to control and stabilize your snowboard are the same as the movements in skiing. Therefore, if you are already a skilled skier, there will be fewer problems for you ahead. A skier will have easier time than a skateboard thrasher to learn snowboarding.

Always be in a relaxed position. Like any sport, snowboarding requires a calm and hang-loose mindset. Most accidents and injuries in snowboarding happen when one is in tensed position. As you mount your snowboard, keep your knees bent; a stiff stance will only make you absorb impacts between your snowboard and snow.

Do not start learning how to snowboard by immediately riding down the snowy slope during the first time. Instead, begin with snowboarding across a small patch of snow. Get a feel for the sport. Be conscious of your snowboard and your movement. Are you comfortable in your getup and equipment?

Try steering the snowboard over the small area you are in. Practice making turns, learn the finer points of toe-side turns, which means turning by lifting your heels up while pressing your toes to the snowboard; or heel-side turns, which make use of your heels for your turning. Once you have mastered the basics of balancing and steering your snowboard, you can move to a bigger patch of snow, but do not try a long and steep slope just yet.

Now that you have actually moved on your snowboard, you have to learn how to stop your snowboard. Stopping a snowboard basically requires making more turns until you find your self going for an uphill position. An uphill direction will certainly slow your snowboard down until you are in a complete stop.

After learning all the basic riding movements, you can now try a full-scale ride down a longer and steeper snow slope. Good luck!
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I love trying different kinds of free samples and they come in really handy for short trips! Walmart is currently offering free samples for the following:

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Do You Know Your Skateboarding Trick?

Skateboarding is one of the many sports that involve displays of skill and expertise. It is essential to know a skateboarding trick or another to be considered a real skateboarder. Many skateboarding tricks have been developed through all the time people have been skateboarding. Here are just some of the most popular tricks:

1. Aerials also known as airs, these general kinds of tricks are typically done on quarter pipes, pools or half pipes where vertical walls with transitions are available. Aerials are usually combined with other tricks such as grabs and rotations. Among the most popular subtypes of aerials would be the 540, 720, 900, Benihana, Body Jar, Caballerial, Christ Air, Finger Flip air, Gay Twist, Gnar Jar, Judo Air, Lien Air, Madonna, McTwist, Samba Flip, Sean Penn, Sloth Air, Stalefish, Rocket Air, and Method Air.

2. Ollie this is known as the father of skateboarding tricks because most tricks are derived from this. Invented by and named after Alan Ollie Gelfand, this trick involves getting on air without grabbing the skateboard but instead by stomping or popping the posterior end of the board. Variations of the Ollie involve the Nollie, switch Ollie, Fakie Ollie, Power Ollie, Boned Ollie, Ollie North, and Pressure.

3. The Flip as its name suggests, the flip is a skateboarding trick that involves the flipping or spinning of the board in the air. This trick was originally developed by Rodney Mullen, who then called it the Magic Flip. Among the most popular variations of the flip are the heelflip, kickflip, Casper Flip, Anti-Casper Flip, Backside Flip, Big Spin, Cab Flip, Disco Kickflip, Ghetto Bird, Hardflip, Hospital Flip, Impossible, Late Flip, Mother Flip, Pop Shove-it, Sal Flip, Salabanzi, Sex Change and the Scissor Flip.

4. The Grab as these tricks are named, grabs involve holding the skateboard, usually during aerials. Grabs are quite useful in keeping the skateboarder on the board during in mid-flight. Examples of grabs are the Airwalk grab, Backside grab, cannonball grab, Crail grab, Christ Air, Early grab, Frontside grab, Gorilla grab, Indy grab, Japan grab, Melon grab, Mosquito grab, Nose grab, Roast Beef, Seatbelt grab, Tail grab and the Tucknee.

5. The Grind this is a kind of trick where a skateboarder would hide on hangers of the skateboard truck. This trick can be done on any smooth object where the truck can slide. Some of the variations of the grind are the Barley grind, Crooked grind, Darkslide, Fandangle, Freeble grind, Gurl grind, Hurricane, Losi grind, Nosegrind, Novacaine, Overcrook grind, Pole Jam, Salad grind, Smith grind, Sugarcane, Suski grind, Willy Grind, and Csmit grind.

