We can all feel that winter season is kicking in and we are super stoked for the movie!
About an hour before the doors opened we had a chance to talk with Candide about his new film.
Hello Mr. Thovex, what do you prefer, our questions, or a beer?
Both at the same time!
It was a way for him to describe me.
Its kind of hard for me to explain.
Its more a way of saying that were letting the skiing do the talking.
What was the most memorable moment while you were shooting Few Words?
Oh, there were a lot!
The camera’s weren’t filming at that moment.
Youve been in a lot of ski movies, how was working on Few Words different?
Well, at the time I use to do movies with trick after trick and session after session.
The goal in this movie is to document what Ive been doing since a kid on skis.
There are a lot of interviews with people and important points in my career.
That was really the goal of it.
Weve been filming for two winters so its a documentary of those two seasons.
Its hard for me to just talk about it.
Ive seen it once and now Im good with it.
I do my speech and then Im gone.
Well, maybe not at the time but now it is what it is.
But you know, its a bit sad that it turned out this way.
The spirit of the sport is more about creating your own style and creativity and not spin to win.
Right now everybody is doing pretty much the same thing.
If you dont have a double cork in your trick bag, you cannot win.
This takes something away from the real spirit of the sport.
But do we really have to be like everybody else?
Just how much were you actually involved in the design process ?
Well the thing is that Im actually pretty bad with technical terms.
Something I find really important about skis is the weight.
Now that shooting Few Words is over, what are your future plans?
Im not sure yet.
I just want to see how far I can get!
So youre mainly going to focus more on freestyle?
Not always, if theres powder I will still go in the pow!
If theres no new snow, then you go in the park.
This is what skiing really is about!
How did your injury affect your skiing?
Right after I broke my back there was more than a year that I couldnt do anything.
So I really had to be careful with what I did.
I definitely became more careful and calculated in my skiing.
For example on the Freeride World Tour, I always studied my lines very carefully.
I took pictures and made sure that I knew exactly where I was going.
It was also my first time there.
Why didnt we see you doing any more contests after that?
And that was when they proposed to work on a long term video project.
We wanted to have a real premiere!
Thank-you for the interview Candide !
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/976777/Embed-Code
Skisluts.bewould like to thank Quiksilver Benelux and Candide Thovex for the interview.
