Ciao a tutti, vagando su TGR Tech talk ho trovato questo interessantissimo post di Hoji in risposta a dei commenti molto precisi sul materiale che usava sul suo recentissimo video, in particolare lo zaino, gli attacchi e dei Vulcan pesantemente modificati da lui. Il mio occhio cade su due cose che lui dice: uno che non e mai stato coinvolto nel progetto Khion o Beast, due che dice " please be patient the future is going to be exciting " lasciando presagire un nuovo scarpone in arrivo...
Buona lettura
Haha, Nice!
I was wondering if anyone would really notice that shot! I specifically threw that boot shot in the edit to be a quick teaser moment for the real techies out there and I am very stoked that you noticed! It would be great if everyone could refrain from posting screen grabs of it, I just don't want it published everywhere quite yet. It is all good and I appreciate your die-hard enthusiasm but it is of course sensitive material, a little discretion is greatly appreciated.
Some clarification on the topics mentioned in this post:
-I exclusively skied the Beast 14's unlocked (except for the Whistler park shoot where I locked the toe for obvious reasons) the entire time I was filming with MSP last season and I experienced no failures, prerelease or breakages. The Beast 14 in my opinion is an amazing binding and it's performance blew my expectations out of the water: I was skeptical to ski the toe piece unlocked at first but as the season went on I became 100% confident in it's abilities and it has become my go to choice for charging.
-The shot of me locking the Beast 14/Radical 2 style toe pieces with a more classic heel pieces was filmed on a lighter weight backup pair of Hojis on a dawn patrol run to get scenic shots and do some AC work on a zone we were controlling to keep it in play for filming: The cheese wedge in-run was under this zone so we controlled it throughout the trip to prevent the slope from getting loaded, becoming a threat to the jump. I would use my lighter weight back up skis for these dawn patrol runs to save my legs for the filming that would follow later in the day. These runs were very fun and the control work we did was quite effective, it was a great warm up run back to the lodge and we were able to keep the jump open for the entirety of the trip. This specific shot was staged to capture a moment in good light at the top of a peak, chances are I did and redid the motion of locking the toe several times to get the shot (movie magic) and in reality to do the control work I probably wasn't actually locking my toes anyway because we were strategically ski cutting small pockets of low density snow/not pinning it down the mountain. I selected this shot show that I was skiing in Dynafit bindings but in hindsight it might have not been the best choice because it didn't represent the set up I was filming on.
-I really was not involved with the Khion (I think that is pretty obvious) and therefore I do not have much to say about it. What I can say is that there are good things in the works and I am quite optimistic that skiers who love the concept of the Vulcan will be stoked! Please be patient, the future is going to be exciting...
-The past few seasons I have been mostly using the Khamski 38 L pack from Arc'teryx. This pack is a work horse and is extremely versatile for backcountry skiing. For some strange reason the older I get the more is seem to carry on a daily basis, chalk this up to experience and responsibility I guess: You see Sh*t go down and you want to be as prepared as possible to deal with it. Obviously filming is a bit different than "normal" ski touring and a lot of the time I will ditch excessive article/weight at a safe regroup spot to lighten my load and maximize my skiing ability for a specific line. This technique is pretty common when filming via ski touring out of huts like GAH's Sentry lodge. I recently attended a ski pack design meeting at the Arc'teryx office and I will say there is some solid development happening in the ski back department: I predict will will see a 30+ L that will be minimalistic/lightweight and very nice for ski touring in the near future.
Thank you all for the positive comments, I am really stoked to hear people still enjoy my footage because I still really enjoy the process of getting it. I will continue on this path as long as people continue to enjoy my style of skiing.
Cheers,
Hoji
Buona lettura
Haha, Nice!
I was wondering if anyone would really notice that shot! I specifically threw that boot shot in the edit to be a quick teaser moment for the real techies out there and I am very stoked that you noticed! It would be great if everyone could refrain from posting screen grabs of it, I just don't want it published everywhere quite yet. It is all good and I appreciate your die-hard enthusiasm but it is of course sensitive material, a little discretion is greatly appreciated.
Some clarification on the topics mentioned in this post:
-I exclusively skied the Beast 14's unlocked (except for the Whistler park shoot where I locked the toe for obvious reasons) the entire time I was filming with MSP last season and I experienced no failures, prerelease or breakages. The Beast 14 in my opinion is an amazing binding and it's performance blew my expectations out of the water: I was skeptical to ski the toe piece unlocked at first but as the season went on I became 100% confident in it's abilities and it has become my go to choice for charging.
-The shot of me locking the Beast 14/Radical 2 style toe pieces with a more classic heel pieces was filmed on a lighter weight backup pair of Hojis on a dawn patrol run to get scenic shots and do some AC work on a zone we were controlling to keep it in play for filming: The cheese wedge in-run was under this zone so we controlled it throughout the trip to prevent the slope from getting loaded, becoming a threat to the jump. I would use my lighter weight back up skis for these dawn patrol runs to save my legs for the filming that would follow later in the day. These runs were very fun and the control work we did was quite effective, it was a great warm up run back to the lodge and we were able to keep the jump open for the entirety of the trip. This specific shot was staged to capture a moment in good light at the top of a peak, chances are I did and redid the motion of locking the toe several times to get the shot (movie magic) and in reality to do the control work I probably wasn't actually locking my toes anyway because we were strategically ski cutting small pockets of low density snow/not pinning it down the mountain. I selected this shot show that I was skiing in Dynafit bindings but in hindsight it might have not been the best choice because it didn't represent the set up I was filming on.
-I really was not involved with the Khion (I think that is pretty obvious) and therefore I do not have much to say about it. What I can say is that there are good things in the works and I am quite optimistic that skiers who love the concept of the Vulcan will be stoked! Please be patient, the future is going to be exciting...
-The past few seasons I have been mostly using the Khamski 38 L pack from Arc'teryx. This pack is a work horse and is extremely versatile for backcountry skiing. For some strange reason the older I get the more is seem to carry on a daily basis, chalk this up to experience and responsibility I guess: You see Sh*t go down and you want to be as prepared as possible to deal with it. Obviously filming is a bit different than "normal" ski touring and a lot of the time I will ditch excessive article/weight at a safe regroup spot to lighten my load and maximize my skiing ability for a specific line. This technique is pretty common when filming via ski touring out of huts like GAH's Sentry lodge. I recently attended a ski pack design meeting at the Arc'teryx office and I will say there is some solid development happening in the ski back department: I predict will will see a 30+ L that will be minimalistic/lightweight and very nice for ski touring in the near future.
Thank you all for the positive comments, I am really stoked to hear people still enjoy my footage because I still really enjoy the process of getting it. I will continue on this path as long as people continue to enjoy my style of skiing.
Cheers,
Hoji