6. The Slide sliding is somewhat like the grind, but instead of gliding through the trick, this involves gliding using the board itself. Some important slides are the Bertlemann slide, Bluntslide, Boardslide, Booger slide, Crail slide, Ces slide, Darkslide, Lipslide, Noselide, Powerslide, and the Tailslide.

7. Lip Tricks this skateboarding trick is done on mini ramps, quarterpipes, and half pipes. They are called so because they need to balance on ramp lips. Notable lip tricks are the Andrecht Invert, Axle stall, Blunt, Disaster, Egg Plant, Fakie-Bonk-off, Frontside Invert, Good Buddy, Ho-Ho, New Deal, Nose pick, Nose stall, Pivot, Pogo, Rock and Roll, Smithvert, Tail Stall, Staple Gun, Stelmasky Plant, Sweeper, Tail Block, Tucknee Invert, and the Woolly Mammoth.

There are many other skateboarding tricks out there, and many others are still being developed. To now more about skateboarding tricks, you can read the leading skateboarding magazines or ask a skateboarding expert.
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Every Monday afternoon for the past few months I’ve helped run an after school rugby program in Poughkeepsie with my aging college coach.  Tony Brown is a 50 something Brit and bit of a curmudgeon–dominating in conversations and stubbornly anti-PC.  From 4 to 5 each week, we take a handful of students outside and run them around, attempting, without much success, to impose some sort of shape on the chaos that make look something like rugby.  We often resort to playing keep away.

The children congregate in the cafeteria after their tutoring sessions where Tony and I collect them and take them out to the field.  We arrived early one day and found only one student in the cafeteria.  He was wandering between the collapsible tables, ear buds firmly in place.  He didn’t hear Tony the first time he asked him to sit down and only after he took the headphones off of the child’s head did he begrudgingly sit down with us.

The most obvious topic of conversation was music and Tony barged right in.  The only sense of Tony’s taste in music is what I get from the short car trips we share going to and from the school.  He doesn’t have a CD player in the car, nor does he have tapes to play so we amble down the streets of Poughkeepsie listening to Lite FM.  Sufficiently out of touch with anything relevant in the past twenty years, Tony wanted to talk about bands from the 60’s and 70’s.  The kid wasn’t interested.  Unwilling to compromise, Tony forced the poor kid to name classic rock bands.  He couldn’t name one.  Not even after much prompting, including sing alongs and a stunning air trumpet riff from Tony, could the boy come up with The Beatles.

So I asked him if he listened to Drake.  His ears pricked.

“What’s your favorite song?”  I asked.

“Forever.”

“Who do you think has the best verse on that?”
“Wheezy!”

“What about Em?”

“Hc comes AFTERRRR Wayne” he crooned in a Wheezy-esque drawl.

Tony looked confused.  Luckily the track was on the kid’s mp3 player and Tony plugged in the ear buds.  He furrowed his brow and lasted about thirty seconds.  He nodded, handed the player back to the kid and said to me,

“Well, now I have something to talk about with the youngsters.”

The image of my coach wearing those headphones has stuck with me.  Some much time and culture was being bridged in that moment and was more than a little farcical.  The music of our generation has mined Tony’s for so long.  The two share so many aspects and yet, when you sit them down at a table, you get nothing.  The sounds are in such constant dialogue but it is not forced upon us as listeners.  We are not confronted with pastiche and influence.  It certainly is there if we are aware of it and chose to pay attention to it, but it is by no means a requirement of consuming the music.

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You know that Beatles’ song, “I Will”?  You know, that short little beauty of a track on the White Album where Paul sings the bass line.  Reggae artist John Holt covered it and his track was, years later, sampled by Kanye West for Jay Z’s “Encore,”  his faux swan song from the Black Album.  Before you get too lost in the sample from a cover, Danger Mouse’s critically acclaimed mash-up of Jay’s Black and the Beatles’ White, fittingly dubbed the Grey Album, must have realized this link and paired the two tracks together right?  No luck.  It would have been too perfect, contrived even.  Or maybe Mouse just didn’t know the back story of the source material, never having been forced to investigate.

Don’t miss out on the free admission, free parking and free samples from many of the 200-plus vendors at the 18th Annual Indio International Tamale Festival.

The festival will be held this year on December 5th and 6th, between 10am and 6pm.

In additional to a variety of tasty tamales, you’ll enjoy four stages of live entertainment, a parade on Saturday at 10 am, 70 tamale booths, over 200 vendors, the Margarita and Beer Gardens, a carnival, arts and crafts and a kiddieland.

