Credit: Shannon Skouras
The result is the Tamashii Project, shot over a five week period.
What made you excited about this project that made you commit to it?
How involved and interested are you in expressing yourself through social media?
The difference is that the risks in an urban environment are more blatant.
In the backcountry everything is very deceptive because it seems so stagnant and peaceful.
But before you know it, an entire slope can rip out and with loads of force and energy.
I still feel incredibly lucky to have survived my first 2 years in the backcountry.
After a couple close calls, I knew I needed to take avalanche education very seriously.
Which can be done with a crew like that.
The three of you have taken on diverse projects in skiing and each bring something different to the movie.
How did you play off each other?
He was constantly making good judgement calls regarding the terrain we should approach during any given day.
Connecting with the moment also definitely involves respecting the environment.
Good timing with the crazy winter we just had?
One of the most fun parts of being a skier is following storm cycles and gambling on the weather.
Sometimes you hit it just right like we did in Honshu, and other times you get skunked!
Every time you get skunked, you get that much more stoked when you hit it right.
Shoutout to Ross Reid for helping our crew avoid that.
I talked with Ross for some more background on the support that is needed.
What kind of financial support was available when making this film?
How will the money donated to the Kickstarter help complete the project?
Ross:We’re running a kickstarter campaign to help fund post production of the film.
