A couple hundred people crowded into a warehouse on the north side of town to take in the show.
Some of the people there were small, made smaller by their baggy hoodies.
They looked like miniature Dom Laportes or, more accurately, sized-down Phil Casabons.
Phil is, after all, the man they were there to see.
The other is of course Henrik Harlaut, the joyous Swede, the grinning face in this masterful duo.
To the 13 year-old skier, they verge on god status.
Its at that moment that the pros must look biggest to the kids.
He thanked them for coming out and suggested they take a photo together.
It was for the love of the sport, and Tanner wears that love on his sleeve.
Movie premieres are essential in this way, and we would do well to preserve them.
His movie is a skiers movie.
Thats the love of the sport, he says in a voiceover.
Thats just all I know.
Thats just all I want to know.
There are shots of him skiing Haines lines that this Quebec crowd simply cannot fathom.
They lose their minds.
Howls, hands in praise.
There are shots of him open coat with an avy beacon strapped tight around two layers of tall cotton.
In another shot Sam Cohen ducks into an Alaskan line that flew over the heads of this crowd.
No frame of reference for that kind of extreme.
BE Inspired, the main event, began next.
It’s quite simply an achievement.
We’vewritten about it already, and Twig is right on the money.
My take is this: Phil and Henrik serve their skiing to you like rap mcs.
The movie is their cypher and theyre leaving the mics in body bags.
Theyre clowning on us with that mammoth tube.
Same with the red ledge in Quebec.
We should be so lucky to witness it.
We were a couple hundred people in a warehouse in Quebec City watching great skiing alongside other skiers.
We should remember to do this more often.