For directions and additional information, visit www.tamalefestival.net.

Proto and Xaphoon Jones make up the duo cleverly titled Chiddy Bang.  The group has been garnering national attention ever since a PMA feature on their song “Fresh Like Us” appeared back in February. They banged out hits for a few months including “Kids“, an impressivly sampled MGMT track, “Sooner or Later“, and “Because“, the sickest Radiohead sample I’ve heard to date. I was concerned for Chiddy Bang when there was a few month hiatus with no updates and no new tracks, but then a couple weeks ago The Swelly Express mixtape dropped. The guys came back way strong like Tom Brady for the Pats this year. Filled with some of the sickest beats I’ve heard gifted by Xaphoon and some real rhymes you can feel by Proto, this mixtape deserves some kind of honors. The guys take you on a journey from Philly to NY where they’re “trying to get the labels on while flaunting” as Proto would say. Honestly Xaphoon might be one of the best samplers I’ve heard since Kanye came out producing for the ROC. Also what other unsigned groups do you know that can get Black Thought (yes, The Roots MC) on a track? The definite stand out from The Swelly Express is the Sufjan Stevens sampled “All Things Go”. Xaphoon screws “Chicago” to make “All Things Go” one of the best hip-hop songs of the year. Honestly I would go as far as saying the duo might be the revival of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince circa the 90s. Listen to “All Things Go” below and tell me I’m wrong. Also if you feel so inclined to download the mixtape click HERE.

Raise your hand if you like to go to Costco on the weekend because you love the screaming deals and multi-packs!! now be honest, and raise your hands if you like to go because you NEED to do laps around the free sample tables! I can tell you that my husbands face lights up like a Christmas tree on steroids when I even mention going to Costco… There’s proof in the puddin’ people: Consumers love to try before they buy! Auto test drives, movie trailers, perfume ads in magazines, and food samples all give you just enough to entice open your wallet and buy the real thing. iTunes relies on their free samples too. I’m sure you’re familiar with the 30 second audio clips that are designed to hook you into purchasing songs and movies, but is it enough? I know personally I am always annoyed when my 30 seconds of listening are up, and what’s more I never feel as though I know what I will be buying.. Thirty seconds of a song is really not enough to know if it’s iPod worthy. But most will take a chance if it’s an artist they are familiar with or if they’ve already heard it once on the radio.

Musicians know this and because we as a listening community want to “try before we buy” more and more are making full length songs and even albums available for listeners on their websites for free. If you’ve been paying attention you know that the best place to experience an artist is by going to their website but you may not be aware of the immense listening opportunities out there to try before you buy. Here’s a short list of some of my favorite places to listen to new music and if you have suggestions, please place your comment with links below.

• Pandora – www.pandora.com
• MyPlay – www.myplay.com
• iLike – www.ilike.com
• Jango – www.jango.com
• Myspace – www.myspace.com

Knowing the Basics: Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an easy and fun way to get some exercise, meet a lot of people, and in some sense, to look cool. Some may view it as a fairly risky activity, but a lot of youngster would still prefer to get into it because of its benefits. Majority of skateboarders in the world are 18 and under and this translates to around 10 million young skaters worldwide.

If you are someone who is interested in skateboarding, then read along for some basic guidance on how to start.

Protective Gears

The first things should always come first . Before you go ahead and try to do some stuff using a skateboard, you need to have some protective gears with you. A helmet, a couple of elbow pads and knee pads should do the job. You can borrow some gear from your friends if you are not sure if youll push through with skateboarding on the long run, just make sure that they would fit properly on you.

A lot of kids today disregard the fact that safety is a real issue in skateboarding. They think that wearing protective pads and helmets dont look cool and so they skate without them but suffering from grave injuries from skateboarding is not so either, huh?

Meet your new friend: your skateboard

After putting on your protective gear, the next thing that you need to do is to get acquainted with your skateboard. Skateboards come in different sizes and designs. It is advisable that you borrow a skateboard first so that you can assess what kind of skateboard you would like to have in the future.

Before you hit the streets with your skateboard, you must find some time to be able to get properly acquainted with it. You should try standing, jumping and moving your feet on the skateboard for some time before you actually make any movements. This will prevent you from being too surprised with the feel of the skateboard.

Stance

Another important thing that you need to do before you start skateboarding is to determine your stance. If you like the feel of having your left foot forward, then do so, otherwise, put your right foot in front. You can determine which foot goes where by kicking a ball. If you kick a ball with your right, then you should put your right foot at the back of the board and vice versa.

Movement

You already know your preferred stance on the skateboard, what do you do next? You push your back foot to get some movement going on. Remember to relax your body while you start off and bend your knees if you have to. The first movements may feel a little bit weird but youll definitely get the hang of it.

Please try to do your initial practice in a place where you have ample space and little disturbance such as vehicles and people. A flat surface is also preferable than sloped ones.

Halt!

Another basic thing that you need to know is how to stop. There are different kinds of methods used for stopping a skateboard, however, we would recommend the use of the back foot to stop to stop the movement for beginners. All you have to do is to get your back foot on the ground and use the friction to stop your skateboard.

These are some of the basic things that beginner skateboarders need to master before they get to the tricks and the stunts. Always remember that safety comes first, and that building sound fundamentals is ones best weapon to avoid accidents while skateboarding. Enjoy!
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Accident-Free Skiing And Snowboarding, Anyone?

Many people have different opinions about the relationship between skiing and snowboarding. Some hardcore enthusiasts in these sports maintain that these two are distinct and different from each other. Nonetheless, skiing and snowboarding share the same platforms and manner of execution, namely snowy slopes and downward acceleration. This results to almost the same approach in the preparation and equipment perspectives of the two.

Whether you are a first timer or a veteran at skiing and snowboarding, you must learn how to prepare physically and mentally before subjecting yourself to the unforgettable adrenaline rush that these two sports offer. And that includes protecting yourself against possible injuries that can happen while you are speeding down the slope.

Besides training hard to improve performance level and overall skills, you must completely comply with the safety requirements to become a confident participant in these two sports. As over one hundred thousand people are unnecessarily injured in skiing and skateboarding every year, a serious effort to prepare against injury in these two sports is imperative.

In skiing and snowboarding, the key to an accident-free slide is in the preparation. Before you even take the wild ride down a snowy mountain cap, be sure to do all necessary preparations. The following tips could spell the difference between an enjoyable skiing or snowboarding vacation and a visit to the hospital.

Take skiing and snowboarding lessons. There is no such thing as a born skier or snowboarder. You need guidance from experts who have been into these sports for years so that you will improve your performance and safety in skiing and snowboarding.

With regard to your skiing or snowboarding outfit, wear clothing that is dependable against water and wind. Make sure that your apparel has enough protective features like wide collars that can be enfolded to cover your face against wind and zippers and strings that enable you to adjust your outfit easily and comfortably.

Acquire the proper equipment for skiing and for snowboarding. If you own the equipment, like skis and snowboards, have them custom-fitted to your preferences. If you are renting them, be sure to choose the ones that you will most likely be comfortable in. Having the right equipment will drastically improve your performance and lessen the chances of accidents.

Also, the temperature in the snowy caps rapidly changes. Sometimes the coldness in the slopes can be unbearable and you may find yourself losing much needed heat which could lead to other complication like loss of consciousness and tiredness. To prevent this wear head covering like helmet or headbands and gloves.

The snowy slopes in which you slide down your skis and snowboards have very low temperatures. Dress up in layers of clothing to keep the chill out. But also make sure that the fabric you are wearing on the inside is comfortable on your skin and absorbent of the sweat that is sure to come out of you because of the excitement skiing or snowboarding offers.

Do not forget to wear eye protection devices like goggles and sunglasses. Without eye protection, you are most likely to close your eyes due to cold winds as you speed down on your ski or snowboard. Sliding in closed eyes, you will certainly bump on anything and could even wake up in the infirmary the next day.

Get enough sleep the night before the big day. You need to be alert and sportive on the skiing or snowboarding slopes. A tired mind and body can cause accidents and injuries.
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Rather than heading straight to the office for my regular segment this morning, I left bright and early to COEX for another one of their fabulous exhibitions (you can expect Dessert and Café shows to follow next week) to host on-site.

I’ll try not to get ahead of myself but hands down, this event is a Foodies paradise. First let’s start off with my favorite, the free take-homes! Looking through my bag of goodies, I not only have a smorgasbord of pamphlets, brochures and booklets, but I took a handful of bite size marshmallow candies, a mini container of ‘Sweet Skin Care Sugar,’ mochi rice cakes from Japan, a ‘Laughing Cow’ cheese souvenir, ‘Ronnefeldt’ tea bags, a 500 gram bag of ‘Super O’ning’ rice, Shinan ‘Solar’ sea salt, a 30,000won gift certificate for ITGO, domestic red cactus juice and whatever else I am too lazy at the moment to dig through.

Many of the products you could also purchase for up to 50% off so make sure to bring enough cash. Let me give you an example, you know the brand, ‘ZAK!’? These unique pieces of dinnerware founded by Irv Zakheim are currently sold in Kosney stores of Korea. I remember looking to purchase a set of plates for a friend’s birthday once and let’s just say I almost swallowed my own tongue! These items usually price at triple what you’d expect at supermarkets, around 8,000 to 20,000won and a limited stock of these products are being sold at this exhibit for 30-40% off…a great way to save on holiday gifts.

I try to prevent myself from actually buying anything but of course, I once again failed. Being selective and ruthless with exhibitors, I was however able to weasel some great bargains and even managed to get a 40,000 skin care set for free!  So except for some cash, make sure to come empty handed.

While walking through the endless rows in 2 separate halls (one for domestic products, the other for international, etc) staff members generously provided samples of companies looking to export or populate their products in Korea. Alcohol being one of the major focuses, you can stroll from booth to booth while sipping red/white wine by Grand Coteau, Myanmar’s lager and double strong beer, endless cups of sake from Japan’s corner and of course Korea’s staples soju and makgeoli from all ends.

Other samples that I really enjoyed, such as seafood crackers by Pekatan, Na Na Food’s dried fruit chips, and hangwa (traditional cookies), I made sure to ask questions about purchasing methods. Although most do bulk orders, they all relayed the hope of one day making their products a staple in our country’s supermarkets. And it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the products began to pop-up within the next few years…an interesting and prospective thought for the still ‘struggling’ range of varieties currently available in Korea

Snowboarding on Screen

As snowboarding becomes more popular, different enthusiasts created various channels to express their love and interest in the sport. As the years went by, the roads paved by the pioneers of snowboarding opened the way to more prestigious tournaments, to a category in the Olympics, and later on even to snowboarding videos.

The progression in the world of snowboarding made snowboarding films part of the sport’s culture. Since its recognition as an official sport 1985, many snowboarding videos have documented the events that happen each season which are usually released in the fall just before the winter , the peak season of snowboarding. While hobbyists were initially the only ones interested to film the sport, over the years, the number of companies covering snowboarding events have grown.

What initially started as something for personal use became an industry that is filming for various purposes. Some video productions companies have seen its commercial value and are manufacturing these specific type of films for advertisements. In fact, most snowboarding videos usually contain footages of famous professional snowboarders advertising their sponsors. An example where snowboarding films were used for commercials would be the film by Dave Seone about Shaun White called The White Album. This was sponsored by Mountain Dew, Burton Snowboards, and even Playstation for its snowboarding game.

Snowboarding has also been a subject of interest in Hollywood films, like the movie Out Cold released in 2001. The movie included appearances by several famous professional riders as either stunt performers or actual characters, or both. Out Cold is one of few major film productions that realistically depicted snowboarding and exhibited a true understanding of the sport’s real nature and culture.

Snowboarding films have also been documented to showcase the current trends and styles in the sport. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, watching snowboarding videos will be a great help in developing your skills as a rider. Although videos can never substitute actual learning from an instructor, this may help supplement lessons that are being taught in the field. You can find many downloadable videos from the internet and you may also order copies of documented events from either websites or stores for snowboarding.

For those who just want to have a souvenir, don’t hesitate to film yourself while on your board. You need not climb mountains to go snowboarding since there many other places that you can use like ski hills. And, contrary to popular belief, you do not need large amounts of snow to do some slides. You can take your personal snowboarding video anywhere where there is enough snow and a nice slope. If it’s hilarious enough, you can send it to America’s Funniest Home Video and who knows, you might even win.

However, for those novices who want to be discovered, you can also create your own videos to document your talent. Though it is not necessary to have someone professional take your footages, it may help when you intend to replicate it and send it to different scouts looking for a rookie. But if you intend to do this, make sure that you use a high end camera to clearly capture your moves. This will be a good strategy to present and market your skill and style. Also remember that it is easier to send a scout a copy of your snowboarding video for him to see the talent in you than to wait for a scout to find while you doing your best trick.
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